"I still sucks to be one of those left holding a losing hand," decided Deadline Hollywood, first to the scene of the crash with a shame sheet of absentees to rub salt into the wounds of Oprah Winfrey ("What are they drinking over there?") Inside Llewyn Davis ("certainly did warrant one of the 10 possible best picture spots"), Redford ("obviously fell on deaf ears with Academy members").
Already there is a short list of films that are likely to be anointed with one of the 10 best-picture spots, including, in addition to "Black Swan" and "The Kids Are All Right," "The Social Network," "Inception," "The King's Speech" "Toy Story 3," "127 Hours" and "Winter's Bone".
Hike to the Alstrom Point for the picture perfect spot over Lake Powell, or go for a horseback riding adventure along the Horse Rim Trail.
The Economist decided to use Mr Sécheresse's picture after spotting it on Twitter.
But, Cold Spring, a village in the town of Philipstown, isn't a stodgy, picture-perfect spot.
Sitting in a picture-perfect spot, surrounded by woodland and overlooking a glorious valley landscape, John Carver and Anna Carloss's home rehabilitates the idea of the English bungalow.
One of the most basic parts of that arrangement, though, is immediately obvious from the picture of spots in the pattern.
The viewer scanning the picture suddenly spots a single minute human figure and suddenly, with a little shock, the scale of the image is clarified and magnified.
Once the picture is spotted, the sound designer begins to accumulate the sounds needed to flesh out the director's ideas.
Some sections of beach are more breathtaking than others, but guests should have no trouble claiming a picture-perfect spot.
