Err, any chance of back dating the K-7 prize to last week?
david

Cracking shot all round Doc. But I agree colour popping doesn't work and isn't neccesary in this one. For popping to work at all - and there are obviously a lot of people who can't stand the technique under any circumstances - the bit left saturated needs to be really dominant such as vivid red. Just like the red scarf in Paul's Whitechapel photo.
david

I second the remarks of George and Dr Mhuni - let's give the newly emphasised rules for entering and judging a chance before taking any really drastic action. Essentially the weekly competiton works well, its just unfortunate the inevitable problems seem to have come all at the same time.
david

I visit the Forum regularly and try to keep up to date with all things PUF. I comment on people's photos and view the fortnightly competitions there. But I don't put photos in the Forum or enter the fortnightly competition because I believe its too complicated for my feeble non-technical brain.
So I post my photos in the Gallery and love to enter the weekly competitions there. Occasionally I win a competition and work hard to deliver a judgement as swiftly as possible and post comments.
But if I've understood some of the forgoing comments correctly then I'm not considered to be a committed member of this community.
Oh dear am I in the right place?
david

Sorry if I'm being dense here but how can moving the weekly competition from the Gallery to the Forum solve the recent problems we've had? The difficulties we've just experienced have had little to do with the location of the competition

I'm beginning to wish now I'd never mentioned colour popping.
david

The next subject is 'Its a funny old world'. Anything humourous, off-beat or a bit unusual to raise a smile or feel good factor.
Remember the competition is for photographs taken on Pentax cameras or Samsung DSLRs. Whoever wins is expected to select 1st, 2nd, 3rd and a small number of highly commended pictures and post remarks on each entry as soon as possible after entries close at midnight on Sunday October 11.

I've set the next subject - 'Its a funny old world' - in the hope of encouraging a return of good humour.
david

Can I assume then that you don't like colour popping Paul?
david

Its a hollow victory and a shame for all those who entered in good faith after the premature disclosure. When the new competition page is set I'll post the next topic.
david