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Postby Geoff on Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:42 pm

An average macro of a bee? $25k? PULLLEAAAAAAAASE!!!
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Postby rokkstar on Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:48 pm

$25k for that!!!!!
Fuck me, that guy must be laughing his arse off. What a crock of shit.
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Postby Geoff on Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:49 pm

rokkstar wrote:$25k for that!!!!!
Fuck me, that guy must be laughing his arse off. What a crock of shit.


Matt - couldn't have said it better myself.....ROFL!
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Postby phillipb on Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:11 pm

Well I was on the right track, but obviously that Bee macro was deemed to be better then this shot I entered.

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Postby mdboo on Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:18 pm

The bee won..... T_T

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Postby rokkstar on Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:22 pm

phillipb wrote:Well I was on the right track, but obviously that Bee macro was deemed to be better then this shot I entered.


You have got to be shitting me!!! The bee won over that???? You were robbed.
I can't participate in this thread any more because I am getting angry. The quality of images on this site far exceeds that of any of the shots entered.
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Postby phillipb on Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:27 pm

Don't get me wrong, I wasn't expecting to get anywhere specially since I knew what Scott (MHD) entered. It's more a reflection on the standard of judgeing. They may as well have made it a lucky draw from all the entrants.
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Postby Sheetshooter on Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:32 pm

Hey folks,

This sour grapes is doing nothing to elevate anybody's work or the community as a whole.

As an impartial bystander who has worked as a pictorial editor for national publications I can see the reasons for their choices and I can also see the reasons why some other shots might not be selected.

If you didn't win, you didn't win. Get over it and move on before your angst spoils your enjoyment.

Better luck next time.

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Postby Nnnnsic on Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:40 pm

Whilst I do agree that sour grapes isn't really all that useful, I'm inclined to say that none of what's happening here really is.

By and large, this competition's winners do suck.

And I say that nicely.

Then again, we all probably expected it.

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Postby kinetic on Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:10 pm

Maybe they run on the "Picture of the Week" principle - ie "We picked it coz we like it"! :roll:

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Postby stubbsy on Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:16 pm

Given the prizes you'd have to say they got thousands of entries. Each would have got a cursory glance at best. In effect it WAS a lucky dip and that's what I expected and why I didn't enter.
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Postby rokkstar on Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:48 pm

I just want to be clear that my rant wasn't sour grapes...I didn't enter.
I just think for a competition that was running prizes better than any photo competition I have seen, both here and the UK for amateurs, the winning entry lacks..........erm.......well, it just lacks.
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Postby Sheetshooter on Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:05 pm

Lacks what??
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Postby rokkstar on Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:17 pm

$25,000 worth of quality!

IMO.
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