Please Vote in RFF's Voigtlander 21/1.8 Contest!

Fidel and model337, I agree, but isn't the simple solution to register your vote for images that do address the human condition? And, that do fit your own personal definition of "street?" Since you only get one vote, you have plenty of opportunity to disqualify all the "ineligible" entries.

finguanzo said:
I agree with you model337, to some extent, but I don't understand how a bunch of the images have anything to do with "The Human Condition"......
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I've voted, again! I do recommend going through all the pages before voting as there are some very interesting images on pages 5 & 6..
 
Thanks,

Is it possible for someone to post a link to gallery? Its not possible to access menues fron Android pad.

Edit: please disregard this. Found the gallery from search function. Sorry.
 
mocheez said:
What's the relationship between the votes and the tally? I see photos with four voters and a tally of 1...
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That was a mistake not affecting the tally.

what happened was that the tallys are being calcultaed for the contest category correctly. However, when the member names were shown it pulled them from other categoriees they also vote in.

for example. they voted for the contest and the tally shows 1. they also may have voted in 3 other categories so their name showed up 4 times as well

this has been fixed by only showing the names from the contest category votes.
 
You know, I never enter photo contests but I really thought this time it might be different. So, I entered a couple of shots in good faith.

Boy, was I wrong. This whole thing is screwed up. Crazy ass photos that have absolutely nothing to do with street photography, much less "The Human Condition." Not only that, but it seems there may be vote rigging and apparent fraud. Wow.

This is what happens when you have contests where members are allowed to vote instead of a panel of impartial judges who decide the final outcome, as flawed as that may be.

Oh well....
 
Yes, it's a funny contest that's screwed on many levels.

The entries should have been anonymous with a public vote. There would probably be 2 or 3 contenders. Not 50 like now. 🙂
 
Honestly? I think it's not too late to cancel it and restart it from new in a few days, with a new set of solid rules. But that's just me.

Anyhow, good luck to all!
 
I think there's a bug in the display of the votes. Some entries that had votes have the votes disappear, reappear and then disappear again. Same voter shows up when it reappears. In another case, one entry appears twice, each time with a vote from the same voter. I don't think this is anything nefarious, but rather just a technical glitch. For example, I am fairly sure that the duplicate display is not counting as two votes.

One of my entries received a vote. Then the vote vanished. Later, the same vote was restored. Now it has vanished again. I'm not concerned for myself, as I have a very low expectation of winning (there are many fine images entered). I am concerned that the poor fellow who kindly cast a ballot was disenfranchised not once but twice.

I suspect that Jorge simply needs to fix some code.

To those of you who are complaining about the contest, please remember that Stephen is doing this on his own dime. He is not charging us anything for entries. Some talented person will deservedly win a nice lens. If it's not you who wins, you shouldn't have such sour grapes. I see photo contests on the web all the time. Most all of them charge entry fees. If you don't win this one, you also haven't lost anything.

If you have constructive criticism, you should post it. If you are simply venting frustration because you are not winning the contest, you should act a little more mature.
 
No vent here. I am a bit concerned for Stephen, though. If he ends up losing a lens to non-complying image it will surely be a sad thing. Otherwise it is a very entertaining contest and I say thanks to him and to all the participants. It's all very cool.
 
Not sure why so many people are having a hard time with interpretations of the contest's topic.

"Human condition" is such a broad theme that it lends itself to many interpretations. An empty room could accurately depict "human condition" for some. For some others, it takes something a little more literal, like a baby clinging to his mother or the ubiquitous homeless person.

As some have suggested, your vote will speak for itself, but don't presume that there is only one way that a theme this broad could be explored. Now, if the contests was called "Trains" and somebody posted macros of flowers, that would be a different thing!

A final thought, my vote did not go to the picture that best depicted what I may think of as the human condition, rather it went to the picture that I found most aesthetically pleasing within the many that I thought communicated something about the contest's subject.
 
What's a non-complying image?
Not shot in 2012.
Not shot with a rangefinder. etc.

Most of the rest is up to those who choose to vote.

Froyd, the logic of your choice makes sense to me and doesn't need to be defended.

I would hope that no one would vote for macro shots of a flower in a contest about trains.


If you think something is staged or not street photography or doesn't address the human condition, then don't vote for it. That seems pretty simple.

Democracy: that's when we accept the consequences of the voice of the people even if we don't agree with it.

Stephen put us on the honor system on this one. I have to trust that most folks here are honorable and that those who are not will not win votes.

I'm not concerned for Stephen or the rest of us. Some deserving person will get a lens.

Now, bring on those HRD'd pictures of cats playing with yarn.🙂🙂🙂
 
C'mon people. Let's play. Every forum is good place to put personal opinon, but we have to do it polite. We'll have chance to discuss after deadline. This game is based on someones good will, right? ... or maybe it's better to have several judges with '' final decision '' and no complaints?
 
Again,
I want to make it 100% clear that I absolutely appreciate the entries, the votes and the contest itself. I simply took part in the conversation.
I think that we can't thank Mr. Gandy enough. Really.
 
UPDATE

the tally page has been disabled to encourage people to look at all of the entries before voting.

yes, this has been a learning experience.

Looking backward I would have done a few things differently, but I trust the members to determine the best entries.

The top voted entries will have ALL of their votes carefully evaluated before a winner is determined.

Cheers,

Stephen
 
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