John, the matter of one image per person is being discussed amongst those of us at Chall Com HQ. Certainly it would be easier all round to see just one picture selected by the competitor from a slew of very similar looking images.
But here is also the situation where someone has two shots from different locations that they feel are equally good - for instance if the subject was Landscapes without Buildings they may consider a shot they had taken of a rugged coastline as worthy as their picture of an uninhabited moorland.
We are hoping that the competitors’ good sense will prevail
@Challenges_Committee I would be happy with a single entry rule , member can then decide which image they consider has the best chance , daily photo thread can be used for possible submissions and other members opinions and comments …that’s if it makes life easier for the committee…thanks for your efforts Alan
It’s not currently raining, although it’s a little breezy for the Mini. I was also a little concerned that there might be a bunch of extra interference, so I kept my distance and settled for a panorama.
Seems my gut was right. As I was bringing it in, it decided to go into landing mode about 15m up and in completely open space. The little button in Fly that says’ Tap to cancel landing’ wasn’t doing the trick so I just had to watch it plop down into the grass a couple of metres away. I could have gone and caught it, but it was very dark and I thought I’d keep my finger ends.
This was actually a lucky escape. I’d done a test flight a little way off, just to check the wind stability before getting closer. I didn’t bother shutting it down when I walked 2 minutes to my chosen photography site to save the faff of waiting for the controller to pair again. Looking at the logs it seems it didn’t update the home point the second time I took off, so I’m lucky it just decided to land and not RTH, or it would have undoubtedly come to grief in some trees. It seems every flight is still a learning experience.
Sure enough, there are a few ‘weak signal’ warnings and it was only 60m up and 5m away at maximum.
If only I’d known, back in April when I was replacing my first Mini, that the hobby was going to stick. I can see the value of the extra £100 now.
Fair enough, but as a photographer I was taught that you should be your own judge and be able to critique your own work, to pick your best image. If I had two shots from different locations I’d still decide which one was my best and enter it on it’s own.
Do what the the RTF does best and put it to the vote to come to a preferred decision.
You can’t blame people for doing what’s allowed within the rules. If it’s too much faff for the committee then change it or put it up to the group to decide.
Looks like you guys are thinking this one through on your own. We don’t want this competition to be saddled with too many rules and regulations.
If you particularly want a one person one image rule fine; alternatively we can amend the current multiple images rule to be each image of a different subject or we can leave things as they stand.
There will be one amendment for the next competition and that is for videos - we need you to supply a screengrab with it in your post, minimum width 720px. No screengrab means that we will nmake one of our own, it may not be the shot you would have chosen to show your video at its best
I quite like the idea of still allowing multiple entries. I don’t particularly want to see numerous images of the same same subject from slightly different angles but I do love seeing images from others in these challenges, and different ways of interpreting the theme, and it would be a shame to not see those if they weren’t shared on here due to a one entry rule. IMO it’s not a serious competition with the need for too many rules as long it doesn’t overload our overworked and talented admins.
And the poll for tomorrow’s competition subject closes at 22:00 when we find out whether it’s to be CITYSCAPE, ART for ART’s SAKE or STRAIGHT LINES. Only 26 voters so far!
You may vote for all, none, one or some of the images. Click on a thumbnail to be taken to the original image or video if you want to look more closely. The poll ends at 23:00 on Monday, November !st.
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And don’t miss the next in the series - CITYSCAPE - running from 31st October to November 13th
Congratulations to Chris @clinkadink for first place with a shot of Swindon’s notorious Magic Roundabout.
A shout-out to Andy @gimbalflight for a cracking, feature filled 360 of Basingstoke Leisure Park which took second place
And congratulations and commiserations to @kvetner who was narrowly beaten into third place with a great shot of Manchester City Centre (much changed since this mod was an art student there in the early seventies!)
And thanks to everyone who entered for producing such a great set of images!
Thank you! Wow … I’ve won Well done to @gimbalflight and @kvetner too, great edits, personally thought they were better than mine. And also, congrats to everyone else who entered, and obviously @Challenges_Committee for sorting all this out
It seems every flight is still a learning experience.
