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The inaugural MD Forum "Best Expedition Photo Contest"- post your favorite outing photos!
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(Attached poll has now been deleted. The results pasted below show that the forum supports our addition of a photo contest to the monthly polls. Read the upcoming March Entry/Nomination thread for particulars.)
Should there be a "Best Expedition Photo" contest as part of the monthly polls?
Total Votes: 29
Yes
22 (votes) 75.86 (%)
No
2 (votes) 6.90 (%)
Maybe (with certain suggestions- post below)
0 (votes) 0.00 (%)
Photos should be part of the existing "Wild Card" category
1 (votes) 3.45 (%)
Pass (show me the results only)
4 (votes) 13.79 (%)
ASUTodd tried to enter some pictures of a wildlife sighting in the Wild Card category this month. I suppose a wildlife sighting is a "find" of sorts, but not really what we had in mind, perhaps? (It's WildCARD, not WildLIFE, Todd! Sheesh!)
Edit- he pointed out that the Wildcard category is an "anything goes" category, which is a good point. Should nice photos be included in the existing Wildcard category instead of having their own? (I added this option to the poll, and in so doing, ended up deleting my own "Pass" vote, so I have no vote now).
Should we limit the number of monthly entries to the Wildcard category if photos are considered "finds"?
Nevertheless, from Todd's recent pictures (which were a real turkey, as you will see), to Zot's "critter pics", to DesertRat's scenic shots, I've seen some great outdoor photos here on the MD Forum. Some of these need to be recognized.
Do we need another award category? Being an occasional pollster for the awards, who hates to see too many categories cluttering things up, part of me says no, but on the other hand, "Best Expedition Photo" could be a fun award, and a category for those (like yours truly) who often has outings which produce nothing but a good photo or two. Like the "Wild Card" category, it could also bring in participants who aren't necessarily detectorists.
I'll attach a poll here on whether or not you think we should have a monthly photo contest in addition to the usual awards, and I'll make my vote a neutral.
In the meantime, let's see your best expedition photos, be they digging action shots with cool finds coming out of the ground, or landscapes, or wildlife, or funny antics. If we make it a regular monthly category, then entries should be for that particular month only, but since this is the first one, we won't limit the timeframe- post a past favorite.
Post yours or nominate somebody else's. If it becomes a category, we can award sigline plaques like the others, if not, we'll just do it once in a while, for braggin' rights.
Let's limit it to say, maybe...two or three photos per member?
(Let's also try not to go too much bigger than 640x480-ish, if possible).
Should there be a "Best Expedition Photo" contest as part of the monthly polls?
Total Votes: 29
Yes
22 (votes) 75.86 (%)
No
2 (votes) 6.90 (%)
Maybe (with certain suggestions- post below)
0 (votes) 0.00 (%)
Photos should be part of the existing "Wild Card" category
1 (votes) 3.45 (%)
Pass (show me the results only)
4 (votes) 13.79 (%)
ASUTodd tried to enter some pictures of a wildlife sighting in the Wild Card category this month. I suppose a wildlife sighting is a "find" of sorts, but not really what we had in mind, perhaps? (It's WildCARD, not WildLIFE, Todd! Sheesh!)
Edit- he pointed out that the Wildcard category is an "anything goes" category, which is a good point. Should nice photos be included in the existing Wildcard category instead of having their own? (I added this option to the poll, and in so doing, ended up deleting my own "Pass" vote, so I have no vote now).
Should we limit the number of monthly entries to the Wildcard category if photos are considered "finds"?
Nevertheless, from Todd's recent pictures (which were a real turkey, as you will see), to Zot's "critter pics", to DesertRat's scenic shots, I've seen some great outdoor photos here on the MD Forum. Some of these need to be recognized.
Do we need another award category? Being an occasional pollster for the awards, who hates to see too many categories cluttering things up, part of me says no, but on the other hand, "Best Expedition Photo" could be a fun award, and a category for those (like yours truly) who often has outings which produce nothing but a good photo or two. Like the "Wild Card" category, it could also bring in participants who aren't necessarily detectorists.
