Weekend Modeling Photo Challenge "Vantage Point" Ends Monday November 9th.

Mark Watson Nov 7, 2009

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Choose your favorite photo(s).

Poll closed Nov 14, 2009.
  1. Stickboy - Fool on the hill?

    11 vote(s)
    28.9%
  2. COverton - Untitled

    11 vote(s)
    28.9%
  3. HemiAdda2d - The detoured Ford FAST

    3 vote(s)
    7.9%
  4. Mystere - The Apartment Layout

    4 vote(s)
    10.5%
  5. GrampysTrains - Hammer Creek area.

    16 vote(s)
    42.1%
  6. Tbone - Water Tower Vantage Point

    10 vote(s)
    26.3%
  7. tracymckibben - "Watch that first step, it's a doozy!"

    8 vote(s)
    21.1%
  8. r_i_straw - Untitled

    8 vote(s)
    21.1%
  9. Tomkat- Hawk Point Missouri

    7 vote(s)
    18.4%
  10. Flash Blackman - Layout Penisulas

    9 vote(s)
    23.7%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Mark Watson

    Mark Watson TrainBoard Member

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    [​IMG] Weekend Modeling Photo Challenge "Vantage Point" Ends Monday November 9th.

    Show us as much of the layout as possible!

    *Please read all rules as they may have changed from previous weeks*
    If you notice a typo, error, or confusing statement, please notify Mystere immediately for correction and clarification.

    Modeling Photo Challenge Topic: "Vantage Point"
    1. Challenges are open to everyone, have fun!!

    2. The entry deadline is 10pm Pacific Standard Time, Monday November 9th. Late entries will be accepted up until the official "Time's up!" post within the thread.

    3. For photos to be eligible they must be taken between Friday November 6th and Monday November 9th.
    Please use the challenge as a motive to take a new photographs!

    4. Any posts with images taken before the commencement of the challenge will not be included in the poll and may be moved to the cutting room floor thread.
    - Ensure dates and times on your camera are correct. -

    5. Only one image per participant so please choose the image carefully.

    6. Though realism is popular among voters, it is not required. Any image or snap shot related to the topic is acceptable!

    7. Though not required, commenting on other peoples pictures is encouraged.

    8. Please use the Cutting Room Floor thread for related but ineligible images.

    9. A cleaver and distinctive title for your image helps identify it among voters. [​IMG]
    On November 10th, all entries will be put up for a public vote, in which all members of Trainboard may vote for their favorite entry(s), regardless of whether you submitted an entry or not. Voting will last 4 days. You may vote for multiple entries. To do this, you must select all entries for which you wish to vote at once, and then click the submit button.
     
  2. Stickboy

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    Fool on the hill?:D


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    The first fifteen Z State cars from MTL. Not bought the proper loco yet, so a CP GP35 serves.

    Not been able to do much modelling recently because of home and work commitments, but I decided to use the comp to get some of my Z scale collection out for a few photos. I like to put at least one figure for scale on the layout when doing scenery, so the little guy on top of the hill has the "vantage point"!

    Photo was cropped in photoshop, and I tinted the background with a little blue.

    Thanks!

    Phil
     
  3. COverton

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    I took the instructions literally, and given my area, its orientation, and access, this is about as good as it's going to get.

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  4. HemiAdda2d

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    The detoured Ford FAST

    Train 179, with a spanking new Bicentennial SD45-2 leading a cut of hot auto parts, surprised the cameraman at Tunnel 18:

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  5. Mark Watson

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    The Apartment Layout

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    Vantage Point of my layout. On the far side you can see where the town is quickly popping up. The Mill is seen in the foreground, with Handover Freight Co. working some box cars on the far right. We have a small post office between Handover and Delphos Grocery and last but not least we have the passenger station letting off a new wave of residents. What will these new residents add to the town? [​IMG]
     
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  6. GrampysTrains

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    Hammer Creek area.

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  7. Tbone

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    Water Tower Vantage Point

    The guy on the water tower has an awesome vantage point of the N&E.

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  8. Tracy McKibben

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    These campers have a birds-eye view of the action as a pair of GP38's cross the river side-by-side. Watch that first step, it's a doozy!

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  9. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    A lot of cool shots of great places to watch trains from. Here is mine. A guy in a yellow shirt on the fire escape waving to the doodle bug train below.
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  10. Tomkat

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    Hawk Point Missouri

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  11. Mark Watson

    Mark Watson TrainBoard Member

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    Great stuff so far! Can we get a few more entries in before tonight? [​IMG]
     
  12. Flash Blackman

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    Layout Penisulas

    How did I miss this one. I had not considered such a view before.
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  13. Tracy McKibben

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    Ummmm, HOLY CRAP!!!! I have a new goal for after the kids move out...
     
  14. Mark Watson

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    Alright, polls up and ready for votes!

    I cant even begin to think about which of these great photos I'll select. So many interpretations of "Vantage Point", and each one perfectly presented accordingly. :thumbs_up:
     
  15. Tracy McKibben

    Tracy McKibben TrainBoard Member

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    Woohoo! I have two votes, and only one of them's mine!
     
  16. COverton

    COverton TrainBoard Supporter

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    Tracy, were you serious? Did you vote for yourself?
     
  17. Mark Watson

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    Remember, there is no restriction on voting. Multiple choices are allowed as well. Self voting, swing voting, voting for everyone, ect. is all part of the game. [​IMG]
     
  18. mikelhh

    mikelhh TrainBoard Member

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    Self-voting?? sheesh.
     
  19. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    If I could, I would vote for mine ten times, then I would quit, I promise. Honest Injun. [​IMG]
     
  20. COverton

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    Mark, yes, that is as it should be. It's just that if we all voted for ourselves, and we only had one vote, who would win the competition? Voting for ourselves merely inflates, potentially, everyone's apparent acclamation by one vote, and they are thus all neutral in value. This would be true only where everyone doesn't vote for their own image, of course...but if only one person does, it inflates that one aggregate score in a way that is non-standardized, and therefore contributes to a lack of validity and reliability in the statistical sense.

    For the aggragate scores for each image to have real, or veridical, value, no one should vote for their own contribution. It is otherwise (sorry to spell it out...) an illogical procedure.

    I know you see that...:tb-biggrin:
     

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