Contest winners
photobod wrote: Chris has promised the photos will be published soon. he did this in the spring give away winners announced thread, so just be patient folks.
Winning Photos will be posted shortly..we promise.
Chris
Good. Then we can all critique his choices.
I'm thinking that this contest, because of the way the rules were worded, was a combination of who posted the best photos, who posted the most photos and who posted the most comments. Apparently all of these factors were weighted equally judging from my perspective because the top finishers seem to have been the ones that posted the most comments. I'm not saying their photo wasn't the best or their body of work wasn't the best overall I'm just saying that comments are easier to post than photos and photos are easier to post that really good quality photos.
This led to three separate contests... with three types of competitors. Some of us competed by submitting their best shots lets say the top ten. Others of us thought the best way to compete was to keep submitting photos on a daily basis. A large number of us (me included) ran in this race by doing just that. The third set of competitors were the ones that were promoting the contest excitement by keeping the thread active on a minute by minute basis.
As I stated in a previous thread. I got a lot out of this contest as I processed a large number of images to feed the contest beast. A shot or two of mine got some favorable comments that I was proud to hear. I accomplished a lot learning my new camera and advanced in that area much faster than I normally would have. I also enjoyed reading most of the comments and even was moved to comment on a lot of entries too. Then I got a prize that for me was the best thing I would use
I'm not good at making statements that might hurt someones feelings and that is not my intention here but... At times the contest thread got a little tedious with some photos being quoted over and over to maintain a conversation of sorts. I'm not faulting those top finishers for posting lots of comments as they earned their position through hours of dedicated work. I am trying to look at the "contest" from the perspective of those artists that edited through their archives and submitted their work in less than a dozen or perhaps only one or two images. I'm wondering how those people finished even though their work might have been worthy of some recognition.
The photos could have been judged on their merits and given recognition in a separate category but then we would not have accomplished the goal of increased participation in our forums. The people contributing the most original photos could also be recognized for their efforts. And finally I'd like to see the posting numbers on those few die-hard contributors that posted every hour (it seems) and kept the enthusiasm at a high level.
All three contests contributed. The prizes should be given on the basis of who contributed the most. Opinions might vary as to the weight each submission was given but there in lies the intentions of the judges. Let's not rush to tie a hangman's noose and lynch our benefactor. It was a good contest and I had fun. Let's do it again soon.
I'm returning this soapbox before I stagger and fall off!
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