Personally, I don't agree with the winning photo but Scott Kelby does and it's his choice. I am surprised that only 1100 photos were submitted. I expected a lot more.
@dmortega Aha! Well, mine wasn't picked. The winning one for my walk was a bit unfair though, because they changed our location due to rain. Some people still went to the original location, and that's the shot that got picked. Ah well. It was still fun!
I actually really like the winning photo for all the reasons he stated, except the fact that she's just standing there so obscured by the umbrella prevents me from truly connecting to it. Of the finalists he chose, I liked the one of the people under the arch with the snow falling the best.
http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/seattle-wa-united-states/
On my photo walk, there was only myself and one other photographer besides the leader and his wife. I think I submitted the only picture.
Guess that still makes it the best one! (In the people's choice, my pic is on page 15, the first "St. Charles" picture.)