Chinatown Photo Contest - Results

ckiang · 24th February 2002

Hi,

Results are out. The 8 finalists are now published in today's (24/02/02) Chinese Papers. Not very impressive, I'd say. I should have submitted if I knew the general standard is going to be like that. Even the cliche shot of food street shot from the 2nd floor hawker centre made it in.

Go check it out.

Regards
CK

sbs99 · 25th February 2002

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Originally posted by ckiang
Hi,

Results are out. The 8 finalists are now published in today's (24/02/02) Chinese Papers. Not very impressive, I'd say. I should have submitted if I knew the general standard is going to be like that. Even the cliche shot of food street shot from the 2nd floor hawker centre made it in.

Go check it out.

Regards
CK

LoL. General standard siah..hehehe

Wai · 25th February 2002

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Originally posted by ckiang
I should have submitted if I knew the general standard is going to be like that.

Kevin · 25th February 2002

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Originally posted by ckiang
Hi,

Results are out. The 8 finalists are now published in today's (24/02/02) Chinese Papers. Not very impressive, I'd say. I should have submitted if I knew the general standard is going to be like that. Even the cliche shot of food street shot from the 2nd floor hawker centre made it in.

Go check it out.

Regards
CK

Saw the 8 photos on newspaper, some are nice (not sure how good they are) but some,

wonder how it can be selected as finalist. I have seen better photo posted in this forum.

If no copyright issue, I would have taken your photo to submit and win the prize for you. Err, I keep the prize for efford and you keep the trophy for photo, hehe.

ckiang · 25th February 2002

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Originally posted by Kevin
Saw the 8 photos on newspaper, some are nice (not sure how good they are) but some, wonder how it can be selected as finalist. I have seen better photo posted in this forum.

If no copyright issue, I would have taken your photo to submit and win the prize for you. Err, I keep the prize for efford and you keep the trophy for photo, hehe.

I didn't even submit any here, coz I didn't think they are good enough (but ziploc's were pretty good to me). Some of them are so run-of-the-mill, like the shot of food street from the hawker centre, which everybody who goes Chinatown will shoot.

Then there's this shot of the restaurant opposite the hawker centre, nothing special - Red Dawn has a better intepretation here:

Yup, most of them looked quite ordinary to me. Maybe my standards are too high, higher than the judges

Or maybe those were the best of the worst submitted, given the relatively short time frame for submission.

Regards
CK

YSLee · 25th February 2002

Basket, should've just anyhow sent a photo in.

mpenza · 25th February 2002

The judges' comments (in the same article) was that the standard is not high. There were a few good ones but most weren't up to expectations. They have received >400 entries.

sbs99 · 25th February 2002

Any online website showing the shots which won the competition?

nicholas1986 · 25th February 2002

WTF like that i also can do
or maybe a photography idiot also can

ninelives · 27th February 2002

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Originally posted by nicholas1986
WTF like that i also can do
or maybe a photography idiot also can

are you 16 years old??

nicholas1986 · 27th February 2002

ya

15+++ to be exact

ninelives · 28th February 2002

try learn to talk nicely.

5th March 2002

you know . is very funny . there is so much contest going on and every time . people would comment that standard not very high .

but at the end of the days .
only hardworking people and people who give a damn get the prize .

is the effort that count . you can snap the best photo in the world . but lazy to send in for a contest . you would never win any prize .

those who won . is those who give a damn .
and spend the time to post in the entry .

keep it real .

YSLee · 5th March 2002

How about people who just snap, have no standard, are thick skinned enough to send their photos in, and hence the resulting comments?

dragos · 5th March 2002

life is like that.....bo pian lor....sigh...

kaipium · 5th March 2002

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Originally posted by YSLee
How about people who just snap, have no standard, are thick skinned enough to send their photos in, and hence the resulting comments?

I don't think it is fair to call them thick-skinned. They are people who dare to try....and in the process they will improve.

Life is always about those who dare to try. Anybody with hindsight can always perform better, but it is the person with foresight that gets the prize.

YSLee · 5th March 2002

Hey, there are plenty of shameless people in the world. Don't ever underestimate them.

Red Dawn · 5th March 2002

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Originally posted by lucifer
you know . is very funny . there is so much contest going on and every time . people would comment that standard not very high .

but at the end of the days .
only hardworking people and people who give a damn get the prize .

is the effort that count . you can snap the best photo in the world . but lazy to send in for a contest . you would never win any prize .

those who won . is those who give a damn .
and spend the time to post in the entry .

keep it real .

don't know if anybody realised, but there's quite a bit of truth in wat was said here.

Paladin · 5th March 2002

Totally agree....let's not sound like sour grapes...if we want to see higher standard, then guys...send in your masterpiece next time....

ckiang · 5th March 2002

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Originally posted by Red Dawn

don't know if anybody realised, but there's quite a bit of truth in wat was said here.

Indeed, there is. Next time, just send. Don't care liao. Being overly critical of one's work may not be a good thing.

Regards
CK

24th February 2002	#1
ckiang Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,597	Chinatown Photo Contest - Results Hi, Results are out. The 8 finalists are now published in today's (24/02/02) Chinese Papers. Not very impressive, I'd say. I should have submitted if I knew the general standard is going to be like that. Even the cliche shot of food street shot from the 2nd floor hawker centre made it in. Go check it out. Regards CK

25th February 2002	#8
sbs99 Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,823	Any online website showing the shots which won the competition? __________________ \| Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but photos \|

25th February 2002	#6
YSLee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,262	Basket, should've just anyhow sent a photo in.

25th February 2002	#7
mpenza Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,397	The judges' comments (in the same article) was that the standard is not high. There were a few good ones but most weren't up to expectations. They have received >400 entries.

25th February 2002	#9
nicholas1986 Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: singapore Posts: 435	WTF like that i also can do or maybe a photography idiot also can

27th February 2002	#11
nicholas1986 Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: singapore Posts: 435	ya 15+++ to be exact

28th February 2002	#12
ninelives Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: BB Posts: 2,622	try learn to talk nicely.

5th March 2002	#13
lucifer Guests Posts: n/a	you know . is very funny . there is so much contest going on and every time . people would comment that standard not very high . but at the end of the days . only hardworking people and people who give a damn get the prize . is the effort that count . you can snap the best photo in the world . but lazy to send in for a contest . you would never win any prize . those who won . is those who give a damn . and spend the time to post in the entry . keep it real .

5th March 2002	#15
dragos Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Apex Circle Posts: 1,360	life is like that.....bo pian lor....sigh...

5th March 2002	#19
Paladin Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: SGP Posts: 691	Totally agree....let's not sound like sour grapes...if we want to see higher standard, then guys...send in your masterpiece next time....