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A lot of people now have digital camera's
I was thinking of doing a monthly photo competition - no prizes, just for the fun of it
If it goes ahead I will select a couple of people to help me judge it, options are yes, no and judge if you would like to help me judge it - if you judge it you wont be able to enter it
I have selected judge because obviously I wont be able to enter myself
I will set a theme for each month
Are YOU interested?

I will keep the poll open for 10 days

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I forgot to tick the box where it shows who has voted for what :-(
If you selected judge can you please post it here as well so I know who to ask

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Dito, Willows sentiment. :) Excellent idea KSH. Looking forward to hearing more.

Willow I think I walked passed you three times on Broadway today, I did smile...:)

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lol Sorry Doug my mind was on bookends. :D

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Yeah I will set a theme ie night day landscape portrait macro colours you just upload a photo to fit in with that theme

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Count me in Ken...............
Now then.............Judge or compete ????????????

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Thats what I come up with this morning, it will be like this
I will judge the 1st one to get it going then the winner will pick a theme and judge that one, that way everyone will get to enter and also get a chance to judge one

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sounds a good and fair way of doing it. So come on when does it start, whats the first category and when do the pics have to be in and do we post them on this thread or will there be a section in the gallery to put them in??

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I was waiting to see what sort of interest we get 1st, so far it looks like there's only 9 of us :confused:
The poll runs for 10 days, lets see what happens
I think we'll leave it as a monthly comp so that gives people plenty of time to take the pics if they haven't already got one suitable.
Will post the pics on here unless we get told by Roy to do it somewhere else, please keep file sizes down though, we dont want to push Roy's bandwidth through the roof :)

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I think it's a good idea too - sorry, hadn't posted anything on this thread but was fully intending on getting involved.

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I'd enjoy that so count me in.

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Sob, sob,not rich enough to own a digi. however, will enjoy looking at all the lovely pictures I know will be submitted.

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You gat a camera phone? that will do just fine, so will scanned images if you use a film camera

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Got a camera phone, yes, but images not too good. How ya' get into your computer anyway ?

Scanned images, well, yes, however, too much bother, have to use whole film, get developed take down to brother who scans and sends down to me. Ok negative. I know.

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Some digital cameras are quite cheap these days. I'm surprised at the results I can get from my pocket camera. (an eBay bargain) If we're keeping file sizes small that will keep people on a more equal level too. :)

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Yes, K.S.H. I'm up for that. I think the judging idea is good too.....well done Willow!

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KSH, an absolutely great idea. I'll have to look into it but our gallery software actually has a feature specifically for photo competitions, I'll read up on how it works, perhaps we can use this for the competition?

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Good, let me know the details, I will get it going as soon as I have heard from you

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Great idea, like Katex I haven't got a digital camera, but scanning ordinary pics will allow me to join in.:)

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anyone intersted in a decent digi camera a bloke at work is selling a Fuji s5500 (similar to Micks). He has it up at £160 but has been advertising it for a couple of weeks now so I reckon you could probably get it for 140/150.

10 x optical zoom, choice of full auto or full manual. takes XD cards

I'm up for teh comp as well

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good camera got one myself :D i am up for it as well k.s.h anyone want to be my model..........lol:p

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I'd give him a hundred for it, it's 200 new delivered with warranty.
Think a comp is a great idea there's no obligation to enter every month, and a whole month to find a pic. I've took some great pics on my phone. The main dissadvantage with a camera phone is most are 1 M pixel and you haven't got a zoom, but it's what you take that counts, and neither affect that, it's only for fun.

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Aye, checked ebay since I posted, reckon £100-120 is about right. BIL is interested if I can get him down to that. I shall see tomorrow.

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16-0 on the vote, I reckon you should start thinking of the first subject

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Great idea, count me in.

We could set up a competition category in the Gallery and each month add a new album.
Member would be able to up load their images there at around 800pixels wide etc.
It might be an idea if those taking part also upload several entries into any one competition thus making the albums more interesting to view. As for judging we’ll have to see what Roy comes up with.

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I’ve done some tests in the gallery and it looks as though what we’ll have to do is;

At the start of each competition/month or whatever anyone who wishes to take part in the competition can upload their photos to the named album. Then at the end of the month when everyone has uploaded their images we the Mod’s/Admin can enable the voting to take place.

The reason for not allowing anyone to vote from day one is that each member can only make one vote in each of the competition categories (albums). So if you make a vote before all the entries are in you may well find that a better image comes along at a later date and because you have already voted you will not be able to change your mind and vote again.
So I think its best that we don’t allow voting until a given date and after all entries are in.

There maybe a better way of doing this, so we’ll have to see what Roy comes up with.

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Sounds good Len, keep me informed and i'll start it off asap

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Go and have a look in the gallery, as I have set up a rough test. see if you can vote.

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Yeah it worked OK and I can only place 1
I didn't see any ships though :) :)

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Clearing the vote and revoting worked Ok too

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hehe they must have sunk. :)

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Can anyone create the folder there or has it to be one of the mods?

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Thanks for that KSH
I hadn’t realized while doing my tests in mod mode that members can actually clear their vote and revote. Nice one that will make life much easier. Hehe :)

So my earlier post is now a load of bull. :o hehe but there you go, I try. :)

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no sorry, only gallery admins.

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Looks like you just got yourself a job then :) :) :)

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No worries... either myself or mick, as Gallery admins can add Albums to the gallery. :)

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Good idea.... give us a nudge when theres a footy catagory :)

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After much cojitation yep I am up for it.

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OH i want to play but my camera's not working properly either i can't get it to charge and i have bought a new battery but its not that. oh pooh!

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Sorry i am going to have to give this a miss for a while i have to much work on as i am helping Roy out with loads of things at the min,
But if you need help with anything just shout i am on line most days

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I’ve moved the photo competition category from the index page in the Gallery to;
Index page ->> Miscellaneous Albums ->> Accyweb members photo competitions.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/gallery/index.php/cat/521

Just thought it would be better out of sight. :)

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You saying that our pictures are that bad :) :)

No problem, will the voting be on all the time or just when you close the comp and turn voting on?
I'm thinking when the comp closes we need to find a winner pretty soon because he/she will be choosing the theme for the following comp, so its either leave the voting on all the time and set a deadline for votes to be in (I did try the canceling of votes and re-voting when you put the test on and it worked OK, handy if someone changes their mind), or run the comp for 3 week and have a week to let people vote

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I hope the instructions on how to enter will be simple to understand......or I can see myself being in a bit of a knot. (and I think there might be others, like me......who will be too)

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It appears that we can leave the voting option on for the duration of the comp as this would give everyone as you say the option of changing their minds if a better image pops along and tickles their fancy. Hehe

What I will do is turn the voting option off when the dead line has been reached this would prevent anyone from moving their vote at a later date thus making the winner look like a none winner (fooling around) etc. hehe

I think it would be good idea if we could also hide the identity of the photos owner while the voting is taking place. By doing this no one would know whose photo they are voting for and hopefully prevent favouritism. I think there’s an option in the gallery admin cp were as you can select show or don’t show but the trouble is, this effects all the images in the gallery and we don’t wont to do that.
Perhaps Roy knows of a hack that could sort this for us. :)

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Just had a look through the Admin cp and unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be an option to hide the up loaders name, pity..... but I’m sure we’ll cope. :D

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So go on!, whats the first subject?????????

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Before you say what the first subject is it would be good to have the Competition RULES posted

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Far doo's but who is going to draw them up and is there to be catagories?

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proposed Rules are:

1 Someone posts a subject(last times winner nominates)
2 we have 2 weeks to take pictures and upload
3 everyone registered can vote for 2 weeks
4 most vote wins, a tie is decided by a Judge

job done

All in favour?

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5) all pictures must be your own work
6) no pics to be scanned from mags etc
7) your copyright to a pic stays with you.

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Ok then, I think these will be the rules;

KSH when your ready you can start the competition off.
Create a new thread in the “Photoshop, Digital Photography, Digital Imaging” forums if everyone is happy? :)

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Lol, i was doing it while you were busy writing the above post, haven't put it where you said though :-)
Can you create the galley file?

Competition open

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Come on Len,

I've one piccy ready to go!

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job done your too late hehe
:)

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Mines in but the software doesn't half change the colours, see the image below, its the image opened in editing software and same image in browser from Accyweb

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1142371744

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Ignore me, can't see for looking

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I've managed to upload my entry, but can only access the competition through the link in this thread.

When I click on the Gallery, where is the competition hiding, because I now want to vote?

Sorry if I'm being thick.

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Lens hidden it in misc albums

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Its here. hehe

I've now put it back on the Gallery homepage, sorry for messing around I was just experimenting.
you'll find it in the catagory "Fun Albums"

http://www.accringtonweb.com/gallery/index.php

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Might be a good idea to lock this one now or delete it, getting confusing switching between two

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Good idea.

Topic continues here.

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