WPF Monthly Photo Competitons
 

Due to the success of the WPF opening photo contest we have decided to hold future monthly photo competitions.

A competition will be open throughout a calendar month starting February 2006. A theme will be announced on the first of a month for uploading into the competition entries category in the gallery. At the end of a calendar month entries will go into a poll for voting for two weeks when a winner will be announced and transferred into the competition winners category. At the end of a year all competition winners will be entered into a poll for the photo of the year contest, held in January.

One entry per member, photo must have been taken by a member but there is no time restriction on when the photo was taken.

In the event of an overwhelming number of entries Moderators and Admin will decide on a final short list, in this event any Moderators or Admin who entered the competition shall remove their own entry.

Has a winning entry been chosen from the opening Comp?.

Yes, Crafty by Tom Charles was voted by members as the winning entry to the initial competition.

Check out the gallery at the bottom for the competition winners catagory.

Well done Tom!

You can see the results for the previous competition here
http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...read.php?t=352

The rules seem fair.

nirofo.

If the entries are as good as last time I am looking forward to it - so many great photos.

I thought the numbers of votes cast considering the soaring membership was a bit disappointing though.:mad:

I think the entrants deserve better support.

well if you are going to have one you should announce it soon as to the subject...seems it takes so long for anyone to vote around here it will be april before you have any good amount of votes...the last contest was good but poor on the voting end...

The site is young, things will perk up with time. Please don't lose faith.

It would be nice to know what the next competition is going to be as early as possible. Sometimes some of us are restricted in what we can do due to weather or distance and the more leeway in time that we get the easier it is for us.

YES Faith is what makes this world run.This site is young and i am sure it will be ONE of The BEST site -you hear.Keep doing what you'll are doing in the site and let a old man (me) enjoy this site with all of [b]YOU[/B:) my friends :D

It seems to be a general thing with voting. As the pictures are viewable as soon as they are uploaded only new members really have the excuse that they don't have time to go through them all - I'm sure we all bookmark a couple of favourites during the time pictures are uploaded so it;s only a matter of another flick through to make sure before you vote.

Please note, Stephen has announced the Feb 2006 competition theme here:
http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...read.php?t=575

I'm so glad we have virtually a month to get the photo. I havn't seen a sunrise or sunset for a couple of weeks its been so drab hope the sun comes out soon. The only sunset I have is what I posted in last comp so want a new one.

Same thing here. Hopefully we'll get some suitable weather soon, if not it will have to be an old picture.

What wonderful pictures are being entered into the competition.:)

Voting is not going to be easy is it?:(

D

Have we got to award Mr & Mrs Saphire equal first to avoid a punch up ? :rolleyes: LOL

Rob (Noooooooo! :) We never fight Honest:p) We are always challenging one another it makes life interesting.

Wow, I just did a quick count of the number of votes registered. I think that it's only about 37. Aren't there over 1300 members of the forum? Why don't people vote?

This is the point raised in the "What is the purpose..... " thread. If only 100 login everyday how many of the 1200 users are still regular users. What percentage of that 1200 have drifted off ? I would expect the vote to be higher as the only interest is photography but not much higher as I suspect the number of regular users are between 100 and 150. A possible another 50 who pop in now and then. Maybe Andy has some stats on this ?

[quote=Snowyowl]Wow, I just did a quick count of the number of votes registered. I think that it's only about 37. Aren't there over 1300 members of the forum? Why don't people vote?[/QUOTE]

Hi Snowyowl

I think the voting page link needs to be more prominent so that as soon as you log on to World Photography Forums you see the voting link in front of you! At the moment it takes some finding if you don't know where it is?

nirofo.

I agree with nirofo. Current votes cast 32, although it still has a while to run.

Don

Is the reluctance to vote something to do with the fact that probably 20 of the entries are competition winning standard? How does one choose? I put in a 'silly' about mid-month as there were already so many fine sunsets that I thought the subject might be expandable, but the sheer beauty we are treated to nearly every day (twice for the dawn birds) is endless. The standard of photographic skills on the site is pretty well 'given'. Tentatively I have pulled out half a dozen to ponder over full screen with no distractions.....

I must have mis-counted the votes. Oh well! I think that nirofo is right with his comment. The vote now slide in the recent pictures should help.

comp rules for next month
 

As we near the end of March and therefore hopefully April theme is about to be announced, I wonder if we could add a couple of rules
(1) to be taken during the month in question
(2) open to users with not less than say 4 pics on the gallery.
This is to discourage a tendency I dislike for one or two people to enter their (I hope their own) star historic pic and contribute nothing else to the forum. This seems unfair to the vast majority who do an awful lot of it.

[quote=nirofo]This is something I'm in full agreement with, I've arrived at an age where I find it difficult to remember where the on off switch on the camera is, so you can imagine the difficulty I have finding the voting page.

On another point I'm also in favour of taking a photo to suit the competition theme, not searching my hard drive for a suitable one.

Harry

I agree in principle with both of your suggestions but think that "during the month in question" may be just a bit tight. I could certainly live with it but it means that we can't take anything for the competition before, for example, 1 Apr., and to me photography sometimes has to involve just grabbing an opportunity when it presents. Obviously it depends on the theme of the competition. Perhaps within 30 days might be better?

If we limit entries to be taken during the month of the competition, then I'm afraid that lets me out.

nirofo.

Doesn't BF have a 'within the last 12 months' limit on competition entries? Maybe this could be a compromise.

Yes, I think that's fair. Though with all of this, we can only take people's word that the image was taken when they state... exif data doesn't apply to all images.

We would also have to enforce that a date is specified when the image is uploaded for the comp... this has caused a few problems before, when a photo has had to be disqualified because no date was supplied. Just a month and year would be o.k. if an exact date cannot be remembered.

cheers,
Andy

Forgive my ignorance, but try as I may I cannot seem to find the monthly comp rules. Are they semi-formal or do I require direction?
Aside from being an aged computer L-plater, I offer the excuse that as a train driver, I don't get to use a steering wheel that often!? LOL
Cheers John

Only a few simple rules John - like stick to the track :rolleyes:

Apart from the rules you signed up to when you joined any extra rules Foxy will outline along with the theme for the month.

The theme is often open to interpretation , maybe a limit if previously posted in gallery, sometimes digital artwork is excluded and in the unlikely event of more that 30 entries some entries are excluded for the final vote.

keep it simple - :D

As Rob has stated, no rules really just a few guidelines posted with the theme every month. This months theme is 'Travel' and was announced with the rules Here

Thanks for that Canis and Foxy. There seemed to be lots of suggestions of alterations and I suffered a senior moment.
Please clarify if you would, are you allowed to post a photo already used in a separate category? I don't really need to, but just curious!
Thanks for your time, John

It is possible to transfer an image from a normal gallery category to the competition provided it was uploaded within 30 days.

Do you have a photo in mind?

Although I agree with the above, we/you have to accept the honesty of the poster. Adjusting the date within exif is extremely simple.

Harry