Club Competitions

That is probably still an awful lot of photos since every PU plus member can submit 5 photos for the quarterly competition.

Even the winners don't get comments on why they won do they?

So is the Quarterly competition only open to PU plus members? who are the Judges? That is why I had never heard of it . Can us ordinary members see these photos? .....Jeff... I'm sorry walkeja we both got hold of the wrong end of a stick there. I must have confused you

We got there!

You need to send a PM to PentaxDan on this one as this is a different sort of competition, run by the staff of PU.

Thanks John ...Jeff...

As has previously been said, in camera clubs the judge gives his reasons why. From these comments you, hopefully learn, but un the PU quarterly one, no comments, therefore no learning. Please vote. Thanks

Oh I see. I wasn't aware of how to enter. I wonder how many others are unaware.

There are thousands of photo competitions which don't offer feedback and often have a phrase to the effect of 'no correspondence will be entered into'

I would have thought the incentive for entering was the chance of winning the prize and not a free tutorial.

I hadn't considered PU Monthly Competitions as 'camera clubs'

I had to look it up .

I voted no btw - I think it is a different sort of competition to the weekly and monthly ones, and as such doesn't need commentary from the judge(s). There may be way to many photos for them to comment on in any case. I see it more like competitions you see online, or the BBC Countryfile calender competition - you never get a reason for winning or not from those either.

With some competitions you just don't get feedback on your entries, it's up to the organisers to chooses whether they wan't to do this or not, that's just the way things are.

I don't really see a problem, there are many ways to get comments and criticism on your pictures, if your not happy with the way a particular competition is run you don't have to enter.

I agree. Feedback isn't always necessary. If you want feedback there is the weekly and the new monthly. It would be good to support it.

It doesn't affect me any more as I'm not a PU Plus member now, so not really qualified to vote.

It would have been helpful to know why I'd done well - but I posted the photo on another forum and asked members there for their opinions to give me some idea.

I should imagine that there are way too many entries to be personally noted, but I'm surprised that this hasn't bee brought up before tbh with all the fuss there is about Judges not commenting on the Weekly / fortnightly comp.

You don't have to be a PU Plus member to enter competitions ro to have an opinion Charlotte. You're welcome to join in, with Pentax images of course.

You do have to be a member to enter the competition this thread is about John.

Thanks Gwyn, I hadn't noticed as I've never entered it.

If you check back it's not only PU plus members that have entered this competition... jeff