November Photo Contest Comments/Questions

[a la izquierda]

Comment on our talented photographers and their work. Or ask questions? I’ll try and answer as quickly as possible.

[a la izquierda]

1. Where are those entries!!

C’mon folks!

[mnhtnbb]

2. Sometimes it helps to post an announcement

in GD and the Lounge. More eyeballs.

[a la izquierda]

3. Yeah I was giving the regulars time to post...

But I’ll head over there after I eat.

[a la izquierda]

4. I LOVE these entries!!

Keep them coming!

[Adsos Letter]

5. Corgigal!

That image is awesome.

[a la izquierda]

6. I'll give it another day and then open up...

to second entries.

[mnhtnbb]

7. The November Photo Contest now open to second entries

per an edit from the host on the Submissions thread.

[mnhtnbb]

8. For my second entry

I went with the concept of a monumental event.

If you've never been to DC during the height of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, it's worth the trip! My shot was taken April 11, 2015. They usually have over a million visitors during the couple of weeks when the cherry trees are in full bloom. The Tidal Basin is spectacular with views of the various monuments--especially the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument--framed by these glorious cherry blossoms.

[a la izquierda]

9. I've never been!

And yes that’s a totally monumental event. I only live a few hours away. I should go this spring.

[mnhtnbb]

10. Definitely go

before you move to The Netherlands!

The peak season can vary. The year I was there the full bloom was fairly late. It can happen in March. So it's best to hold off making plans until the Park Service predicts the peak. https://www.nps.gov/subjects/cherryblossom/index.htm

[mnhtnbb]

11. Love the Copper Moon, Cal Peggy!

I wondered if you'd enter a moon shot. I had one of mine--an old one taken from the deck of the house in Chapel Hill--that I was considering. It was going to be titled "Moonumental".

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Thank you, my dear mnhtnbb!

Well, I have so many moon shots, I thought I should enter one! I love the color on this one too.

I'd love to see your Moonumental" shot!

[a la izquierda]

12. Any ideas on boosting participation?

I was hoping to close the entries tomorrow. But I could just rearrange the timeline I guess. I'm not in the US, so Thanksgiving travel won't interfere. I may have an emergency trip back to the States because my dog has a liver tumor, but I won't know until next week (just found out, but since he's acting totally normal, I doubt there's much urgency at the moment).
Thanks!

[Adsos Letter]

14. I think that if we could uncouple hosting the next contest from winning a contest it would help.

Just speaking in terms of the contests in general.

Other than that I got nuthin'.

[a la izquierda]

15. Could be. December is a tough month for everyone

Maybe we could do a poll on it or something?

[mnhtnbb]

16. The winner of November will host January

because December will be devoted to the Autumn Seasonal Contest.

[a la izquierda]

18. Oh right. I was thinking that as I typed it.

Maybe it is the hosting element. I often don’t want to risk hosting if I’m traveling a lot.

[mnhtnbb]

17. The only way I can see continuing the contests

by uncoupling hosting as an obligation from winning is to create a calendar of volunteer hosts.

I'll put up a thread to explore the idea to run in the Photography group and see what kind of response we get.

We dropped 4 contests a year out of the calendar not long ago. Maybe we need to adjust the calendar to remove a couple more.

[a la izquierda]

19. Can we get at least 4 or 5 more entries?

I'd love to get to 20/21 By tomorrow morning so that I don't have to adjust the schedule (it's no skin off my back if we have to though).

[urbanhermit]

20. I added a second

Trying to do my part.

[a la izquierda]

21. Thanks!!

[Rebl2]

22. When

will the photos be posted to vote on?

[a la izquierda]

23. Starting later today.

I’m five hours ahead in England.