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Quartzmine Photo wrote: Already been done many moons ago. Dec 23 13 04:02 pm Link There is an image in todays 18+ male contest and I am wondering how it passed the mods? If the images are entered 2 days before the contest surely it had been seen? The image in question will be obvious and should play no part in what MM is about. MM is a great site but lets not bring the tone down. Dec 30 13 01:45 am Link Steve, Steve, Steve. Of course I know just which image you are referring to, as the contest rules are so clear and consistentlly enforced that there could be no question. https://www.modelmayhem.com/contests/po … iew/117951 I mean, the model mostly has all her clothes on! It will probably win with 52 votes, too. Dec 30 13 08:56 am Link steve54321 wrote: Suggestion: Send me a CAM with the URL of the entry Dec 30 13 11:48 am Link Quartzmine Photo wrote: Your cynicism is noted Quartzmine Photo wrote: Did you actually look at the pic? Quartzmine Photo wrote: It has a way to go to get to your 52 vote prediction Dec 30 13 12:00 pm Link Just look at todays M18+ contest you cant miss it...not sure how to CAM! Dec 30 13 12:54 pm Link ok I found out how to CAM........sent the info Dec 30 13 12:58 pm Link steve54321 wrote: and it's gone now Dec 30 13 01:15 pm Link Risen Phoenix Photo wrote: I always post images with watermarks. Not because I am worried about someone stealing them because I don't care. It comes with the job I guess. I watermark them in order to give credit to the photographer for taking them. Dec 31 13 10:45 am Link Risen Phoenix Photo wrote: Well said. Dec 31 13 10:48 am Link JoJo wrote: I win a lot, but that's coz I have a nice ass. Haha Dec 31 13 10:50 am Link Dec 31 13 10:56 am Link 18+ M winner for 30th looked familiar. It is familiar as it was the 24 Sept winner. Dec 31 13 12:37 pm Link What system is in play..when some is caught cheating..I mean using the same photo that has won before...and now..since JoJo has taken away the original winner...how can Model Mayhem..show who really won? Dec 31 13 03:10 pm Link DOUGLASFOTOS wrote: It's right here Dec 31 13 03:32 pm Link JoJo wrote: Hummm...I wonder also. Dec 31 13 03:35 pm Link All this time on MM and I never noticed there was a naked Mens 18+ contest. WOW! Jan 01 14 12:44 am Link China__White wrote: I don't get nakid...but I shoot naked. Jan 01 14 02:29 am Link DOUGLASFOTOS wrote: Congratulations! It's a great image Jan 02 14 06:33 am Link China__White wrote: You do .... You really do. Jk Jan 02 14 06:36 am Link China__White wrote: Nice ass? Hmm. Pretty face. Great hair. Excellent boobies. Terrific figure. Good skin. Interesting toes. But you blame it on a nice ass? Jan 02 14 07:29 am Link Risen Phoenix Photo wrote: Thank You. Jan 02 14 06:55 pm Link What has happened to this thread? Is this just boring stuff. It was always fun reading the comments Jan 18 14 12:21 pm Link I won POTD 18+!! Thanks to all who voted  Jan 20 14 10:41 am Link Risen Phoenix Photo wrote: After the male-female split a major cause of debate was removed. Hence the slowdown in contention. Thanks to JoJo's firm hand there are fewer controversies over what is or is not 18+. Those topics used to make up the bulk of posts here. I too wish there was more here. Jan 20 14 10:59 am Link Sakura Star wrote: I do not vote in the Female contest but congrats anyway. I find it a real thrill to win. Best future luck. Jan 20 14 11:01 am Link Congrats Sakura. Well deserved. I didn't vote in that days contest, but if I did, I would have voted for you too. +1 vote to the count. Jan 21 14 12:28 am Link Sakura Star wrote: Congrats on a fine win. Is this your first? Hey now we need to shoot together, it would be a blast Jan 23 14 08:03 pm Link Jo Jo can you delete the image that I have slated for the +18 woman's contest 2 days from now? I was trying to upload the image from my iPad and totally screwed it up. It's a blurry and way too low res. Feb 12 14 02:11 am Link Just wondering - Is the group of submissions for a given day "locked" once voting begins? I could be wrong but some days there seem to be more entries in the final tally than there were when I voted in the morning. i.e., I see entries in the results that weren't even there a day before when I voted. Feb 25 14 05:15 am Link Has anyone noticed the change in direction of the winds in the voting for the POTD regular contest? Lately I have noticed male images coming in high rankings in the voting. Formerly the realm of beautifully lit female glamorous head shots now the guys are making inroads. In yesterday's vote 3 of the top 5 finidhersx are male. I am happy if I place in the top half. Males are doing quite well lately. Mar 04 14 02:21 am Link It’s been almost two weeks since anyone posted to this usually-somnolent thread. Soooo, I thought I’d do one of my favorite things