Challenge #7 **Voting Thread**

[Bruce Jones]

this was a challenging topic - i'm schooled to filter out chaos.

Thanks to everyone that submitted pics.

COMPETITION GALLERY
4 - Today in the news - Veronica
(my wife cannot watch the news; full stop - any time, because of
the 'chaos' it causes her - i feel this way about much of the media
'bombardment' - thanks Veronica - nicely done!)

then, in order they were presented on the page.

2 - Nail Soup - Alain de Bock
2 - Pandemonium - DSL
2 - Shopping ants - pw-pix
2 - Cuboids Swarming - Claudio Gatti
2 - "Oh Noooo.... NEMO!!! by umbro10
2 - Tailspin - Fred

Total 16

EXHIBITION GALLERY
4 - Lotsa Birds by Bruce Jones (this image blew me away when i
first saw it - complemented by Bruce's description of how it was
achieved ;-)

then, in order they were presented on the page.

2 - Bombay - Alain De Bock
2 - Reflecting - Alain De Bock
2 - Around and Around by Mike Livorsi
2 - K-OSS creating Chaos by michael.nj
2 - Wipeout by howard1
2 - The Apple is Chaos! by Doris Baillet

Total 16

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[IdeaOnBlack]

Brain hurt now over for at least a few days!

Competition:

4 pts - Sunburst by Alain de Bock

 

[Klaudio]

Great theme and lots of good entries.. I missed partecipating in the critiquing and discussions, but sometime you have to make a sacrifice and enjoy your vacations ;-). My modem woes are still bad so, I'll just be very brief one more time. Here are my votes:

Competition

4 physical chaos by adrianox

3 "Mastering the Chaos" by fritzkurt
3 "Today In the News...." by Veronica
3 Five - Six Pick Up Stix By: Don Lynch
2 The Making of Chaos - by bracket
1 Murphy's Law of Tangling by Slartibartfast

Exibition

4 18,000 SCREAMING..... by Rich Halferty

3 Bombay - Alain De Bock
3 Lotsa Birds by Bruce Jones
3 Random birds...by Ferenc MOGOR
3 Free-For-All by Neil Paskin

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[adrianox]

all who have enjoyed my pics - it's my first 'challenge', and i do have mixed feelings about the competition side of it.... too much of that in my day job ;-)

Great theme and lots of good entries.. I missed partecipating in
the critiquing and discussions, but sometime you have to make a
sacrifice and enjoy your vacations ;-). My modem woes are still
bad so, I'll just be very brief one more time. Here are my votes:

Competition

4 physical chaos by adrianox

3 "Mastering the Chaos" by fritzkurt
3 "Today In the News...." by Veronica
3 Five - Six Pick Up Stix By: Don Lynch
2 The Making of Chaos - by bracket
1 Murphy's Law of Tangling by Slartibartfast

Exibition

4 18,000 SCREAMING..... by Rich Halferty

3 Bombay - Alain De Bock
3 Lotsa Birds by Bruce Jones
3 Random birds...by Ferenc MOGOR
3 Free-For-All by Neil Paskin

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http://www.pbase.com/mtf_foto_studies

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adrianox
KM Dimage A1&A2 excellent FAQ's here:
http://www.pbase.com/mtf_foto_studies/mtf_faq
my stuff: http://adrianox.instantlogic.com/Gallery.ilx

http://adrianox.instantlogic.com/Images/Photos/ {55054711-822A-4D25-AE0E-B11B3169B9A1} {54862430-716C-4204-AA02-C2C910C0D179}tn.jpg

 

[taljnl]

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Aren’t they beautiful? (Lilo & Stitch)

http://www.pbase.com/taljnl/

 

[taljnl]

Here are my votes:

Competition
4pts - YOU thought WHO was bringing the ball?! by John down under
3pts - The Making of Chaos - by bracket
3pts - Too many choices...too much fun" by umbro10

Exhibition
4pts - Disturbed Mound by photoman
3pts - Lotsa Birds by Bruce Jones

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Aren’t they beautiful? (Lilo & Stitch)

http://www.pbase.com/taljnl/

 

[Donald Lynch]

Competition:

4 pts_ Five - Six Pick Up stix by Don Lynch
2 pts_ Cuboids Swarming by Claudio Gatti

There are a lot of other nice entries. But I suppose we must help
to come to a conclusion somehow.

