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High Key II
An Exclusive Open Challenge using the Basic Editing rules.

Description
A high key photograph is one where the overwhelming majority of the tones in the image are above middle gray (including any shadows) yet still maintains detail even in the brightest areas of the subject. Photograph a shot that's high key this week.

Submission Dates:
  Jun 22 2011 - Jun 28 2011

Voting Dates:
  Jun 29 2011 - Jul 5 2011

Submissions: 81
Disqualifications: 1
Votes: 13,046
Comments: 502

Average Score: 5.66426
Highest Score: 7.5904
Median Score: 5.6975
Lowest Score: 3.6051


Results for High Key II:
Challenge Results for High Key II
Tree Tops in Flood
by MargaretNet

1st place with an
average vote of 7.5904

Views: 5725 (303 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 7.276
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.657
Slicing Through
by Sunshine86

2nd place with an
average vote of 7.3621

Views: 3984 (317 during voting)
Votes: 174
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 7.500
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.336
Light Jazz
by dswann

3rd place with an
average vote of 7.0610

Views: 3170 (284 during voting)
Votes: 164
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.839
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.113
Blades of Grass
by karenk

4th place with an
average vote of 6.9940

Views: 2199 (291 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.862
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.022
White Rice
by dragonwarlord98

5th place with an
average vote of 6.8424

Views: 1821 (287 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.643
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.883
Soft Spoken
by adigitalromance

6th place with an
average vote of 6.8176

Views: 1973 (281 during voting)
Votes: 159
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.346
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.910
Nine Pawns
by DistantColours

7th place with an
average vote of 6.7836

Views: 1650 (281 during voting)
Votes: 171
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.667
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.809
Reflection of Five Decades
by rosaamman

8th place with an
average vote of 6.6220

Views: 1562 (292 during voting)
Votes: 164
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.259
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.693
Debutante
by jomari

9th place with an
average vote of 6.5181

Views: 1693 (274 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.269
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.564
The Flower of Gabriel
by navilor

10th place with an
average vote of 6.4634

Views: 1434 (278 during voting)
Votes: 164
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.138
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.533
Devotion
by tfarrell23

11th place with an
average vote of 6.4491

Views: 1088 (268 during voting)
Votes: 167
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.483
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.442
Daisy Delight
by Eagle40Fox2

12th place with an
average vote of 6.4345

Views: 957 (270 during voting)
Votes: 168
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.448
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.432
Daisy
by KarenNfld

13th place with an
average vote of 6.3939

Views: 1051 (282 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.630
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.348
Bridge To Far
by Stagolee

14th place with an
average vote of 6.3879

Views: 759 (276 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.897
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.493
Crayon Noir
by roksibanc

15th place with an
average vote of 6.3728

Views: 957 (293 during voting)
Votes: 169
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.567
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.547
Flower Girl...Lost
by sjhuls

16th place with an
average vote of 6.3012

Views: 1039 (346 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.107
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.341
Spira mirabilis
by mefnj

17th place with an
average vote of 6.2848

Views: 1509 (253 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.923
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.353
Floral Tea
by bhuge

18th place with an
average vote of 6.2367

Views: 785 (286 during voting)
Votes: 169
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.074
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.268
Velvet
by Neat

19th place with an
average vote of 6.2000

Views: 1015 (270 during voting)
Votes: 160
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.482
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.346
Reese
by hopper

20th place with an
average vote of 6.1548

Views: 702 (269 during voting)
Votes: 168
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.967
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.196
Lauren
by Ringostarr

21st place with an
average vote of 6.1524

Views: 729 (283 during voting)
Votes: 164
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.690
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.252
Duckling
by Nordlys

22nd place with an
average vote of 6.0581

Views: 655 (266 during voting)
Votes: 172
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.133
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.042
Modern Cities Exist Only to Be Destroyed
by rooum

23rd place with an
average vote of 6.0552

Views: 954 (283 during voting)
Votes: 163
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.276
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.008
Faint Memory
by escapetooz

24th place with an
average vote of 6.0539

Views: 809 (285 during voting)
Votes: 167
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.069
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.261
High Key Lily
by bcrants