and compare the first and last place entries for yesterday, 3/11/14. Here’s the winner: https://www.modelmayhem.com/contests/po … iew/129094 54 votes, statistically at least two standard deviations above the rest of the pack. Any statisticians out there who can calculate the odds of that happening randomly? Here’s the last place, with 0 votes: https://www.modelmayhem.com/contests/po … iew/129085 I didn’t vote for either one but if forced to a choice I would probably pick the last place. At least you can see the model. I would also pick this one, which is a comparable pose but brightly (and well) lit instead of a shadowy and murky subject with a blown-out background.: https://www.modelmayhem.com/contests/po … iew/129056 The next three on the top row are from entrants who win all the time. Clearly superior, of course. So very interesting the number 2 is a no-face ass shot of a certain A-list model who is also depicted in a full frontal pose submitted by a no- network photog that only got 16 votes. Silver medal Booty: https://www.modelmayhem.com/contests/po … iew/129118 Also-ran frontal: https://www.modelmayhem.com/contests/po … iew/129058 3 of 4 on the second row are creative image, non-cookie cutter efforts. I think this one is especially striking: https://www.modelmayhem.com/contests/po … iew/129068 Winners are almost always conventional poses and conventional backgrounds. There’s no accounting for taste, of course. Nevertheless, I see many unanswered questions here. (They closed the GW bridge to do a traffic study, Barry Bonds increased his shoe size by natural means, etc., etc.) Let the flaming begin! Thursday update: Same entrant, same model but face lit up . Almost same number of votes (51 vs 54). Amaaaaaaazing coincidence. https://www.modelmayhem.com/contests/po … iew/129177 The no-posse last place wasn't so bad again, either though I didn't vote for it. https://www.modelmayhem.com/contests/po … ew/129197. Happy St. Pattys day to all! Mar 12 14 01:53 pm Link Just a minor correction. I posted March 4th just 8 days ago not 2 weeks. Also are critiques now allowed in this forum? Mar 13 14 08:47 am Link No, it's not really a critique. It's more about pointing out a conspiracy theory about vote stacking in the Female POTD.  Sir Q. once again feels like the contests are a result of popularity based on the comparison of the top winning images votes and least voted images. Although I'm sure there may be some of that happening, it certainly cannot be enough to be the case for the majority. 1 or 2 or 3 votes here and there, but not enough to determine the majority. I'm not going to go into the comparisons of what merits make a photo worthy to be superior to others because it is all "in the eye of the beholder", yadda yadda... All I can say is that the top winning photos are usually ones I would also vote for or at least can see why it was picked. As for the bottom ones, I can also see why they were not chosen, because I would never vote for them either. And I can speak for myself, that none of my decisions have anything to do with voting due to popularity because I favor a certain model or photographer or whomever. Sometimes it's about the model's look, sometimes it's about the quality of photography, and sometimes about presentation. And yes, although I agree with you that there is no accounting for taste, there is certainly accounting for the general consensus of like. Mar 13 14 10:48 pm Link DaeNaturals wrote: Mar 13 14 11:05 pm Link And sometimes it's about the spread. *snicker* Mar 13 14 11:36 pm Link "Mark McGuire knocks it out of the park again - third in a row in 3 at bats" - news item https://www.modelmayhem.com/contests/po … iew/129307 This time, 62 votes on 3/13/14. Seriously, what are the chances of this happening randomly? (The good news: I can't say the last place entry is any good.) Mar 14 14 08:26 am Link I was surprised to win 3 in a row....what are the chances? Has it been done before? I won reg POD and 18+ one day as well. That was surprising! Mar 14 14 03:08 pm Link It's not that surprising if you enter consistently good work with consistently good models. If viewers vote favorably for a specific image, then entering the similar ones from similar shoots will likely yield similar vote results. Congrats Fotomarx. You produce great images and I quite enjoy seeing your work! Mar 14 14 11:07 pm Link FotoMarx wrote: I do know for certain that the Men's 18+ has been won three times in a row by at least two photographers since I have been entering. But the Male contest has many fewer entries so the odds increase. In each case either the photographer was very skilled and entered gorgeous pictures or the subject was one that tends to win more often than not (certain models/sausage). In neither case did I feel there was vote stacking or any other impropriety. Mar 15 14 03:09 am Link |
