IT'S TIME TO VOTE for the photos in the VOL 3 POTN book!

[Permagrin]

Wow, some great images submitted for Volume 3! Thanks to everyone who participated.

There were almost 1200 images submitted this year. That is 200 +/- over last year. What a great community effort for a great community project. Everyone should be proud; we are! The only down side is that we can’t publish them all. Like Volume 2, there will be approximately 312 photos in the book; so you can see that your task will be tough.

As in the previous two volumes, the image in each share with the most vote will be the signature shot and used as the introduction to the chapter. There will also be two shots that will be smaller than the signature shot but larger than the regular images.

Below are links to all the Share Polls.

Please read the first post in each poll. It will tell you the number of images to vote for in that particular share. In the larger shares you will be able to vote for 10 images, and in the smaller shares, the votes are limited to 5.
We must say it is going to be hard to narrow down the selections.

Again congratulations to those who participated and happy voting.

The Book Committee & The Book Team

People
(http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=612021)
Kids & Family
(http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=611646)
Weddings and Other Family Events
(http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=610143)
Performing Arts (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=611882)

Glamour & Nude
(http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=609898)
Sports
(http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=610105)
Motorsports
(http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=609601)
Transportation
(http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=609935)
Pets (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=612047)

Wildlife
(http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=611032)
Birds
(http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=612165)
Macro
(http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=610104)
Nature & Landscapes
(http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=611276)
Urban & Travel
(http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=609910)
Astronomy & Celestial
(http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=611490)
Still Life, B/W & Experimental (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=610679)

[Permagrin]

Just a reminder, be sure to note that the photo numbers are below the photo (which may not coincide with the gallery number...for example Still life/b&w #14 shows below the photo as 14 and next to the photo, it's 11th in the gallery)...

vote for the number below the photo

[SeattleSpeedster]

...it begins

competition looks fierce this year

[FlyingPhotog]

Good Luck All...

Just took a quick spin through a few of the galleries and, um, WOW...

(Should this announcement be a Supreme Sticky above all forums for at least a little while?)

[Jamie Holladay]

Due to technical difficulties voting has been suspended for a few moments. Please be patient.

[Wazza]

Ah that makes sense, was wondering how my password was wrong.. But can see you must've moved the threads temporarily to admin only area

[Neal]

And there was I, thinking my typing was being affected by extreme tiredness after 7 failed attempts!

[Permagrin]

sorry, we're attempting to fix it asap

[theague]

Wow, the entries are amazing. I don't think i'll be making it this year. lol

[Permagrin]

Sorry for the Technical Difficulties. There were a couple of numbering errors we had to fix. Thank you for your patience. All is well now and votes are accurate. Unfortunately if you have already voted in Birds you will have to vote again.
Sorry for the inconvenience,
The BC

[gymell]

Hey the Wildlife link in post #1 of this thread links to the Birds poll.

[Permagrin]

thanks Liz, I'll fix that right now

[Permagrin]

should be good now.

[Beau Hudspeth]

Birds is still a no go? ;)

[Permagrin]

in the first post of this thread you'll see:

people, kids & family etc. down to still life, b&w & experimental....click on those words and it will take you to the poll link and on each poll, the first post has a link to the images to be voted on.

[Permagrin]

birds is working Beau, I just clicked on it to be sure...try refreshing....we had to make a new bird poll and perhaps you're still connecting to the old one.

[Beau Hudspeth]

Thanx!

[narlus]

well i'm happy to see that all my entries made the initial cut...i guess i'll see how the voting goes!

[tzalman]

Smugmug doesn't seem able to stand up under the load. I managed to vote in three shares, but then couldn't access any more galleries. I've been trying for several hours, but still can't get in.

[Bill Boehme]

I never did find an announcement about submitting entries. I realize that the deadline is now past, but where would that information have been found? I thought that I tried a fairly thorough search for it a couple months ago.

[Permagrin]

It was in the competition forum and every one of the share forums...in the talk section. We tried to be thorough so that as many would see it as possible...and we bumped the "submit now" threads quite often...


Sorry about smugmug...unfortunately that's an issue they struggle with quite often.

[Bill Pham]

this is too hard to pick just ten or five. i'm gonna have to try again this weekend. i mean they all are good.

Bill

[Permagrin]

it's true, it's a really stiff competition this year...I haven't voted in one section yet but I've viewed them all several times. The more I do, the more I'm impressed by the work submitted.

[Bill Pham]

i must have look at them ten time now. and everytime i keep on coming up with more than the require ten or five in each slot. aggghhhhhh. can't seem to narrow them down.

Bill

[Harm]

It is hard, my shortlist is 3 times the number of entries allowed in the few sections i've looked at....absolutely fabulous shots by all, and I'll congratulate each person for getting in this far already. I highly doubt any of mine will get though, but hey, those that do will truely be worthy of being in.

Out of curiousity, how many shots of each section will go into the book?

[Dchemist]

Hi Harm, The exact number varies by the size of the share. Final numbers are determined by the percentage of images submitted. The forum chooses the first 50% and then the Panel Members will choose the remaing 50%., Dennis

[Harm]

Ahhh, excellent. I was just curious of how many got through this stage.

