>>3583913Vibrant, creative, and throws convention to the wind. Smartly contrasts the historical with the contemporary. Spontaneous and full of life. Authentic and captures the decisive moment. Soulful. Clearly and accurately conveys the artist's intent.
>>3583915Competently and cleanly executed. Shows mastery over traditional - if not slightly boring - principles of composition. Colors and exposure show competence in post-processing skill. May be a bit too stiff and textbook, but overall very competently executed.
>>3583916Cliche, garish, and tacky. The definition of kitsch. Meant to be glanced over once on someone's tiny smartphone screen, and then forgotten in a sea of look-alikes. Except in this case, those original look-alikes do not have violently overblown colors, tacky editing, or kitschy faux-print borders. Insipid and uninspiring. In fact, unpleasant to look over and contemplate for any real length of time.
I don't get your complains OP, the rank order is correct. Although if anything, I'm surprised the third place photo was even selected for a prize. Consider yourself lucky there wasn't much competition.
