Vote on Sipsey pics here

“As several of you know several of us had a hike in the Sipsey Wilderness of north Alabama. We set up a contest to take pictures and put up 24 of them for our TT buddies to vote on. The Pictures are up for your voting. The first place prize is a book titled Walking Sipsey. Pick 1 1st place picture, 1 2nd place picture and 1 3rd place picture. For scoring purposes a first place vote is worth 10 points, 2nd 7 points, and 3rd 5 points. The person with the most points 11/21/04 midnight TT time will be considered the winner. The rules we set up were that the pictures would be put up tonight. A few others still have pics to enter they can put them here for consideration. They will miss out on a full week of voting. No contestants are allowed to vote, tts vote only once and please no trolls.

here are the pics as I have them.

Dayhiker's
http://community.webshots.com/album/213772700TwqDtG

Slowroller70's
http://community.webshots.com/photo/208157720/214605297ffVyqc


BAMA's
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/northernbama/album?.dir=d94d&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/northernbama/my_photos

Slowroller - Needs to add 23 other
Stovstomper needs to post which 24 to enter
Ewker - Need to post which 24 to enter
Opies - Need to post which 24 to enter
Others folks need to send theirs.



Ya'll may want to hold off voting until the other are in. Several of them are great shots. You can see all of the photos mixed into the Sipsey Photo Thread.
last edited: 11/14/04 10:46:52 PM”

“to the top”

“Thanks, I should have played with the contrast a bit to make the underside of the overhang a bit lighter.
last edited: 11/15/04 11:33:18 AM”

“I am out of the contest, I didn't get mine up by the deadline.”

“No problem. Just dump your 24 favorites in a folder. I don't think anyone would have a problem with a late arrival.”

“Put em up Ewker, only backlash is you want get a full week for people to view. So far score is Dayhiker 10, rest of us 0.”

“come on TT'ers! VOTE!!!”

“I was still waiting for all pictures to be posted. So...that's it? We can vote now?


Okay...I hate voting for a favorite.
last edited: 11/15/04 2:03:41 PM”

“Go ahead Gemini vote. Those that snooze lose. "hint for Ewker and StoveStomper, and slowroller"”

“As they say in Chicago, vote early, vote often.”

“they are all nice, but this one is my favorite:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/213772700/213777337StjEKk

I did look at them over and over at least 3 times, so I worked hard on deciding. :)”

“ok,ok I will try tonight to get some in a folderand post them. Looks like dayhiker is the one to beat. do we have to caption them?”

“I didn't really caption mine. The captions go like this, and here we have a picture of Falls Creek Falls, next we have a picture of Falls Creek Falls, and to round things out, how about a picture of Falls Creek Falls.”

“do we have to caption them? - Ewker

Yes, and I wish the OPIE's would caption his and hers. ;-)”

“SS. my pics are up and captioned on webshots. They just won't be when I upload to a new folder.”

“we are a group entry..whats hers is hers...and whats mine is hers”

“You learn quickly young Skywalker.”

“OPIE - my ex certainly thought that way.”

“ok, I finally got my contest pics upload. Good luck to everyone

http://community.webshots.com/album/217717109Qlwjxl”

“Ok, I liked all the photographs and think that we should do this again. Hats off to Bama, this was a great trip.
Over all I thought Bama had the Best quality, although it is hard viewing on a pc. But I liked the way he balanced the light and didn't lose detail though out. Bama's Photo #4 I think is my choice for first.
The tree to the right of the fall is a little distracting, I think the over all Quality over comes this.
My second place choice was hard, But I liked Dayhiker's photo #1. I'm not big on close up's of waterfalls, but I like this one, and over all, I think this shot if enlarged would make you feel the power of the fall, it also holds it's detail.
For third I like the Opie's photo 15, I think this is the best photo as far as camera angle, and is well composed. The reason that I put it in third, was the exposure on the rocks at the left was to distracting. One of you has a good eye. I will defiantly shoot here on my return trip.
Bama's plate 24 Ewker's plate 18 and 15 all were very good.”

