Your new vote needed in photo competition

Please vote for your favourite photo

  • Eiffel by Dekert

    Votes: 6 5.6%

  • US of A by undesign

    Votes: 3 2.8%

  • Forgotten Past by Krypty

    Votes: 6 5.6%

  • Slippery when wet by chau

    Votes: 4 3.7%

  • 5 Minutes on the Grand Canal by MongooseMan

    Votes: 8 7.4%

  • Migration by Nicci

    Votes: 40 37.0%

  • Nibble time by Regardtv

    Votes: 2 1.9%

  • Jagged Reflection by Matt.ZA

    Votes: 19 17.6%

  • Flowers by johanopperman

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Synchronised swimming at Loftus from Apoc184

    Votes: 20 18.5%
  • Total voters
    108
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Hi there

We have received complaints about vote soliciting in the latest photo competition. This put other entrants at a disadvantage, and we therefore decided to open a new poll for this competition.

Can you please vote for the photo which you think is the best. Please vote for the best photo, and not for the person.

No asking for votes please!
 
Eiffel by Dekert

Eiffel
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Canon 500D, 1/6s, f3.5, ISO1600, 15mm, 15-85mm lens

Shot from directly beneath the Eiffel tower from a mini-tripod.
 
Forgotten Past by Krypty

Forgotten Past



Canon 5D mkII
 
5 Minutes on the Grand Canal by MongooseMan

5 Minutes on the Grand Canal:

grand-canal.jpg

Nikon D3100
 
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Migration by Nicci

Migration - Taken with Fujifilm Finepix S3300

Migration.jpg
 
Nibble time by Regardtv

Nibble time

crocodiles.JPG

Canon 7D
 
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Jagged Reflection by Matt.ZA

Here is a recent photo of mine from my trip to Iceland. Shot with an old Sony A100 - I could totally do with a new Canon EOS 500D

jaggedreflection.jpg
 
Flowers by johanopperman

Flowers

flowers.jpg

Nikon D80
 
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Synchronised swimming at Loftus from Apoc184

Synchronised swimming at Loftus from Apoc184

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say what? what's to stop people voting exactly the same way anyway?
 
Maybe they should open it up to top25 entrants *nudge* *nudge* *wink* *wink*
Nah but more seriously, the admins can see, at the very least, who sent messages to who and who voted on what, I imagine. I'm not naming names, not that it was relevant in my case anyway, but I did receive at least one request for my vote. Personally, I abhor the concept since that very same concept caused a lot of worthy photos to lose out on last year's Canon Expo competition, so as far as I'm concerned vote-whoring is a dick move.

Vote for whoever has the most merit for their work, not the best sucking up skills or friends.
 
Hello. I am not sure as to what all this is now about. I have asked my friends to vote for me if they think my pic is good. Below is the pm I sent to my friends here and my mafia colleagues:

Hello (insert name) !!!

I was wondering, if you have not voted in the photo competition yet, if you would mind voting for my photo please!! I really would love to win a camera, it will really be wonderful to win a good camera! If you think my photo is good, please may you vote for me?

My photo is the Migration photo

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthre...ts-Please-vote

I would really appreciate it so very much!

Thank you!!
Nicci
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Other people has also asked openly and publicly for votes:

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...-Thread-2012?p=9066846&highlight=#post9066846 post #204
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...Championship?p=9066838&highlight=#post9066838 post #573

I don't see how it is different soliciting for votes in private and on a public forum. I don't know, I kinda feel this is more personal than anything else, but I might be wrong, and I apologize if I am.

Many thanks
Nicci
 
Well then, that's all the more reason to open it up to include my- uhhh, more entries! I'm certain the majority of people on this forum hate me, so the only reason they'd vote for my photo is if they liked the photo, not me :D
You should be mindful of owning up to something like that out of the blue though, Nicci - you're not necessarily the only one that sent a PM to people :whistle:
 
nanonyous said:
Well then, that's all the more reason to open it up to include my- uhhh, more entries! I'm certain the majority of people on this forum hate me, so the only reason they'd vote for my photo is if they liked the photo, not me :D
You should be mindful of owning up to something like that out of the blue though, Nicci - you're not necessarily the only one that sent a PM to people :whistle:
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At least she's open and honest about it ...
 
nanonyous said:
Well then, that's all the more reason to open it up to include my- uhhh, more entries! I'm certain the majority of people on this forum hate me, so the only reason they'd vote for my photo is if they liked the photo, not me :D
You should be mindful of owning up to something like that out of the blue though, Nicci - you're not necessarily the only one that sent a PM to people :whistle:
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I believe in being honest, and I don't believe I was in the wrong by asking friends / colleagues to vote if they like my photo is wrong then it should have stated in the rules. How does people in like Idols win? They all ask for their friends and family to vote. I am very saddened by this now :( :( :(
 
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