Photo Comp Oct 2012 - "Childhood's awe and wonder"

[Portland]

Couple to chuck in, will have to look for something better:

[Stuart B]

After much head-scratching, and item representative of something that induced a lot of awe and wonder in my childhood:


C64 All in One by Gnu2000, on Flickr

[RiK]

Hey Elfquin, got a shortlist?

[ElfQrin]

Probably not the best ones for anyone, but the ones closer to my personal taste. I must admit I expected more entries.

F-ZeroOne. I must admit the Japanese atmosphere is more related to my own childhood's awe and wonder, because of all the animated series I watched back to then.

RiK. Although the first picture, with the girl peeking above the wall was closer to the theme.

Portland. (The second picture).


Stuart B. Not a finalist, but I appreciated the idea. A real joystick from the '80s connected to a C64 in a messy room would have been in.

[F-ZeroOne]

Ah... we may have an issue as I'd declared that my photo wasn't an entry...?

[RiK]

Ah... we may have an issue as I'd declared that my photo wasn't an entry...?

Judging by the current votes it's not really an issue is it..

[Zoot]

Ah... we may have an issue as I'd declared that my photo wasn't an entry...?

Judging by the current votes it's not really an issue is it..

No, but it does raise an interesting point (sort of). Given that these comps are now less well-populated than they once were, especially during the winter months, I wonder if it might be time to rethink the rules (don't shout at me - I know that this has been discussed many times, but things have changed).

The rules are pretty clear that old photos CAN be used, although the intention is to encourage new photographs, so F-ZeroOne didn't really have a problem anyway other than stating that it wasn't an entry in the accompanying text.

However, the one that I think bears re-examination is the rule that only the latest (or a nominated) photo can be used. I would presume that this is to prevent a shortlist containing only photos from one person, but I am sure that the judge can be relied on to make sensible and reflective choices. It just seems to be that, if the intention is to encourage people to go out and shoot, then any photo taken and uploaded, whether nominated or not, should be permissible, and it should be up to the judge to decide which is best.

[RiK]

No, but it does raise an interesting point (sort of). Given that these comps are now less well-populated than they once were, especially during the winter months

I think that's mainly indicative of the general forum participation. Blame Facebook!

The rules are pretty clear that old photos CAN be used, although the intention is to encourage new photographs, so F-ZeroOne didn't really have a problem anyway other than stating that it wasn't an entry in the accompanying text.

Yup, obviously it's great to encourage people to go shoot something new but it's still better to post something you have than not post at all.

However, the one that I think bears re-examination is the rule that only the latest (or a nominated) photo can be used. I would presume that this is to prevent a shortlist containing only photos from one person, but I am sure that the judge can be relied on to make sensible and reflective choices. It just seems to be that, if the intention is to encourage people to go out and shoot, then any photo taken and uploaded, whether nominated or not, should be permissible, and it should be up to the judge to decide which is best.

The thing is though, whilst we want to encourage people to participate in the thread, and posting as many pics as possible is a great way to do that, it shouldn't give them an unfair advantage of multiple entries. The onus should be on the photographer to nominate their chosen entry to keep the competition side of it fair with just a single entry per photographer into the actual competition.

I'm more than happy for us to have a re-think of the rules but I'm not sure that's going to make any actual difference. I think it's more a case of encouraging more people to get involved in the first place than changing the rules which have served us just fine for several years now.

[F-ZeroOne]

Ah... we may have an issue as I'd declared that my photo wasn't an entry...?

Judging by the current votes it's not really an issue is it..

No, I didn't think so either... Just on the grounds of openness etc.

[RiK]

Hmm. That'll be me then. Cheers folks.

Guess I'd better dream up something for november then eh?