View Poll Results: ***Acurazine Photo Contest #33: Dramatic Sky-Scape*** TIME TO VOTE
waTSX - Kaua'i Sunrise
9
21.43%
Sarlacc - Sundown on Hollywood
4
9.52%
Stapler - Two Worlds
0
0%
ViperrepiV - Marshmellows
12
28.57%
VorteC - The Valley Below
3
7.14%
wndrlst - Sunflowers
17
40.48%
srika - into the west
1
2.38%
SaaBaaDoo - Sun vs. Storm
0
0%
sho_nuff1997 - There's Darkness afoot
2
4.76%
Mizouse - Burning with desire
3
7.14%
LKLD - Estate
7
16.67%
Speed_Racer - As far as the eye can see...
1
2.38%
badboy - Palm sunset
25
59.52%
SlushhYYY - Hot n Cold
3
7.14%
PimpCl23 - water parking
1
2.38%
LuvMyTSX - Orange Glow
2
4.76%
stogie1020 - Ruby Red
11
26.19%
burtonblue75 - Two Worlds
1
2.38%
West6MT - Serendipitous Sun Shadows
8
19.05%
Beelzebub - Summers End
3
7.14%
CL Type Slim - A Flight Home
2
4.76%
rimz - nature's filters
6
14.29%
astro - Rolling Waves
0
0%
hdcolumbus - Mirrored Brushstrokes
6
14.29%
FiftyFive - Solar Glare
0
0%
jupitersolo - Infrared
10
23.81%
distortedolskool - aguardiente
17
40.48%
PiZauL - Cabo Love
2
4.76%
DanL - Angry Sky
8
19.05%
moeronn - Vers-Skies
9
21.43%
TS_eXpeed - Luna
6
14.29%
einsatz - Kites at Sunset
2
4.76%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 42. You may not vote on this poll
***Acurazine Photo Contest #33: Dramatic Sky-Scape*** TIME TO VOTE
09-30-2009, 01:19 PM
#1
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***Acurazine Photo Contest #33: Dramatic Sky-Scape*** TIME TO VOTE
For time sake as we did last contest, we'll keep the poll to 4 days instead of 7.
Same as always. Vote for however many you want. In event of tie, 24 hours lightning round takes place where you can only choose 1 pic.
Here are the entries:
waTSX - Kaua'i Sunrise
Sarlacc - Sundown on Hollywood
Stapler - Two Worlds
ViperrepiV - Marshmellows
VorteC - The Valley Below
wndrlst - Sunflowers
srika - into the west
SaaBaaDoo - Sun vs. Storm
sho_nuff1997 - There's Darkness afoot
Mizouse - Burning with desire
LKLD - Estate
Speed_Racer - As far as the eye can see...
badboy - Palm sunset
SlushhYYY - Hot n Cold
PimpCl23 - water parking
LuvMyTSX - Orange Glow
stogie1020 - Ruby Red
burtonblue75 - Two Worlds
West6MT - Serendipitous Sun Shadows
Beelzebub - Summers End
CL Type Slim - A Flight Home
rimz - nature's filters
astro - Rolling Waves
hdcolumbus - Mirrored Brushstrokes
FiftyFive - Solar Glare
jupitersolo - Infrared
distortedolskool - aguardiente
PiZauL - Cabo Love
DanL - Angry Sky
moeronn - Vers-Skies
TS_eXpeed - Luna
einsatz - Kites at Sunset
Same as always. Vote for however many you want. In event of tie, 24 hours lightning round takes place where you can only choose 1 pic.
