Now I thought Misty Morning on the Potomac was a shoo-in for a merit, but only one judge out of five voted for it! Based on my scores I re-edited some of these and entered them at Districts. The feedback I got was: Moment of Contemplation - the hat is too bright. Calm After the Storm - Change the title, bring up the shadows, add some clarity. Waiting for a Wave - No one understood why a surfer would be at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool - No wave would ever come! They didn't get my "fish out of water" symbolism. Harvest Moon Rising - Nothing - entered as is. She's Trouble - a judge's favorite. No edits made Misty Morning on the Potomac - darker mat, get rid of "haze" (That's the mist!), watch dodging and burning marks on the trees, less sky.