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Dark Image of the day contest ? Interested
There is already a POTD and Image of the day, but I was thinking MM needs a dark/goth/vamp/mysterious etc image of the day. In scanning other ports, I see tons of candidates. Anyone think this would be viable ? I live on the darkside - I save on electricity Dec 15 09 11:34 am Link Awesome idea!! Dec 15 09 11:41 am Link That would be awesome , I think they also need to do a digital art of the day . That would be awesome and it could also include vampire images . Maybe like a photomanipulation contest because I see alot of digital works , vamps included going unoticed . Dec 15 09 11:43 am Link DigitalArticulation wrote: Why don't you be the moderator of it. Dec 15 09 11:45 am Link I'll definitely moderate the dark one.. The digital art one someone else should take because I would want to participate in that one. If I moderate, I won't be able to enter my own images.. I'm thinking of getting this going before the end of the week.. I have so many (Dr.) Evil ideas. Miss Anthrope 1007 wrote: Dec 15 09 11:48 am Link I think that would be awesome! Dec 15 09 11:49 am Link DigitalArticulation wrote: I would love to do the digital art one from a fantasy perspective lol Dec 15 09 11:50 am Link  Dec 15 09 11:58 am Link Good idea, it would be a hard, be interesting to see Laura Dark and Springhill in the same competition. I would deffinatly be intersted. Dec 15 09 11:59 am Link Would it just be "dark image of the day" or would each day have a category? A few problems: 1. A moderator, someone willing to take their time to do this right and not enter. 2. Defining "dark" 3. I'm not sure the existing moderators like the idea of clogging up the General Forums with more contests. Methinks there should be a "contests" subforum! Dec 15 09 12:00 pm Link RMT Photography wrote: Dec 15 09 12:05 pm Link Definatly this is an awesome idea Dec 15 09 12:50 pm Link The Alternative Image wrote: Also ASYLUMseventy7 his another up and coming Photographer Dec 15 09 12:51 pm Link I would be interested in moderating the digital art contest of the day as well.  Let me know if I can help in any way. Love the ideas! Edit: Although I also love to participate. Count me as a backup for the moderating thing. (If the idea will be approved by MM) Dec 15 09 12:55 pm Link Shane Holliday wrote: Did not mean to miss anyone, theres actually a lot of awsome dark photographers on here, some a very quiet, and I always take a look at ASYLUMseventy7. Dec 15 09 01:13 pm Link Yeah, good idea! Dec 15 09 01:15 pm Link The Alternative Image wrote: Springheel would win in any contest against me. Except maybe a wet Tshirt contest. I'd win that hands down. Dec 15 09 01:49 pm Link Hahh.. you just put an image of Springheel in a wet T-shirt in my head.. Please gouge out my eyes.. I disagree -- I think given the topic, everybody would have a chance at winning.. I'm not allowed to submit, but there are lots of people with some pretty dark stuff out there.. I'm also thinking tech noir, 50's detective and all those sorts of dark styles as well.. I think there will be enough variation for everyone to have an opportunity to win. And perhaps we can have a dark wet t-shirt contest too.. Just in case Springheel wants to unleash his competitive spirit. Laura Dark Photography wrote: Dec 15 09 02:09 pm Link It's going to be the same as any of the others, digital artists will win the vast majority of the days....especially in a contest reserved for "dark" images. If you are interested in having a dark contest and a digital art contest like it's stated in this thread......then exclude digital art from the dark contest and restrict it to the digital art contest. I can guarantee you if you don't.....a month from now the gripers will come out of the woodwork complaining about how a "pure" shooter has no chance. Dec 15 09 02:31 pm Link Well I contacted a mod and I am waiting to hear back from them . Dec 15 09 02:53 pm Link DigitalArticulation wrote: So it would be "Dark Concept Photo of the Day - WILD MONKEYS" or whatever the theme that day is? That would kinda be cool. Dec 15 09 05:21 pm Link DVS wrote: Love this little guy-reminds me of myself on certain days LOL Dec 15 09 05:24 pm Link Dang i put up a few non dark images and i get looked over what am i chopped liver:) I think it would be great! Dec 16 09 12:18 am Link I do a few contests and was involved in the original PoTD as well. I don't think you need permission to start a thread, and that's all the contests are. Set the premise, state the rules, see if they will come. Thats it in a nutshell. There have been many contests, some lost their way after a few weeks, some persevered. The biggest and the best finally got the recognition it deserved and is now in the CONTESTS forum, under the title Pic of the day. MM's moderators were not on the best of terms with the contest in the beginning and some seemed to actively fight it, locking it down and brigging the OP for submissions that were against the MM code. The rules were adjusted somewhat and now the contests are accepted as a part of the MM Lexicon. If the subject matter is going to be mature, then you can't let it be openly accessible in the manner of the other contest threads. So the rules must be clearly stated as to what is acceptable. Then you should clearly state what is not. Like vote stacking, a common demon in the threads. Then you have to have fortitude and stick-to-it-ness to last out the doldrums and petty stuff. You don't have to ban your stuff, you just can't have your work become an issue. Set the start and finish of each period- PotD is daily (12mid EST to 11:59pm EST) while the artist of the week contests run Tues morn to Sat Midnite, voting is sun morn to tues midnite. All of this came thru trial and error, a daily contest eats up 5-7 hours of time each day to work right, while a weekly is about 4-5 hrs twice a week. If you've got this much time to spare, InShallah. (an aside; ban the bump and chit-chat at the onset or a few individuals will make it difficult to follow the thread. Keep to pic's to make it interesting. Only the host should bump images.) To work the images, you should be a photoshop wizard and know the limits of your skills. To work the thread secure the 1st post on every page to tell your threads tale. Get a graphic to use to bump the page when necessary. Make a winners button to make the winners part of your community. Startup requires a lot of port viewing and your mail (15) msgs is pitifully inadequate, so a VIP account is in order. So, in a nutshell, thats the advice I can spare now. Visit any of my threads, after the first 50 or so pages its quite interesting. Getting there is the bugaboo. Word to the wise, leave the mods out of it, if there's one you know, keep them close. A-dee a-dee...... Ciao Dec 16 09 03:05 pm Link Well it's on then.. The DPOTD (dark pick of the day) will be starting tomorrow Dec 17 09 08:51 am Link Awesome idea! I've been dying for someone to do this forever. I'll be honest though... Tits and ass beat creativity almost every single time. In knowing that, there is nothing more satisfying then playing against the bikini/plastic skin crowd in their own game (POtD) and dominating. I do think an alt or dark potd would rule though and I would definitly play it all the time. Dec 17 09 10:16 am Link sure. Dec 17 09 11:41 am Link Is this happening yet? Jan 09 10 04:25 pm Link I doubt anything like this would be openly accepted or participated in by the masses. In short, I feel it would have a very limited participation. I for one doubt I'd participate. Jan 09 10 06:31 pm Link Craig Thomson wrote: Its been running for a couple of weeks now. some days have more participation than others... usually 8 or more entries I'd think but it seems to be gaining more interest and there have been some awesome images shown so far. Jan 10 10 09:10 am Link Chris Keeling wrote: weve seen it over and over again and i as always intend to prove that shots can be kool when done in camera Jan 10 10 09:41 am Link Rick Dupuis Photography wrote: hurrah Jan 10 10 09:42 am Link I will say that with two new contests running: Digital Art of The Day and Dark Image of The Day, they do tend to run over into each other. I've seen the same images entered in both contests either on the same day, or one day apart. The contest I am most interested in winning is the concept of the day because to me, it seems that people in all cetegories enter and vote. I've won it three times and I am always grateful because no matter how many or how few votes the winne rgets, they are always votes by your peers and that's important, to me anyway. Look at it this way: I used to build model cars and I entered them in a lot of contests. The last contest I entered was in Pickering, Ontario. There were hundreds of models entered in every category imaginable, but two judges didn't show up. I was asked to be a judge. Since I had a model entered in the car:racing class, they had me judge the military armor. The main viewing room was then shut down to the public and as the doors were closing, one of the show's promoters ran in with a car and set it on the judging table and left. Not a single person saw the car except the judges. So there were 3 of us judging the armor. The other 2 guys knew each other. I looked ata tank and said, "Man, this is awesome." On eof the other guys came over and lifted the card that was to be kept under the tank so no judge knew the builder. He looked at it and said, "Never heard of him." That tank did not win. In The car: racing category, the promoter of the show won first place. I never entered another contest. That's what I worry about with these. We're told not to stack votes and I hope we don't. But how would it be policed? Impossible, really. I love entering these contests because the stuff I'm up against can do nothing except make me work harder. I see an image by Keeling, Kesler, New Dawn, PYPI and I know I'm going to lose but I also know that I am going to learn something. If these two contests are done right and kept seperate, they can and should work. The deserve to. Jan 10 10 10:33 am Link Chris Keeling wrote: It hasn't taken a month. You can almost tell who is going to win every time. Distinction has to be made., and the proper way to do it is as you suggest. Jan 10 10 10:38 am Link Chris Keeling wrote: Jan 10 10 11:28 am Link Laura Dark Photography wrote: I entered the "Dark Photo of the Day" contest only one time...the theme was "Undead" and it was dedicated to me... Jan 10 10 12:29 pm Link Laura Dark Photography wrote: and when will that contest be posted? Jan 10 10 01:09 pm Link Laura Dark Photography wrote: Visually Odd Photo wrote: In the General Industry Forums todays is: Jan 10 10 04:03 pm Link Miss Anthrope 1007 wrote: Laura Dark Photography wrote: In the General Industry Forums todays is: no dear....i meant the wet t-shirt contest lol Jan 10 10 09:26 pm Link |