Here are the entries:
waTSX - Kaua'i Sunrise
Sarlacc - Sundown on Hollywood
Stapler - Two Worlds
ViperrepiV - Marshmellows
VorteC - The Valley Below
wndrlst - Sunflowers
srika - into the west
SaaBaaDoo - Sun vs. Storm
sho_nuff1997 - There's Darkness afoot
Mizouse - Burning with desire
LKLD - Estate
Speed_Racer - As far as the eye can see...
badboy - Palm sunset
SlushhYYY - Hot n Cold
PimpCl23 - water parking
LuvMyTSX - Orange Glow
stogie1020 - Ruby Red
burtonblue75 - Two Worlds
West6MT - Serendipitous Sun Shadows
Beelzebub - Summers End
CL Type Slim - A Flight Home
rimz - nature's filters
astro - Rolling Waves
hdcolumbus - Mirrored Brushstrokes
FiftyFive - Solar Glare
jupitersolo - Infrared
distortedolskool - aguardiente
PiZauL - Cabo Love
DanL - Angry Sky
moeronn - Vers-Skies
TS_eXpeed - Luna
einsatz - Kites at Sunset
09-30-2009, 01:23 PM
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Senior Moderator
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if there are any errors please let me know -
09-30-2009, 01:55 PM
#3
Leave it to Rubin to have to fix the messes. 
09-30-2009, 02:09 PM
#4
Earth-bound misfit
Thanks Rubie.....
09-30-2009, 02:10 PM
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chitter chatter... blood will splatter...
09-30-2009, 02:13 PM
#6
Earth-bound misfit
Yeah, yeah.... 
09-30-2009, 02:15 PM
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oh uh... np.
I swear with these polls though - you have to go through and check everything over like 5 times - you most likely have something wrong - make a note! all i's crossed and t's dotted.. i mean uhh..
I swear with these polls though - you have to go through and check everything over like 5 times - you most likely have something wrong - make a note! all i's crossed and t's dotted.. i mean uhh..
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09-30-2009, 03:26 PM
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09-30-2009, 03:28 PM
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09-30-2009, 08:18 PM
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09-30-2009, 08:29 PM
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10-01-2009, 11:50 AM
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There are some very excellent images in this contest, but not that many that IMHO truly follow the theme. Based on my interpretation, the sky should be the main subject. For that reason, I couldn't even vote for my own image
10-01-2009, 11:53 AM
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^ yeah I agree.
10-01-2009, 12:04 PM
#20
Earth-bound misfit
SO many gorgeous shots this round...nice eye candy. 
10-01-2009, 09:14 PM
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but i was thinking the exact same thing as i was typing my initial message...lots of good shots, very few that were good enough for this theme, though...
ironic part is, not long after this poll started and everyone had no votes, yours was the only one with a vote...
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10-01-2009, 09:17 PM
#22
10-02-2009, 08:02 AM
#23
Earth-bound misfit
I've solved that issue by no longer voting at all in contests that I've entered.
10-02-2009, 09:28 AM
#24
is learning to moonwalk i
what else would it have been based on?
but i was thinking the exact same thing as i was typing my initial message...lots of good shots, very few that were good enough for this theme, though...
ironic part is, not long after this poll started and everyone had no votes, yours was the only one with a vote...
but i was thinking the exact same thing as i was typing my initial message...lots of good shots, very few that were good enough for this theme, though...
ironic part is, not long after this poll started and everyone had no votes, yours was the only one with a vote...
I'm actually starting to think that the poll thread should have not allow additional posts/chit chat. It's like running poll results on the news before voting is over.
10-02-2009, 09:40 AM
#25
Earth-bound misfit
Interesting. When I first saw this thread I was tied with badboy at 9 votes each. Since then (and after I posted about mine not fitting the theme) I haven't received any votes and he's taken a comanding lead.
That's no solution. If none of the contestants vote, there would be very few votes cast. Just like in politics, even the candidates vote - usually for themselves I suspect.
I'm actually starting to think that the poll thread should have not allow additional posts/chit chat. It's like running poll results on the news before voting is over.
That's no solution. If none of the contestants vote, there would be very few votes cast. Just like in politics, even the candidates vote - usually for themselves I suspect.
I'm actually starting to think that the poll thread should have not allow additional posts/chit chat. It's like running poll results on the news before voting is over.
