GT4 Photomode 2.0 Advanced wk. 4 Poll

[treefingers]

These are the top ten, chosen by last weeks winner 440CHARGER.

Top five honorable mentions:

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[Div is back]

Finally made it in, thank you 440 charger.

 

[s12ken]

woot! dorifto wagon strikes again!

 

[boganbusman]

Shweetness Cheers 440

Go the soccer mum drift machine!!!11!

 

[JacoJa]

...oh well... I wish I had that extra day to replace my pic.

great top 10 btw 👍 👍

 

[Nasadus]

Bummer, i really though i would make it. Oh well. Great photos in the Top 10.

 

[Syntax error]

wow.. there are some awsome pics up there this week... this comp gets better by the week.... suprised i made it again....

 

[Melaneimoon]

Now that BMW totally does it for me 👍 👍
The DOR Supra's my second most favorite (unlike the Merc/Audi it had almost been )

The HM with the Vette Grand Sport is really really attractive with that background though 👍

And Syntax Error (although i'd rather use the name Achilles), good car choice!

 

[440 CHARGER]

It was very tough guys! The last 3 spots I had to fill with about 8 other entries! There were 2 other entries I wanted to include in the HM's but limited it to 5. And I had to vote for Danger Orange's Orange Supra! It caught my the most from the start, and it is just a fantastic pic! ALPHA's was 2nd, and EVO Lancer's was 3rd. Looks like we have already gotten alot of votes already!

 

[slo-car]

At least I made top 5 HMs.

I voted BMW.

 

[Mr Laocean]

G35 > * :d

 

[Valkendorm]

There were 2 other entries I wanted to include in the HM's but limited it to 5.

Am I one of the other two?

 

[440 CHARGER]

Am I one of the other two?

Yours and Zubicar's.

 

[Danger Orange]

HELL YEAH! I made the top 10!.. thanks for the props 440, there are some great shots up there, Im flattered that Im included... although I think there was some excessive use of motion blur on a couple (which is really evident around the spoiler) but nice shots none the less I voted for the Aston Martin.. gotta love that angle!

 

[Sprite]

wow cant beleive i made the poll, as most the entrys were stunning so im so pleased to be amongst them.

 

[franz]

Great top 10 listing
440 you did a great job
anyhow ... thanks to those who voted mine
if I win again, I will pass the theme choice to the 2nd place

 

[440 CHARGER]

Great top 10 listing
440 you did a great job
anyhow ... thanks to those who voted mine
if I win again, I will pass the theme choice to the 2nd place

Looks like you are gonna!

 

[Swissbear]

OK, since everyone here knows that I'm one of the most outspoken users here, I'm going to voice my opinion about this latest competition and I'm probably gonna get a few people's dander up but I feel it needs to be said...good bad or indifferent. And I'm probably not going to make any new friends with what I've got to say either.

Throughout out the entire "entry" period, what seemed to be the "favorite" entrants were coaxed and coached to change their entries one way or another. Mostly by the one picking the "Top 10". I don't feel that's the way that a "fair" competition should be run. I mean when you have the "chooser" tell one or more of the entrants "You shouldn't have changed your entry because your first was one of my favorites". Tell me that there's not a little bit of favoritism going on. And unless the other entrants do something very close to or exaclty the same as the chooser's "favorite" they don't stand a chance of getting picked. "You're getting chosen with (pic #1) but not with (pic #2)" is pretty blatant favoritism.

Apparently, I'm not the only one that noticed a little bit of what you're not supposed to do.....

um i keep seeing people asking, if they should use that pic. but if i remmeber correctly you have to figure that ou for yourself, NOT ask others wich one should i use.

Now, what's wrong with this picture?.....

Really? you think so.. who else thinks so?......

I do! Lets put it this way... You are getting in at the moment with your Supra, not with your Merc and Audi!

That's more like it! Now if we could just get that DOR a little smaller, it would be perfect! And if we could get a link to the full size image on Image Shack!

etc., etc.......

Granted the posted rules don't specify that you shouldn't ask for advice on which picture you should enter but, as it's been brought out in SEVERAL other posts in other competitions, if you can't choose your own picture you don't have any business entering YOUR picture. And the same goes for all the posts that have a couple of pictures posted and the have the massage....."I can't decide which one". Come on, we all know that it's a back handed way of asking for someone else's opinion of which one should be entered.

I'm not a sore loser. In fact I appreciate the efforts of all the users that entered and appreciate the quality of the ones chosen. But I would suggest that in the future, let's not make the "Top 10" known before all the entries have been submitted. It just goes back to my original "beef" with the "public" competitions, too much buddy-buddy and favoritism.

