Feb 2025 POTM voting Thread

[maroun.c]

Guys not again please!
We've been through this multiple times and ill kindly ask you to stop derailing voting threads.
We've had critique threads of the pictures and I didn't really see a good participation in those to have a nice discussion over the choices which I'm really open too as long as it's constructive and backed up by photography critique assessments.
Criticising to just throw statements as above is not fair and will not be accepted!
Yes pictures are chosen per moderators choice. There were a few good pictures of the same topic and similar composition which might be better than ones that got selected maybe but for those the best one photographically was selected ....
And no the number of reactions is not part of the choice as we previously discussed!
Good luck to all and may the best shot win!

 

[JayM]

I chose the pic that was the most aesthetically pleasing, with what appears to my untrained non-professional photography eye, the least amount of editing. But I will say that they all look amazing. Far and above what I'm capable of.

 

[stE26wy14]

Guys not again please!
We've been through this multiple times and ill kindly ask you to stop derailing voting threads.
We've had critique threads of the pictures and I didn't really see a good participation in those to have a nice discussion over the choices which I'm really open too as long as it's constructive and backed up by photography critique assessments.
Criticising to just throw statements as above is not fair and will not be accepted!
Yes pictures are chosen per moderators choice. There were a few good pictures of the same topic and similar composition which might be better than ones that got selected maybe but for those the best one photographically was selected ....
And no the number of reactions is not part of the choice as we previously discussed!
Good luck to all and may the best shot win!

im sorry
i didnt mean to derail or offend you :disappointed-face:
can u do a seperate "trial POTM" for all photos get chosen for the final vote?

 

[maroun.c]

im sorry
i didnt mean to derail or offend you :disappointed-face:
can u do a seperate "trial POTM" for all photos get chosen for the final vote?

No offense at all but this has happened many times before and derailed some good POTM voting contests ...
Always open to a constructive feedback or discussion and feel free to pull any of the submissions to discuss why it was or wasnt chosen, after the vote has ended.

 

[rdirtytwo]

Voted

 

[Reefer Dan]

Lots of awesome pics this round, way to go everyone!

 

[VintageReefer]

@maroun.c
I am stepping forward to inform / disclose that I have multiple pics that were selected and I am the owner of 2, 3 and 4.

I would like to officially withdraw 2 and 3 and have my entry be the acan picture

Kindly merge the votes from 2 and 3 over to pic 4 :) kidding of course

Slots 2 and 3 should go other members if possible

 

[stE26wy14]

@maroun.c
I am stepping forward to inform / disclose that I have multiple pics that were selected and I am the owner of 2, 3 and 4.

I would like to officially withdraw 2 and 3 and have my entry be the acan picture

Kindly merge the votes from 2 and 3 over to pic 4 :) kidding of course

Slots 2 and 3 should go other members if possible

waaahh
i shouldve known it was yuou when I saw all those torches XD
those r some amazing photos!!!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

VOTED!

 

[AlyciaMarie Verified Admin]

I'm always amazed by these pictures! A tough month, but voted! Congrats everyone!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Voted! There are genuinely some incredible pictures to choose from!

 

[exnisstech]

I hope not but I can see this contest becoming more trouble than it's worth for @maroun.c :crying-face:

 

[IntrinsicReef]

Yes. With many multiple submissions, it's easy to see where the confusion can come in.

 

[IntrinsicReef]

@maroun.c
I am stepping forward to inform / disclose that I have multiple pics that were selected and I am the owner of 2, 3 and 4.

I would like to officially withdraw 2 and 3 and have my entry be the acan picture

Kindly merge the votes from 2 and 3 over to pic 4 :) kidding of course

Slots 2 and 3 should go other members if possible

How about a poofy unique acan cluster

Maybe I should switch to this as my official entry. I can’t commit lol

Not changing my entry. Post 38 still official until further notice lol

 

[IntrinsicReef]

I hope not but I can see this contest becoming more trouble than it's worth for @maroun.c :crying-face:

Maybe we can tag or add "official entry" to the picture we want judged? So we can still discuss and share on these threads but make less work for the mods?

 

[exnisstech]

Maybe we can tag or add "official entry" to everything we want judged? So we can still discuss and share on these threads but make less work for the mods?

TBH since it is a contest probably just posting an entry pick would be best and easiest on the mods since they have to wade through all the banter already. If someone wants to change an entry they can just edit their original post.

 

[IntrinsicReef]

The first few rules clearly state only 1 (ONE) photo, and that multiple entries will be disqualified. And yet that didn’t happen here.

I understand the rules. I am assuming the moderators are volunteering their time and energy to this competition. The number of submissions and amount of discussion/ photo sharing on the submission threads seems to have significantly increased recently. I'm just offering a suggestion where maybe the mods can sort submissions without carefully reading each post.

 

[IntrinsicReef]

TBH since it is a contest probably just posting an entry pick would be best and easiest on the mods since they have to wade through all the banter already. If someone wants to change an entry they can just edit their original post.

I think non paid members have a limited window to edit their post. A ricordea picture was posted on the current March thread. And by the time OP was alerted it was an SPS contest, they couldn't edit the post.

 

[VintageReefer]

I think non paid members have a limited window to edit their post. A ricordea picture was posted on the current March thread. And by the time OP was alerted it was an SPS contest, they couldn't edit the post.

That is correct there is a time limitation for editing for non paid members

 

[stE26wy14]

I understand the rules. I am assuming the moderators are volunteering their time and energy to this competition. The number of submissions and amount of discussion/ photo sharing on the submission threads seems to have significantly increased recently. I'm just offering a suggestion where maybe the mods can sort submissions without carefully reading each post.

maybe r2r introduces a thing, where for certain threads, mods can only lock to photos only, there can be a discussion part too, so 2 tabs in a thread!! one which sorts photos, the other where its general discussions @revhtree