FinalGear Weekly Photo Assignment #1 - "In Motion"

BerserkerCatSplat · April 13th, 2006, 09:08 PM

Theme: "In Motion" - Try to express the idea of "motion" in a still photograph. Be creative!

Timeframe: Your entry must be emailed to finalgearphoto@gmail.com on or before midnight Mountain Time 04/29. (Contests from now on will start Sunday and end the 2nd following Sunday.)

Prize: Bragging rights, and a position in the soon-to-be-created Winners' Gallery!

Restrictions: Please follow the following restrictions in order to submit an eligible entry.

- Your image must be a maximum of 1000 pixels (height or width), and a minimum of 500 pixels (height or width).
- Your submission email should have the title of the image and "Contest #1" in the subject. Please title your images, as the poll must have some way to distinguish between them - I don't want half the vote options to be "Untitled."
- Also, when you email your submission, make sure you include your FinalGear screen name so I know who's submitting what!
- Only one submission per user. Please do not create multiple accounts to submit more images, as it is 1) unethical, and 2) statistically reduces your chance of winning anyway.
- Your image must NOT contain any borders or signatures or anything to identify the photo as your own. The images will be stripped of EXIF data as to make the vote 100% anonymous. Please do not mention which photo is yours, and please do not post that image anywhere until the contest is over.
- Your image must have been taken after the contest has started, I will not accept old photos that happen to match the subject. This contest is designed to promote creativity, not find out who has the biggest backlog of good photos.
- Your image may be altered in whatever imaging software you choose, without actually altering the content of the photograph. (i.e. you can alter the curves as much as you want, but you can't paste in David Hasselhoff.) Editing out distracting non-content objects such as power lines is also acceptable.
- Please keep the submissions taseful and without gore/nudity. I like nude photography as much as the next guy, but this is a public forum. Don't submit anything you wouldn't put up in a public area.

If you have any comments or suggestions about the rules of the FinalGear contests, please voice them in the appropriate forum, or in this thread if you want.

When submitting your image, feel free to suggest a topic for the next contest!

Good luck, and have fun!

(Apologies to AccessPhoto for ripping off their rule scheme somewhat.) images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Mods: Could I get a sticky for this, please? images/smilies/smile.gif

Carsightings · April 13th, 2006, 09:27 PM

for next time what about city pictures?

BerserkerCatSplat · April 13th, 2006, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carsightings

for next time what about city pictures?

Not a bad topic, but remember that not everyone here may live in or have easy access to cities. I'm going to try to include as many people in my topics as I can.

ryosuke · April 13th, 2006, 11:11 PM

Quote:

but you can't paste in David Hasselhoff.)

as if anyone would voluntarily do that. images/smilies/yucky.gif

anyway, email? can't we send you a pm?

BerserkerCatSplat · April 13th, 2006, 11:22 PM

I guess you could PM me, yeah. I prefer email because I can keep it a bit more organized and be able to backlog entries, but I guess you could PM me in a pinch.

whoster · April 14th, 2006, 12:44 AM

hahahah

silly catsplat.

images/smilies/tongue.gif

imma do my best with the motion thing...see if i can come up with anything, or dig through anything...

whoster · April 14th, 2006, 12:44 AM

NOOO i CAN'T USE OLD ONES@#1

AHHH

ryosuke · April 14th, 2006, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whoster

NOOO i CAN'T USE OLD ONES@#1

AHHH

thank god, otherwise we'd be all pwned by now already. images/smilies/lol.gif

catsplat,

i can mail it, no problem. images/smilies/smile.gif

Salar · April 14th, 2006, 03:27 AM

This is a tough one man. I'm out. lol

Salar · April 14th, 2006, 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BerserkerCatSplat

- Your image must have been taken after the contest has started, I will not accept old photos that happen to match the subject. This contest is designed to promote creativity, not find out who has the biggest backlog of good photos.

Guess this rule is lame. Not anybody has the time to go and take pictures everytime the contest is on. I think we shouldn't care about the date of picture.

BerserkerCatSplat · April 14th, 2006, 04:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Salar

Quote:

Originally Posted by BerserkerCatSplat

- Your image must have been taken after the contest has started, I will not accept old photos that happen to match the subject. This contest is designed to promote creativity, not find out who has the biggest backlog of good photos.

Guess this rule is lame. Not anybody has the time to go and take pictures everytime the contest is on. I think we shouldn't care about the date of picture.

So you think this contest should basically be a competition about who has more old good photos than anyone else? There's a lot of us on here that have a rather large collection of images, and the contest would be weighted heavily in our favour if we could use them.

If you don't have time to take photos every week, then don't participate every week, I guess. I could stretch the timeframe to two weeks if everyone figures they need more than one week to take a picture of something in motion.

ryosuke · April 14th, 2006, 04:23 AM

2 wekks would be a good idea.

BerserkerCatSplat · April 14th, 2006, 04:28 AM

OK, here's what I'll do.

Timeframe will be extended to two weeks, at the end of that period I will set up a voting thread for that contest, the voting period will be one week. I will simultaneously create a new contest thread, so you're all not sitting around for the voting week.