Looking forward to participate to a future challenge.

Marc for Azure Feast
http://www.AzureFeast.com

 

[Veronica94446]

this was a challenging topic - i'm schooled to filter out chaos.

Thanks to everyone that submitted pics.

COMPETITION GALLERY
4 - Today in the news - Veronica
(my wife cannot watch the news; full stop - any time, because of
the 'chaos' it causes her - i feel this way about much of the media
'bombardment' - thanks Veronica - nicely done!)

then, in order they were presented on the page.

2 - Nail Soup - Alain de Bock
2 - Pandemonium - DSL
2 - Shopping ants - pw-pix
2 - Cuboids Swarming - Claudio Gatti
2 - "Oh Noooo.... NEMO!!! by umbro10
2 - Tailspin - Fred

Total 16

EXHIBITION GALLERY
4 - Lotsa Birds by Bruce Jones (this image blew me away when i
first saw it - complemented by Bruce's description of how it was
achieved ;-)

then, in order they were presented on the page.

2 - Bombay - Alain De Bock
2 - Reflecting - Alain De Bock
2 - Around and Around by Mike Livorsi
2 - K-OSS creating Chaos by michael.nj
2 - Wipeout by howard1
2 - The Apple is Chaos! by Doris Baillet

Total 16

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adrianox
KM Dimage A1&A2 excellent FAQ's here:
http://www.pbase.com/mtf_foto_studies/mtf_faq
my stuff: http://adrianox.instantlogic.com/Gallery.ilx

http://adrianox.instantlogic.com/Images/Photos/ {55054711-822A-4D25-AE0E-B11B3169B9A1} {54862430-716C-4204-AA02-C2C910C0D179}tn.jpg

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Veronica

http://www.pbase.com/veronica

 

[KeesZ1]

Competition:

Starts Here KeesZ1 4 Pts (Ain't it
the truth!!!)

Thanks Michael.

It was the first thing that popped up into my mind when the Chaos Challenge started

Kees

Cuboids Swarming Claudio Gatti 3 Pts
Today in the News Veronica 3 Pts
Murphy's Law of Tangling Startiblartfast 2 Pts
Second Drawer Down Paul Dudley 2 Pts

Exhibition:

Bachelor Kitchen Umbrio 10 4 Pts
Where is Waldo Smatty 2 Pts

Again, great job on this one. I enjoyed them all.

michael.nj

 

[Bruce Jones]

-- bump --

Wow! Thanks for all the submissions. They really rolled in at the
last moment. Looks like it'g going to be a difficult decision
again!

You need not to have submitted to cast your votes. Let's just try
to this with as little chaos as possible!

In keeping with our last competition, which Paul hosted so well,
the rules will remain the same. In fact, the text of this post is
identical (thanks Paul!) Only the dates have been changed, of
course (to protect the innocent).

VOTING GUIDELINES

PLEASE - VOTE WITHIN THIS THREAD.

To make it easier to count the votes, PLEASE respond to the
ORIGINAL post (click on 1st / original post and reply there, please
do NOT place votes in a "reply" to a "reply")

You have 16 points total to work with for each gallery if you
choose. (32 total for both galleries.)

The first & only "requirement"... Cast 4 points for your very
favorite SINGLE photo in each gallery.

You can then award up to 12 more points in each gallery. You are
not required to cast any or all of these additional 12 points...or
to cast them the same way in each gallery. Vote according to your
style preference.

Maximum points allowed per photo is 4. (At least one photo in each
gallery must have a 4)

Honorable mentions & comments...as many as you would like.

To show appreciation for each other's work, in the traditional
friendly spirit of the challenges, PLEASE VOTE FOR PHOTOS OTHER
THAN YOUR OWN. None of the "header" photos are meant to receive any
votes.

If you cast a series of "same point" votes, it really helps if you
list them in "gallery order". We can tally them a lot easier that
way...thank you for helping us by doing this.

