Machka 

Just thought I'd compile a list of our photo contests ...

2018

January is Sunrise/Sunset: January Photo Contest

February is Portrait Photography: February Photo Contest

March is Office: March Photo Thread -- Office


2017

January is for Exploration: http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/109349...d-contest.html

February is for Locomotion: http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/109656...d-contest.html

March is for Flow: http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/109934...d-contest.html

April is for Metal: http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/110287...to-thread.html

May is for Mom: http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/110729...to-thread.html

June is Storm: June Photo thread - Storms

July is Simplicity: July photo thread - Simplicity

August is Vintage: August Photo Thread - vintage

September is My Home Town: September Photo Thread

October is Autumn: October Photo thread

November is Rain: November Photo Contest

December is Wait ... What!?: December Photo Contest 2017


2016

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/104390...ig-little.html -- Big and Little

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/104731...-vehicles.html -- Beautiful Vehicles

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/105184...contest-m.html - M

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/105851...your-home.html -- In Your Home

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/106166...to-thread.html -- 'A photograph’

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/106635...to-thread.html -- Sundays

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/107109...to-thread.html -- Night Photography

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/107461...to-thread.html -- P

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/108008...to-thread.html -- Creative Self Portraits

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/108287...to-thread.html -- Something Small

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/108623...to-thread.html -- Sign

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/109020...to-thread.html -- Atmosphere



2015

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/988591...to-thread.html -- Water

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/992151...to-thread.html -- Rest

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/996224...o-contest.html -- Threshold

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/100144...o-contest.html -- Infrastructure

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/100614...to-thread.html -- O

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/101164...to-thread.html -- Flowers

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/101661...to-thread.html -- Black and White Abstract

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/102174...to-thread.html -- Street Culture

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/102807...o-contest.html -- Rural Life

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/103212...to-thread.html -- W

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/103681...flections.html -- Reflections

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/104015...est-pairs.html -- Pairs



2014

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/984654...to-thread.html -- Joy

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/979919...time-vote.html -- Shadows

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/974761...o-contest.html -- Bridges

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/969405...time-vote.html -- Loops

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/965526...time-vote.html -- Heritage

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/956791...o-contest.html -- Heimat (home, homeland)

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/952689...o-contest.html -- Sign

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/945776...time-vote.html -- Weather Events / Left Behind/Cast Aside

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/942186...time-vote.html -- Sports or Electric

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/936451...er-winner.html -- Birthdays and Celebrations

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/932473...st-winner.html -- Red

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/928726...ve-winner.html -- Keeping Warm in the Cold or Wintertime


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The rules are simple:
-You must be the photographer
-One entry per month
-Try making it an image from the last year.

Voting:
- Vote for your top 3
- No voting for yourself

And if you are the winner one month ... you're in charge the month after the next. For example ... if you win in January, you're in charge of March. If you win in April, you're in charge of June.
You pick the theme, you count the votes, you announce the new winner.

Second and third most votes = Honorable Mentions

Machka 

2013

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/924851...er-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/920754...13-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/916883...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/910556...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/905558...er-picked.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/898892...st-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/893667...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/888274...t-winners.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/881700...e-winners.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/875535...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/870530...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/865162...13-winner.html


Hmmm ... not sure where February and January went.

Edit:
Found January, with theme: Street Photography
Found February, with theme: Symbols of Love

Machka 

2012

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/860337...time-vote.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/855558...hoto-vote.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/850303...er-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/843608...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/836343...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/829339...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/822248...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/814970...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/808567...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/801933...e-winners.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/795948...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/790090...ve-winner.html


Edit:
Found December, with theme: Entrances and Exits

Machka 

2011

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/784542...e-winners.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/779395...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/772320...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/764681...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/756546...3-winners.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/748088...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/740036...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/731788...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/724389...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/716809...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/711046...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/704302...2-winners.html

Machka 

2010

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/698631...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/692009...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/685151...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/676785...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/667877...-vote-now.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/661790...ve-winner.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/650734...-vote-now.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/641546...wenty-ten.html
http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/655711...wenty-ten.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/633162...wenty-ten.html
http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/641541...wenty-ten.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/625401...wenty-ten.html
http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/633157...wenty-ten.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/619113...wenty-ten.html
http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/625399...wenty-ten.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/612407...wenty-ten.html
http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/619107...wenty-ten.html

... and then they get harder to find!


