Trip Reports - Vote for your favorite images in the 4th FlyerTalk Trip Reports Photo Contest!

66 Awesome images submitted by Awesome FlyerTalkers!

This is the official voting thread. The voting period will run for one week and end on Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 6:00pm Pacific Daylight time.

In order to make viewing the images and your selection process easier, I have gathered them into a single gallery here:

http://www.pbase.com/birdstrike/flyertalk_contest_4

Clicking on a thumbnail will bring up the full-sized version of the image. Selecting slideshow will show medium-resolution versions of the images in, well, a slideshow.

You may vote for three images. Any Registered FlyerTalker may vote.

At the bottom of each image is a unique filename: 001.jpg through 066.jpg. The three digit identifier is what you will use to cast your votes.

Each voter should add a post to this voting thread. with three ID numbers from the gallery identifying the three images you are selecting as your favorites.

Voters are asked to choose between the submitted images based on the entry's aptness to the theme of the contest, visual appeal, artistry, and composition.

Please do add your thoughts to your post. Why were the photos you selected your favorites? What caught your eye? Questions to the photographers are welcome!

At the end of the one week voting period, the voting thread will be closed and I will tally the votes and announce the winners.

This photo contest is generously sponsored by Cholula. Thank you Cholula!

First prize is one case of the incomparable Cholula Hot Sauce.

If the winner lives in the US: 1 case of 12/5 oz. Cholula.

If the winner lives outside of the US: a choice of Coupons for 12 bottles of Cholula or a selection of clothing from the FT store.

Second and Third prizes will be a choice of FlyerTalk luggage tags or a FlyerTalk T-shirt.

In the event of a tie, the poster who first reached the winning number of votes (as judged by the FT post timestamp) will be declared the winner. Multiple prizes may be awarded at the discretion of the sponsor.

Enjoy, and may the best pictures win!

birdstrike

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Many thanks to our moderators, B747-437B and onedog, for volunteering the additional work this contest has required!

I would like to say thank you to everyone who contributed those wonderful photographs to this little contest! And thank you also to our Trip Reports Moderators onedog and B747-437B.

May the best pictures win!!

001 ** bdjohns1 ** Circle Interchange from the Sears Tower, Chicago, IL
002 ** Gargoyle ** moto-truck
003 ** Gargoyle ** Tiny Car
004 ** mijugo ** Frequent Travelling after the end of oil
005 ** FlyingOnceMore ** MotoGP Tailbacks
006 ** Tad's Broiled Steaks **Driving steady in downtown Cairo
007 ** Tad's Broiled Steaks ** ridin' high on the outskirts of Agra
008 ** wr_schwab ** Rainbow Bridge - Tokyo Japan
009 ** wr_schwab ** Cable system for SanFransico Cable Cars
010 ** mbflyflyaway ** Sydney Harbour ('tis the only 6-month old Sapphire Princess in the foreground)
011 ** mbflyflyaway ** Parasailing Perspective on Flathead Lake
012 ** bdjohns1 ** Boat at Dock, Ogunquit, ME
013 ** TelevisionTdTina ** Culebra Island, off the coast of Puerto Rico
014 ** TelevisionTdTina ** Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Around the island.
015 ** *allset2travel ** Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, SAR
016 ** *Steady-EDI ** Twin Otter at BRR
017 ** *Steady-EDI ** Retired at 50
018 ** Gardyloo ** *Boneyard, Black Hills, South Dakota, April 2007
019 ** Gardyloo ** ** Hitchhiker, South Africa
020 ** cheepneezy ** Adirondack(NY) Balloon Festival
021 ** cheepneezy ** Schoharie(NY) Aqueduct
022 ** scoow ** Ambulance
023 ** scoow ** Sailing?
024 ** FlyingOnceMore ** Repairs Singapore Style
025 ** aw ** Getting to Rome by any means
026 ** aw ** Onboard the AirTrain at SFO
027 ** CPRich ** F40
028 ** CPRich ** Hot Air Balloon Festival
029 ** Internaut ** Spot of Kiwi Scenery....
030 ** Internaut ** inside a cable car on the way up to the Summit of Mt Cavendish
031 ** g_leyser ** Approach into Lake Union, Seattle on a Kenmore Air seaplane fligh
032 ** g_leyser ** "Everything But the Kitchen Sink". Taken on a very dangerous highway in Peru
033 ** Telfes ** A Day on the River (Saigon River, Vietnam)
034 ** Telfes ** Blockage in the Bike Lane (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
035 ** allset2travel ** Row boats found on the Cher at Chateau de Chenonceau
036 ** jason8612 ** Vail, CO Bridge - HDR
037 ** jason3612 ** Prague Charles Bridge
038 ** PTravel ** Some Bridge Somewhere
039 ** PTravel ** Transportation
040 ** tkey75 ** *A friend's old Russian Lada Niva.
041 ** tkey75 ** The ultimate ride
042 ** techgirl ** Getting there is half the adventure....
043 ** techgirl ** And sometimes you don't get there at all....
044 ** hauteboy ** Chinese Tuk-tuk
045 ** hauteboy ** Longboats in Ranong, Thailand
046 ** stut ** Hong Kong Goes Home
047 ** stut ** Oxford Shopper
048 ** attorney28 ** Taxi in Havana
049 ** attorney28 ** Maldivian Dinghi
050 ** doctajay ** One April night in 2005 at the intersection of Piazza del Colosseo & Via Nicola Salvi in Roma.
051 ** doctajay ** April 2007 morning at CDG, passing the time waiting for Train à Grande Vitesse
052 ** toadman ** Sunset in Venice
053 ** Bundy Bear ** Qantas 737-800; VH-VXB 737-800 Qantas Yananyi Dreaming Brisbane Airport 2004.
054 ** Bundy Bear ** Where do you want to go today. Melbourne Airport 2004.
055 ** cpx ** Weekend Market, Beijing (March 2006)
056 ** cpx ** A one way, one level bridge, shared by motor vehicles and trains - South Island, New Zealand
057 ** xtremeflyer ** Felucca at Dawn on the Nile
058 ** xtremeflyer ** Mokoro Polers on the Okavango Delta
059 ** Jassy-50 ** White Pass & Yukon Railroad running between Skagway, Alaska and White Horse, Yukon Territory.
060 ** Jassy-50 ** Trolley built to run over the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge from 1939 to 1958.
061 ** Magnus ** Superbike.
062 ** Magnus ** 3 different kind of transportation.
063 ** Fornebufox ** downtown NYC subway -- probably the A train!
064 ** Fornebufox ** spotted in downtown Houston.
065 ** IceTrojan ** Up a Creek... (Vietnam)
066 ** IceTrojan ** An FTer's Sunrise (Somewhere over the Atlantic)

to start off the voting...
036 :)
037 :D
057 - love that sunrise. If only it was landscape, would of made it my wallpaper :)

lotta nice photos as always

050
021
058

Great stuff!

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19
20

By the way.. are you allowed to vote for your own pictures?

By the way.. are you allowed to vote for your own pictures?

I don't think there's anything in the rules the explicitly forbids it, but I personally don't vote for myself - I already like my pictures - I want to see what everyone else thinks. That said, there's nothing wrong with a little campaigning in your sig. :)

07: That's my definition of "fully packed". Just missing the colorful costume and you would have the Bejing Circus.
59: Has depth, lines and a place that I want to be.
49: I think the boat is not need here. I just want to swim right over. Wait a sec, are there sharks in these waters?

By the way.. are you allowed to vote for your own pictures?
I don't think there is a a rule against it but where is the fun in that ;)

39 - What can I say, I like bikes.
35 - Like the lines and colors
21 -

I don't think there's anything in the rules the explicitly forbids it, but I personally don't vote for myself - I already like my pictures - I want to see what everyone else thinks. That said, there's nothing wrong with a little campaigning in your sig. :)

Agreed! I'll stay away from voting for my own pictures :) thanks!

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20
57

Wow, there are definitely some great photos in contention. ^ ^

I've chosen these three:

057
045
066

My votes are:

18
8
51

01
19
21

066 - the definitive Flyertalk photo
059
001

:)

019 - love the concept & the image
020 - beautiful - really vivd colors
006 - this makes me laugh - classic

Enjoyed seeing the whole collection. Thanks to those who submitted & to the sponsors for their work & contributions.

011
013
058
^

Competition is tough once again, I like my photos but I won't vote for them.

001; Great picture;
031; great shot; a seaplane flight with camera at the ready.
066; where else would you rather be.

Great pics! I'll vote for:

20
57
59

16
12
39

I love #38. ;)

8
20
57

A lot of great pix!

059
050
016

Wow - what an amazing collection. Thanks to all posters... :)

008 - just a gorgeous well composed shot
035 - visually appealing composition and great color
050 - wow... fantastic photo w/ a shutter technique I have yet to master

This was hard - there were SO many great photos to pick from.

3
24
46

Best set of photos yet IMHO....

011
021
066

20
59
66

066 - My favorite type of shot, transportation or not, and this is a great one!
049 - Brings back memories of tropical vacations.
001 - Just beautiful.

021
046
057

Excellent composition on each-clean, with strong visual impact. Easier said than done. Nice job.

20
21
45

7
11
21

Some tough choices! I can tell that just looking at these images is improving my technique. Without voting for my entries:

57
01
38

19 (what better way to travel)
21 (niiiice)
37 (nice effect)

47
21
57

03
20
59

059
048
016

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50
59

And don't forget to say -why- you liked a particular image.

Starving artists need feedback too ;)

001

037

035

21 (my favorite view of a kayak :) )

66

50

This has been a tough decision, lots of great shots in this contest.

021 - great composition! I like the circle of the bridge arch and its reflection intersecting at the hatch on the kayak

020 - nice bright saturated colors, and interesting framing of the background balloons by portions of the foreground balloons

001 - just very cool

Lots of great pictures!

20 - love the vivid colors
21 - great framing of the arch/reflection around the kayak
55 - a great way of getting around

A little over 23 hours left!

Every vote counts ;)

017
055
057

They're all great, but...

7 - fits the topic perfectly
11 - nice view
17 - artistic perspective

25 minutes left to vote! :D

By my watch it is now 6:00pm Pacific Time on Sunday May 20th.

Voting in the 4th FlyerTalk Trip Reports Photo Contest is now closed.

The results can be viewed here! (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7769554#post7769554)

birdstrike

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032

...the pix would tell why.^