Thanks.

[Jamie Holladay]

Ahhh, excellent. I was just curious of how many got through this stage.

Thanks.
the only images that did not make it to the forum vote were those that the Team felt would not print well. There were very few that were submitted that did not make it to the forum vote, much less than Vol 2. That says a lot about the quality of the shots entered.

[dilorenzo1954]

''We're going to need a bigger book...'' ~Sheriff Brody:p

[johnstoy]

Love these picture submissions... Personally, I'd recommend viewing them all in the *Slide-show* format... that way, you'll get the optimal/full size view of the images... Cheers... Enjoy viewing, choosing and voting.

[Jamie Holladay]

''We're going to need a bigger book...'' ~Sheriff Brody:p
Well the cost jumps so much.
Love these picture submissions... Personally, I'd recommend viewing them all in the *Slide-show* format... that way, you'll get the optimal/full size view of the images... Cheers... Enjoy viewing, choosing and voting.
That is an excellent idea.

[Permagrin]

Slideshow is a great way to view initially!

If you have any trouble with the slideshow option and are on firefox, disable adblock and it'll work just fine.

[ben_r_]

AWESOME submissions!!! This is the stuff that makes me proud to be a member of this forum! This years book is going to be amazing! Good luck to all and great job!!!

[Harm]

AWESOME submissions!!! This is the stuff that makes me proud to be a member of this forum! This years book is going to be amazing! Good luck to all and great job!!!

Makes it 2903482304 times harder on which ones to vote for!! They are all so good.

[OiPaz]

I've noticed that in some pictures the number of the votes is not equal to the number of different nicknames listed as votants. Is that all right (i.e. numbers are updated only once in a while)?

[Jamie Holladay]

Yes. Due to the technical difficulties the other day, the votes are correct for each image. but the listing of names may be off. Sorry about that.

[tomd]

Sorry if I missed it...when is the deadline for voting?

Tom

EDIT: found it in the voting thread...it's January 15th.

[Beau Hudspeth]

Just out of curiosity, how come some polls end on the 12th, others on the 15th?

[Permagrin]

they are supposed to end the 15th. That's odd. I'll find out.

[Jamie Holladay]

they all show the 15th to me :cool:

[Beau Hudspeth]

they all show the 15th to me :cool:They do now :lol: Thanks all!

[Permagrin]

Just a reminder to vote. :)

[OiPaz]

Probably my question is silly, but I don't see any mention in the T&C: if you have submitted a photo in a share, are you allowed to vote in that share poll?

[Becca]

Probably my question is silly, but I don't see any mention in the T&C: if you have submitted a photo in a share, are you allowed to vote in that share poll?


Sure you can! Vote away!

[Dusty]

''We're going to need a bigger book...'' ~Sheriff Brody:p

:lol: bw!

[dilorenzo1954]

:lol: bw!
I'm glad somebody got the joke...and the Jaws reference;)

[Harm]

I'm glad somebody got the joke...and the Jaws reference;)

When I first saw what you had written, it made me laugh at my desk at work ;)

[Permagrin]

Just another reminder that the voting is only open until Jan 15, so avoid the last minute rush and vote for your favorite photos now :)

[kfairhurst]

This maybe a stupid question but where can I find the submissions?

[Dchemist]

If you follow this link (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=611666) you can find them. Just chose the share from the list that you would like to see.

Dennis

[S.E.V.]

Now how many photos from each share will be printed in the book this volume? i see some say vote for you 10 fav and some say vote for your 5 fav. Is that the amount that will be printed?

[Permagrin]

afaik, the final totals in each section haven't been posted yet.

[S.E.V.]

O, okay I will wait patiently.

Thank You

[narlus]

Just another reminder that the voting is only open until Jan 15, so avoid the last minute rush and vote for your favorite photos now :)


one more week! i finished my voting last night.


gotta say that there were some *outstanding* photos this year, and voting in Sports, Landscapes, and Birds was particularly difficult to pick.

gotta also chime in that the HDR fad is not a good one...imo.

[S.E.V.]

one more week! i finished my voting last night.


gotta say that there were some *outstanding* photos this year, and voting in Sports, Landscapes, and Birds was particularly difficult to pick.

gotta also chime in that the HDR fad is not a good one...imo.

Yeah I just finished voting in all shares. Fierce photos. All are book worthy.
Can't we just print them all and just use the votes to see where they all get place from first to last instead?

[dilorenzo1954]

Just curious...Is voting officially over?

[Dchemist]

Yes, the POTN community voting is over. Dennis

[strgazr27]

Any idea when the winners will be formally announced?

Thanks :)

[Jamie Holladay]

Probaly a couple of weeks.

[Derweissehai]

Looking forward to seeing this years winners. Congrats to all that entered.

[ben_r_]

Sorry guys Im lost, where are we with this? What photos won and is the book finished now?

[Permagrin]

the results were posted here:

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=651247

We're in the compiling stage now.

[ben_r_]

the results were posted here:

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=651247

We're in the compiling stage now.
Thanks! I just saw the sticky. Forgot it was in the Competitions section.