 

[440 CHARGER]

I am not buddy buddy with anyone! And Danger Orange never asked which one was better... I TOLD HIM! He posted my favorite shot of the competition, and since I was choosing the top 10, I told him to change it back because I wanted to vote for it! If he did'nt, a great picture was going to be left out of the competition. I just want the best pictures to be in the top 10 for the voters to vote for! And I was just trying to get more people to post more on-topic entries too. I don't think any of this is any big deal.

 

[Swissbear]

I am not buddy buddy with anyone! And Danger Orange never asked which one was better... I TOLD HIM! He posted my favorite shot of the competition, and since I was choosing the top 10, I told him to change it back because I wanted to vote for it! If he did'nt, a great picture was going to be left out of the competition. I just want the best pictures to be in the top 10 for the voters to vote for! And I was just trying to get more people to post more on-topic entries too. I don't think any of this is any big deal.

But correct me if I'm wrong here.....

Isn't it up to the person entering as to which picture THEY want to enter and not YOU to tell them which one to enter? Kinda takes the "personalization" away from whoever is entering THEIR idea of their best picture and telling them "Hey, your taste in your pictures sucks...listen to me and don't think for yourself. I know better than you do." To me, and I may be alone in this thought, it's kind of a slap in the face. Just because YOU think it's a great picture doesn't mean that everyone else is gonna think the same way you do. In my opinion, this competition has been tainted because of the way the entries were "manipulated" (for lack of a better word at the moment). The ones that caught your eye were coaxed and coached to make them better. If they didn't catch your eye they were left by the way side. IF you really wanted to get the best pictures into the "Top 10" then why weren't ALL entries treated the same? If you didn't like a picture for whatever reason, why wasn't it critiqued like the one's you did like or thought had potential? Getting someone to post an "on topic" picture is not the same as coaching them into doing what YOU think makes a good picture.

Just my thoughts.

 

[440 CHARGER]

There were only 2 entries in which I told the person that they should try to do something different, because there pictures were not really on topic. I never told or instructed anyone on how to make there picture better. And there were several others I did'nt comment on mainly because they just did'nt have a chance compared to some of the others submitted. I don't really understand what the big deal is. This competition has been going great!

 

[Brock5000]

I can see what you're getting at swissbear but I don't think any of the help shared around was intended as anything other than honest assistance. Certainly nothing sinister imo. Also consider that the photoshop comp is a learning experience for a lot of people so I think it would be good to encourage commentary on how to improve other' efforts in a technical sense.

440Charger said he liked my pic too, but it didn't make the cut

 

[boganbusman]

Hmmm . . . being named Ken and driving a wagon seems to repel voters.

 

[EVO Lancer]

Hmmm, Photomode 2.0 top ten, what!! *Looks back in stunned disbelief* I made the top ten!! Thanks 440 Charger!!
PS Mine's the Ruf Boxter.

 

[Brock5000]

That's a very nice shot, the colours are lovely.

 

[Dr_Watson]

that aston is one of the most interesting shots i've seen in any of these comps. nicely done 👍

 

[Danger Orange]

In my humble opinion, I think alot of the "problems" with the competitions stems from the fact that people are ALLOWED to change their entries at all... So instead of everyone trying to one-up the other people that are entering for a week, you take your best shot, put it in & shut up about it... That would kill the issue pretty simply.. BUT I like the fact that everyone can feed off of each other's creativity, & I think it raises the quality & intensity of the competition, so at the end of the week its like everyone has been racing to the finish. Its alot more envolving... & I dont really think I was "coached" in any way.. I put out a general question & 440 wasnt the only one who told me his opinion..

 

[Melaneimoon]

Yeah, I'm with the majority here (and actually I'm usually the trouble maker, hehe). 440charger would have done that with someone else too. It's not favoritism. Ofcourse this does mean that you can bypass not getting help on which photo you should enter. You can change your entry several times and see the criticism. But I don't think people would actually start doing that on purpose.

 

[s12ken]

I try not to change my entries as much as possible, but if i feel that my shot isn't up to the task, i don't put Final entry to allow room for improvement, but yeah you should just stick with what you've got and hope for the best.

P.S.

hey bogan, what's wrong with a little wagon drifting action? hehehehe 1 vote for the wagon! WOOT!

 

[boganbusman]

hey bogan, what's wrong with a little wagon drifting action?

Eh? nothing's wrong . . . just saying that my wagon and yours are not very popular