Is the contest bleeding to death ?

Yup, I voted.

In general, contests etc. have difficulty getting carried through here.

Gotta admit, I started a nice project myself some time ago but did not supervise thoroughly enough and it sorta crumbled...

You live and learn I guess, I got more nice ideas but will only launch one when I'm ready and sure I can follow through.
 
I voted. We have only 25 participants in the gallery, give or take, so that's 25 votes max. if we keep the voting limited to ourselves. Makes a tie very likely. Any ideas for tie-breakers?

I say definitely everybody on RFF should be allowed to vote. Let's do some advertising.

I wish we could get rid of all the pictures that ended up in the gallery by mistake, like that shot from December of 2009...
 
I've run a couple of these types of things and you have to stay focused (pun) and work to a fairly commited regime.

I've done two 'fourteen day one camera one lens comps' and the first was great but the second went a little flat for some reason ... people show a lot of enthusiasm initially but we all have busy lives and sometimes interest drifts a little and the project suffers.

I also think that an FSU comp is a little limiting ... the forum had a lot more activity with these cameras a couple of years ago but not so much now and I think that has been part of the problem with the small numbers.

Personally I'd like to see a competition based around the late Al Kaplan's memory ... open to all but maybe having to work within a 15mm to 35mm focal length incorporating a section for hand held self portraits ... and possibly stuffed animals! 😛
 
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"I also think that an FSU comp is a little limiting ... the forum had a lot more activity with these cameras a couple of years ago but not so much now and I think that has been part of the problem with the small numbers." Keith

I think that's the main problem but it's worth a try, seems we are as reliable as our cameras 😉
 
I didn't vote because I was waiting for the 2 week peroid to get over with to give everyone an opportunity to upload their images. I just went & voted. Maybe others will follow. BTW I like Keith's idea!
 
gb hill said:
I didn't vote because I was waiting for the 2 week peroid to get over with to give everyone an opportunity to upload their images. I just went & voted. Maybe others will follow. BTW I like Keith's idea!
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Which idea did you like?

this one?

Personally I'd like to see a competition based around the late Al Kaplan's memory ... open to all but maybe having to work within a 15mm to 35mm focal length incorporating a section for hand held self portraits ... and possibly stuffed animals! Keith
 
K14 said:
I like Keith's Idea too but who is Al Kaplan?

Gary
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Died not too long ago aged sixty seven after a heart attack sadly!

A very fascinating and opinionated man with a rich background in a lot of types of photography and we were very lucky to have Al as a member here up until his death.

This link to his blog 'The Price Of Silver' should give you some insight into an amazing guy ... sadly missed by me and a lot of others here!

http://thepriceofsilver.blogspot.com/

I've always wanted to organise a photo competetion here dedicated to his memory and his unique style of photography, the last few years of which were heavily dedicated to the 15mm focal length via a Heliar f4.5 ... lots of interesting hand held self portraits.
 
bgb said:
Which idea did you like?

this one?

Personally I'd like to see a competition based around the late Al Kaplan's memory ... open to all but maybe having to work within a 15mm to 35mm focal length incorporating a section for hand held self portraits ... and possibly stuffed animals! Keith
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Yep! that's the one!🙂
 
Thanks for the link Keith!

Since we are talking wide angle hand held then why not a dedication to Tom Abrahamsson, heck he is on a roll with Mr. Kobayashi and the Voigtlander R4M and R4A. They're both keeping this passion of ours alive and would'nt be a bad idea for a contest either...

Tom rocks with that freezer full of Double-X and Tri-X, heck we could do a contest on those films alone!

Gary
 
I say go for it Keith it sounds worthwhile

l interesting hand held self portraits.

not in the FSU section of course as we are all asleep in here 🙂
 
...and the winner is

...and the winner is

Joao is the winner!

See that wasn't so hard was it 🙂

I guess someone should e-mail the head bartender and get the gallery closed and the winner announced for now and forever... then it's part time at Joao's place 😀
 
i did send a message to an administrator but not sure what will happen next. Noticed 2 people had 6 votes so party at 2 places 🙂
No ideas what is happening with the Al Kaplan contest I think you should ask Keith
 
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