by Son of a Beach » Mon 09 Jun, 2008 7:48 pm
Hi Chris... the tram disqualification was partly tongue in cheek (as tasadam posting it at all was partly tongue in cheek, unless I misunderstood him).
However, being a bushwalking forum, it would be good if the competitions were specifically for bushwalking photos. On the other hand, I don't want the competitions to become too strict (they are just for fun for now, with no actual prizes on offer as yet). For now, the only content guidelines are that the photos should be 'related to bushwalking' in some way (I'll add something to the forum rules pink section above to indicate this shortly). However, since the competitions are fairly informal, just how closely related the photos have to be to bushwalking is between the photographer and myself, and if they can find a way of convincing me that their picture is related to bushwalking, then the photo is acceptable.
Similarly, if enough people can convince me that a particular photo is NOT related to bushwalking, I will disqualify it. Note that there is a discussion topic for each competition, where such debate can occur openly (or people can PM me, if they prefer). BTW, I'm going to move your post and this one to the discussion topic now.
Sorry to be a bit vague for now, but one of these days, I might be in a position to offer actual prizes for the competitions, in which case the rules will tighten up a fair bit.
Once the entries are in the voting line-up, it's entirely up to you how you vote. I probably tend to vote on the appeal to my own eye of the content (I guess this is artistic merit in my own way, but I'm not a very artistic person). I know several others here will be interested in the technical aspects of the photography. Some may like to take into account on how closely related to bushwalking the photo is when voting. I don't mind how people vote, but I guess I would say, just vote for the photo you like the best (for whatever reason).