***Mini Challenge #720 – Warmth With Snow ***

stevet1 wrote:

Iron Mike wrote:

I'm not sure I understand this request... (other than the closing date is weird)...

Why is the MC canceled and requested to be deleted?

-Mike

Mike,

I don't think the Challenges are very popular.

Typically, they seem to get 10-15 entries at best, while the "Show Your Snaps" thread gets 40-60 entries.

I think the Challenge threads introduce a level of stress for both the participants and the judges. We all like to take pictures and share them with other people, showing interesting places we've been and interesting things we've seen; but people seem to shy away from being judged on what they share.

That would make sense. Interestingly enough I recently asked if anyone would be interested in a weekly photo sharing thread on the next "higher-end" canon DSLR forum, the "Canon EOS 7D / 10D - 90D Talk" forum, and the answer was pretty much a unanimous "no".

The Challenge thread seems to be a feature of the Canon forums. I looked around and it seems like the Nikon forum is the only other forum to have them. They seem to get 40-50 entries at a time.

Perhaps the Challenge thread could be replaced by a Theme thread, where people could be encouraged to submit photos based on a given theme, without any judging involved.

If you've checked all the Canon forums you will probably have seen the CICs (Canon Image Challenges) on the aforementioned forum. They're sorta like mini-challenges. Members upload their photos (on a separate website) and after 3 weeks or so everyone judges, using a spreadsheet on Google Sheets. Then the winner is announced back here at DPR, and announces the next CIC and prepares the next one.

I know it sounds pretty complicated, but, perhaps we could try something like that (with the images hosted in a DPR thread of course). I'd be happy to co-ordinate it.

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Then again your suggestion is probably best (simplicity is key).