Amnorrageordie
Midfield
This for me. And anonymous pics would be better imho but all exif data would need to be removed, and that could lead to, dare i say cheating.The move to gallery rather than thread has certainly confused matters
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This for me. And anonymous pics would be better imho but all exif data would need to be removed, and that could lead to, dare i say cheating.The move to gallery rather than thread has certainly confused matters
I'd be surprised if anyone cared enough to cheat tbhThis for me. And anonymous pics would be better imho but all exif data would need to be removed, and that could lead to, dare i say cheating.
Ken no Rosso. The wee tags at the top of the page to encourage folk to hoy a pic in is working. for the day in the life. I would hate to see the comp die a death, so maybe follow suit?I'd be surprised if anyone cared enough to cheat tbh
as an enterer and voter pretty much most months I feel free to comment. I don't have any issues with the way the competition is being run at all, so thanks to oROSSo for this.Well I for one have no issue with the current set up. Links are posted in the threads directing you to the pictures and bar December, the turnouts haven't been that bad, December is just a busy month for people.
Do people really think they'd be an influx of entries if photos were on the thread rather than through a link!?
Perhaps stripping exif data may work but I've never seen people blatantly voting for their mates, who cares? Really?
If people went to the effort of actually entering and voting rather than complaining about it all it may progress.
Well I for one have no issue with the current set up. Links are posted in the threads directing you to the pictures and bar December, the turnouts haven't been that bad, December is just a busy month for people.
Do people really think they'd be an influx of entries if photos were on the thread rather than through a link!?
Perhaps stripping exif data may work but I've never seen people blatantly voting for their mates, who cares? Really?
If people went to the effort of actually entering and voting rather than complaining about it all it may progress.
I don't think I did did I?
Sorry, my fault. I misread your first sentence, half asleepI don't think I did did I?
I have just been commenting on the thread generally and to comments posted.
For all directing their ideas at me personally, I have no powers to post banners on the SMB, I have no powers to sticky threads to the top of the SMB; I simply start the months thread and gallery as, IIRC, indicated by roger who wanted it set up in this particular way (I'm not sure if it makes the running of the site easier)
I'll try run it however the majority want it ran, with provisos from roger. I would say however, one bad month doesn't mean end of the world - people are just busy in December, IMO.
@peachbum if you contribute, I'm not sure why you'd take my comments as being aimed at you.
@2310 Return not sure if your numbers are based on the monthly competition or the photography board as a whole but several key posters have left or lost their love of photography in the time I've posted in the photography section. Ayesane - left the board, AB22 - working hours dictated him giving up the running of the comp, Clyde - gave up photography, and many more.
yer I could do that if people are OK with Feb's entry being taken in Jan.Ross, why don't you overlap the competitions so the Feb one opens as soon as empire chooses a theme? Would give on average 6 weeks to find a shot
For all directing their ideas at me personally, I have no powers to post banners on the SMB, I have no powers to sticky threads to the top of the SMB; I simply start the months thread and gallery as, IIRC, indicated by roger who wanted it set up in this particular way (I'm not sure if it makes the running of the site easier)
I'll try run it however the majority want it ran, with provisos from roger. I would say however, one bad month doesn't mean end of the world - people are just busy in December, IMO.
Fine with me.yer I could do that if people are OK with Feb's entry being taken in Jan.
Ross, why don't you overlap the competitions so the Feb one opens as soon as empire chooses a theme? Would give on average 6 weeks to find a shot
Cheers for the clarification, Roger.The problem we have when photos aren't using the gallery system is twofold.
Firstly pictures get moved/deleted from other sources when they aren't uploaded to RTG, so whilst the thread is usually okay for the duration of the competition, when you come to the thread six months later, it will be full of red crosses/images not found.
Secondly, when people use external sites, they all display differently here, so some will use greater jpg compression, some will display small thumbnails, some large images etc and it isn't a level playing field for the entries.
However, just because the photos are in a gallery, doesn't mean they can't be added to a thread too. So if someone has time to do that, the voting thread could easily have the images embedded in it (using the icon like a camera in the post editor)
@oROSSo - true you don't have powers to sticky etc, but just drop me a PM if you want something like this doing. I don't always read/monitor this section myself, so aren't always aware if anything needs doing.
The photo section will only ever be a minority interest section on the SMB, and if I am honest I was surprised by how well things initially took off.
MagWell, after consulting with my brother who suggested 'stormy weather' as a theme, I've decided to completely poo-poo that and would like to suggest a theme of chiaroscuro or use of strong contrasts between highlight and shadow.
One hump or two?I'm not entering until I get a reply to my PM the ignorant kernt....