25th place with an
average vote of 6.0485

Views: 596 (263 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.967
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.067
Never Look Back
by stantheman1313

26th place with an
average vote of 5.9816

Views: 522 (273 during voting)
Votes: 163
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.069
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.963
Full Bloom
by wetland

27th place with an
average vote of 5.9689

Views: 642 (253 during voting)
Votes: 161
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.148
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.933
Joy
by Tammster

28th place with an
average vote of 5.9273

Views: 582 (272 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.759
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.963
Coming to Life
by Lydia

29th place with an
average vote of 5.8790

Views: 615 (268 during voting)
Votes: 157
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.786
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.899
Ready to Fly
by CJinCA

30th place with an
average vote of 5.8476

Views: 467 (273 during voting)
Votes: 164
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.482
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.920
The Sky's the Limit
by inshaala

31st place with an
average vote of 5.8344

Views: 468 (266 during voting)
Votes: 163
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.276
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.955
Innocence
by Mike

32nd place with an
average vote of 5.8075

Views: 554 (275 during voting)
Votes: 161
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.519
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.866
checkmate
by Camabs

33rd place with an
average vote of 5.7778

Views: 466 (273 during voting)
Votes: 162
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.571
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.821
By the Pond
by JohannesFrank

34th place with an
average vote of 5.7778

Views: 410 (256 during voting)
Votes: 171
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.667
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.801
the simple life
by skewsme

35th place with an
average vote of 5.7722

Views: 444 (266 during voting)
Votes: 158
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.731
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.780
Bright before end
by pgirish007

36th place with an
average vote of 5.7622

Views: 481 (248 during voting)
Votes: 164
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.778
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.759
Enveloped
by jnenvir

37th place with an
average vote of 5.7593

Views: 384 (253 during voting)
Votes: 162
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.586
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.797
Changing of the guard
by wei1108

38th place with an
average vote of 5.7516

Views: 591 (268 during voting)
Votes: 161
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.517
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.803
One grape
by hajeka

39th place with an
average vote of 5.7438

Views: 2366 (272 during voting)
Votes: 160
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.929
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.705
window orchid
by EgillP

40th place with an
average vote of 5.6988

Views: 611 (256 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.533
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.735
Skeleton Key
by Alyn

41st place with an
average vote of 5.6975

Views: 518 (396 during voting)
Votes: 162
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.714
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.903
casper
by disassociation

42nd place with an
average vote of 5.6768

Views: 397 (268 during voting)
Votes: 164
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.185
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.774
In Love
by Alicia

43rd place with an
average vote of 5.6420

Views: 615 (267 during voting)
Votes: 162
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.704
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.630
Cyblings
by nickyb

44th place with an
average vote of 5.6135

Views: 471 (267 during voting)
Votes: 163
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.467
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.647
A Happy baby
by manavg

45th place with an
average vote of 5.6024

Views: 600 (259 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.200
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.691
Somewhere in the Orient
by HighNooner

46th place with an
average vote of 5.6013

Views: 532 (252 during voting)
Votes: 158
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.539
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.614
Diamant Lumineux
by Emerkaza

47th place with an
average vote of 5.5839

Views: 1087 (253 during voting)
Votes: 161
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.286
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.647
Beauty of a Flower lies in its Colors
by anujghimire

48th place with an
average vote of 5.5247

Views: 524 (250 during voting)
Votes: 162
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.107
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.612
Fun In the Field
by DCNUTTER

49th place with an
average vote of 5.5233

Views: 372 (273 during voting)
Votes: 172
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.929
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.444
Spider Flowers
by overboard

50th place with an
average vote of 5.4969

Views: 359 (250 during voting)
Votes: 161
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.040
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.581
Toxic
by blacjack

51st place with an
average vote of 5.4785

Views: 279 (262 during voting)
Votes: 163
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.276
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.522
See gulls
by Enlightened

52nd place with an
average vote of 5.4663

Views: 366 (261 during voting)
Votes: 163
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.552
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.448
On the up...
by anniek

