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Was just thinking [dangerous i know ] about the themed challenge that Manta ran a while ago and how much fun it was shooting for a theme but i thought i'd try something a little different purely for fun.

The idea is to start this challenge at 5PM last working day of the week [usually friday] and close it at 8AM the next working day [usually monday] but long weekends can change those actual days.

the aim is to pick 4 themes and everyone who wants to have a go at them can post up their 4 pics in the image section by midnight after the closing time and put a link from their thread into this thread.

Any DSLRusers Member who cares to can then vote for their favorite on the four themes and post up in this thread with any comments if they care to make them.

My votes are:
Theme 1:Coffee ...
Theme 2:Chimney ...
Theme 3:Historic ...
Theme 4:Landscape ...

Voting lasts for 48 hours then i will tally up the votes and post up here.
If you win ... you get nothing but praise.
If you cheat ... you get nothing but Karma.
You cannot vote for your own pics.

Rules:
Pic must be taken in the Challenge Period by the entrant.
Any PP is allowed as the voters will say what is too much
Pic 800 on longest side.

So if Gary has no objections we will start it this afternoon at 5PM 25-01-08 and close it at 8AM tuesday 29-01-08.
Pics to be entered by 12 midnight 29-01-08
voteing to be from 12 midnight 29-01-08 to 12 midnight 31-01-08

Don't forget ... its just for fun so even if you didn't get a fantastic pic for a theme ... post it up anyway

if it turns out ok we might do more Weekenders with a bit more notice.

Big Red wrote:So if Gary has no objections we will start it this afternoon at 5PM 25-01-08 and close it at 8AM tuesday 29-01-08.
Pics to be entered by 12 midnight 29-01-08
voteing to be from 12 midnight 29-01-08 to 12 midnight 31-01-08

No objections from me Shane. Great idea.

Ladies and gentlemen, start your cameras, please!

if it turns out ok we might do more Weekenders with a bit more notice.

Absobloodylutely.

Awesome
WooHoo, were on

Great idea - what’s the theme for this weekend, or is it any of the four?

This looks great.
My take is four shots, one for each of the four themes, this right Shane?
Regards Colin

sirhc55 wrote:Great idea - what’s the theme for this weekend, or is it any of the four?

Any of those four, as I read it, Chris.

Shane, please feel free to correct me as need be.

The Idea was to try for all four themes but if you can't do all of them i suppose it doesn't matter as they will be voted on in separate themes anyway.

you could always stick a straw in a coffee in an old cup and take a pic of it sitting in the back yard and enter it in all 4 themes

how is everyone going with this

2 down 2 to go

This is the first time I have seen this thread, I had better get busy ....

I like this idea, will be great if there is a lot of interest and it can be kept going

Three down - one to go. It's the coffee one that has me stumped - might end up with a pic of coffee cup if I can't think of anything more creative!!

Linda

i think i did nearly 1100 kms to get the 4 theme pics over the weekend...
now just have to go through my shots to see if any of them are any good

don't forget to put the link to "the thread with your pics" into this thread by midnight tomorrow night

ok I finally pulled my finger out and went and took a few photos this weekend (thanks for this Big Red)

my photos http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30660

Heres my entries for Weekender one ...

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30661

I could not gain access to the board between 10:30 and 11:30 last night so This morning at work will have to do.
Sorry Shane.

http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30663

Regards Colin

we have until midnight tonight to submit entries as yesterday was a holiday.

here is the link to VIZ's entries as i'm not sure if he will be here to do it ...

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30651&p=339165#p339165

Here's my entry to the comp.

http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php? ... c6f45160d8

I missed this thread until now but have had a look at the entries and give my vote to the "Second Crack" by Bob G.

CraigVTR wrote:I missed this thread until now but have had a look at the entries and give my vote to the "Second Crack" by Bob G.

voting starts after midnight tonight craig ... some of the entries may not be in yet.

Big Red wrote:voting starts after midnight tonight craig ... some of the entries may not be in yet.

Whoops. Those of us who work through all the long weekends tend to forget what day of the week we are up to. I will recap again tomorrow.

CraigVTR wrote:

Big Red wrote:voting starts after midnight tonight craig ... some of the entries may not be in yet.

Whoops. Those of us who work through all the long weekends tend to forget what day of the week we are up to. I will recap again tomorrow.

some of us ... err ... yous ... have to  BTW, on my travels over the weekend i was up near you ... went to some falls for a look.

Gardiner, Kondallia or Mapleton? falls that is. I was actually out after work on Sunday got on the bike and went to Mount Glorious with some mates. Maybe you were one of the 30,000 cars I saw on the range.

Here's my (rushed) entry. Thanks for starting this Shane, there's a lot of good pics submitted!

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30677

i hope to participate on the next one, missed this completely...

Here's my entries.

http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30667


Linda

I've entered 3 of the 4 sections. Completely missed photographing a couple of old chimneys

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30686

Voting is now open and will close midnight on the 31st january.

you can copy and use this template to cast your vote.

My votes are:
Theme 1:Coffee ...
Theme 2:Chimney ...
Theme 3:Historic ...
Theme 4:Landscape ...

