GT4 PhotoMode Competition: Week 15 Poll

[Skuh74]

Some of the finalists on this competition are ......... well crap to be honest.
Even more so than usual this week though is the amount of good entry's left out and yet that yellow nsx made it(the one at the bottom). I'm sorry but having watched these competitions for a few weeks, I can only conclude that people are picking friends etc. as too many good entry's get left out every week and too many garbage ones make it. This is not sour grapes as it is the first comp I have entered and thought the competion was very tough. Then you see that yellow entry at the bottom.
mmmmm

 

[Jungle-Ryder]

Some of the finalists on this competition are ......... well crap to be honest.
Even more so than usual this week though is the amount of good entry's left out and yet that yellow nsx made it(the one at the bottom). I'm sorry but having watched these competitions for a few weeks, I can only conclude that people are picking friends etc. as too many good entry's get left out every week and too many garbage ones make it. This is not sour grapes as it is the first comp I have entered and thought the competion was very tough. Then you see that yellow entry at the bottom.
mmmmm

Well said Skuh, I think you hit the nail on the head there. There was a lot of fantastic shots this week that never even made the shortlist. The standard of entries during this comp was way above the quality of most entries I have seen for other comps, its just that they were not recognised. We could have had a great competitive poll this week instead of just two or three pics taking the majority of the vote. That was the main reason for my gripes with 'brown paper bag'

 

[tabs]

Just looked at the choices for winners poll and some on there are 'truly' deserving, credit where its due, you know who you are, but my question to DiabolicalMask is this :
Do you have a serious sight impediment? can you actually see through your diabolical mask or should we refer to it as a brown paper bag from now, and do you actually know what you are talking about when you set a theme for a comp.
I think its clear for everyone to see that 'you' dont even know what panning is!

Tell me, did you pick up a magazine in the opticians waiting room and see a clever word that you thought you could use, because going by some of your choices you are quite clueless to the fact of what it means.
Going in for these comps was fun, and yes, it 'is' sour grapes on my part I admit, but it seems to me like there is a little clique on this forum that works together, so now theres no sense of fun or fair play.

TUT TUT DiabolicalMask you blindeness has soured a great comp! 👎 👎 👎 👎 👎

I'm thinking about not being too strict, in order to get some variety.

With that in mind, which entry/entries would you not consider panning? I looked over the entries and they all seem to be using the panning technique.

By the way, what kind of life do you lead when you get pissed over an internet photo competition? You do know there aren't any cash prizes, right?

Great attitude by the way. 👍

 

[Div is back]

Jungle Ryder has a point thought, we are a community and we should welcome new members, by creating ourself a "clique" it doesnt help.

I don't want to bash Alpha but your picture wasn't worth the Top 20 sincerely.

Other than that the choice are right, except maybe for the ford RS200 which isn't panning AT ALL!

We could be a bit more objective.

 

[35mm]

i voted for #7 because it looks almost identical to mine which didn't make it

Yes, and there was also a third picture taken in that spot. It was tough choosing between those 3 (I could only enter one of them, I'm sure you agree).
But I understand that it doesn't seem fair to the other two that didn't make it...

Diabolik, if I ever win a comp, I'll never pick your pictures

Believe me, you don't want to win a competition and stand in this position...
Having about 10 good pictures that you really like and only 2 places left to fit them is really tough.

Oh, and I'm finding that it's great to make enemies!




Jungle-Ryder: I don't have the time or the patience for that kind of atittude. Not anymore. Just grow up and lay off the internet for a while.

On a side note, and what makes me laugh is that, judging by your entry, your idea of a good poll is like 20 side shots of F1's. Awesome!

Jungle Ryder has a point thought, we are a community and we should welcome new members, by creating ourself a "clique" it doesnt help.

I don't want to bash Alpha but your picture wasn't worth the Top 20 sincerely.

Other than that the choice are right, except maybe for the ford RS200 which isn't panning AT ALL!

We could be a bit more objective.

- I like ALPHA's picture very much.

- I think that one can perfectly consider that Ford picture to be panning, especially in an internet GT4 photo competition.

- What the hell is a "clique" anyway?

 

[725]

I have to admit I am surprised at some of the entries that made it through, but at the end of the day it was DiabolicalMask's choice and we all know what the rules are, everyone has their own preferences but on this occasion DiabolicalMask's preferences matter most

 

[cardude2004]

I chose the F1 car. Some of these pictures don't follow the theme. They aren't "panning."