Sound OK?

Salar · April 14th, 2006, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BerserkerCatSplat

If you don't have time to take photos every week, then don't participate every week, I guess.

Thank you very much. images/smilies/ohmy.gif

You stole my idea, and now this... images/smilies/wacko.gif

AxlxA · April 14th, 2006, 05:55 AM

i think one month is a better time frame.

I dont know about you guys but for the past month, it's been raining here. Only sunlight maybe once out of the whole month.

Of course i agree with "best pic out of back logs" point. But one month is fairly recent to me.

Carsightings · April 14th, 2006, 06:34 AM

I like the idea of 1 week.

BTW i just sent in my photo images/smilies/smile.gif

Skoshi · April 14th, 2006, 06:55 AM

A month? Phew, that's quite long.. It only takes you an hour or so to create something for a contest like this if you set your mind to it. I think the one week period is long enough.

BerserkerCatSplat · April 14th, 2006, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Salar

Quote:

Originally Posted by BerserkerCatSplat

If you don't have time to take photos every week, then don't participate every week, I guess.

Thank you very much. images/smilies/ohmy.gif

You stole my idea, and now this... images/smilies/wacko.gif

Crikey. It's not like you're the first person to come up with the idea of a photo contest. You started a thread suggesting it, Carsigtings asked if someone wanted to make one, so I volunteered to take care of it. I'm not trying to insult you, but I take the time to lay out some rules so the contest isn't completely chaotic, and you call them "lame." Cut me a break, I'm just trying to make it so everyone can participate on an even playing field. If you can't get a good shot on a topic within the timeframe, it's not the end of the world, just wait for the next one.

AxlxA: A month seems a bit long to me, as summer is approaching and photo opportunities are getting more frequent. I would agree with a 1-month timeframe if there were tons of people participating, but I think we'll only see a dozen or so entries. If the majority of people want 1 month, then that's what we'll do. Until we've nailed down what everyone wants, I'll use 2 weeks as a placeholder timeframe.

Carsightings: Great photo! However, if you take another one you like better, let me know and I'll change your entry. There's lots of time left! images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Salar · April 14th, 2006, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BerserkerCatSplat

Crikey. It's not like you're the first person to come up with the idea of a photo contest. You started a thread suggesting it, Carsigtings asked if someone wanted to make one, so I volunteered to take care of it. I'm not trying to insult you, but I take the time to lay out some rules so the contest isn't completely chaotic, and you call them "lame." Cut me a break, I'm just trying to make it so everyone can participate on an even playing field. If you can't get a good shot on a topic within the timeframe, it's not the end of the world, just wait for the next one.

I still can't see why you were the volunteer to write/make the rules. Just because carsighting said and you got approved by him?
No offense, but you're a bit selfish on this one. I STILL don't care that much, and if everybody agrees with these rule and contest, and there are not any more suggestions, it's good enough then.

mautzel · April 14th, 2006, 08:56 AM

The rules are fine for me, and I guess they would've been rather similar if Salar would've made them - it's a good framework for working on the topic, and I think as well that including old photos doesn't really make sense - you also could simply download great shots from the internet, then, but that's not what this competition is all about.

I'm thinking that two weeks would be the best period to enter your photo, one week is a little bit short especially if you're busy and don't get out a lot, and I don't want to wait a month for the final lineup personally images/smilies/tongue.gif

April 13th, 2006, 09:27 PM	#2
Carsightings Joined: Dec 25th, 2005 Last Online: July 25th, 2006 Location: Israel Posts: 1,017 Rep Power: 0	for next time what about city pictures? __________________ Some one has been fucking with my profile.

April 13th, 2006, 11:22 PM	#5
BerserkerCatSplat Hormone Induced Joined: Jun 21st, 2005 Last Online: 07:23 AM Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 5,604 Car: Pimpmobile Rep Power: 65	I guess you could PM me, yeah. I prefer email because I can keep it a bit more organized and be able to backlog entries, but I guess you could PM me in a pinch. __________________ OSPhoto

April 14th, 2006, 12:44 AM	#6
whoster Joined: Jun 7th, 2005 Last Online: October 7th, 2008 Location: toyota city, CA Posts: 785 Car: Lexus GS400 Rep Power: 15	hahahah silly catsplat. imma do my best with the motion thing...see if i can come up with anything, or dig through anything... __________________ Lexus GS400 Nikon D70s Flickr blog.

April 14th, 2006, 12:44 AM	#7
whoster Joined: Jun 7th, 2005 Last Online: October 7th, 2008 Location: toyota city, CA Posts: 785 Car: Lexus GS400 Rep Power: 15	NOOO i CAN'T USE OLD ONES@#1 AHHH __________________ Lexus GS400 Nikon D70s Flickr blog.

April 14th, 2006, 03:27 AM	#9
Salar Joined: Mar 25th, 2005 Last Online: October 2nd, 2008 Location: Vancouver, Canada Age: 22 Posts: 2,114 Car: '98 Civic Si LFS Status: Rep Power: 19	This is a tough one man. I'm out. lol __________________ S.S.

