Storms of Summer 2012

13 Apr 2012 13:49 - 13 Apr 2012 13:57 #53548 by ghaznavid

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Stijn wrote: I don't want to nit pick, but Karl's photo entry was taken back in 2008. Granted, he's all the way in Australia, but should we not open up the competition to all photos that fit the theme, regardless of when they were taken?

I have the most awesome lightning photo from my front veranda in 2004, I also have some good ones from 2008 (all validly taken with long exposure)...

Stijn wrote: Ghaz wouldn't have to trawl through the 3000 photos he took on his recent Tlanyaku hike to find one with a cloud in it!

TonyMarshal can back me up on this one, I actually said to him, "I am going to take a photo with that distant cumulonimbus cloud for the VE photo competition" shortly before taking that photo. And FYI I had many photos with clouds (and many more)

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13 Apr 2012 14:48 - 13 Apr 2012 14:50 #53550 by intrepid

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Stijn wrote: I don't want to nit pick, but Karl's photo entry was taken back in 2008. Granted, he's all the way in Australia, but should we not open up the competition to all photos that fit the theme, regardless of when they were taken? This way we would have more than 4 valid entries and Ghaz wouldn't have to trawl through the 3000 photos he took on his recent Tlanyaku hike to find one with a cloud in it!

It being a fairly casual competition, I'm ok with some bending of rules provided there is consensus. As long as we are having fun and producing some good quality images, then thats great. If we ever do anything more consequential and where tangible prizes are involved then the rules will have to be clearly defined and adhered to.

We don't always have to limit the rounds to a certain time-frame either. Open to suggestions for how future rounds should work.

Now lets get on with it before Ghaz uploads all 3000 pics to this thread!

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13 Apr 2012 16:59 #53551 by ghaznavid

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intrepid wrote: Now lets get on with it before Ghaz uploads all 3000 pics to this thread!

I only took 1000 photos, not 3000, on that Ndumeni Dome hike (which everyone seems to call my Thlanyako Hike - I define hikes by peaks, not passes

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3000 is my GT goal...

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16 Apr 2012 13:12 #53577 by Serious tribe

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No problem from me. I think that if the theme was more general, like 'storms' then regardless of what time of year it can be included.

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24 Apr 2012 07:47 #53636 by intrepid

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Final results:

Hail Storm at KBC by diverian: 3.58 (4 votes)
Rainbow Traverse by intrepid: 4.42 (5 votes)
Vulnerable on the ridge by Jax: 3.89 (5 votes)
Storms of Summer by Serious tribe: 4.25 (6 votes)
Roland's View by ghaznavid: 3.24 (5 votes)

And the winner is Rainbow Traverse!

Yay, I should have manipulated those ratings in the database long ago!

Ideas for the next round?

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