What is a photography judge looking for?

             I believe that a photography judge is looking for many different factors when judging an image, and I believe that these factors depend greatly on the experience the judge has in photography and what he finds visually appealing in an image. However if I were to have to choose these factors they would be different most likely. I would want the image to and all of its techniques and components to flow together nicely like a fine tuned and oiled machine or engine. I would look for more advanced techniques, composition, shooting styles, perspectives in them. I would pic a creative image over a cliché flower picture taken by a "photographer" who happens to own a nice camera and uses full auto while shooting. There would have to be a clear subject with detail and shoots them in a visually appealing way.    

© Wolfgang Weinhardt, 3rd Place, Germany National Award, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards