!!Absolute-Wood Patriotic Vaping Contest!!

[renderwerks]

wow I did not see this earlier... If I had i would have posted a pic of me vaping beside my Army aquipment..... and yes been deployed serving our nation with my PV always in a pocket of my gear.

Yes! Absolutely enter if you can get a pic uploaded in the next 13 hours or so...

And most importantly - thank you for your service

 

[NancyR]

Well, yes, I see the point. We are visual creatures, and I think the voting would lean towards what looks "prettiest", even with BIG INSTRUCTIONS on how to vote. Also, I see it's too easy to "rig" the votes based on how many people a person can talk into voting for them.

I wanted the community to pick the winners, but I think the earlier points made make sense. And because people have worked hard on these entries, I don't think a random drawing would be fair to the entrants. So, I will concede the poll idea, and will personally pick the winners based on the original criteria for the contest.

As some of you may know, I used to be a professional photographer (well, I still am - still get paid for taking pics). Many of you have seen my photography on altsmoke, electronicstix, truesmoker, etc... I can easily disregard technical aspects of photography, and pick the winners on the criteria I originally specified.

I'll close the contest at the earliest tonight at Midnight, my time here in California. I'll reopen this same thread to announce the winners sometime tomorrow.

Thoughts on ending the contest this way?

Thanks my friends,

Rick

I think that would be for the best, thank you for listening to our concerns

 

[spacekitty]

I think that would be for the best, thank you for listening to our concerns

.....

Thanks!!

 

[spacekitty]

C'mon people... where are those last couple of entries??

You only have a little over an hour left to get them in...



And Good Luck to everyone!!

 

[l_strider_l]

didn't make it

good luck everybody, excellent posts and fun

 

[renderwerks]

Good luck to everyone - I'll pore over the entries (this is NOT going to be easy!) and announce the winners probably late tonight - Cali time.

I want to thank everyone who took the time and effort it required to do this. I appreciate the quality of our family here on ECF -

Rick

 

[renderwerks]

Just realized I said I'd re-open this thread to announce the winners. Whoops... I made a new thread announcing the winners, and then some.

I'll leave this thread open for a day or so, then re-open the winners thread while putting this one away.

Thanks,

Rick

 

[Susan W.]

Congrats Spacekitty!! That was one of my favorite submissions too.
Also congrats to train2 - So simple, so epic.
And to Charmed412 too - Love the bears. Very impressed with the time it took for the set up.
And Morri - Love the butterfly!!
Thanks Rick for an awesome contest!! And I'm so happy you liked my picture.

 

[NancyR]

congrats to the winners, thank you Rick

 

[Bookworm]

Congrats winners! Awesome photos!

 

[Train2]

YAY!!!
Thanks, Rick!!
- and yes, I very deliberately opened the law book to that page

LOVE your work, and can't wait to get working with you on my stand!!!

 

[Train2]

CONGRATS Spacekitty!!
I think your concept DESERVED the win - but I gotta say, I actually LOVED the FIRST one you did - the one that was all blurry?
I loved that right away - 'cause it WAS the 4th of July, and so...I dunno...celebratory
Anywho - nice job!

I'm not really sure, but I think there is a limit of 10 for a Poll, because I know of one that had to be split into 2 parts... which meant people actually got to vote twice...

And you kept saying how it didn't matter if the photo was good quality or not... but people aren't going to be judging them by your criteria...

Personally, I would rather take my chances with the Random Number Generator!!


But either way, I would like to submit this as my final entry: (Please ignore this!!)

Thanks... and Good luck everyone!!

 

[Silverdove]

Congrats winners and Thanks for the great contest. Those where some really great pics and the stories behind them too.

 

[renderwerks]

congrats to the winners, thank you Rick

Thanks for entering Nancy -

Congrats winners! Awesome photos!

Cool - you came close, great PV you have there - The Vapriot?

Congrats winners and Thanks for the great contest. Those where some really great pics and the stories behind them too.

I couldn't have said it better - the back stories made it great.