VB Forums Photography Contest #6

[MartinLiss]

The winners are

Best Photo
We have a 4-way tie. The number in parenthesis is the number of 1st place votes.
1st: 03myersd #3 (3), chris128 #1 (2), chris128 #2 (2), DeanMc #4 (1)

Best Photographer
chris128
oceanbelle (honorable mention)

Other photos getting one or more 1st place votes (in alphabetical order)
03myersd #5
chris128 #5
DeanMc #2
EntityX #1
MartinLiss #4
MaxPeck #2
Mendhak #1
oceanbelle #1
oceanbelle #2
oceanbelle #3
oceanbelle #4
wearmc #4
zaza #1
zaza #2


Congratulations everyone.

The next contest if there is one will be February 1st, 2011. I put it that way because while I enjoy running the contest I don't like having to solicit entries and votes. For example, despite my best efforts we only got 23 votes (including mine) and that, along with the less than normal number of photos entered, are probably the reasons for the 4-way 1st place tie.

Finally while I won't give out any information about who voted for whom, I will answer by PM any other questions you might have about your own photos.


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This contest is now closed so send me a PM containing your votes now! The PM should look something like the following:

1st - JohnSmith #5
2nd - JaneDoe # 1
3rd - readyteddy #2

Voting ends at noon Pacific time, August 29th.
Here are all the entries.
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Hear ye! Hear ye! The 6th installment of our semi-annual photography will begin accepting entries on August 1st, 2010. As always we have the same prizes (none) and so it's all about honor, glory and ego.

You enter by submitting photographs to me and I will accept them in any of following three ways:

• Upload the photos to Flickr (or any other place where I do not need to create an account to access the photos) and post the links in this thread. Optionally include a short description for each photo.
• If the pictures are small enough, put them in a zip file and attach it to this thread. As with Flickr, optionally include a text file containing short descriptions of the pictures.
• Upload the photos (all in one zip or rar file if possible) to SendUIt. When using SendUIt it's important to select the "Expire in" period before you upload. Please choose an "Expire in" period of at least 3 days. After you do that, post the link that SendUIt will give you here, and again include a textfile with descriptions if you like.

Here is a link to the winning photos from previous contests.

Contest Rules:

• You may submit up to 5 photos.
• The photos must be by you (honor system)
• No "changing your mind" so think about which ones you want to submit.
• No photos that previously placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in any of the previous contests will be accepted.
• Voting will begin after the contest closes (see below) and the voting will be by PM to me.
• Only members who joined prior to the creation of this thread will be allowed to vote.
• Voting for yourself will not be allowed.
• You may vote only once.
• Using PMs or emails to encourage people to vote for you is not allowed and I will consider that grounds for disqualification

Contest Winners:

• 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be determined on the basis of total points awarded to a photograph. The total points will be calculated using the following formula for each photo: (10 x the number of 1st place votes) + (5 x the number of 2nd place votes) + (3 x the number of 3rd place votes).
• Best Photographer will be awarded to the photographer whose photos (as a group) garner the most total points.

Miscellaneous:

• The contest will close when 100 photographs have been received or Noon PDT (GMT -7), August 15, 2010 whichever comes first.
• As soon as the first photos are submitted I will upload them to ImageEvent and provide a link so that all the photos can be seen in one place.

42 entries so far

Here is a link to the current entries.