August Photography Contest Poll 1
This months theme is Modern Engineering,defined as the period from 1800 to present
The top two finishers in each Preliminary thread will advance to the Final round along with the next 2 higher vote getters. In the final round the top 3 will be chosen from the 6 finalists
Comments are encouraged; we'd like to know what you think.
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Please come visit us in the Photography Group in between contest. Everyone is welcome to join in no matter their equipment or skill level. We enjoy sharing and learning from each other.
Note to Mods: Skinner has authorized this contest to run in GD.
Please vote, recommend and kick the threads so others can find them.
Voting ends at 8pm CDT on August 9
#1 Two tons of Water Per Second--Suirokaku Aqueduct of Kyoto, Japan (c.1889) by Celebration
#2 Armitage Bridge by Speck Tater
#3 Lets Ride by Johnny Noshoes
#4 Construction Crane Circa 1920 by Dyedinthewoolliberal
#5 Artist dream, engineers make it work by Alfredo
#6 Under the Golden Gate By Blue In AK
#7 San Francisco from under the Oakland Bay Bridge by Richard D.
#8 Harnessing Eolus by MZ. Pip
#9 Level 10 By Teamster 633
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| Two tons of Water Per Second--Suirokaku Aqueduct of Kyoto, Japan (c.1889) | |
8 (24%) |
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| Armitage Bridge | |
4 (12%) |
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| Lets Ride | |
2 (6%) |
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| Construction Crane Circa 1920 | |
2 (6%) |
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| Artist dream, engineers make it work | |
1 (3%) |
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| Under the Golden Gate | |
3 (9%) |
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| San Francisco from under the Oakland Bay Bridge | |
6 (18%) |
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| Harnessing Eolus | |
6 (18%) |
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| Level 10 | |
2 (6%) |
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It was a difficult choice, but I did finally settle on one...
In the early days of the Photo Group, we decided to have the images in the monthly polls be anonymous (somewhat - if anyone was really interested they could go to the PG and see who submitted what) because it was thought that people might rally around their favorite DUer/best DU buddy's photo, recruiting people to vote for their buddies. (BITD this was called "rallying the troops." Just wondering when that stopped.
Also, links to the other polls would have been nice in the OP. Is there a 3rd poll for this contest? If so, it's not on the Greatest Page, and GD can be a PITA to navigate. So links to other polls in this contest would have been great.
All bitchy enquiries aside, kudos to all the photographers. As always, you make it hard to choose just one shot! 
I'd forgotten that you can see who votes for what these days. I've not been as engaged in DU3 as I was in earlier versions and hardly even post any more so many of these types of subtleties are lost on me. Like Blue, I think all the polling should be secret. If full disclosure was such a great idea in a democracy, each individual's vote for president would be public knowledge. Hell, corporations have more privacy rights influencing real life elections than DUers have in any given poll! (Don't get me started!)
What a shame there were only 17 submissions. I used to live in the Photo Group but at some point it seemed to become less about DUers interested in sharing a hobby and more of a professional-quality quality. I hardly even visit any more, and when I do, I hardly recognize any of the names. I think part of my distancing myself from DU had to do with name change amnesty, too, since I could no longer identify many "old friends" once they'd changed their names so it made it less fun to play all around. 
The polling is a separate issue.
I, too, am wondering why our wonderful host put our names on our photos in the OP? I mean, I don't mind, I suppose. But people don't have to go to the trouble of to the photography group to attach names to photos. It is all laid out.....................That is a first as far as I know.
As far as the polling goes, I was adamently opposed to knowing who voted for who. At this point, I don't care, personally, but would prefer anonymous voting for those who care about it. But that doesn't have anything to do with our names being on the photos in the poll. Not sure if that was purposeful or what. I don't care, though 
since the votes were already transparent anyway.
I guess I don't really care either, but I personally kind of liked the mystery of the totally blind submissions. A little more work for the host, but more interesting and fun, in my opinion. I know Mira disagrees with me on this particular facet of the contests. 
#8 Harnessing Eolus by MZ. Pip Just love watching them....this really touched me. 