Edit:
Found May, with theme: The Coming of Summer
Found April, with theme: Rural Life
Found March, with theme: Green
Found February, with theme: Friendship
Found January, with theme: Blue

clemsongirl 

.....you know now you have to update this thread for 2015, 2016 etc etc

and the least you could have done was list the themes.....

Old Architecture
Water
Religion
Triangles
Joy
Something Old
Inside looking out
The Human Form
Falling
Visual Texture
Industrial Revolution
Happy Day
Still Life
Electric
Sunsets
Decay
Birds
Solitary
Portrait
Street photography with human element/nature macros
Speed/Your best picture ever
Bird in flight
Lonely
Heavy weather
Non-nature macro
Architecture
Nature macro’s
Autumn activities
Something ending in ‘ing’
Flowers/Travels aboard
Summertime/Architecture
Car Culture/ Nighttime
Face or Faces
Halloween
Watercraft
Commuting
Keeping warm in the cold/Wintertime
Red
Birthdays and Celebrations
Sports/Electric
Left behind, cast aside/Weather events
Sign
Home
Heritage
Loops
Bridges
Shadows
Joy

it seems amazing that there are only a couple of the same themes given over those years

Machka 

I did briefly think about listing the past themes and past winners ... but then we went out for the evening and the brief thought left.

Thanks for doing that!!

Machka 

2009


http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/599322...-vote-now.html -- Converging Lines

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/590119...t-october.html -- Spooky
http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/599900...e-october.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/580343...september.html -- Simplicity
http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/590113...september.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/569159...st-august.html -- Anger
http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/580336...te-august.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/557551...test-july.html -- Colour
http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/569166...vote-july.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/547484...test-june.html -- Life, and however you wish to show its celebration
http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/557546...vote-june.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/536787...ntest-may.html -- Hands

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/526301...est-april.html -- Black & White
http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/536776...ote-april.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/515818...est-march.html -- Circles
http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/526306...ote-march.html

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/509812...-february.html -- Winter Shots
http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/515587...-february.html

macfred 

^ : Perfect job - well done !!

clemsongirl 

she's grown up so quickly....from 2010

macfred 

Yes, she does ...

Fuji girl - 1 by macfred64, on Flickr

Machka 

Added December's thread ... and will start links to the 2015 photo contests when they start.

c0urt

Omg I won one

Think it means no one else entered that month

Machka 

Photo thread for January 2015 ...


Just a suggestion, but perhaps since jdon's daughter chose the theme "joy" for December, kaminokaze could pick the theme for January and start the thread??

clemsongirl 

we wrote about that in the end of the november thread...

from kaminokaze "Lets make it "Water" weather it be Wet or Snow. I think in Jan. we need to include both."

if kaminokaze doesn't post and start it why don't you

Machka 

... would you like to start January's thread with your theme of "water"?

Machka 

Added the January 2015 photo thread.

Machka 

A question ... how did we decide to count votes? I know this was discussed in another thread, but I'm not sure what the outcome was.

Is it simply that we vote for anywhere from 1 to 3 people in no particular order, and the person who gets the most votes wins, second most is second place, third most is third place?

Or is it mathematical ... each person votes for first, second, and third place ... then the first place votes are multiplied by 3, the second place votes are multiplied by two, and the third place votes are multiplied by one?

(And of course, we don't vote for ourselves. )

clemsongirl 

but but but what about fraction votes????????????

isn't your first one the way it's always been done.....or we could also just leave it to whoever is doing that months theme(although that's been iffy to even get a thread posted by the winner)....or we could have the same person (maybe YOU) run the thread each month and have the voting be whatever you want!!!!

macfred 

+1

Machka 

Added the February 2015 thread.

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/992151...to-thread.html -- Rest

Machka 

Added the March thread.

Machka 

Added ...

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/100144...o-contest.html -- Infrastructure

Machka 

Added ...

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/100614...to-thread.html

Machka 

Added:

http://www.bikeforums.net/foo/101164...to-thread.html -- Flowers