Welcome to the poll for our August "Junk" photo contest! Select the photo you think is the best from among our finalists below:

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[csa]

#4 for me. I love the night sky showing stars, and the "headlight" beam coming from the car. Excellent composition!

[proux]

My vote goes to picture # 8.

Hi,
My name is Pierre I am 60, I am from Saint-Eustache QC Canada,

My first Pentax was an ES II.

[KDD]

Suggest next time for Twilight with light cars night!!

[Logics]

#1) Turned junk into a beautiful abstract.

#2) Not a lot of junk but a whole lot of mess.

#3) Looks more like a messy garage filled with treasures than junk. Also looks more like a Blender Render than a photograph. That may have been the look they were going for but I do not think it helped.

#4) Beautiful photograph of a junked car but the photo does not shout, “junk,” to me.

#5 Again, treasures.

#6) More garbage and decay, less junk.

#7) Now that's junk in the tru…, I mean,… cabin. But the composition seems to suck more than the beach. That declaration just dominates the message but the beach in question is not really seen.

#8) A theatre in decay. A sad state of affairs but not really junk.

#9) Junk in a junkyard. Well composed. Not well exposed (or perhaps a deliberate attempt to expose for the shadow as the most interesting part of the scene). Very nice.

#10) Again, garbage in decay.

#11) A snapshot. No real composition, too much distractions, No real story being told.

#12) I see an idea and a story forming I just cannot tell what it is but I do like where you are going with this.

#13) Nice composition of a mess.

#14) (Photo Not Available). {17th September 2015 @ 15:27UTC}

#15) The aftermath of a natural disaster?

This was a difficult challenge (hence, no entry from me; could not really find a worthy subject myself). Congrats to all who gave it their best. That was better than I did.

To me, only five six (of the fourteen fifteen I can see) met the challenge and only two three did it justice.

I think you're not correct.
Junk mean "old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of little value". I have heard "junk" many times. This word suits to machines especially, so photos with junk cars should be nominated for sure. Photos of places, houses and interiors should have another category.

…To wit, anything not discarded and anything not considered useless nor of little value is not junk. Many of these photos were of treasures or just a big mess and lost or missing items are not really discarded neither buildings which have been neglected. Hence, thus and therefore, most of these are not junk.


EDIT: Missing № 14

#14) is back and it is beautiful! Unfortunately, if I wanted to change my vote I cannot…. But I am seriously considering it.

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Last edited by Logics; 09-17-2015 at 11:40 AM. Reason: Comment on missing photograph which is now visible.

[Peter watkins]

Personal preference is no 14

[jackypentax]

#6 nice colour

[Mohan182]

#4 is my choice

[Zaffoura]

I like mostly #9 I feel it is the least miserable of the series.

[tuco]

My voting is biased. I favor the photographs over the graphics art submissions. And, man, the theme seems to have escaped a lot of people because I don't see in a lot in these.

[MorganL1]

#12
If junk was the subject this photo definitely got it right. What could be considered junk more than broken and completely unusable items. I like where you were going with it. Very creative, but the lighting choice leaves a wanting of something more. Anyways, still my favorite.

[Mark H.]

I'm tempted to re-post my entire, book-length comment on the photo posted during the nomination phase of the contest, but in the interest of brevity, I'll just re-state my admiration for Bruno's outstanding, clever, humorous and beautiful entry, #4.

That said, I have to acknowledge Logics for commenting on EVERY photo during the voting process.

Best wishes,

Mark H.

[bygp]

#7 is not realy junkn, more humor theme IMO but I love it... I'll probably vote for #4 or #2, hard to choose^^

[micaz49]

#6 for me.

[Legonet]

#11 I stick to my first choice the Tetris picture.Good luck Tetris...

[PentaxRev]

Number 12 gets my vote. However, by far my least favorite monthly Photo Contest to date. Pictures of junk just really don't do anything for me.