bhowdy wrote: Congratulations to all the winners. So many great images were posted each winner should be proud of their accomplishment.
I do have to agree with the Ninja a bit though as well. The "Photo Contest" winners probably should not have been announced without the photos being posted as well, in my humble opinion. (And yes I realize that a portion of the rules criteria was participation as well)
With over 500 topic thread pages worth of entries and comments it is impossible to go back thru and admire the winning entries. I read the posts, and looked at the images every few days but I also know that some folks submitted more than one entry ... some folks many more than "more than one" as well. Which is fine and should be considered as participation.
I personally don't enter lots of photo contests but each of those that I have entered always post (or display if a live contest) the winning photos, at the time of the winning entries announcement.
Did I enter photos in this contest .... Yes ... Did any of my images win a prize .... No. But I did not expect them to do so .... I learn from viewing and reviewing other photographer's work, this seems like a great learning opportunity for others.
I'm just offering my 2 cents worth as an opinion to help this site continue to grow and improve.
With over 500 topic thread pages worth of entries and comments
I think the above sentence says it all, I also wish the photos were up with the winners list but it was probably to big a task to do that so quickly, we are all going to have to be patient whilst they work out the best way of doing it, this one contest almost blew PT apart, lets give them a chance to recover from the shock.
The format of posting the photos in a forum thread makes it difficult to find the "original" post. Perhaps this was a learning experience and the next contest will be done differently.
Perhaps if we start a thread with suggestions for the next contest it will give the site owners some ideas. I'll start one now.
Only just really joining this forum I haven't seen (or looked into) how competitions are posted, is not a case of having one thread for entries, one thread for discussions and a final therad to announce the winners ?
TheNissanMan wrote: Only just really joining this forum I haven't seen (or looked into) how competitions are posted, is not a case of having one thread for entries, one thread for discussions and a final therad to announce the winners ?
Not at this time NissanMan ... There was one thread for posting images and the same topic was used for comments. As BayDream stated ... It became very difficult to find an original post. But then again that is a good thing in a way as it is a testament to the popularity of the contest.
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RDelean wrote: lmbo!!! Now that picture is funny....and creative! Love it. I don't know many people with friends that would do that.
knowing Ninja as we do on this forum none of us would be surprised if he persuaded all these characters to do this for him, he is after all The Stealthy Ninja
I'd hardly call him Stealthy Ninja.....not much stealth in his postings on this thread after all!
Not to mention this ironically bright suit I wear. You should see it full length... in fact here's a (blurry) picture of me in my full suit (yes it's REALLY me. Even my avatars are me).
BTW I do laugh when people point out the obvious, maybe not for the reasons they wish.
bhowdy wrote: Congratulations to all the winners. So many great images were posted each winner should be proud of their accomplishment.
Yes, you guys put in more effort than I bothered to. It must have been difficult.
I do have to agree with the Ninja a bit though as well. The "Photo Contest" winners probably should not have been announced without the photos being posted as well, in my humble opinion. (And yes I realize that a portion of the rules criteria was participation as well)
Of course I agree with this one. Ha!
With over 500 topic thread pages worth of entries and comments it is impossible to go back thru and admire the winning entries. I read the posts, and looked at the images every few days but I also know that some folks submitted more than one entry ... some folks many more than "more than one" as well. Which is fine and should be considered as participation.
Yeh, they worked hard (honestly) to keep up. I totally gave up on the thread as it was moving way to fast for my level of interest in the competition itself. I have the only good prize there already (the PT bag). I'm also a smugmug member so the other interesting prize ( Zenfolio prize) wasn't a draw for me That said, I'm sure the winners love whatever they got. And they truly deserve it for their Herculean effort keeping up with all those posts.
I personally don't enter lots of photo contests but each of those that I have entered always post (or display if a live contest) the winning photos, at the time of the winning entries announcement.
Yes, precisely
Did I enter photos in this contest .... Yes ... Did any of my images win a prize .... No. But I did not expect them to do so .... I learn from viewing and reviewing other photographer's work, this seems like a great learning opportunity for others.
I agree. I didn't expect to win anything because of the "participation" section of the rules. But as I said, I didn't really want any of the prizes and honestly I have enough money to buy them if I wanted to
I'm just offering my 2 cents worth as an opinion to help this site continue to grow and improve.
RDelean wrote: lmbo!!! Now that picture is funny....and creative! Love it. I don't know many people with friends that would do that.
knowing Ninja as we do on this forum none of us would be surprised if he persuaded all these characters to do this for him, he is after all The Stealthy Ninja
I'd hardly call him Stealthy Ninja.....not much stealth in his postings on this thread after all!
Not to mention this ironically bright suit I wear. You should see it full length... in fact here's a (blurry) picture of me in my full suit (yes it's REALLY me. Even my avatars are me).
BTW I do laugh when people point out the obvious, maybe not for the reasons they wish.
Wow, thanks to photographytalk for this. I never expect anything from random draws. I had completely forgotten about this give-a-way. I just now came across the post almost by accident.. A pleasant and useful surprise.
(And my apologies for hijacking this thread away from important ninja issues.)
cod wrote: Wow, thanks to photographytalk for this. I never expect anything from random draws. I had completely forgotten about this give-a-way. I just now came across the post almost by accident.. A pleasant and useful surprise.
(And my apologies for hijacking this thread away from important ninja issues.)
Thanks,
Chris
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