The reason I enter is for the feedback. I'm trying to improve my photography, not win the non-existent prize. I'd appreciate feedback from anyone whose picture, in anyone's else's opinion, is more worthy than mine. A short polite helpful sentence would be enough. If I didn't get any feedback then I wouldn't bother to enter that individual's comps again. Also I don't always agree with the judge's choice but I do respect that their opinion is the one that counts. Surely its only fair that winners should take their turn at judging and commenting.

Barrie,
You said in Rule 6 that the site software prevented a deletion and then a re-upload, but I think I did that on the last weekly comp. I inadvertently uploaded a picture of a seagull when I meant to upload a tanker. Spotted my mistake right away and deleted one and uploaded the other. Perhaps John could confirm that Rule 6 does operate as you say.

Gwyn, If you like looking at the pictures why don't you click on the Gallery/Competitions menu button and look at the ones in the weekly comp? There are more there every week than there are in the forum area.

I agree with Barrie that the picture must be taken after the judge has set the theme. I'm glad its moving to the gallery as it makes it easier to enter. The easier it is to enter the more images we should hopefully get. I find it a nuisance to have to manually find the exif data and add it. At least in the gallery its all there.
Thanks for prompting this discussion Barrie and your efforts in setting down some rules.

I read a comment on this forum recently, can't remember who said it but it was along the lines of "If you're good enough to win then you're good enough to judge." That seemed quite a fair criteria to me.

Could Darkskies add the current comp "Texture" to the Gallery area and lets see if it attracts more entries on there than in the competitions forum? Is there any reason why it can't be in two places at once?

Thanks for the comp Barrie and congratulations to Darkskies on his win.

Hi Phil and welcome to the forum. Your picture of a lone fan at a concert is very interesting. Great start.

My 18-135WR lens came back from its warranty repair. It got a new DC motor and a new PCB. It came back the day after I left for a 3 week holiday which forced me to use other lenses. I did 7 cities using a different lens (out of 4) each day. I've still to decide my favorite but at first glance I think the the little inexpensive 35mm 2.4 might be the winner over the zooms.

Ilike No .1 too. The B&W works really well.