Voting Booth - March 2008 - Monochrome Birds (1 Viewer)

IanF

Moderator

• Mar 22, 2008

• #1

We had 82 entries this month from which 30 have been selected for inclusion in the voting booth for members to vote upon.

Please vote for your favourite entry with the theme - Monochrome Birds

Entries can be viewed as -

1. Slideshow

2. Thumbnails


Entries will remain in place until completion of voting after which they will be moved to their appropriate forums.

 

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Marcus Conway - ebirder

Well-known member

• Mar 22, 2008

• #2

good luck all.
my favourite three didn't make it beyond the cut

 

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|)\/8

Active member

• Mar 22, 2008

• #3

jimmy2faces said:

good luck all.
my favourite three didn't make it beyond the cut

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Yah, based on my feedback/comments, I thought I would have been in the top 30, but oh well. I guess it was too much on the edge.

 

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Marcus Conway - ebirder

Well-known member

• Mar 22, 2008

• #4

|)\/8 said:

Yah, based on my feedback/comments, I thought I would have been in the top 30, but oh well. I guess it was too much on the edge.

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I have absolutely no idea how your image didn't get in. It was perfect for this treatment. I went throught twice looking for it!

Some of them just seem to be conversions, where as your is actually better in b/w. Really shocked its not there. I actually thought the little auks I had posted had a good chance too (again with 20 or so comments), but to not have yours in is a shame as it is a jaw dropper

This is the picture I am talking of;

http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/184686/ppuser/58625

 

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Marmot

Well-known member

• Mar 23, 2008

• #5

Mine had the same amount of comments and am I bothered about it not getting through..no I am not.... and it was my Birthday as well!

When we have a competition where there is 2 and a half times the amount of entries than what can go to the final vote there is always going to be more that don't go through than do....after all it is a FUN competition and no prizes.

 

Adey Baker

Member

• Mar 23, 2008

• #6

jimmy2faces said:

Some of them just seem to be conversions, where as your is actually better in b/w. Really shocked its not there.

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Some of them? Most of them, I'd say! There's no doubt that the Mods have a difficult job in these competitions, weeding out the best 30 shots but I think they've got it wrong this time. To paraphrase one of the commenters under |)\/8's (catchy name:eek! photo, having seen this shot I didn't bother having a go myself as I knew I couldn't beat it. It even drew a 'fab stuff' comment from Nigel Blake

 

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Marcus Conway - ebirder

Well-known member

• Mar 23, 2008

• #7

Adey Baker said:

Some having seen this shot I didn't bother having a go myself as I knew I couldn't beat it.

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they were my thoughts exactly!

 

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Perry Grin

Well-known member

• Mar 23, 2008

• #8

jimmy2faces said:

This is the picture I am talking of;

http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/184686/ppuser/58625

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Amazing piccy. Blooming sinister though! Maybe it frightened the judges off!

 

AlanR

Bird photographer

• Mar 23, 2008

• #9

I've never worked how the final 30 are selected.
I must admit that many this month are not ones I would have considered for selection.
On the other hand, I can't have much artisitic taste as the one I vote for never makes the top three. [I won't say who I voted for this time!]
Alan

 

christineredgate

Winner of the Copeland Wildlife Photographer of th

• Mar 23, 2008

• #10

Vote cast.good entries.Yes,I saw the pic re the vulture,very good indeed.Dark,macabre,dramatic,an excellent shot,akin to a shot from an old B/W Ealing studios film

 

Carpie

CAROLA

• Mar 24, 2008

• #11

Well done everyone, and good luck.

Carola.

 

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Jim M.

Member since 2007

Supporter

• Mar 27, 2008

• #12

IanF said:

We had 82 entries this month from which 30 have been selected for inclusion in the voting booth for members to vote upon.

Please vote for your favourite entry with the theme - Monochrome Birds

Entries can be viewed as -

1. Slideshow

2. Thumbnails


Entries will remain in place until completion of voting after which they will be moved to their appropriate forums.

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The slideshow does not seem to be working at the moment. I get an "image not found" error message.

Jim

 

IanF

Moderator

• Mar 27, 2008

• #13

J. Moore said:

The slideshow does not seem to be working at the moment. I get an "image not found" error message.

Jim

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Should be working again now :t:

 

IanF

Moderator

• Mar 29, 2008

• #14

Announcing the winners of the March 2008 photo competition

122 members cast their vote this month. Voting has been tight all the way through.

Congratulations to the winners :t:

First place goes to -

Scottishdude with the entry Pure Grace which attracted 16/122 votes.

Second place goes to -

Tracker with the entry Optimism which ran neck and neck with the eventual winner for several days. His entry attracted 14/122 votes.

Third place goes to fishercl with Solitude which attracted 10/122 votes.

The entries will remain in place a few days before being moved to their respective forums.

 

AlanR

Bird photographer

• Mar 29, 2008

• #15

Congratulation to the top three.
Three stunning portraits!
Alan
[Apologies to the one I voted for. As usual it was not even in the running. I won't say which one it was.]

 

scottishdude

Leave the world slightly better than you found it,

• Mar 29, 2008

• #16

Many thanks to everyone who voted for me, I still don't understand how I got short listed as the two I thought were brilliant didn't get through! Black and white is such a difficult subject and I envy those who have a special eye for it! as you are aware this was originally a colour shot which I loved and seem to work pretty well as a B&W. Anyway I will stop rabbiting on now and once again thank you for all your votes, cheers Jamie

 

Ian Latham

Well-known member

• Mar 29, 2008

• #17

scottishdude said:

Many thanks to everyone who voted for me, I still don't understand how I got short listed as the two I thought were brilliant didn't get through! Black and white is such a difficult subject and I envy those who have a special eye for it! as you are aware this was originally a colour shot which I loved and seem to work pretty well as a B&W. Anyway I will stop rabbiting on now and once again thank you for all your votes, cheers Jamie

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Well done laddie, you have every right to be proud of yourself. Congratulations:t::t::t: