Naturally being gay I realize that many men are into bondage. Did never appealed to me. Maybe because I am considered to be a co. ntrol freak. I deny it because I can control very little. I'm considering a shoot that involves Japanese bondage. But I need to find someone who knows how to tie the knots.
Sorry,it's on TODAY'S vote page...I only realized what I had done when I went to
vote (for myself!) and saw that the pic was all jaggy and funky...
I figured it was too late to do anything but,thought I would ask.
Thank you as always.
JoJo Contest Queen
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billy badfinger wrote: Sorry,it's on TODAY'S vote page...I only realized what I had done when I went to
vote (for myself!) and saw that the pic was all jaggy and funky...
I figured it was too late to do anything but,thought I would ask.
Thank you as always.
Mark Leighton wrote: Agreed. There is one clear violation of the rules and another which I would say is against them but could be borderline. In the Mens 18+
I saw 2 in today's 18+ contest that make me wonder how they got in the contest. JoJo must have taken a well-deserved night off....
Update: Thanks for such a quick response, JoJo! Sorry about your router. Glad you got it resolved! -g
This link appears to be no longer working, at least for me. I've tried accessing it the past few days on multiple browsers and it doesn't work. Is there a different way to access this tool? It's been very useful to me as I have a hard time remembering when I've entered what! Thanks!
I tried to vote for 3 images. Got an error saying I could only pick 3, please go back on select 3.
Thinking I might have hit a stray, I click Back on my browser (Chrome Version 24.0.1312.56 m on a Win 7 pro machine) and 3 DIFFERENT images are selected.
I clear them out and select TWO of the original three, and it happens again. Also selecting 3 images I hadn't selected before.
3rd time must be a charm as I once again get the error, click Back and select only ONE and it sticks.
However, when you click back, whatever links were originally activated by checking the boxes should either be maintained no matter what the display order, or they should be erased completely so NOTHING is checked. The programming should not be making up votes.
I just accidentally submitted an image a second time for the POTD 18+ contest. When I checked my submissions using Sendu's POTD 15 day checker, the image did not show up:
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Nelia wrote: I just accidentally submitted an image a second time for the POTD 18+ contest. When I checked my submissions using Sendu's POTD 15 day checker, the image did not show up:
Good question. I often use a laptop, so I will enlarge an image. Makes all the difference.
However, I don't think most do this. The reason I say this is I cannot recall a photo that was wider than high ever winning. And I think the reason is that the thumbnail for this kind of image is just too small to get attention.
David Stone Imaging wrote: ...The reason I say this is I cannot recall a photo that was wider than high ever winning. And I think the reason is that the thumbnail for this kind of image is just too small to get attention.
Of course, immediately you say that, one wins the male comp.
I often click through, but not always. But it's not a real photography competition, anyway - most people vote for pictures they like, not pictures they consider to be good photographs. It's the crowd pleaser that usually wins.
Funny...that is so typical. My first submission into the 18+ female contest was a horizontal photo...and I immediately realized it was too small to hardly get any attention. They just don't get the real estate the vertical photos enjoy. I even noticed recently that a frequent contest winner rotated his image to be vertical...and it won.
As far as the contests being about real photography...vs. crowd pleasers - I don't think there is any incentive for anyone to spend the time truly assessing the photographic aspects. I scan a half-dozen thumbnails...look at them...then vote.
Wow.... this must be a new record. 9 (NINE) non-18+ images based on MM rules and one image with a finger inserted into a vagina made it through to voting today.
Must be those pesky code bugs that no one will fix. ;-)
Lifestyle_Images wrote: Wow.... this must be a new record. 9 (NINE) non-18+ images based on MM rules and one image with a finger inserted into a vagina made it through to voting today.
Must be those pesky code bugs that no one will fix. ;-)
No bugs. It's what ppl send in. Some of those I think are not safe for work, which means they should be in the 18+, others are clearly not 18+
Gaze at Photography wrote: No bugs. It's what ppl send in. Some of those I think are not safe for work, which means they should be in the 18+, others are clearly not 18+
But that doesn't bother me.
What you should do, is cam them all.
I was being sarcastic as "bugs" have been used by some to excuse lots of things on this site that don't happen the way they are supposed to, usually when the ball dropper was a Mod or Admin.
As far as CAMing, I'm done helping the Mods do their job.
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Lifestyle_Images wrote: Wow.... this must be a new record. 9 (NINE) non-18+ images based on MM rules and one image with a finger inserted into a vagina made it through to voting today.
Must be those pesky code bugs that no one will fix. ;-)
"and one image with a finger inserted into a vagina"
WOW!!! you must have great vision to actually see this.
When I validate the contests I use only my browser (Chrome) set at 125% zoom.
On occasion I zoom to 150% and rarely to 200%.
On the image you mention I zoomed to the maximum of Chrome, 500%...
I then loaded the image into PhotoShop and zoomed in to 1600%.
I wanted to make absolutely sure that there was no actual (explicit) insertion/penetration. There was none.
What you see is implied... and acceptable.
As for the 9 non 18+ images - who's interpretation of the rules are you using?
There are 2 image in the contest that do not properly qualify as 18+ images according to the rules... but these 2 images contain "too much" to be properly classified as acceptable in the PotD.
The submitters of both of these images have read and understand the rules correctly and have chosen to enter the images in the PotD18+.
(and yes, there are images on MM that are "too much" for the PotD but "not enough" for the PotD18+)
JoJo Contest Queen
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Gaze at Photography wrote: Do you vote on the thumbnail, or do you click through prior?
First, a rant....
How many photographers take the time (or have the inclination) to reduce their finished work down to avatar size or contest thumb size before they release the image?
The presentation of the thumbnail in the contest is VERY important.
Most photographers and retouchers have never thought to do this. They figure the thumbnail is just the small version of their work.
Take a look at the photographers that consistently win - why do their thumbnails in the contest always look so much better than anyone else's entries?
These people know how to 'present' their work... and they win.
Next time you are about to enter an image, stop - reduce the image down to thumb size and take a long look at the thumbnail. What can you do to make the thumbnail look better?
You may say the full sized pic and the thumb are identical... and you would be both correct and incorrect. The two pics ARE the same but if you really take time to look you will "see" different things in the thumb/full sized pic.
No, JoJo has not been smoking her old socks - make your thumbnails POP and you WILL increase your vote standing in the contests - this is called 'presentation' and it DOES work
Now to answer your question...
A small percentage of voters vote just on the thumbnail - their loss.
A smaller percentage of voters just look for the pic they came to vote on - they never look at the other entries.
A very small percentage of voters actually vote from their phones/hand-helds in text-only mode.
During MM's image server problems there were entries that received multiple votes on pics that did not exist... even the thumbs did not exist.
The rest, the vast majority, actually look at the big pics before they vote.
Very interesting. I often vote from my phone. I can usually tell from the thumb an image I do NOT want to vote for. Sometimes I cannot make out the image so I enlarge. I am most likely to click the thumb of the winners and top runners up especially if I didn't vote for them.
How many photographers take the time (or have the inclination) to reduce their finished work down to avatar size or contest thumb size before they release the image?
Next time you are about to enter an image, stop - reduce the image down to thumb size and take a long look at the thumbnail. What can you do to make the thumbnail look better?
What are the magic numbers? I will do whatever it takes to present my images properly.
I love the recommendation about reviewing your work at thumb size before submitting. It's a fantastic idea and I wish I'd realized it on my own.
As to the question of if I vote small or large - I try to enlarge any image before I vote for it, but have not always done that. I try to, based on having an experience where I saw a pic I really liked, but upon enlarging it I saw it wasn't focused well at all.
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