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Collette Photography
 

Are you entering against yourself?


In one of the questions I read on here about how the contest is judged, they said that they group all of one photographers photos together, then choose the best from those to go on.

So if I enter more than one of my photos into the same category in the same month, is that hindering my chances of going on to the next level, cause they will have to choose only one from those, in a sense then arent I competing against myself?

Should I then just enter one photo into each category each month?

Just thought I would through this out there!!!

-Collette-


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July 14, 2005

 

Samuel Smith
  throw


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July 14, 2005

 

Nobu Nagase
  threw, you did...


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July 14, 2005

 

Samuel Smith
  is that you yoda?


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July 14, 2005

 

Nobu Nagase
  ...if your intent of posting is to win, yes, you are competing against yourself...
...perhaps, a good strategy is to post one or two of your best in each category for winning the contest and others (not of your best, if you have those...) for fun and learning...


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July 14, 2005

 
- Gregory LaGrange

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  who says the chuze only one.


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July 14, 2005

 

Nobu Nagase
  samuel, no I am nobi one..., the only one...


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July 14, 2005

 

Samuel Smith
  thanks guys,i love this place.


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July 14, 2005

 

Nobu Nagase
  ...here's the quote Collette may be refering to...
"...we can select your best work, and we can weed out the duplicates and similars that some contestants enter."

Gregory may seem to have an inside track sometimes... :D
...the best may not mean "only one"...

At the finalist level in May contest, there were two photos of very simliar in the same categoroy (same model) by one participant among them... I am thinking that at this point, the duplicates and similars would be weeded out to go on to the next level if the above quote holds...
...therefore, I think you are competing against yourself... this IMHO...


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July 14, 2005

 

Jay Soldner
  Silly contest this is.

Yo, duh.

Toyota. Toy Yoda.


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July 15, 2005

 

Terry R. Hatfield
  You Are Competing Aganist Yourself Collette In A Sense,By Uploading 2 Of Your Best In Each Cat Gives You Around 20 For The Month More Than Enough Spread Around,But In The End You Are Competing With Lots Of Other Bp'ers Best Too:-)The Amount The Judges Choose Can Be Lots More Than One (Thus The Person That Has Multiple Finalists)
Concetrating All Your Images In One Cat Is A Real Bad Idea! Utilize All Cats That You Can:-)


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