Fortnightly challenge : "Portraits ... NOT People" 3rd Sept to midnight 17th
 

Topic ... Portraits ... NOT People ... so that's animals, birds, insects, plants & flowers, even buildings.

Fortnightly Challenge is open to all members of WPF.
The challenge will be run on (GMT) time.

Post your photo in this thread from .. 3rd Sept to midnight 17th September.

On the 18th September a 3 day poll will be placed in this thread for voting on the best photo in this challenge.

(Please give your photo a title )

The winner picks a challenge for the following fortnight and starts a new thread.

1. One photo per member
2. To be taken during period stated above
3. The photo must include exif data if possible with date and time
4. Post your entry as one attachment directly in this thread
5. No discussion of entries in the thread
6. Do not post any entries in the gallery until after the voting has finished

Hello ....

Is there anybody there ???

I thought this one would attract a lot of entries because there's so many options ...so come on - show us what you've got :)

I'll start then...

"orange and black"

Clive, the problem with this challenge is that the picture needs to have been taken during this period....that will reduce the number of competitors...

That's the same with all the fortnightly challenges Rajat. The idea of the challenge is to encourage people to go out and take pictures to fit a specific theme.

For the last challenge we had 12 enties in a fortnight... looking back we had 20 entries in a fortnight for the depth of field challenge.

There's still a week to go so lets see some more entries ... otherwise Peter may win by default ;)

How do you check if the photo's been taken during the period....by the EXIF?

Greek Mythology
 

A Greek Mythology,portraits of Medusa and Atlantis

Doll Face
 

Window light on a dull day.

orange
 

orange flower

Dragonfly portrait

Cat Nap zzz

Hello Duck.

Moorhen Chick
 

A very young Moorhen Chick

I'm not kissing him!!
 

A difficult challenge!

OK Folks ... poll now open so cast your votes

Oooohh a three way tie, I'll see if one of the mods can set up a fresh poll for three days with just these entries

Ok folks - Shaphire has reset the poll to the three tied entries ... and the poll will run for three days until Midday on Monday & hopefully we will have a clear winner :)

Everyone's original votes have been cancelled and its now just down the three so please vote again

It's not letting me re-vote, Clive. :(

it is telling me I have already voted

Yup me too - can't vote. You could maybe set up a new poll from scratch?:)

I assumed that was because I'd already voted for one of the three, and that the extended vote was for those who hadn't voted the first time round. The extension does seem to be giving one a chance to draw ahead:o

Strange, let me vote as normal. At the moment 7 people have voted. So its working for some but not all.
P.S. I voted first time around as well.

I didn't vote for any of these three (sorry) so It can't be as Mike said...

That seems to leave the possibility that it's related to how long ago you voted, I was rather slow getting round to voting (Not the usual lethargy I was working away from home over the weekend)...

One of the Mods has edited the poll so people can vote a second time :)

Hi Clive - no big deal but for the record I still can't vote.

Me neither. :(

Would like to vote, but it wont let me. sorry

I am looking into this but as I was able to vote in both the first poll and the tie breaker I am struggling to work out what is happening. I am unsure how we can fix this so all can vote... my only thought is to start a one day poll in a new thread (for the three shots in this tie breaker) that would hopefully allow all members to vote and hopefully get us a clear winner. So unless I can fix the issue or anyone comes up with a better idea I will do this later this evening. I know it's not ideal but it's the best I can come up with.

^^^^^ sounds fair.
FWIW, I voted twice, once for the initial competition and then again for the tie breaker. My first vote was not for any of the three finalists. It registered my vote both times.

OK - I have closed the poll in this thread and started a new, one day tie breaker poll http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...ead.php?t=6789 please vote now!

Well its gone midday and despite a few people not being able to vote a second time, I think its time to close the competition and announce the winner.

So by a short head the winner is Peter/Postcardcv with Orange & Black - congratulations & over to you for the next challenge

Congratulations Postcard on a good win.
This most have been one of the strangest and closest fortnightly challenges for a long time.
Well done Gidders on keeping it going through all the confusion about voting.

A worthy winner!
Having such an entry right at the start discouraged me from entering my shot, at least until I read entries were low. I knew mine wasn't a contender.
Fortunately there were other great entries later on that made it into an interesting & close run battle.
I'll have to see if I can take part more often - perhaps it will help me raise my standards...

congrats Peter,it is a beautiful shot... I agree with Mike above...I was only there to make up the numbers...certainly was a close vote & the longest ever voting time...well done to everyone to get it all sorted... look forward to the next challenge.

Congrats Peter.

Yes Congratulations Peter - well done.

Marydoll.

well it seems that the voting caused more problems than it needed to with this one... the one day poll I posted ended in another three way tie so I'll accept the win on this one and start a new comp. I don't think any of us want to spend another week voting on the same set of photos!

I used to feel discouraged by the high standard of other peoples photos. Now look on it as a fun way to try to improve. It also makes me take photos that I would never have thought of Eg. photo of a doll, don't even photograph people.
I am always surprised and pleased if anyone votes for my photo.
Did not think my entry had a chance of competing but entered and hoped.
Go on and enter, nothing to lose and as you say, "perhaps it will help me raise my standards". Think its raised mine.

Congratulations Peter....your picture deserved to win. Hoping for an interesting theme in the next challenge !