53rd place with an
average vote of 5.4410

Views: 447 (269 during voting)
Votes: 161
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.143
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.504
Class
by Mwilton111

54th place with an
average vote of 5.3963

Views: 521 (249 during voting)
Votes: 164
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.214
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.434
High-heeled brigade
by keyz

55th place with an
average vote of 5.3106

Views: 425 (254 during voting)
Votes: 161
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.071
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.361
In Bloom
by mrbig65

56th place with an
average vote of 5.3082

Views: 388 (251 during voting)
Votes: 159
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.885
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.391
Perched
by icecold1980

57th place with an
average vote of 5.2711

Views: 482 (258 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.069
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.314
High speed high key
by Melethia

58th place with an
average vote of 5.2561

Views: 647 (275 during voting)
Votes: 164
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.857
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.338
Frost Bite
by Ammie

59th place with an
average vote of 5.2303

Views: 658 (268 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.714
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.336
Pure Innocence
by wifeofmatthew

60th place with an
average vote of 5.1951

Views: 575 (290 during voting)
Votes: 164
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.893
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.257
Hunter
by marvin

61st place with an
average vote of 5.0932

Views: 318 (268 during voting)
Votes: 161
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.815
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.149
Northern Goshawk, the gray ghost
by hahn23

62nd place with an
average vote of 5.0701

Views: 546 (258 during voting)
Votes: 157
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.786
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.132
Seaside
by Frostmark

63rd place with an
average vote of 5.0621

Views: 383 (248 during voting)
Votes: 161
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.075
One Produces the Other
by BrianR

64th place with an
average vote of 5.0125

Views: 597 (260 during voting)
Votes: 160
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.741
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.068
Candid Portrait
by balisfootprints

65th place with an
average vote of 5.0000

Views: 475 (265 during voting)
Votes: 157
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.500
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.109
agelight
by posthumous

66th place with an
average vote of 4.9936

Views: 680 (265 during voting)
Votes: 157
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.992
Fishing
by Lad

67th place with an
average vote of 4.9684

Views: 392 (247 during voting)
Votes: 158
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.926
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.977
Quiet day at the ball park
by sfalice

68th place with an
average vote of 4.9295

Views: 519 (249 during voting)
Votes: 156
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.916
Garden Memory
by mainer

69th place with an
average vote of 4.8742

Views: 503 (249 during voting)
Votes: 159
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.654
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.917
Dalmation Moth
by vtruan

70th place with an
average vote of 4.7892

Views: 587 (262 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.862
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.774
Moving in Stereo
by Blackbox

71st place with an
average vote of 4.7862

Views: 513 (252 during voting)
Votes: 159
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.630
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.818
a rose is a rose
by leko2k

72nd place with an
average vote of 4.6438

Views: 351 (305 during voting)
Votes: 160
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.036
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.773
Osprey
by snaffles

73rd place with an
average vote of 4.6228

Views: 554 (274 during voting)
Votes: 167
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.296
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.686
Hi Key Leela
by epescala

74th place with an
average vote of 4.5590

Views: 456 (271 during voting)
Votes: 161
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.571
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.556
A rest while heading to nowhere
by andr00

75th place with an
average vote of 4.5220

Views: 619 (266 during voting)
Votes: 159
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.852
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.659
And many a garden by the water blows...
by raish

76th place with an
average vote of 4.4540

Views: 411 (257 during voting)
Votes: 163
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.143
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.519
sweet romance
by GYP

77th place with an
average vote of 4.3313

Views: 582 (258 during voting)
Votes: 160
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.539
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.291
Lab
by whiterook

78th place with an
average vote of 3.9245

Views: 379 (267 during voting)
Votes: 159
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.519
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.008
Jackpot!
by GeneralE

79th place with an
average vote of 3.8418

Views: 432 (253 during voting)
Votes: 158
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.444
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 3.924
Dragon wings
by gmink

80th place with an
average vote of 3.6051

Views: 414 (264 during voting)
Votes: 157
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.148
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 3.700
Disqualified Images
High Flower
by Tiddaz

Originally 59th place with an
average vote of 5.2407

Views: 383 (253 during voting)
Votes: 162
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

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