 

[doubleA]

i'm not gonna even bother with this week, seeing as i know i'll get left out again!!! why should i even care about the competiton? i'm never good enough!!

Dude, any competition is supposed to bring out the best in you. Some would say it's all about winning but that's bull.... I bet just by trying to compete with the others you now have a harddrive full of kickin pictures, am I right?

A great lesson I learned from a graduation speach was to "....Always surround yourself with people who are better than you"....really think about it, it makes perfect sense!!

Cheers

 

[doubleA]

Third from the bottom was my choice (Audi/Auto Union). I thought it displayed nice panning and had great color.

Some of you guys need to chill....And it sucks to be on the recieving end of getting your picture bashed just because it made it into the top 20. It happened to me on my very first entry in any competition, I thought it was unneccessary to say the least.

Bottom line is everyone's taste in design and composition is different. Otherwise we should all make some mathmatical solution and pick the same picture. Or maybe we can let a program pick the winner based on pixel density or someting stupid.

That's all the time I have to contribute to this debate

 

[EVO Lancer]

Uhh, hasn't the red Skyline on the bridge been sharpened? Beyond belief?

No. That picture is mine and all I did was adjust the brightness and contrast. Adjusting these has brought out some of the edges a little, but this picture is not sharpened.

 

[JacoJa]

Oh darn! My Merc photo is the only one not loading properly.

 

[Orbit]

No. That picture is mine and all I did was adjust the brightness and contrast. Adjusting these has brought out some of the edges a little, but this picture is not sharpened.

Guess it's all those parallel lines creating the illusion. Apologies, and nice shot 👍

 

[Brock5000]

The 2 Supra's doin battle is awesome. Really tough competition, g'luck to everyone who made it. 👍

Thanks! I took that shot a while ago as a test and kept it because I really liked it, I was thrilled to have the chance to use it in this comp.

 

[Jungle-Ryder]

Jungle Ryder has a point thought, we are a community and we should welcome new members, by creating ourself a "clique" it doesnt help.

I don't want to bash Alpha but your picture wasn't worth the Top 20 sincerely.

Other than that the choice are right, except maybe for the ford RS200 which isn't panning AT ALL!

We could be a bit more objective.

Well said Div, Its about time someone on here grew a pair!!!
You are totally right we should be more objective, instead of all this back slapping and credit where it isnt due, after all it is a competition.

 

[Jungle-Ryder]

Jungle-Ryder: I don't have the time or the patience for that kind of atittude. Not anymore. Just grow up and lay off the internet for a while.

On a side note, and what makes me laugh is that, judging by your entry, your idea of a good poll is like 20 side shots of F1's. Awesome!

Well I am sorry that you dont have time or patience, but we can all see that by your Top 20.
And as far as my attitude goes, Good for me that I have ATTITUDE. Im glad that I can say it how I see it, does that make me a badman - NO, do we all have to be ass kissing yes men - NO. Some of us have an opinion, and I guess only a few of us exercise the right to use it.
Maybe 'you' should lay off the internet for a while and rest them tired eyes, have a cup of coffee and dont let a little thing called somebodys opinion on your bad taste bother you.

And just for the record - YES! it is just an internet photo comp for fun, thats the beauty. I imagine the whole idea of this photomode weekly comp was to get members creative juices flowing, but fun or not, lets not reward poor efforts with a place in the top 20 after so many people made a great effort to make the shortlist. And 'you' may not have seen it, but the standard of a lot of the entries this week was superb. Some members have really got a grip with the theme (excluding all those who just waded through their archive or used a pic from a theme that was in play last week) and to put a Top 20 up like you did shows exactly what you 'dont' know, and offends the members with truly deserving entries.
Personally, my Top20 would not not have been 20F1's, I dont think you can count also as I cant remember 20 F1 shots being submitted. My choices (and there 'was' enough to choose from, although you didnt see 'em Magoo) would have created a highly competitive close run poll which would seem like the essence of the comp, letting the members have more of a choice, hence making it more fun and worth competing in.

It seems like this forum has a place for a straight talking B***H, I nominate myself to be that B***H, only dis-credit where its due!

My apologies to all those members who felt cheated this week. Maybe next weeks winner will raise the bar and take the comp to a new level.