I'll attach a poll here on whether or not you think we should have a monthly photo contest in addition to the usual awards, and I'll make my vote a neutral.
In the meantime, let's see your best expedition photos, be they digging action shots with cool finds coming out of the ground, or landscapes, or wildlife, or funny antics. If we make it a regular monthly category, then entries should be for that particular month only, but since this is the first one, we won't limit the timeframe- post a past favorite.
Post yours or nominate somebody else's. If it becomes a category, we can award sigline plaques like the others, if not, we'll just do it once in a while, for braggin' rights.
Let's limit it to say, maybe...two or three photos per member?
(Let's also try not to go too much bigger than 640x480-ish, if possible).
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Taken February, 2008, in North Carolina. (Todd, you can PM me if you want a different title or more details in the caption, or if you prefer the other shot you took.)
Taken January 17, 2008, at the Old Coast Guard Station, East Beach, St. Simons Island, GA.
Taken January 17, 2008, at the Old Coast Guard Station, East Beach, St. Simons Island, GA.
Taken August 17, 2005, from the Butler River bridge in McIntosh County, GA, on my return from a rather fruitless relic hunt (it was dangerously hot that day).
I actually took a more interesting shot seconds later, with a sunburst in the clouds.
It became a sigline picture for me, when cropped and reduced.
That original pic suffers a little from the intrusion of the bridge abutments, but the sky is more interesting than it is in the "purer" picture which I am entering above.
"The Big Guy Chugging Along The River", by BentFork.
"Underway Again", by BentFork.
All taken around Durango, CO, Spring, 2007.
An eerie old house in Magnetic Springs, OH, abandoned since a 1956 murder-suicide.
Posted during Virtual Treasure Hunt II, in August, 2005.
"Gold Ring Action Shot", by Zot.
(Here's the gold snake ring he found that time.)
Finds made near Helsinki, Finland, January 7, 2007, during Round 5 of the Virtual Treasure Hunt III.
These are not the best Zot photos, by any means- just a few I knew how to find with a search.
"Sierra Nevada", by DesertRat.
I'm taking some liberties with the titles, here. Also with the size- I downsized these a bit from the large originals.
I am pretty sure he said all this was part of the Sierra Nevada range- the second shot was also taken at Lake Isabella, apparently.
Pictures were taken in central California (I had to Google Lake Isabella to know that), on January 21, 2008.
<< <i>My problem is this.....I ALWAYS forget to take my camera....Like it is I have my hands full.... >>
Yeah, Steve- your hands are always full... of LOOT you've dug!
That's OK- leave the photography to those who aren't as successful finding stuff, maybe.
Or bring me along as your personal photographer and archivist...
Steve, call me, since I see you're online. I think today will be my February outing day. With or without you, but with you would be nice. Got any ideas? I don't even care where we (or I) go at this point. Just need to get out before February passes without a "Digs O' the Day" entry.
G Man
Just a little help here guys....
Found out why the internet never worked.....wrong cable...
Hell, I don't need to exercise.....I get enough just pushing my luck.
I like the idea. I don't usually take my camera... look at it as an extra item to pack, and time taken away from hunting (because my hunts are usually during my lunch break). But, once in awhile I will take some pictures of a favorite spot.
Here's one I took last year... not an "eye appealing" shot, but more of a fun reminder for me. Title of the picture = "Barber half spot"
If it dosen't work out ...drop it.
Todd
Always Looking for Raw Proof Lincoln Cents !!
Hell, I don't need to exercise.....I get enough just pushing my luck.
another type of photography that could be shared is other hobbies ,,Im also a rock hound ,,they are also a type of treasure ! and I find many of them while detecting or looking around for places to detect .
Always Looking for Raw Proof Lincoln Cents !!
first, gotta bribe the little guys who do the digging for us:
digging a barber on a seldom used path:
the cool stone bridge near the path:
the stairway to heaven:
Sun Rise - Another day at the beach - Port of Hueneme Beach Calif.
Hueneme Pier
Photo Op: Beach "cut"
Next wave ALMOST got the DFX!!!
VTH 3 - Plaza Park - early AM
Jerry
Olentangy River downstream.
GGP right after finding a Barber dime: