[Leica] monthly photo contest

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

> How about if the competition is open to all and there should be no image 
> data available during voting. After the winner is picked, if the image is 
> taken with a Leica body or Leica lens (Pana-designed acceptable), then the 
> winner gets a "better" prize?<<<<

For heaven sake what do we need a prize for ? Don't we do our magic strictly 
for the love and enjoyment of it? In this case kicking ass with wonderful 
photos?

Damn the prizes!! Who needs them? Isn't their a self satisfaction of having 
one's picture picked as best of the month self satisfying? Why can't we just 
do this simply for the enjoyment of being picked above all others in 
producing the best photograph from the submitted materials.

After all this isn't some mickey mouse group of teen agers, well I suppose 
some times we think and act like that. ;-)

Making this into a big complicated mish mash of rules and regulations takes 
the spontaneity and fun out of it. Hell lets see if it'll work first by the 
number of photographs submitted for the first couple of months. Any "old 
thing at all subject" and the best picture is picked regardless.

Think of it as ...."Picture of the month." Subject be damned! If it works 
and people are all gung ho, fine.

Then a theme can be introduced. Which quite frankly adds a fair deal of work 
for many members. However, it can be a wait and see if it works, then decide 
if it's a go or not based on numbers of theme entries submitted. And if it 
creates a lot of extra shooting time for the crew then it reverts to 
"Picture of the Month".

ted