 

[Skuh74]

Well said Jungle-Ryder, nothing wrong in having an opinion, especially when it's right.
To everyone getting on his back about getting wound because it is a friendly comp, pick up a dictionary and look up the word "Irony". If anyone is wondering, I really couldn't bring myself to get wound up about this matter, even if I tried. I will nevertheless voice my opinion.
P.S. On the whole the level of entries this week was very high. Keep em coming everyone.

 

[35mm]

My choices would have created a highly competitive close run poll which would seem like the essence of the comp, letting the members have more of a choice, hence making it more fun and worth competing in.

I see a beautiful poll.
I see that the votes are more distributed than ever.

After 80 votes, the leading picture only has 17.50% of them.

Stop being ridiculous, ok?

 

[Jungle-Ryder]

I see a beautiful poll.
I see that the votes are more distributed than ever.

After 80 votes, the leading picture only has 17.50% of them.

Stop being ridiculous, ok?

Oh Magoo, you done it again!!!

 

[35mm]

What happened? Is that all your little genius mind can came up with now?

 

[LandoAWD]

Check the new comp. This guy is a winnAr.

 

[Swift]

Wow, you guys certainly get upset over a weekly photo competition. The weekly comp in the drifting forum doesn't get this heated and there are an incredible amount of good entries.

Those of you ragging on the selections for this week, you need to chill and take a step back. If you don't like the choices, feel free to say so. But belittling and name calling simply won't be tolerated. There is no need for it and is ultimately futile.

With that being said, I haven't given any warnings out yet. But I will be paying closer attention to these competitions.

So, fair warning. Chill now or get booted later, your choice.

 

[TwinTurboJay]

Love the shot of the Subie !!

 

[LandoAWD]

But I will be paying closer attention to these competitions.

👍

 

[CrackHoor]

Bottom line is everyone's taste in design and composition is different. Otherwise we should all make some mathmatical solution and pick the same picture. Or maybe we can let a program pick the winner based on pixel density or someting stupid.

I completely agree. What a boring world we'd live in if everyone's opinion was exactly the same. And with something like this, it's ALL about personal opinion. Objectivity isn't possible here J-R, if you had picked the top 20 we'd have some other whiner in here accusing you of 'rewarding poor efforts'.

We've been through this discussion before and like it or not, the person picking the top 20 earned that privilege by winning a comp. The rest of us can either suck it up or leave...

 

[tabs]

It seems like this forum has a place for a straight talking B***H, I nominate myself to be that B***H, only dis-credit where its due!

Sweet. When do we vote?

Well said Jungle-Ryder, nothing wrong in having an opinion, especially when it's right.
To everyone getting on his back about getting wound because it is a friendly comp, pick up a dictionary and look up the word "Irony". If anyone is wondering, I really couldn't bring myself to get wound up about this matter, even if I tried. I will nevertheless voice my opinion.
P.S. On the whole the level of entries this week was very high. Keep em coming everyone.

Since when can an opinion be right or wrong? It's an opinion. But you're right, there's nothing wrong with having an opinion; however, arguing over which is one is right is retarded.

By the way, singling out members and calling their work “crap” was completely uncalled for.

I’m done here, way to ruin a fun competition guys. 👎

 

[RacingFreak2k3]

Wow, you guys certainly get upset over a weekly photo competition. The weekly comp in the drifting forum doesn't get this heated and there are an incredible amount of good entries.

Those of you ragging on the selections for this week, you need to chill and take a step back. If you don't like the choices, feel free to say so. But belittling and name calling simply won't be tolerated. There is no need for it and is ultimately futile.

With that being said, I haven't given any warnings out yet. But I will be paying closer attention to these competitions.

So, fair warning. Chill now or get booted later, your choice.

Well said Swift. I was really enjoying these competitions....and hopefully next week's competition will be a different story compared to this week and be back to the way it started. No need to end the fun now.

 

[//. /. '/]

Wow, you guys......

With that being said, I haven't given any warnings out yet. But I will be paying closer attention to these competitions.

So, fair warning. Chill now or get booted later, your choice.

Yes, there may be more than one person ruining it but please warn them, not every "guy," and thank you for keeping a closer eye.

 

[DustDriver]

I picked the F1-car because it looks so damn realistic

 

[Nasadus]

Yeah,i voted for the Red F1 car aswell. Thumbs up to whoever took that photo. 👍

I see that my photo only has 1 vote so far. I can see why though.The quality is very low. That's what you get for trying to minimize the image size,hehe. Better luck next week i guess.

 

[//. /. '/]

looks like second again for me, I'd be embaressed if you all knew what I do for a living