bit-tech May PotM winner announced!

Author: Richard Swinburne
Published: 14th June 2008
Comments (34) Stumble
Muuuuum, I'm Hungry!

Muuuuum, I'm Hungry!

Congratulations to forum member Abe Klein, who achieved first place in May's Photo of the Month competition, themed "New Beginnings" with his entry "Hope".

We also want to congratulate Brett Dunsmore, who claims second place with his entry "Which came first", while third place went to Smilodon with his entry "New Ideas".

Yet again, we have hooked up with OCZ Technology to give some awesome prizes away to the winners.

bit-tech May PotM winner announced!

The full set of results are as follows:
bit-tech May PotM winner announced! bit-tech May PotM winner announced! bit-tech May PotM winner announced!
Click on the picture snap shots for the forum posts with the full images.

The bit-tech digital art forum and the Photo of the Month site are the main hubs for our photography competition. It is held monthly and open to anyone that wants to enter as long as you're a member of our forums (it's free to register)! The picture can be any photograph of your interpretation of that month's theme, and there is no restriction on what camera you can use. Entries have to be submitted by the 25th of the month, giving you plenty of time to get snapping. The winners are decided by the voting of others who have also entered.

Since winning, Abe was charged with nominating the theme for June-July (because we're late, sorry!) and he's chosen: "Emotion".

Good luck to everyone for June-July and if you have any questions or comments, drop them over here.
Quote yodasarmpit 14th June 2008, 16:01
Congrats on the win Link, can't say I'm hopeful for the new theme though.
Quote Smilodon 14th June 2008, 16:55
Congrats to Link! Well deserved! :)

Oh, and thanks to those who voted for me as well. I never thought I'd make it to top three. :D


The new there is pretty hard, though. Especially without anyone to model for me...
Quote Nath 14th June 2008, 19:18
I really like the new theme, got a few ideas knocking around already!
Quote supermonkey 14th June 2008, 20:51
Congratulations, Link.

Also, on the announcement page, the link for Link's photo points to this random thread from 2002 about Greek people.

I like the new theme. There is quite a bit of possibility there.

-monkey
Quote OleJ 14th June 2008, 20:58
Congrats Link! Looking forward to seeing what comes out of this 1.5 month theme.
Quote outlawaol 15th June 2008, 18:42
Congrats man! I like the challenge of this months theme. Great choice!

Also congrats to the runner ups! :)
Quote Bindibadgi 15th June 2008, 18:49
I've got to sort out getting address' for the last months winners that haven't already won 3 times. Another thing on my long list to do but please remind me. :(
Quote Blademrk 16th June 2008, 10:09
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Entries have to be submitted by the 25th of the month, giving you plenty of time to get snapping.
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Since winning, Abe was charged with nominating the theme for June-July (because we're late, sorry!) and he's chosen: "Emotion".
so is the deadline for submission the 25th of this month or next?
Quote Bindibadgi 16th June 2008, 10:47
25th July
Quote ~Link~ 18th June 2008, 01:03
Thanks for the compliments everyone, I'm glad a lot of you seem to like the new theme. I'd also like to give my congrats to the runner-ups! I'm excited to see what people come up with for the next 1.5 months. :)
Quote Smilodon 5th July 2008, 22:56
Got my prize yesterday. :D So thanks to everybody, and OCZ. :)


There have been surprisingly few entries so far, though. Hopefully it'll pick up at the middle of this month. I will hopefully put together an entry, but I'm having trouble finding time for it. :(
Quote Blademrk 5th July 2008, 23:13
Now I've got my camera, I've been looking for something to enter as POTM, Nearly had one in work (had my camera on me as well). The statistician had brought fruit in the week before and had left it in a tupperware box. Needless to say it had gone furry and would have made a good shot as the emotion "Disgust"...
Quote Blademrk 10th July 2008, 11:06
Has anyone entered this months comp yet? also I noticed the POTM site hasn't been updated with this months comp details (still shows May's details).
Quote Smilodon 10th July 2008, 15:23
There have been two threads so far. I will be entering sometime during next week (hopefully).
Quote TNash 17th July 2008, 22:28
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Originally Posted by Smilodon
Got my prize yesterday. :D So thanks to everybody, and OCZ. :)


There have been surprisingly few entries so far, though. Hopefully it'll pick up at the middle of this month. I will hopefully put together an entry, but I'm having trouble finding time for it. :(

Really? I still haven't gotten mine from February...hmmm
Quote Bindibadgi 19th July 2008, 13:14
Few more days peeps.
Quote Blademrk 26th July 2008, 21:28
Argh, finally found a shot I liked enough to submit and I'm a day out. Typical.

