TDMMC Photo Contest: Chapter 1 - VOTING!

[run_to_win]

if there's ones you like better than your own, why not vote for them?

Hold your hand in front of your face.  Hold out your thumb and pointer finger so there's just a tiny bit of space between them. 

That's why.

 

[Philly Fin Fan]

I'll re-phrase my statement. There were two other entries which I felt were on par with mine, so I voted for mine.

[Phishfan]

As a non-participator (other than voting) I like the idea of no knowing whose pictures any of these are. Let's just see the pictures.

[fyo]

As far as making it public- If your photo gets absolutely zero votes, will it discourage you from partaking in the next contest?

You mean we're not even going to get the results? Hell, I don't entertain any delusions that I'll win, but I'd love to know if I get a vote in one of the categories...

Why should it be outlawed to vote for your own? Is it forbidden for Obama and McCain to vote for themselves?
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Will you just give up and say "forget it, I'm out of my league here"?

I know I suck. For me, there's no difference between getting ZERO votes and getting ONE vote knowing that it came from myself. And, let's face it, I'm doing this 'cause I thought it might be fun. And, you know what? That first category was. It really was. I was running around town like mad in the middle of the night (well, not quite "middle") setting up my tripod getting some truly weird looks from people. It was fun to do and it was also fun to think about "composition", trying to frame the photo... all that stuff. OK, so my pics tend to come out "slightly" different than what I pictured in my head, but still...

If you read messages like Joe's calling all but one of the photographers a "hack", and you knew which photogrpaher he felt was the best, will you say "screw it"? I think there would be some people who might do that, and then the contest is down to 4 or 5 people.

Well, he's already saying it and if I can't even tell which one is so obviously better than the rest... well, then I must be completely stupid, right? That would be even worse. And if I COULD tell, then it wouldn't matter whether or not jtex told.

[fyo]

As a non-participator (other than voting) I like the idea of no knowing whose pictures any of these are. Let's just see the pictures.

I agree with that sentiment. I don't want to know who took the photos while the vote is on. And if someone doesn't want to admit to their photo (and I wouldn't rule that out for me at some point), that's cool. I have no problem with that. Also helps that there are more people in the contest than there are submissions. That way there's an extra bit of anonymity

It wouldn't matter to me if we knew who voted for which photo, though.

[Dave Gray]

I'm really impressed with the contest, and would like to take a larger part in coming up with categories.

[Philly Fin Fan]

You mean we're not even going to get the results? Hell, I don't entertain any delusions that I'll win, but I'd love to know if I get a vote in one of the categories...

I have no idea if we will get the results. Its not my contest.

[Brian Fein]

The results will be posted.  The anonymous part comes in in not knowing who voted for who.  The final tallies will be posted once voting is over.

[Brian Fein]

I'm really impressed with the contest, and would like to take a larger part in coming up with categories.

Dave, you're welcome to submit photos for judging too, you know.

[TonyB0D]

too bad i live in CT now, otherwise i woulda won this contest by going to the riverfront in NJ and getting a killer photo of downtown manhattan and the bridges!

[Dave Gray]

Dave, you're welcome to submit photos for judging too, you know.

I don't even own a functioning digital camera anymore.  Chrissy has one that I use for when we go on vacations, but even then, it's just a point and shoot for casual pictures of people.  ...nothing with settings or anything like that.

I'd like to get a camera, but I don't really know what I'm looking for, and I'm turned off by the large price-tags of a nice camera.

[StL FinFan]

I don't have a nice camera and I am in the contest.

[Brian Fein]

I don't have a nice camera and I am in the contest.

Werd - most of the participants of the contest only have a point and shoot camera.  And most newer point and shoot cameras take just as good if not better pictures as the big price SLR's.

[bsfins]

I have to admit, I'm torn between the one I like the most,and the one I think is the best..and the one I like the best ....

[Dolphin-UK]

I've tried to account for photography skills, there's one standout which looks pretty professional, and others which look a little less so.  So I've tried to vote for the one which I think would be best if all skills were equal.