it looks like no one is maintaining this site.

on well…

Tankado

could you explain why you get this idea ?
I can assure you there are many people working on maintaining it.

Also what do you need help with .. or is it just the site being maintained ?

Giles

yes tankado,

could you please explain why you think, that nobody is
maintaining this site?

ciao Lars

I posted a request 2 or 3 days ago for help. That when I try to upload a vertical image ( 1024x683 size) your server rejects it

The post got 140 views… no reply

It is only after i removed my image with my request for assistance to upload did you guys respond.

I also sent a email message to Lars Kirchhoff (Jan 24, 2008). Asking about contest rules and information… no reply.

Hi Lars

Regarding the weekly contest…

When are the winners announced?

Who judges the photos?

Is there a prize for winning the weekly contest?

I uploaded 4 images the other day, which hopefully means, the images
will automatically be entered for the next 3 weeks.

Cheers
Jeff

Thus my assumption that no one is maintaining this site.

Sorry I didn’t see a post asking for any of this. Infact when I search posts by yourself I get only this thread and also the thread entitled Nov. 2007 Issue of Metro Active Magazine. So as far as I can tell you never posted with a problem before. However all the information you are asking about is available when you click to submit a photo.

1.  each photographer is allowed to participate with only one photo per week. additional submissions will be automaticly considered as a contribution to the following weeks contest.

2. submissions after wednesday will be included in next weeks contest due to fairness in terms of voting.

3. photo must be taken with a housed digital camera in conditions that require camera protection from fresh or salt water.

4. photo must be submitted in a minumum size of 800 x 600 pixels.

5. original EXIF information has to be submitted with the picture.

6. use of image editing software encouraged, with the goal of striving for better quality and higher realism; technique should be noted in the comment field.

7. photos which are out of focus or suffer from strong backscatter might be removed during the running contest. please understand that the final decission about the winning picture is up to our jury. online votes just indicate a trend and are checked for manipulations.

As far as I have experienced as long as I submit a photo along these guidelines it is accepted. However there maybe a size limit or file type that may also be being taken into consideration that I am sure Lars will confirm if there are other limiting factors. Generally I submit a photo as you did (normally slightly smaller res) in .jpg format.

I would also suggest only submitting one photo per week, that way you are in control of which photo enters which week competition. The additional photos are only considered for the next weeks competitions and are added manually not automatically.

It is also a wise idea to title your threads a bit better to draw the right kind of attention “help” is just a little vaigue, and then we had to ask for what it was you wanted help for.

I hope this information helps, and also I am sure Lars will confirm any exact requirement for image submission, but the rules and upload features are quite simple and easy to adhere to.

Giles

What you posted does not answer these 3 questions.

1.  each photographer is allowed to participate with only one photo per week. additional submissions will be automaticly considered as a contribution to the following weeks contest.

2. submissions after wednesday will be included in next weeks contest due to fairness in terms of voting.

3. photo must be taken with a housed digital camera in conditions that require camera protection from fresh or salt water.

4. photo must be submitted in a minumum size of 800 x 600 pixels.

5. original EXIF information has to be submitted with the picture.

6. use of image editing software encouraged, with the goal of striving for better quality and higher realism; technique should be noted in the comment field.

7. photos which are out of focus or suffer from strong backscatter might be removed during the running contest. please understand that the final decission about the winning picture is up to our jury. online votes just indicate a trend and are checked for manipulations.

1. When are the winners announced?

2. Who judges the photos?

3. Is there a prize for winning the weekly contest?

At the end of the week winners are announced .. click the contest link to see ALL the past weeks winners !
example .. here is last week ! http://www.digideep.com/potw.php?week=200805&lang=en
the links to previous weeks is just above the photo.

Everyone judges the photos .. hence when you click on the contest link you get a pop up that allows you to vote.

There have been prizes .. and I believe there may still be prizes. I will wait for Lars to confirm that though as he would know better.
It used to be some digideep swag.

Apart from the info on the prizes the rest of the information is right there in the contest section.

Giles - 31 January 2008 04:40 PM

At the end of the week winners are announced .. click the contest link to see ALL the past weeks winners !
example .. here is last week ! http://www.digideep.com/potw.php?week=200805&lang=en
the links to previous weeks is just above the photo.

Everyone judges the photos .. hence when you click on the contest link you get a pop up that allows you to vote.

There have been prizes .. and I believe there may still be prizes. I will wait for Lars to confirm that though as he would know better.
It used to be some digideep swag.

Apart from the info on the prizes the rest of the information is right there in the contest section.

I believe that the winner was announced last Tuesday w/c isn’t the end of the week.
I know where to find the winners of the weekly contest. Thank you.
So there are no judges only votes from people and perhaps friends and family.

Gotcha! ... I thought there was a panel like most U/W photography sites with world class photographers as judges.
My mistake.

Dear Jeff,

unfortunately I didn’t receive any email from you. This might be
caused by the spam filter I use. So probably your email was
caught by my spam filter. Nevertheless I didnt see the message
here in the board that you are refering to.

From what you say about a vertical image (1024x683 size) I
assume that the width is 683 and the height is 1024, which means
that the image is to small regarding to our rules, as the image
width has to be minimum 800px.

ciao Lars

Lars Kirchhoff - 31 January 2008 05:07 PM

Dear Jeff,

unfortunately I didn’t receive any email from you. This might be
caused by the spam filter I use. So probably your email was
caught by my spam filter. Nevertheless I didnt see the message
here in the board that you are refering to.

From what you say about a vertical image (1024x683 size) I
assume that the width is 683 and the height is 1024, which means
that the image is to small regarding to our rules, as the image
width has to be minimum 800px.

ciao Lars

Thank you for the reply.