edit: The status on the POTM site is still set to open too.
Quote Smilodon 26th July 2008, 21:36
I didn't get time to do what I had planned. :(

I'll do it later anyway, though.
Quote Bindibadgi 26th July 2008, 21:55
Changed to voting. I remembered every day this week and I STILL forget on the 25th :(

I *will* remember on the 31st, promise. Nath is off to Mongolia for a month so if this efs-up, then I can't fix it :(
Quote Nath 26th July 2008, 22:52
Should be cool, just switch the competition status to closed at the end of the month, then click Create new comp or whatever it says sometime during August. Bindi I shall pm you with results details. :)
Quote Bindibadgi 26th July 2008, 23:06
k mate thanks.
Quote Fod 26th July 2008, 23:22
votinated. only 8 entries this month?

(tbh, 'emotion' was a pretty lame theme)
Quote Smilodon 27th July 2008, 00:11
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(tbh, 'emotion' was a pretty lame theme)

No, it wasn't. It was pretty hard to find/stage something that would fit the theme, but that doesn't mean the theme was bad.
Quote Bindibadgi 27th July 2008, 00:36
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Originally Posted by Fod
votinated. only 8 entries this month?

(tbh, 'emotion' was a pretty lame theme)

Lets be a little more positive please and respect people's choices.
Quote Bindibadgi 30th July 2008, 08:52
I remembered \o/ \o/

Compo closed, winner notified and I'm waiting the response for next months theme. :)
Quote OleJ 30th July 2008, 10:55
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Originally Posted by Bindibadgi
I remembered \o/ \o/

LOL! Congrats :D
Quote OleJ 30th July 2008, 10:57
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Originally Posted by Fod
tbh, 'emotion' was a pretty lame theme

I would say any theme is lame if you're not up for the game. Or the other way around: Every theme is cool if you're up for it. Some themes may not hit it with you right away but with a little mind-bending you can take the theme in any direction.
Quote Fod 30th July 2008, 11:21
fair enough, i can take that view too. it's just not much of a springboard-theme - doesn't overtly encourage you to think out of the box.
Quote OleJ 30th July 2008, 12:54
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Originally Posted by Fod
fair enough, i can take that view too. it's just not much of a springboard-theme - doesn't overtly encourage you to think out of the box.

Whereas The Golden Hour, Red, Lines, etc. etc. do?

I think every theme will instantly make us think of something common to our culture: Golden Hour = Sunset, Lines = Railroad... etc. stuff like that. Thinking out of the box is equally challenging. It also includes the challenge of trying to build imagery that works on several levels instead of just the spontaneous. I would say "Emotion" as a theme is perhaps a bit difficult if you want to venture beyond portraiture but I don't think of it as impossible.
Now this is all easy for me to say now that I haven't participated this month but in all honest I've wanted to skip a month for a while now and I have been traveling so this fit best in for a skip.
Besides of all that I think it's great with themes that challenge me to think outside the box. I think it would even be interesting to see where people here would take it if we had a theme that was VERY specific. Like "hairbrush" or something. It's always a question of whether you wish/try to see limits as opportunities or opportunities as limits.
Quote Fod 30th July 2008, 14:10
well, the problem with 'emotion' is just that - it's very VERY hard to venture beyond portraiture for the amateur photographer. Golden Hour doesn't have to refer to a sunset, and we saw plenty of interpretations of that theme, and Lines is also way more prompting than you suggest.
allow me to demonstrate what my opinion of an ideal springboard is by suggesting a theme: 'points of view'. i didn't come up with that, i just think it's a good theme, not immediately suggesting a particular photo but forcing the participant to think about an interpretation.
now there's a springboard.
Quote OleJ 30th July 2008, 14:41
I think we agree to much extent. I just don't think I'd go as far as saying a theme was lame though. I would more think that I hadn't thought enough about it. What I suggested with "hairbrush" as a theme is that even though we all would end up with images of a hairbrush our photographic ventures would make the differences. Meaning that there are so incredibly many ways at going at the same thing that I'd expect great diversity in results. Being a hobby photographer doesn't mean that it's just point and shoot in my book. And yes I am a hobby photographer (in case anyone ever had a doubt? lol )
I also believe we've seen some good and diverse shots this month.
Quote Bindibadgi 31st July 2008, 18:45
Just waiting on NzC for next months theme now still :(
Quote NzC 1st August 2008, 02:41
My message has been sent with the theme, and no I won't release it here. Sorry for the delay all.

Nick
Quote Bindibadgi 1st August 2008, 08:58
:D Thank you!!
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