Congratulations Arvind!arvindpassey wrote: Loved the contest... loved the friends and strangers here... loved the photographs... loved commenting on them... and loved learning soooo much.
Didn't win any prize in the photo contest... though I did get awarded the 4th place (8 Week PPSOP "Understanding Exposure" Course) in the Registration Give-A-Way Contest... and it makes me really happy.
Hope to keep learning from my new friends on this site.
MajorMagee wrote: and there I was only hoping for 5th place so I could get the Topaz Labs Bundle...
MajorMagee wrote: and there I was only hoping for 5th place so I could get the Topaz Labs Bundle...
I know I posted a relatively large number of photos, but I did try to limit it to ones that I took recently, and were of better than average quality. I hope people found some of them to be memorable.
Link To My Contest Photos
Pay attention, sleepy head. Just kidding. 172 posts thus far for a relative newcomer is not bad. The major has made some good input.Stealthy Ninja wrote:
MajorMagee wrote: and there I was only hoping for 5th place so I could get the Topaz Labs Bundle...
I know I posted a relatively large number of photos, but I did try to limit it to ones that I took recently, and were of better than average quality. I hope people found some of them to be memorable.
Link To My Contest Photos
I haven't seen you around the forum.
crystal wrote: Now that the contest is over. How many of you people who join on the sole purpose to enter the contest in hopes to win the contest, will now not be an active member to this forum?
chasrich wrote:
crystal wrote: Now that the contest is over. How many of you people who join on the sole purpose to enter the contest in hopes to win the contest, will now not be an active member to this forum?
We might never know... Everyone not here - raise your hand!
crystal wrote: Now that the contest is over. How many of you people who join on the sole purpose to enter the contest in hopes to win the contest, will now not be an active member to this forum?
True and I agree.. after re-reading the contest page, nothing was even mentioned about images on the Registration side of the give-away... in fact it said all new registrants would be automatically entered and winners would be randomly selected.. Whatever the criteria and selection process, the contest had the desired effect - getting a lot of new members, sharing a lot of photographs, and making new friends. Seriously, more than 56,100 views and 7,800 replies to a single forum thread in 5 weeks - that could be a Guinness record! Like Crystal wondered, I'm sure many will disappear ( looks like a lot already did during the past month) but I've been around several forums and that's always the case. A very small percentage of members stay active over the long-haul. The ones who stay and contribute will enrich and inspire everyone else and vice-versa...photobod wrote: I am not sure but I dont think the decisions were made just on photo quality, if you take a look at the rules, Participation was a big part of the competition, so there may not be a particular photo that won for any of us, I guess we have to wait and see if Alex tells us the reasons for there choices, was it the team, was it independant or was it just on photo quality.
Whatever the reason I am elated at winning first prize, still keep going back to the page to see if my name has been suddenly withdrawn on a technicality .
Congratulations to all the winners in both competitions, lets not forget there were two lists so congrats go to Henry , Dave and Jan also the rest on that list.
I hope this becomes a regular thing on PT, maybe two or three times a year.
for now dont forget to join in Scotty's thread.
www.photographytalk.com/forum/photograph...-appreciation-thread
arvindpassey wrote: Congratulations to all...
The Registration Give-A-Way winners:
Grand Prize - Henry Peach, 1st Place - DestinDave, 2nd Place – NikonJan, 3rd Place – KCook, 4th Place – arvindpassey (This is me!), 5th Place – robbie, 6th Place - capturedbykaren, 7th Place - cod, 8th Place - DLynn Photography, 9th Place - Lars Van De Goor, 10th Place - John Landolfi, 11th Place - Jade71301, 12th Place - gusnelsonphotography, 13th Place - Eric, 14th Place - hilltop, 15th Place - PhotoSteve, 16th Place -JWC Studios, 17th Place - vulaadams, 18th Place - Pamela01, 19th Place - BigRich, 20th Place - dconnellyphotography
The Photo Contest Give-A-Way winners:
Grand Prize - DonD2, 1st Place - photobod, 2nd Place - MajorMagee, 3rd Place - Lori G, 4th Place - jordanmcrae, 5th Place -McBeth Photography, 6th Place - crystal, 7th Place- Karl Wertanen, 8th Place- Chasrich, 9th Place- Cre8tivefix, 10th Place - Turbogirlie
Hope I am lucky enough to have you all in my friend list sooner or later...
Arvind Passey
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