Calendar competition

I think making it a landmark representative of a country is had, because then how do you determine "representative" but I'm in complete agreement with Guy and Clare with the number of photos that are just fire and nothing that can be seen in the background.

yeah, but anyone can tell from your Yangshuo photos it's not just someone's random back garden and could probably find other photo's online to back up the location stated if there was any cause for doubt.

people are still adding non conforming pictures left right and centre, it's the thumbnail sized ones, with no visible location that really make me giggle, sooo useful for a calendar.

hmmm.. I'm having some problems uploading my picture. When I try to upload it it comes out as 80 per cent grey: any advice?

edit: got it sorted - just had to change the file name and reupload it

cool, maybe that will help chris_natt out with his entry too (and it's ocean not ocian too chris).

Ok all - you have spoken!! You might have already noticed...
We discussed this today and agreed that we should "intervene" more than I had. So, the photo's that were "fire spinning only" with no visible "around the world" component have been removed and an e-mail sent to the submitters.

Lazy Angel, your fire one I left there although it's "marginal", you can see a pagoda.
Antti, the backstage one I did remove even though it was a nice shot in it's own right.

I guess there are a few other "marginal" ones there still too, but they are sufficiently not your average back-yard scenery that I let them stand.

thanks for the feedback.

Thank you for deleting my picture and others. (However it went well with the name of the competition since nobody goes around the world like the Cirque... ) The remaining selection of pics looks good.

thanks George! I wouldn't have moaned if you'd taken it out, that was the one I was getting at with the whole 'recognisable by someone who's been there' thing earlier.

Soo much happier now, Ta!

I'm pretty much cool with anything as long as there is actually a background scenery that's a place, not necessarily recognisable specifically by us as X country, my geography, geology and knowledge of international flora and fauna is terrible ,just not simply someone's back yard (unless they live somewhere spectacular anyway (china, egypt, japan, etc))

Some of the mexico and barbados photo's for example I think are lush, but not specific places, or recognisable landmarks but very easily recognisable as somewhere beautiful, and out of the ordinary for most people.

It was just the ones with no visible background what so ever that annoyed me. Otherwise anything should be left for judgement, George and the HoP management are judges and should remove anything they legitimately feel unworthy by any of the stated rules without qualms, that is what the rules are there for after all.

Anyway, I'm not a judge this is just my opinion

I have entered.

bump,

:R

YAY it's over! Can't wait for the results!!

Results of the voting can be seen here

As we put the calendar together we may use some of our favourites in addition to the top 12.

Thanks to all who entered and also to all who voted.
George

Whhooohhoooooo so excited for Jed and Hana......

YaY!

so happy.

some really good pictures in there.
thx everyone for voting!

congrats everyone.. some really beautiful photos there

congratulations to the winners!

Ooh
A very big thank you for the votes to my model Yakumo to *Hyperlight for providing him with the obvious to play with and congratulations to all the other winners as well

 Written by: georgemc


As we put the calendar together we may use some of our favourites in addition to the top 12.

This is personally my favourite photograph of them all as it really shows the spirit of sharing "Poi Around The World"
The look on the kid's face says it all and I love the tiny dog so I do hope it's included

Woot

Cool - congrats to the other winners and thanks for voting

Whoop whoop, thanks to all who voted and big ups to all those who entered

we won... :oO

thank yoou

congrats to all the winners Durbs I told you ages ago I thought that photo of you was amazing

I do think that Fiji pic is absolutely incredible too, I hope it's been entered into the why spin comp!

Yes, yes big thank-yous to all who voted

I'm going to get a drum with my winnings SO excited!!!!

Woohoo indeed

Mucho congrats to Spanner and Yakumo and Jon for their beautiful pic... and for everyone else who got in

(har har har to Durbs, who came sixth )

Just one comment (actually, two)...

First of all... slap on the wrist for the proofer who missed the printer error with my pic - there was actually a pic of me swinging fire to the right of the Custom House Building! Lol, it's kindof funny, I just had to explain it to loads of relatives (yep, they got calendars for Christmas... )

But, that's not taking away from a really lovely calendar... and fair play HoP, for a great competition idea.

However... next year... PLEASE have the photographers name, and the fire spinners name, on the month itself! Few people will go to the effort of checking the back page for all that info, and I really wanted Rob's (my photographer) name to be up there, alongside his pic.

Hmm. Oh well.

Thanks again anyways... best wishes

xx

Enjoying having the calendar in my kitchen> just realised that's not Dubai.

Hey is there a calendar for 2009 on the way???
I love my HoP calendar!

Apparently not

I'll have to buy the other sort of flowers and landscapes calendar this year then.