Well, it's time. LPS was fun, but now we start a new chapter. Challenge 2.1 starts on Monday May 12, 2008!

The Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenges, Keeping You On Your Toes...

• The top five winners of each round will be qualified to play in a quarterly themed Mega-Challenge.
• Each round will be judged by the winner of a previous round and Greensquared, who will each select their top ten. This shortlist will then go to public vote to determine the top five winners. Mega-Challenges will be judged by a panel of five judges only.
• Zero downtime. Challenges will run continually.

This will serve as the general thread in which we can announce "surprises" (yes there will be occasional additions/changes to the regular challenges ), as well as answer questions, and hopefully entertain fruitful discussion. Let's get back to photography!



Useful links and archive:

The Rules

Gallery of Challenge Winners

Archive now located in the "all things official" thread

Gimme a theme I need to be challenged.

I am challenged?


Glad to hear that we will be starting up with some new challenges. I personally feel that without being pushed that I would stagnate. Get me outside my box.

ready set go......i better go clean my lens.....

Originally Posted by DoctorIt Challenge 2.1: Theme TBA

TBA........TOOO BEE ANNOUNCED......DUUUUUUUDE ITS SATURDAY MORNING HERE IN KANSAS USA...........Ok Ok cleaning sensor for a try at shooting 3 doggie nite this evening.........

Originally Posted by Art Scott TBA........TOOO BEE ANNOUNCED......DUUUUUUUDE ITS SATURDAY MORNING HERE IN KANSAS USA...........Ok Ok cleaning sensor for a try at shooting 3 doggie nite this evening.........

hence.... Each challenge will last 2 weeks. Starting and ending on Mondays at 00:01 (12:01am), NYC time (GMT -5). <--- in da rules

so as hard as it will be, we will have to wait for the first theme

Originally Posted by Art Scott TBA........TOOO BEE ANNOUNCED......DUUUUUUUDE ITS SATURDAY MORNING HERE IN KANSAS USA...........Ok Ok cleaning sensor for a try at shooting 3 doggie nite this evening.........

One would be forgiven in assuming the actual theme is 'TBA'

Originally Posted by gus One would be forgiven in assuming the actual theme is 'TBA'

I know what T&A is for a theme buuuuuut TBA...can't be what my mind just had run thru it.....Oh no Oh no....but then he has succumbed to being downunder hasn't he......oh gawd help us all

Let me the first to say:

w00t

hehe couldn't resist. You know you're a net nerd when that's the first thing you think of when you're excited =c)

Can't wait.

Word

Originally Posted by gus One would be forgiven in assuming the actual theme is 'TBA'

thinking outside the box i see incase your right, i better go find my thinking cap...it hasnt been used in a while...

Awesome Erik!!! Can't wait, even though that's only a few days away!

Since this is a "discussion" thread I'll throw out one thing I'd like added at some point in the future. I really liked having a 2nd teir to the challenges, though it wouldn't have to be so formal as LPS was. But I think it'd be neat to have perhaps every six months, or once a year, something like the LPS semifinals were - a limited entry no theme contest that some selection of the top choices from the previous rounds compete. No special prizes or anything, but just sort of a second reward and a different level of challenge for those who make it. Anyway, something to consider once this has been going awhile and perhaps it would only be a small wrinkle to add more interest.

In any case, bring on the challenges! And Thanks!

Ken

I don't get what the problem is that people have with prizes Prizes are good--they are a good incentive for competition. have prizes, have contests, have good competition and bring the best out of all of us!

I loved LPS, it is the reason that my photography improved so rapidly. I loved competing among people 234234 times better and more experienced than myself--that's what made me grow and improve.

Anyway, keep the prizes going!

Originally Posted by DoctorIt Well, it's time. LPS was fun, but now we start a new chapter. Challenge 2.1 starts on Monday May 12, 2008!

Awesome. Just awesome. Made my night, in fact. I can't wait! This is going to make monday more wonderful than it's already going to be. This probably also applies to tuesday. Also a lot of days to follow. I love this forum. I am experiencing a sudden, deep love affair with this community.

Bring on the creativity!

Originally Posted by Izzy Garavito I don't get what the problem is that people have with prizes Prizes are good--they are a good incentive for competition. have prizes, have contests, have good competition and bring the best out of all of us! I loved LPS, it is the reason that my photography improved so rapidly. I loved competing among people 234234 times better and more experienced than myself--that's what made me grow and improve. Anyway, keep the prizes going!

Not really sure what you mean by this

There will be prizes, I just haven't gotten them approved, but wanted to go ahead and get started anyway. Pretty sure everyone would agree with that decision.

haha hey Erik, nothing against you. I suppose I've read a bunch of entries that had to do with prizes being bad, or corrupting, or whatever, and that the contest might do better without them. And it could, I suppose, yet I stand that there's nothing wrong with them.

that's all ;)

Round 1 is live, I even revealed the topic 10 minutes early!

If you haven't checked them out yet, go see the Rules, you will hopefully be pleasantly suprised by some of the changes/additions.

And the prizes have been approved, every 3 weeks we'll be giving away:

1st place Winner: 1yr SmugMug Pro Account and $100 B&H gift certificate 2nd-5th place Runners-up: 1yr SmugMug Standard Account

What's the theme? It's Monday on the east coast :)

Sweeeeeet

looks to me like all is in order. fine job.

if anyone pms with complaints, please feel free to make them public for which i and others would like to publicly comment to regarding the complaint....

in otherwords please send them to the wolves....

Originally Posted by The Mack What's the theme?

I'll let you find it on your own.

hint: it's stickied to the top of the forum