Monthly Competition #16 - Night Shots Competition

Congratulations to the winner

Yes indeed. Are any comments posted else where?

You got Third Place Barry Well Done !!

Announced on the individual posting

Congratulations ArsenAl, what a great shot, and already the K3 making its mark. Can't wait to see your shots when its not test shots. Congrats too to Simonarron, and Bforbes. Another round of lovely shots, creativity and skills here. Thanks Pentaxfriend for this challenge and judging.

That's a surprise. Thanks Stan, I would not have thought of looking there

Well done to the winner. All the city night shots are lovely.

It's driving me nuts. Where's the individual posting?

D.

@trent900

Only the winner and places were commented on, click on the image you are interested in to see the absence of comments on the 'also ran'

Well done the winners. Shame the rest didn't deserve a comment or two having made the effort to enter.

Perhaps the rules should give guidance to judges as to where to post the results and comments. There seems to have been quite a variation of late, though one would think that anyone judging would check to see how it had been done before and do likewise.

John K

I agree John, it feels like ones been kind of cheated when they make an effort to participate in a competition, with the subject chosen by the judge, and then the judge makes no effort to adjudicated each entry.

As you also stated, the judge should take the time to study the previous ( many hundreds) of other comps and see what the formats and expectations are. If he or she finds it too much work, then do not enter the competition, because you might win!

This is a disappointment and a very disappointing monthly competitions. If this trend continued I for one would loose interest in participating. I have been a judge myself in many a comp and I know that the participant look forward to see the view of another on their entry. Plus I consider it a wonderful way to say thank you for being a part of my chosen topic.

All this aside, congrats to all our winners...and hey judge, it is NEVER to late to upload your thoughts on the entries and post them HERE! We would love it !!

Regards

JA

thanks all!

congrats to other winners!

Next time can we remember please to hold off the comments until the judge has judged.

Many thanks.

Have we set a precedent here that the exif data isn't the be all and end all of which photos get excluded?

People just don't read the rules, but to be fair it isn't obvious where they are as they are in a different section of the forum. Suggest either judges put a link to them or can this be included automatically? Just saying something like 'usual rules apply' might not mean anything to some.

John K

There's no precedent, we always apply common sense. It was obvious that the image you are thinking of had to be shot in the right time frame, so to exclude it would have been a bit petty, wouldn't it?

Normally, the EXIF is taken as correct. If there's no EXIF for some good reason and we are told in the text when it was shot, then we believe it. There has to be a sense of trust.

Anyway enough said

I always seem to rush in and enter without seeing the competition. Will hold off a bit next time.

My favourite must be the Battersea Station shot being a Floyd fan. Made me think of 'Animals' as soon as I saw it!

D.