Contest Procedure: How Everything Works - Page 3

clarenceclose · 12-03-2006, 07:01 PM

To the question of amount of photos that can be attached. Does the attachment to the monthly photo contest go against the total amount you are allowed to attach in 'post your photo'? i.e. 500kb allowed and if posted 400kb photo for example, then you could only post another 100kb of photos in Post Your Photo section of the forum.

steve917 · 03-02-2007, 02:45 PM

What is the maximum file size for the contest?

Doug · 03-03-2007, 08:35 PM

Originally Posted by steve917

What is the maximum file size for the contest?

Quote from MO: If you upload the image here, the attachment limit is 500kb and 800x534 pixels.

trumpyman · 03-05-2007, 06:50 AM

hi can u tell me how to enter a photo in mnthly contest.

**Adam** · 03-05-2007, 07:32 AM

Sure, I'll PM you with step-by-step instructions.

HawaiianOnline · 03-16-2007, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by Mo

Sure, I'll PM you with step-by-step instructions.

Can I get a pm with those instructions too please? Thanks.

jimbo65 · 04-29-2007, 12:36 PM

Hi
Can you tell me how to post a photo in the monthly contest. I have a car I would like to post.
Thanks Jim

cuxwold · 05-18-2007, 04:56 AM

can you use image editing in photos submitted to the competition

if so how little/ far can you go

**Adam** · 05-18-2007, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by jimbo65

Hi
Can you tell me how to post a photo in the monthly contest. I have a car I would like to post.
Thanks Jim

Simply upload the photo to the web (our user photo gallery, our attachment system, or other sites like imageshack will do), post a new thread in the contest forum, and surround the image URL with these tags: [img] (URL here) [/img]

Remember to include the image URL and not the page url.

Originally Posted by cuxwold

can you use image editing in photos submitted to the competition
if so how little/ far can you go

Yes, as long as you're editing a photo and not creating an entirely new one

pentaxk10duser · 06-04-2007, 08:19 PM

im getting a upload errors when I try to upload a pic It saids. IMGP1252.JPG:
Upload of file failed. what should I do next to post monthly contest picture. thanks steve

khedquist · 08-06-2007, 12:21 PM

Adam,

I am new can you also send me the step by step for entering the monthly contest.

Thanks, Kevin

hamsi · 09-04-2007, 07:02 AM

Originally Posted by Mo

Sure, I'll PM you with step-by-step instructions.

Would you copy/paste "step-by-step instructions" here, if it's not private

stern · 09-16-2007, 04:37 PM

hi,

i've been following the contests and have also posted pics and won once... but generally, i'd prefer an informed jury deciding over the pictures entered into the contests. user-votings are biased by friends, by "appealing" motifs, by personal feelings etc. etc. and public voters give exactly no feedback why they vote for a certain photo or not... a dedicated jury would explain their decision and thus help all other photogs...

the "water"-topic, which is in its final minutes now, is a a good example: almost everybody seems to go for long-exposure waterfalls. how many of these waterfalls have we seen over the years? two million, three million? all in extremely high quality, although none of them are included in the contest on this site. OTOH, real "water"-pictures, of which there are some quite good ones in this contest, go nowhere.

another example: my entry in the water-contest is currently on an ex-aequo-standing ranking nr. 2, although i'd never rank it that high. i deliberatly chose a picture i thought would appeal to the average user... and it worked.

wouldn't it be a good idea of having the winner of the last contest decide on a theme for the next contest and also head the the jury (consisting of the winner of the last contest, the public-voting-winner* and Mo)? of course, the jury-members are barred from participating in any of the contests in which they are involved as judges, thus enhancing the chances for other photogs. public voting may be retained* and the winner of the public voting joins the jury for the next contest.

in the "winners' showcase" you'd then have the jury-winner (winner) and the public-voting-winner (runner up); if the two happen to be the same, then nr. 2 of jury gets the "runner-up" status (joining the jury for the next contest).

the jury decides by majority... (although you'd probably discuss and reach a unanimous vote).

hope, not to sound too demanding, in the end this is just a proposal

cheers,
stern
(from good old europe)

mtnbearhug · 09-16-2007, 09:44 PM

Stern,

You have a good theory here and it does make sense why individual pictures may be voted on by "friends"..

I am new so please correct me if I am wrong.. but the pictures for the monthly contest are posted without names. So truely you don't have any idea of who took what pic.

Me as a beginner feel very overwhelmed at just the thought of entering some of these contests simply due to the fact of the "professional" level of the entries.

It will be interesting to see what other comments you get..

My 2 cents..

*m8o* · 09-16-2007, 09:52 PM

personally, I wish there was a way to vote 1-10 for -each- individual pic, creating a more accurate ranking for each. I all too often like more then 3 that I would include in my fav's, with one or two my very fav I'd give a 10. However I don't think vBulletin has this capability.