10-02-2009, 10:24 AM
#26
Safety Car
I will say this: there are a lot of good entries in this contest.
Also, now I join a select few who know the feeling of leading a contest at one point. I must say, it feels kinda cool.
Let the voting continue.
10-02-2009, 11:20 AM
#27
is learning to moonwalk i
Note to self: Do not discuss the likes or dislikes of your photo in the voting thread.
I will say this: there are a lot of good entries in this contest.
Also, now I join a select few who know the feeling of leading a contest at one point. I must say, it feels kinda cool.
Let the voting continue.
I will say this: there are a lot of good entries in this contest.
Also, now I join a select few who know the feeling of leading a contest at one point. I must say, it feels kinda cool.
Let the voting continue.
Seriously, there is no way it should have ever been that close.
10-02-2009, 12:00 PM
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oh I agree totally. and I've considered bringing it up numerous times in the past but each and every time the non-seriousness of the contest silences me. There should not be any comments until the contest is over.
10-05-2009, 11:50 AM
#29
ttt
10-05-2009, 11:50 AM
#30
Earth-bound misfit
Congratulations badboy! Fabulous photo - I love it!
Fabulous photo - I love it!
10-05-2009, 12:08 PM
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nice badboy. now that its over, I wanna say something about subject..
I think what this contest has shown us is how little we take pictures of JUST a dramatic sky. It just happens that more often than not, the sky functions as a backdrop to something else - and if its a dramatic sky, it just makes the picture of that subject look that much better. i.e. a cloud-filled sky makes a picture of a car look insurmountably better than an empty sky (there will always be exceptions, though). And from a framing and composition viewpoint, I think it makes sense that you would include other elements in the picture, along with the sky. I think there are only a few circumstances where you would present the sky as the sole subject of the photo. Maybe a certain rare cloud formation, or a tornado, or something of that nature.
In badboy's case, palm trees.
I think what this contest has shown us is how little we take pictures of JUST a dramatic sky. It just happens that more often than not, the sky functions as a backdrop to something else - and if its a dramatic sky, it just makes the picture of that subject look that much better. i.e. a cloud-filled sky makes a picture of a car look insurmountably better than an empty sky (there will always be exceptions, though). And from a framing and composition viewpoint, I think it makes sense that you would include other elements in the picture, along with the sky. I think there are only a few circumstances where you would present the sky as the sole subject of the photo. Maybe a certain rare cloud formation, or a tornado, or something of that nature.
In badboy's case, palm trees.
10-05-2009, 12:12 PM
#34
Earth-bound misfit
^Completely agree! The amount of drama in the sky weighs heavily on my decision of how much sky to include in a given shot.
10-05-2009, 12:19 PM
#35
Safety Car
Speaking of the next theme, I need you guys to tell me if it would be too harsh to state no HDRs in the next contest. I like looking at HDRs personally, especially the less noticable ones but I feel like they have a slight advantage over a single exposure image. What do you guys think?
Also, I think some themes are more suitable for HDR over others. For those themes perhaps HDRs should be allowed?
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10-05-2009, 12:42 PM
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10-05-2009, 01:05 PM
#38
is learning to moonwalk i
THanks
Speaking of the next theme, I need you guys to tell me if it would be too harsh to state no HDRs in the next contest. I like looking at HDRs personally, especially the less noticable ones but I feel like they have a slight advantage over a single exposure image. What do you guys think?
Also, I think some themes are more suitable for HDR over others. For those themes perhaps HDRs should be allowed?
Speaking of the next theme, I need you guys to tell me if it would be too harsh to state no HDRs in the next contest. I like looking at HDRs personally, especially the less noticable ones but I feel like they have a slight advantage over a single exposure image. What do you guys think?
Also, I think some themes are more suitable for HDR over others. For those themes perhaps HDRs should be allowed?
It seems that that HDR is/should be excluded from unless expressly written into the rules. And it's up to the previous contest winner to write the rules.
10-05-2009, 01:14 PM
#40
Needs more Lemon Pledge
