Wouldn't it make sense for the photo of the month contest to only allow pics from members' personal ponds? Maybe its just me but finding a picture on the internet and posting it cheapens the contest. Just my own opinion....
Wouldn't it make sense for the photo of the month contest to only allow pics from members' personal ponds? Maybe its just me but finding a picture on the internet and posting it cheapens the contest. Just my own opinion....
I have brought that up before -- I do think it's supposed to be one taken by the member. As to whether it has to be THIER own pond, that might depend on the title, if the title is, for example, "Flowers Around Your Pond," then yes.Wouldn't it make sense for the photo of the month contest to only allow pics from members' personal ponds? Maybe its just me but finding a picture on the internet and posting it cheapens the contest. Just my own opinion....
Maybe its just me but finding a picture on the internet and posting it cheapens the contest. Just my own opinion....
I don't know if you can go back to past months, like a year or so ago, and look at the entries, but some have obviously been "borrowed," to be polite. Sometimes you wonder about a picture, but every once in a while one pops up and you think, "No way!" Keep an eye out in the future.... I don't comment because I thought I was the only one who noticed......or cared.What makes you think someone submitted a photo they found on the internet?
I also certainly feel that the rules regarding photo entries should be clearly defined.
I don't know if you can go back to past months, like a year or so ago, and look at the entries, but some have obviously been "borrowed," to be polite. Sometimes you wonder about a picture, but every once in a while one pops up and you think, "No way!" Keep an eye out in the future.... I don't comment because I thought I was the only one who noticed......or cared.
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And I don't know how important it is to you guys, but I feel that entries should be limited to the topic of the month. And if you don't have a suitable entry for a particular month, then wait until there is a month that you can enter -- I go months without entering, but I accept that. For example, when "winter" is the theme....... I don't know what that (winter) is, but there are LOTS of you guys who have fantastic pics of your ponds in winter and I really do enjoy seeing them. If "winter" is the theme, I don't want to see a picture of a dog in a bikini, in the pool, sipping a Mojito (well, unless you happen to live where that IS what your winter is like, Priscilla, for example, LOL!). That's why we have topics, and I like that idea.
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Anyway, just my 2 cents....
I have already queried Becky on this exact subject. Her response was that as long as the photo fit the Month's topic, it did not matter whose pond it was. I do agree that the photo should be taken by the member.
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