Featured Berg images Oct-Dec 2010

SeriousTribe2 wrote:

How long did it last, or are you just faster than light on that trigger finger?

Can't remember accurately but it may have lasted a minute or so. If you ever run into a guy on the escarpment with two pouches in front, attached to the backpack straps, it is likely to be me. One is my camera, always grab-ready, otherwise you miss shots like this, and you take less photos generally, only to be regretted afterward. The other is my GPS which is continually reading and marking stuff.

That God Rays is a classic too - love it when the Berg does that. I've moved the image into the appropriate category already. Sterkhorn's instructions are spot-on however, should you want to edit in future. Anyone having trouble uploading images, feel free to send me a PM for assistance. Software is unfortunately never perfect. Image upload issues are sometimes internet-connection related, and sometimes as a result of too much virtual memory required (on the server) while processing the image at a particular instance. This is something I'm trying to solve, but both causes are generally alleviated by simply trying again and/or reducing the image size somewhat.

OK, so this featured images term has now closed. The number of votes on each image is still pretty low, lets get these up before we declare the winner. So far Serious Tribe's "Clearing Storm" is in the lead. Note that currently the rating is weighted by the number of votes as well as the value of the vote itself, ie if an image has many votes (irrespective of what the vote is), this is better than if an image has few votes.

So, here are the results (remember the ratings are weighted, meaning its not just the value of the vote, but the number of votes too):

{joomplu:424} Swinburne by mike: 4.10 (2 votes)

{joomplu:426} Summer's Morning from Bell Cave by mnt_tiksa: 3.90 (5 votes)

{joomplu:427} Bliss Hill by drsnoobab: 3.63 (3 votes)

{joomplu:428} Western Triplet by spook: 3.70 (4 votes)

{joomplu:429} Tugela Falls by Stijn: 3.88 (4 votes)

{joomplu:430} Clearing Storm by Serious tribe: 4.61 (4 votes)

{joomplu:435} Evening Settles In by Sterkhorn: 3.52 (2 votes)

{joomplu:436} Halo by intrepid: 3.81 (2 votes) ... (no more mister nice guy!)

{joomplu:437} God Rays by SeriousTribe 2 4.24 (4 votes)

...and the winner is....Clearing Storm by Serious tribe! ...oh wait... didn't we agree to enforce a handicap system?

Congratulations, an awesome shot it is!

So, this image will be featured on the front page for up until end of March.

Did everyone enjoy this activity? Anything we should do different? I'd like to see the number of votes for each image go up. I've gone ahead and created the next round:
Featured Images Jan-March 2011 discussion thread
Featured Images Jan-March 2011 gallery