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Why
I wanted to comment on the comments, and the question about the number 3 photograph more specifically. The reason that the top 3 photos are numbers 1, 2, and 3, are although the subject matter is identifiable, they also work wonderfully in a more abstract way. The lines throughout the compositions are very simple and geometric when viewed as a whole. For example:
Number 1, really three rectangles. Looking past the trees and building on the right side, you basically have a small vertical rectangle (old building) inserted into a larger dark blue horizontal rectangle (new building) inserted into a larger light blue rectangle (the sky). Wonderful, almost perfect, but I did not vote for it because the horizon is not level, and I find the slight tilt of the reflected building disconcerting. I also would have cropped out the building on the right side.
Number 2, Wonderful vertical lines that grow in thickness from left to right, bisected by a horizontal line right through the middle. I was torn about my vote here, but again I think I would have eliminated that building on the right side that is shorter and has very little reflection. Then you would have a perfect progression from small to tall, left to right. Didn't quite get my vote.
Number 3, you've basically got two thick vertical lines on each side of the photo, with that fabulous sweeping curve running through the middle. Add the angle coming from the right bottom pointing toward the center section of the curve, and that double V coming from the left, and you've got a beautiful play of geometric chiaroscuro. The black and white format adds to the simplicity of the geometry. Got my vote.
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