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<blockquote data-quote="cwgrizz" data-source="post: 403346" data-attributes="member: 27017">Being fairly new to the forum (about 6 months, I think) I really haven't totally understood how the monthly challenge/assignment works.&nbsp; Yes I have posted pictures&nbsp; actually snapshots in a monthly assignment.&nbsp; I did it just to see if I could determine how they compared to others.&nbsp; I have never known how the &quot;winner&quot; was actually determined.&nbsp; I thought it was the mods who judged and that the &quot;likes&quot; given helped them in judging, but really never knew the criteria.&nbsp; All of that being said, it would be a BIG task for one person or for that matter even two. Why do I post pictures here?&nbsp; To get feedback, good or bad.&nbsp; This feedback can come in various ways.&nbsp; The likes system is one way, however not always real reliable because to grant a like can mean many things to many people.&nbsp; Verbal comments are usually much more reliable.&nbsp; Because I have never had the opportunity to be instructed in photography, I really don't know what is good and what is bad.&nbsp; Sure the common rules of thumb, ie 3rds, vanishing point... , but feed back&nbsp; on distractions in a photo or too much crop or not enough, etc are great.&nbsp; What does all of this have to do with the monthly challenge?&nbsp; Having a theme gives me something to concentrate on in a new way, just as the weekly challenges do.&nbsp; Likes and getting an atta boy actually tells me that maybe I am getting on the right track.&nbsp; Hopefully that is the case anyway.I like the idea of having a &quot;bucket&quot; of themes for the monthly challenge/assignment.&nbsp; Randomly pick one from the many in the &quot;bucket&quot; for each month.&nbsp; Submit one entry a week per person including a description of the technique used (That is so I can learn. Ha!).&nbsp; Use the like system and at the end of the first week select the top 3 or so who would then become finalists.&nbsp; The second week the same thing, third week the same...&nbsp; At the end of the month have a forum vote for the best of the finalists from each week.&nbsp; Will a monthly challenge like this aid in my photography skills?&nbsp; Sure!&nbsp; I will look at the finalist's photos, like I do in the weekly challenge, and see what people seem to like and try to figure what I can do to accomplish similar results.&nbsp; I say do the monthly and let the &quot;convicts run the jail&quot;. Ha! </blockquote>

[QUOTE="cwgrizz, post: 403346, member: 27017"] Being fairly new to the forum (about 6 months, I think) I really haven't totally[SIZE=2] unders[/SIZE]tood how the monthly challenge/assignment works. Yes I have posted [SIZE=1]pictures [/SIZE][SIZE=2]actually snapshots in a monthly assignment. I did it just to see if I could determine how they compared to others. I have never known how the "winner" was actually determined. I thought it was the mods who judged and that the "likes" given helped them in judging, but really never knew the criteria. All of that being said, it would be a BIG task for one person or for that matter even two. Why do I post pictures here? To get feedback, good or bad. This feedback can come in various ways. The likes system is one way, however not always real reliable because to grant a like can mean many things to many people. Verbal comments are usually much more reliable. Because I have never had the opportunity to be instructed in photography, I really don't know what is good and what is bad. Sure the common rules of thumb, ie 3rds, vanishing point... , but feed back on distractions in a photo or too much crop or not enough, etc are great. What does all of this have to do with the monthly challenge? Having a theme gives me something to concentrate on in a new way, just as the weekly challenges do. Likes and getting an atta boy actually tells me that maybe I am getting on the right track. Hopefully that is the case anyway. I like the idea of having a "bucket" of themes for the monthly challenge/assignment. Randomly pick one from the many in the "bucket" for each month. Submit one entry a week per person including a description of the technique used (That is so I can learn. Ha!). Use the like system and at the end of the first week select the top 3 or so who would then become finalists. The second week the same thing, third week the same... At the end of the month have a forum vote for the best of the finalists from each week. Will a monthly challenge like this aid in my photography skills? Sure! I will look at the finalist's photos, like I do in the weekly challenge, and see what people seem to like and try to figure what I can do to accomplish similar results. I say do the monthly and let the "convicts run the jail". Ha! [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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