All in the eye of the beholder

I recently entered four of my pictures from my trip this summer to India for consideration into an international photo exhibit. Two of them were selected, which doesn't mean much as the flyer advertising the exhibit promised that they would try to include at least one image from each submitter.

What's intersting to me is that the two images that got selected were not the two I expected. Here are the shots that got in:



And here are the shots that got rejected:


Originally, I just submitted the latter two (which got rejected), and I only submitted the first two (which got accepted) as an afterthought. In terms of image quality, I'd rate the images on opposite ends of the spectrum. The image of the doors is probably the best or second best image (although not a great fit for the theme of the exhibit), but I've never thought much of the image of the young girl. On the other hand, I really like both images that got rejected.

It's a common theme for me with pictuers I take. Other people often prefer images that I don't.

Finally, to digress, it's a very late Spring in North Carolina this year, which has delayed my anticipated return to picture taking. Hopefully I'll be able to get something posted in the next week.