arafed woman in glasses with arms crossed looking at the camera, a character portrait inspired by Peter Benjamin Graham, arbeitsrat für kuns...

Thank you all for participating in the 38th Photorealistic Challenge -- and congratulations to the winners!

We had lower average votes this time because... many of the images were not photorealistic enough, and by now the challenge-goers judge a lot by this!

There is one problem, which I'll tell you about in all sincerity: the moderation icons are too small for me to reject images -- a rejection is always a big deal, which I don't like to do unless I'm ultra-sure. And, unfortunately, when the images then enlarge during voting, you can see that perhaps they should not have been allowed.

So I ask you: please 🙏🏻

A good rule of thumb is to ask yourself: ‘Would this image pass as a photograph if I posted it on my Instagram?’ If the answer is yes, then you're all set.

Thanks again, and I hope to see you in the next one, which starts very soon!

Doublecrash

I'm drawn to this image, she looks so smart... love it!

Thank you all so much for playing in my No Theme Challenge!! Sorry it took me so long to thank you. Great entries everyone, voting was difficult. Congratulations to our winners!! Hope to see you all in the next challenge!