“New Score update

Dayhiker 27
BAMA 10
OPIE's 7

Just to put them all together

Dayhiker's
http://community.webshots.com/album/213772700TwqDtG
Slowroller70's
http://community.webshots.com/photo/208157720/214605297ffVyqc

BAMA's
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/northernbama/album?.dir=d94d&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/northernbama/my_photos
OPIE's
http://community.webshots.com/album/213473942aDpKrA
Ewkers
http://community.webshots.com/album/217717109Qlwjxl”

“Thanks for voting FlatlanderMatt

The Sipsey is a really hard area to shoot to balance the light. The best time to is usually on a overcast day. The contrast of the shadows and sunlight will drive a light meter crazy. If you want to get a great looking pic, you will have to find your shot and stay put until the light conditions change to your favor. I was interested in what our pics would turn out like with everone shooting at the same locations. The only differance was time of day, camera angles, format, cropping, and exposure. We are all looking forward to seeing your shots.

BAMA”

“oooooooooooo! I like that one by dayhiker!”

“Dayhiker #1 12
Dayhiker #2 11
Slow #3 26

Great job folks, I enjoy all of them, hard to shoot in those light conditions”

“yam - did you look at the others?

Thanks for the kind words.

Matt - I asked a few questions over on the trip Sipsey page.”

“New Score update

Dayhiker 54
BAMA 10
OPIE's 7
Slowroller 5”

“I liked Dayhiker's Plunge Basin followed by the one Wounded KNee posted followed by Bama's Fungus 3.”

“dayhiker, you are running away with it...congrats”

“The week ain't over. I do wish more folks would vote. I think this is a great concept that BAMA came up with.”

“I can't believe people aren't voting!! If this was a political thread there would be hundreds of posts.”

“Maybe we should've labeled it with fuego!”

“This message removed because it was too mean.
last edited: 11/17/04 3:12:15 PM”

“bit - you didn't vote.”

“I like Dayhike’s “Plunge Basin."”

“OK, I am too apathetic.
last edited: 11/17/04 3:12:45 PM”

“well you could lay off the yahoo news for one day.”

“yeah, I went through them pretty quick myself. Maybe next time the person who enters the contest needs to pick the best 5 or 10 pics and submit them???

I betcha you get more voters.

hey bit, don't change your post on me.
Not sure anymore if I like this edit feature.
last edited: 11/17/04 3:13:27 PM”

“lol....”

“Yall act like 120 photos are alot or something. Yeah, maybe 5 would've done it instead.”

“Of course, if it had been 120 photos of bikini-clad female TT'ers, I would still be looking at them...”

“I tried to get Miss Opie to pose but she wouldn't :(”

“I agree 5 would have been better, but getting folks to narrow them down to 24 was like pulling teeth.

updated score

Dayhiker 81
BAMA 15
OPIE's 7
Slowroller 5”

“Heck, I had trouble coming up with 10 or so, hence the 2 black and white versions.”

“Score is holding at

Dayhiker 81
BAMA 15
OPIE's 7
Slowroller 5”

“go dayhiker, see what happens when you take your son on a hike with you. You get all the votes cause your a good dad”

“I'm most worried about being a good dad. Thanks.”

“Dayhiker, Just taking him with you will have a bond for the rest of his life. He will understand that under any circumstances you will take care of him. He will know that you will provide for him. ALA knows now what I did for him as a little tot. Ya'll may not have known it but on that last hike he loaded his pack up to 40 pounds so I wouldn't have to carry it with my bad back. I was hesitant to let him do this but he insisted. He knows his limits and I know he was trying to repay me for some of the things I did for him at a early age. I was surprised a 110 pound 12 yo could carry a 40 pound pack. He said its only about a mile and a half. Keep taking him with you. You are building fond memories that nither of you will forget. Here are some of our eaarly hiking.
http://www.csupomona.edu/~rosenkrantz/personal/bama.htm
BAMA
last edited: 11/19/04 5:33:54 PM”

“ALA is a great kid.
You are doing a great job with him BAMA.”