April 2008 Votes

[Gwenhwyfar]

Thanks for my two votes and congrats to the winners

My winners were :-

1: FishEE
2: Gruditch
3: Eccles

[Neil Hulme]

Congratulations to Gruditch, FISHiEE and Guy. I thought Gruditch was a clear winner, but I might have just reversed the order of second and third by 'a nose'. There does seem to be a glitch in the system though, as my 'right to vote' was given and repealed several times. At least I wasn't beaten through a mattress or electrocuted via my nether-regions! Looks like the May competition will be a good one too!
Neil

[Martin]

Well done to Gary, Guy and Fishee...who just happen to be the three I voted for

Martin.

[FISHiEE]

Just a thought, but if we are selecting our top three pics, perhaps we could specify our 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice and them then be allocated 3, 2 and 1 points respectively?

Otherwise if you have one clear favourite the others are getting equal scores for what the voter deems to be lesser quality images?

[Charles Nicol]

Well done to the medallists !!
I was thrilled to get 3 votes... my best ever performance

perhaps we could each be given 3 points to allocate as we wished... eg 2 points to one pic & 1 to another or 1 point to 3 separate pics

charles

[Pete Eeles]

Just a thought, but if we are selecting our top three pics, perhaps we could specify our 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice and them then be allocated 3, 2 and 1 points respectively?

Otherwise if you have one clear favourite the others are getting equal scores for what the voter deems to be lesser quality images?

I know this would make sense. Unfortunately, it would take a lot of work to implement, since we're using a feature that already exists in the forums for these comps!

Cheers,

- Pete

[Rogerdodge]

I used to belong to an organisation that elected members to the committee by allowing each member 3 votes for each position.
If you really felt strongly about a candidate you were advised to cast just one of your 3 votes, as the other votes would 'dilute' the main one.
Perhaps the same can be used here.?
Roger

p.s. Very well done Gary - and all the others.
The standards in these competitions get higher every month!
It is good to see so few now with the butterfly squarely positioned in the centre of the frame - one of the many lessons I took home from the excellent UKB Photo Workshop!!

[Padfield]

Well, it's jolly nice to be on the podium with Gruditch and Fishee! Congratulations to them!

The disadvantage of the present system (not distinguishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd) is that it could in principle favour an anodyne picture with broad appeal over a brilliant picture that is more divisive (not that it did that this time, of course!).

The advantage is the same thing, really. The winner is likely to be acceptable to a greater number of voters.

I don't really mind which we do and I think the present system is much easier to implement! In any case, as Roger says, you are not obliged to use all three votes if you have a strong favourite, so we actually get a cross between the two.

Guy

[FISHiEE]

Yeah I guess if you want you could use just the one vote. I did think pof this however it's a bit like money. If I have it I wanna spend it!

[Gruditch]

Well chuffed, especially as that shot took a bit of getting. I was at work and saw the Orange Tip settle on a Bluebell in the middle of a lawn, ( hence the green background ), I couldn't believe my luck as I lined up my first shot, only to find the camera dead with a flat battery. As it had clouded over, and he probably wouldn't move unless the sun came out, I went for it, I run like hell to my truck, drove a mile and a half home ( in the slowest vehicle on the planet ), ran in, kicked the cat, grabbed a new battery, and obviously he was still there when I got back.

Well done Fishiee and Guy.
Because of the new 3 vote system Me and Gwen-hepher wavered our usual don't vote for each other rule, but we obviously still kept our never vote for yourself rule, cuz that's just sad, especially when there is only one registered user on line, and we see the votes move, anyway, I still didn't vote for her, I went for Fishiee, Sussex skipper and Eccles.

Gruditch

[Chris]

Nice one Gary... I think you got my vote twice as I hadn't figured the new system! But, deservedly so.

[Rogerdodge]

The most difficult thing with voting is flicking back through all the postings, and sometimes these are on more than one page.
Could it be possible to amalgamate all the entries as clickable thumbnails on one page?
It would be really helpful, and would look lovely.

Just an idea.

Roger

[Pete Eeles]

The most difficult thing with voting is flicking back through all the postings, and sometimes these are on more than one page.
Could it be possible to amalgamate all the entries as clickable thumbnails on one page?
It would be really helpful, and would look lovely.

Just an idea.

Roger

Again - this would take a bit of work since the various images are hosted all over the place (photobucket, UKB, etc.). The reason this comp. works is because it's low-maintenance for Mike et moi

Cheers,

- Pete

[eccles]

Despite my whinging about fixing, and some nice shots by other UKB members, Gruditch's picture is a cracking shot and a deserving winner. WD Gary.