Here is the format for voting:

Competition:

4pts_ Title by Artist
(X)pts_ Title by Artist (This repeats as you see fit)

Exhibition:

4pts_ Title by Artist
(X)pts_ Title by Artist (This repeats as you see fit)

Voting: from the creation of this thread until Thursday May 13th,
10 PM Fernandina Beach, FL . . . Hahira, GA . . . Yeehaw
Junction, FL . . . New York City

Your chaotic moderator,

-- Bruce Jones

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'You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.' --
Nietzsche

 

[John down under]

For the winner of C7, congratulations in advance! )

I have set up the PBase galleries for C8. Please e-mail me through the link in my profile if you want any additional help or just want to shoot the breeze about C8. The last couple of moderators have found that some help from people like Claudio (Klaudio) and me makes the moderator job quite easy from the PBase technical viewpoint and it can be handy to have a sounding board or two for weird and wonderful ideas before posting indelible messages for all to see. ;o)

You may even decide to completely redesign the galleries for C8. However, if you are happy to stick with what is there, to get the C8 galleries going, log in to pbase.com as usual as if you were going to post a Challenge entry (mtf_foto_studies and mtfforum), then go here (C8 main gallery edit screen):
http://upload.pbase.com/mtf_foto_studies/c8_topic&edit=Y

Go into the title field in the edit screen for each of the 3 galleries (C8 main gallery + comp and exhibition galleries) and put in the topic (and your name as hoster in the main gallery title).

You will also need to dive into the html code in the description field of each of the 3 galleries to include the topic wherever [topic] appears, plus provide a description of that topic if you want to. If you want to change the entry and/or voting dates or times, you will also need to do that in the html code. It really is not hard. Just be sure to select 'update gallery' when you have made the changes.

Edit both the comp and exhibition galleries to post a header pic to each of those galleries (then edit to get the names right) and all the C8 galleries will appear for everyone to see as if by magic. )

That said, you may want some other changes. I have tentatively changed the max pic size allowance from 150kB +10% to a straight 200kB in both the C8 galleries info and in the rules, based on my experience of managing the housekeeping and what you can achieve within the current 165kB (150+10%). The limits can easily be changed in the C8 galleries and rules gallery to whatever values the moderator decides. The majority of pics can easily fit within 165kB at excellent pic quality with no trouble, but some pics would definitely benefit from a bit more, particularly those with areas of strong red colour, but there are others too like where there is lots of fine detail. We have a healthy limit on our PBase mtf_foto_studies galleries, so don't worry about that. The bigger concern should be keeping file sizes under control for faster downloads for viewers, so hopefully people will respect that idea and not get carried away with trying to use all of the 200kB limit all the time (if it changes to 200kB). That said, the size limits are not my decision, just a suggestion.

The rules on assignment of voting points can just as easily be changed to reflect 4 for 1st choice only, then a max of 3 for each other pic, if that is what is decided. That is certainly the consensus so far with those who have expressed an interest in the separate thread to discuss the voting points topic.

It is now Wednesday night here. I will be on travel from 0730 Thursday morning, back Friday evening to check on C8 (Adelaide is GMT+9.5 hours, or Eastern USA DST + 13.5 hours). Hopefully I will get time to vote for C7 in the morning before I leave. )
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Cheers from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia



My galleries since 16 Apr 04: http://www.pbase.com/john_down_under
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[John down under]

Many more wonderful interpretations and artistic results than I can cover with the available points, but here are the ones that ended up at the top of my list:

Comp:
4pts – Visual Chaos by Adrianox
3pts – Nail Soup by Alain De Bock
3pts – In Need Of Repair by Neil Paskin
2pts - Physical Chaos by Adrianox
2pts – You Don’t Know Jax By Don Lynch
2pts – Oh Nooo.... Nemo! by umbro10

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Cheers from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia



My galleries since 16 Apr 04: http://www.pbase.com/john_down_under
Minolta FAx, Faces & Challenges: http://www.pbase.com/mtf_foto_studies

 

[John down under]

More interesting variations to choose from. I had more trouble choosing from the exhibition pics than I did with the comp gallery.

