Five Shades of Gold

Entry by The Oracle (Winner)

Entry by yellow elk (Consolation)

Entry by Shu

Entry by Wanping

You know, judges don't have to explain their choices every week. It's OK, people. Discretion is a judge's prerogative. Haha anyway congratulations Shu.

Desmond has chosen a (wonky) theme for this week - Five shades of gold.

swedish house mafia says:
five shades of gold?

bobthemob. says:
yes

swedish house mafia says:
did you just randomly produce tt to torture us?

bobthemob. says:
of cours not!

swedish house mafia says:
or are you like a closet goldfish lover?

bobthemob. says:
neither

I think the new judge will be Huimin, even though I haven't asked her yet, haha. And WP said she's joining but maybe she won't want to after that theme. Hahaha.

so its my turn to judge. so lets see.

pic 1 is nice. has a nice faded effect to it. macro? well done. i dunno if that particular passage is significant. the light at the top left hand corner is really annoying though. it kinda spoils the whole faded look. truth, hm i can see it. the truth too, since that is what christians stand by. ok yea yea. i shall not ramble.

photo 2 is well, interesting in a weird way. ok, its weird. rather random. i like how its taken in a mirror and therefore reversed. its got the whole reflection on the self thing going on.

photo 3. similar to photo 1. i like how the dictionary is so much thicker than the bible, knowledge vs belief. so, what is the truth? the surface reminds me of a dessert.

well, the winner, is photo... 3! i really like the juxtaposition of what we perceive as knowlegde, vs faith. also, i pick it because its quite subtle, as opposed to the open-book photo 1.

congrats, photographer 3.