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PureMichigan Photo Competition

. . . and the triple-trailer trucks on the road. You don't get those east of the Allegheny Tunnel.
You know what they say...Gotta fit the whole family... lol yeah we have a lot of trucks! I live in a more rural area, though. So its pretty calm here. Just east of Port Huron.
 
West, my bad lol :BangHead:
 
Theres photos with over 500 votes, I am not near winning with 25... But thank you all for the support, I really appreciate it!
 
They sure do make it painful to review the photos. They show just a handful (initially in a random order but you have a couple of sort options). But as I ask it to show more and I'm thinking it'll go to the next page... it just adds more images to the current page. So I have to re-scroll to the bottom to find the new images.

I really need a way to show "show me all the images". This would have been a lot easier with a better layout system to help sift through all the images.

I'm always worried that these things are really popularity contests and not photo contests (e.g. who can get the most friends to vote.) In many photo contests the judges are not permitted to see the names of the photographers on the entries because that might tend to bias their vote.
 
They sure do make it painful to review the photos. They show just a handful (initially in a random order but you have a couple of sort options). But as I ask it to show more and I'm thinking it'll go to the next page... it just adds more images to the current page. So I have to re-scroll to the bottom to find the new images.

I really need a way to show "show me all the images". This would have been a lot easier with a better layout system to help sift through all the images.

I'm always worried that these things are really popularity contests and not photo contests (e.g. who can get the most friends to vote.) In many photo contests the judges are not permitted to see the names of the photographers on the entries because that might tend to bias their vote.

I agree 100% about the popularity contest. As the top photo, doesn't really represent "Pure Michigan" as much as others. Which I am no judge, but...

As for the photos, yes very poor design on their part
 
Though I do really like the sunset one with the heart
 
Uh.
Did you read the rules?
It's not your photo anymore!
The 'contest' is a 'rights grab'.
. . . All Photo Entries become the property of Sponsor upon submission and will not be acknowledged or returned. . .

And they can do anything they want with it.
Entrant hereby agrees not to instigate, support, maintain or authorize any action, claim or lawsuit against Sponsor or any other person on the grounds that any use of any Photo Entry as provided herein, infringes any of entrant’s rights as the creator of the Photo Entry as provided herein including, without limitation, trademark rights, copyrights and moral rights or “droit moral”. By submitting a Photo Entry, entrant hereby grants Sponsor and its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, assigns, licensees, sub-licensees, agents and Pure Michigan partners an irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, unrestricted, perpetual sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) and transferable right and license to use, copy, transmit, publish or otherwise distribute, modify, create derivative works based upon, incorporate into other works, publicly perform and display the Photo Entry or any portion thereof, in or through any medium, whether now known or hereafter created (including, but not limited to, on the Pure Michigan Facebook Page, other websites owned or controlled by Sponsor, its affiliates or anyone acting on Sponsor’s authority, and in Sponsor’s e-mails, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram communications), for any and all lawful purposes, and agrees to execute documents, instruments or agreements confirming such right and license at Sponsor’s reasonable request.
 
Uh.
Did you read the rules?
It's not your photo anymore!
The 'contest' is a 'rights grab'.
. . . All Photo Entries become the property of Sponsor upon submission and will not be acknowledged or returned. . .

And they can do anything they want with it.
Entrant hereby agrees not to instigate, support, maintain or authorize any action, claim or lawsuit against Sponsor or any other person on the grounds that any use of any Photo Entry as provided herein, infringes any of entrant’s rights as the creator of the Photo Entry as provided herein including, without limitation, trademark rights, copyrights and moral rights or “droit moral”. By submitting a Photo Entry, entrant hereby grants Sponsor and its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, assigns, licensees, sub-licensees, agents and Pure Michigan partners an irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, unrestricted, perpetual sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) and transferable right and license to use, copy, transmit, publish or otherwise distribute, modify, create derivative works based upon, incorporate into other works, publicly perform and display the Photo Entry or any portion thereof, in or through any medium, whether now known or hereafter created (including, but not limited to, on the Pure Michigan Facebook Page, other websites owned or controlled by Sponsor, its affiliates or anyone acting on Sponsor’s authority, and in Sponsor’s e-mails, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram communications), for any and all lawful purposes, and agrees to execute documents, instruments or agreements confirming such right and license at Sponsor’s reasonable request.

Doesn't surprise me. I think this photo contest is more of an "Instagram" "cell phone" photo contest, as these rules are quite ridiculous...


Like others said its hard to find specific photos in the bunch, so maybe me NOT winning was a good thing. Or NOT having my image stolen lol
 

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