April 13th, 2006, 09:08 PM	#1
BerserkerCatSplat Hormone Induced Joined: Jun 21st, 2005 Last Online: 07:23 AM Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 5,604 Car: Pimpmobile Rep Power: 65	FinalGear Weekly Photo Assignment #1 - "In Motion" Theme: "In Motion" - Try to express the idea of "motion" in a still photograph. Be creative! Timeframe: Your entry must be emailed to finalgearphoto@gmail.com on or before midnight Mountain Time 04/29. (Contests from now on will start Sunday and end the 2nd following Sunday.) Prize: Bragging rights, and a position in the soon-to-be-created Winners' Gallery! Restrictions: Please follow the following restrictions in order to submit an eligible entry. - Your image must be a maximum of 1000 pixels (height or width), and a minimum of 500 pixels (height or width). - Your submission email should have the title of the image and "Contest #1" in the subject. Please title your images, as the poll must have some way to distinguish between them - I don't want half the vote options to be "Untitled." - Also, when you email your submission, make sure you include your FinalGear screen name so I know who's submitting what! - Only one submission per user. Please do not create multiple accounts to submit more images, as it is 1) unethical, and 2) statistically reduces your chance of winning anyway. - Your image must NOT contain any borders or signatures or anything to identify the photo as your own. The images will be stripped of EXIF data as to make the vote 100% anonymous. Please do not mention which photo is yours, and please do not post that image anywhere until the contest is over. - Your image must have been taken after the contest has started, I will not accept old photos that happen to match the subject. This contest is designed to promote creativity, not find out who has the biggest backlog of good photos. - Your image may be altered in whatever imaging software you choose, without actually altering the content of the photograph. (i.e. you can alter the curves as much as you want, but you can't paste in David Hasselhoff.) Editing out distracting non-content objects such as power lines is also acceptable. - Please keep the submissions taseful and without gore/nudity. I like nude photography as much as the next guy, but this is a public forum. Don't submit anything you wouldn't put up in a public area. If you have any comments or suggestions about the rules of the FinalGear contests, please voice them in the appropriate forum, or in this thread if you want. When submitting your image, feel free to suggest a topic for the next contest! Good luck, and have fun! (Apologies to AccessPhoto for ripping off their rule scheme somewhat.) Mods: Could I get a sticky for this, please? __________________ OSPhoto

April 14th, 2006, 04:23 AM	#12
ryosuke Joined: Jul 28th, 2005 Last Online: October 5th, 2008 Location: franconofurd, germsmany Age: 23 Posts: 1,616 Car: FZ50 GTR Rep Power: 0	2 wekks would be a good idea. __________________ Goddo supiido yuu! Burakku emparaa

April 14th, 2006, 04:28 AM	#13
BerserkerCatSplat Hormone Induced Joined: Jun 21st, 2005 Last Online: 07:23 AM Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 5,604 Car: Pimpmobile Rep Power: 65	OK, here's what I'll do. Timeframe will be extended to two weeks, at the end of that period I will set up a voting thread for that contest, the voting period will be one week. I will simultaneously create a new contest thread, so you're all not sitting around for the voting week. Sound OK? __________________ OSPhoto

April 14th, 2006, 05:55 AM	#15
AxlxA Joined: Jan 3rd, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,532 Rep Power: 17	i think one month is a better time frame. I dont know about you guys but for the past month, it's been raining here. Only sunlight maybe once out of the whole month. Of course i agree with "best pic out of back logs" point. But one month is fairly recent to me. __________________ My FlickR Gallery! Rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0ghz with Artic Freezer 7 Pro. 4gb PC6400. MSI 8800GT OC 512mb. 1.6TB of space. Logitech G25. Logitech G7 gaming mouse. Logitech VX Revolution. Saitek Eclipse Keyboard. Dell Ultrasharp 2407wfp-HC and Ultrasharp 2007wfp. Senheiser HD280 Headphones.

April 14th, 2006, 06:34 AM	#16
Carsightings Joined: Dec 25th, 2005 Last Online: July 25th, 2006 Location: Israel Posts: 1,017 Rep Power: 0	I like the idea of 1 week. BTW i just sent in my photo __________________ Some one has been fucking with my profile.

April 14th, 2006, 06:55 AM	#17
Skoshi Joined: Aug 15th, 2005 Last Online: July 30th, 2007 Location: Tampere, Finland Age: 23 Posts: 484 Rep Power: 0	A month? Phew, that's quite long.. It only takes you an hour or so to create something for a contest like this if you set your mind to it. I think the one week period is long enough.

April 14th, 2006, 08:56 AM	#20
mautzel Joined: Jan 28th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Frankfurt/M, Deutschland Age: 28 Posts: 2,431 Car: Golf IV TDI Rep Power: 20	The rules are fine for me, and I guess they would've been rather similar if Salar would've made them - it's a good framework for working on the topic, and I think as well that including old photos doesn't really make sense - you also could simply download great shots from the internet, then, but that's not what this competition is all about. I'm thinking that two weeks would be the best period to enter your photo, one week is a little bit short especially if you're busy and don't get out a lot, and I don't want to wait a month for the final lineup personally

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