Exhibition:
4pts – Lotsa Birds by Bruce Jones
3pts – Neon Chaos by Adrianox
3pts – Window + Rain + Trees by Mat
2pts – Random Birds by Ferenc Mogor
2pts – Reflecting by Alain De Bock
1pt – 18,000 Screaming... by Rich Halferty
1pt – Around and Around by Mike Livorsi

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Cheers from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia



My galleries since 16 Apr 04: http://www.pbase.com/john_down_under
Minolta FAx, Faces & Challenges: http://www.pbase.com/mtf_foto_studies

 

[Bruce Jones]

I can't begin to tell everyone in the MTF how helpful JDU has been to us all. He has done virtually ALL of the heavy lifting in our competition and exhibition galleries.

JDU . . . thanks for all you do for us!

-- Bruce

 

[umbro10]

LOL.... Seriously though, you're awesome.

I can't begin to tell everyone in the MTF how helpful JDU has been
to us all. He has done virtually ALL of the heavy lifting in our
competition and exhibition galleries.

JDU . . . thanks for all you do for us!

-- Bruce

 

[Neil Paskin]

Competition

4 pts Cuboids swarming - Claudio Gatti
3 pts Nail soup - Alain De Bock
3 pts Five-Six pick up stix - Don Lynch
2 pts Too many choices...too much fun - Umbro10
2 pts Visual Chaos - Adrianox

Exhibition

4 pts Bombay - Alain De Bock
3 pts Lotsa birds - Bruce Jones
2 pts Reflecting - Alain De Bock
2 pts 18,000 screaming - Rich Halferty
2 pts Neon Chaos - Adrianox
--
Neil

http://mysite.freeserve.com/paskspics/1/index.html

 

[Bruce Jones]

I'm a little unshure of your voting, you mention on pic,

pandemonium by DSL

without giving any points.

Could you recast, please.

Many thanks,

-- Bruce

Challenge

visual chaos by adrianox 4pt
Pandemonium By DSL 3pt
The Making of Chaos - by bracket 3pt
Pandemonium By DSLCuboids swarming by Claudio Gatti 2pt
Look After The Pennies.... By Neil Paskin 2pt
Nail Soup - Alain De Bock 1pt
Incarceration by pw-pix 1pt

 

[AlexMoore]

Compeition

1st place (4pts)
Cuboids swarming by Claudio Gatti

3pts
Sunburst - Alain De Bock
visual chaos by adrianox
In Need of Repair by Neil Paskin
The Making of Chaos - by bracket

Exhibition

1st place (4pts)
Beaubourg - Alain De Bock

3 pts
Managed Chaos by fritzkurt
neon chaos by adrianox
chaos or creativity by adrianox
Turbulent Flow by Slartibartfast

 

[KeesZ1]

Here are my votes:

4 pts In the beginning.. by Paul. I realy like this first example in human history of order emerging out of chaos.

3 pts Mastering the Chaos by fritzkurt
3 pts Chaerostatic by teem

2 pts Second drawer downby Paul Dudley
2 pts Five Six Pickk Up Stix by Don Lynch

1 pt Murphy's law of Tangling by Slartibartfast
1 pt Shopping Ants by pw-pix

Doei,

KeesZ1

 

[IdeaOnBlack]

tough as always; but these criteria have helped me :
1. clear relation to the theme
2. originality / creativity
3. photographic quality
4. wow-factor

Competition :

4pts - Making of Chaos - bracket
3pts - Shopping ants - pw-pix
2pts - Look after the pennies - Neil Paskin
2pts - Today in the news - Veronica
2pts - Cuboids swarming - Claudio
1pt - Clouds - AlexMoore
1pt - Visual chaos - adrianox
1pt - physical chaos - adrianox

Exhibition

4pts - Lotsa birds - Bruce Jones
3pts - Ironic chaos - adrianox
2pts - Swarming - JDU
1pt - 18.000 screaming - Rich Halferty

Now on to the next theme !
(if it's adrianox, i'll bet it will be 'people'...;-)

Alain