The entrants are:
Firsty viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30660

Big Red viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30661

colin_12 viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30663

Viz viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30651&p=339165#p339165

Bob G http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php? ... c6f45160d8

Louie viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30677

Myrtle viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30667

Who viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30686

Hi Shane, is it easier for you to have votes pm'd or posted here?

Cheers

Louie wrote:Hi Shane, is it easier for you to have votes pm'd or posted here?

Cheers

Just post them here ... its not an annonymous vote.

My votes are:
Theme 1:Coffee ... Bob G
Theme 2:Chimney ... Myrtle
Theme 3:Historic ... Firsty
Theme 4:Landscape ... Who

well done everyone

just trying something to get every second link to work...

Voting is now open and will close midnight on the 31st january.

you can copy and use this template to cast your vote.

My votes are:
Theme 1:Coffee ...
Theme 2:Chimney ...
Theme 3:Historic ...
Theme 4:Landscape ...

The entrants are:
Firsty viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30660

Big Red viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30661

colin_12 viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30663

Viz viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30651&p=339165#p339165

Bob G viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30666

Louie viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30677

Myrtle viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30667

Who viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30686

You've broken them all now BR.

Suggestion - open up each thread in another window and copy the url from the browser window in. PHP BB3 looks to be truncating the URL down like in my post above..... but in the original post I put in the full

h t t p : / / w w w . d s l r u s e r s . c o m / whatever as it appeared..... and then it was truncated.

My votes are:
Theme 1:Coffee ... Bob G
Theme 2:Chimney ... Myrtle
Theme 3:Historic ... Firsty
Theme 4:Landscape ... Who

Shane, after deciding on my votes I noticed your selection was the same. Were you looking over my shoulder?

My votes are:
Theme 1:Coffee ... Bob G
Theme 2:Chimney ... Big Red
Theme 3:Historic ... Firsty
Theme 4:Landscape ... Who

Yep, very similar to current voting trend!

My votes are:

Theme 1:Coffee - Bob G
Theme 2:Chimney - Louie
Theme 3:Historic - Big Red
Theme 4:Landscape - Who

Theme 1:Coffee - Big Red
Theme 2:Chimney - Myrtle
Theme 3:Historic - Firsty
Theme 4:Landscape - Who

OK lovley people,

My votes are:
Theme 1:Coffee ...Myrtle
Theme 2:Chimney ...Big Red
Theme 3:Historic ...Firsty
Theme 4:Landscape ...Who

Regards Colin

My votes are:
Theme 1:Coffee ... Bob G
Theme 2:Chimney ... Big Red
Theme 3:Historic ... Big Red
Theme 4:Landscape ... Who

My votes are:
Theme 1:Coffee ... Big Red
Theme 2:Chimney ... firsty
Theme 3:Historic ... Louie
Theme 4:Landscape ... firsty

RESULTS

Thanks everyone for your great contributions, hope you all enjoyed it.

Theme 1: Coffee
Bob G 5 votes
Myrtle 1 vote
Big Red 1 vote


Theme 2: Chimney
Myrtle 3 votes
Big Red 3 votes
Louie 1 vote
Firsty 1 vote

Theme 3: Historic
Firsty 5 votes
Big Red 2 votes
Louie 1vote

Theme 4: Landscape
Who 7 votes
Firsty 1 vote

Congrats to all

For short notice i think it went pretty well ...
any theme suggestions for the next one?

might run another one on the 23rd Feb
[last weekend of the month]

Congratulations to everyone. The short notice was an issue, I was trying to fit in with photos I had taken.

Cars?

Shane
A theme for consideration.

Animal;
Vegetable;
Mineral;
People.

Great idea Craig. I will try to submit something for every week this runs, I would love to how far we can take it.

Oooh how did I miss this thread.. lol.. and here I was wondering last week what all the weekender entry things were ...

So is there any plans to do it again... cause it sounds like fun..

Bindii wrote:Oooh how did I miss this thread.. lol.. and here I was wondering last week what all the weekender entry things were ...

So is there any plans to do it again... cause it sounds like fun..

might run another one on the 23rd Feb
[last weekend of the month]

probably keep the themes a secret until the friday then pick them from a hat so i don't miss out on the fun too

I'd love to keep it fresh somehow by only accepting images taken over the weekend. I will admit that one of mine was from the weekend prior, and I felt a bit cheap for it. I think it is exciting to be forced to work with what you have at your disposal.

Shane

Love the 'pick it out of the hat' idea for the theme/s and keeping entries to those photos taken over that weekend - makes it an even playing field for everyone then.

Looking forward to the next one


Linda

Viz wrote:I'd love to keep it fresh somehow by only accepting images taken over the weekend. I will admit that one of mine was from the weekend prior, and I felt a bit cheap for it. I think it is exciting to be forced to work with what you have at your disposal.

hold out your hand ... we all have to slap your wrist

the first rule was the pic has to be taken in the challenge period by the entrant

now go sit in the corner while we think of a suitable punishment

[might make you Bindii's slave for a whole weekend ]

I hang my head in shame....

Ok Bindii, where do you want m... hey - wait a minute!

might make you Bindii's slave for a whole weekend

Hang on Shane thats not fair - share him round


Linda