Amendment of Photo Challenge entry rules

[ax2010@eircom.net]

Arising from comments in relation to Photo Challenge No. 24, would it be a good idea to amend Millie's rules by the addition of something like the following?

<<The period of each competition shall be not less than 10 days and not more than 21 days, the actual length to be at the choice of the judge for that competition.>>

The longer period would allow for major holidays/events such as Christmas, New Year, royal weddings, etc. The average would be a fortnight, more or less at the mid-point of the scale.

[ricewind]

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good idea I would be vote for that

[briansquibb]

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That seems an eminently sensible idea

[X-ray-spex]

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+1 for 2 weeks

[codachrome]

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Good Idea.

Coda

[djguk47]

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Gets my vote...

[Chris J]

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Sounds good. Gives the judge some latitude if you are fortunate/unfortunate to win just before going on holiday - "tailor-making" the length would prevent people getting restless if the judge was away when the current two weeks were up.
Cheers, Chris.

[DeeGee]

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Sounds good to me. :o)

[Muscat]

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Another in agreement to the suggested change

[DianaS]

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Good idea - but I think the minimum should be 2 weeks - 10 days is not long if other activities get in the way!!

[ax2010@eircom.net]

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The majority quite clearly seem to be in favour of defining the length of the competition in the rules. If that is done I believe the rules would look something like as follows.

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Forum members setting a competition are requested to include a link to these rules in the post announcing the competition.

1.The competition subject shall be selected by the winner of the preceding competition
who will also judge the competition.
2.The period of the competition shall be 14 days and the judge will state the start and
finish dates.
3.One Picture per person; images should conform to general image posting rules.
4.Please use a Canon DSLR.
5.Posted images should be taken during the running period of the competition. Any
images submitted that were taken before the competition started will be deemed
invalid.
6.Images 800 pixels widest max (to help those with small monitors).
7.No Photoshop frames and borders.
8.Include a brief description, and title; the image must convey the theme without title
description.
9. Please, no comments, on images until the round is over.
10.No canvassing eg “I’m thinking of posting this image for the challenge, what do you
think?”
11.The guest ‘judge’ will pick 1st 2nd 3rd favourite images (Please don’t PM them to
discuss their choices).
**********************************

I wasn't a member of the forum at the time that the rules were drawn up but, reading back through the posts, I see that Millie did not want the rules to be known as Millie's Rules. Would this be the right occasion to start calling them the Photo Challenge Rules?

[Woolley]

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I'm in agreement with the amendment. Actually, I was surprised to find it wasn't already in there.

Sometime in the distant future there'll be members wondering why the awards for winning the competitions arehe 'Millies'. ;-)

[colin C]

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Just a thought here:

Millie's original idea was to take us outside of our comfort zone and give us a taste of what many Pro photographers have to deal with. A brief and a limited time to come up with the goods - usually a couple of hours or so. Recognising that the vast majority of members here are not pro's (even though many have the skills to be), she suggested that two weeks would be the time limit.

Whilst the proposed rule change would no doubt be very convenient, it would be moving away from the original concept. Pro's who wish to extend the time frame with their clients, rarely get a second chance to work with that client.

Colin

[ax2010@eircom.net]

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Just a thought here:
.........she suggested that two weeks would be the time limit.Colin

I thought that was what I had written in my last post but perhaps I did not make it as clear as I thought.

[colin C]

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Sorry Garrett.

Sometimes I am "Brain Dead" and think I see things that weren't there.

Colin