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06/20/2005 10:28:54 AM · #26
I'll let you know...!

Steve
06/20/2005 10:33:19 AM · #27
36th entry -> red
37th entry -> blue
yes a very good week it was :)

Message edited by author 2005-06-20 10:36:43.
06/20/2005 10:40:49 AM · #28
One year and almost 4 months....
Oh! And three cameras....
06/20/2005 10:42:20 AM · #29
76 challenges, two years, and no ribbon... twice in the top ten, but no ribboned
06/20/2005 10:45:15 AM · #30
For freaking ever. In my first 31 entries I only had three top 10 finishes (none of them in the top 5), and I almost gave up at one point. Then I got my act together and landed a red on my 32nd try. By my 39th entry I had four ribbons and a fourth place, and nabbed a blue on my 48th entry. I've managed a 22% ribbon rate since my first one, with 47% of my entries on the top 10 (woohoo!), but I've become less consistent lately as I try some new directions.

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06/20/2005 10:48:49 AM · #31
1 year and a half and 29 challeges.
59 challenges 2 yellows and 5 top 10 (one top 5 amongst them)
06/20/2005 11:07:08 AM · #32
Took me roughly 6 months from joining to get my first one. It was my 23rd challenge. Took another 7 months to get the second one and a little over 2 months to get my third.
06/20/2005 11:17:28 AM · #33
What makes me more happy is that I have 2 out of 5 ribbons won with Canon A70 and 3 pics in top 10 with the same camera.
How I wish a dSLR!
06/20/2005 11:23:28 AM · #34
1st entry, 04/02/2004, 206/283
7th entry, 05/16/2004, 1/256

Guess that makes about 34 days.
06/20/2005 11:24:55 AM · #35
4 for red
9 yellow
10 for blue

Since i have lost all inspiration and now I use the temr foto-dip to describe my situation

06/20/2005 11:26:10 AM · #36
1st Entry, Mar 7, 2004, 125 out of 183

82nd Entry, Apr 15, 2005, 1 out of 135

So a year and a month. Wow, I suck! :)

Lee
06/20/2005 11:28:24 AM · #37
Mine was a first entry......


I've spent two years trying to do it again!
06/20/2005 11:45:52 AM · #38

A yellow - and was my 81st entry to a challenge.
06/20/2005 11:50:18 AM · #39
Never won, closest was 144th...lol..but I just joined.

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06/20/2005 11:52:23 AM · #40
Always the bridesmaid never the ......
06/20/2005 11:53:14 AM · #41
I have been in top 50 twice since joining in January...but it has led to purchase of two more cameras and tons of experience. Everyone seems to think that there's a certain type of shot that does well here; evidently, I can't do it!

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06/20/2005 11:59:50 AM · #42
I just noticed that I got the Blue for using thislens.

I'll take what I can get.

My main focus is to shoot consistently well and to improve, which I have. A ribbon would be great but I feel that I'm lacking in that little extra(je ne sais quoi)....skill or creative edge to get there.

Seems like my best efforts are only a cut above 6's. Hopefully the sun will hit the moon and I'll nail something explosive.

Message edited by author 2005-06-20 12:02:28.
06/20/2005 12:36:38 PM · #43
My 56th challenge entry finally netted a ribbon, I just entered my 99th challenge and haven't had another ribbon as of yet, but my overall score is going up. I've had 29 entries in the top 50, and a couple in the top 10. Ironically my best scoring and highest placing shots were taken with my non-DSLR camera, go figure. Good luck to all the ribbon hunters, hope you bag one soon!
06/20/2005 12:46:45 PM · #44
5th challenge for a 7th place!
11th challenge for a 9th!
16th challenge for a 5th!
29th challenge for another 7th!
42nd challenge for a 4th! (Uggghhhh nothing worse than 4th place :-P)
66th challenge for a 10th! (Don't think I'm ever gonna make it...)
78 challenges for a red! (With THIS picture? :-O )
06/20/2005 12:47:51 PM · #45
My 18th and 19th challenges netted me ribbons.. at just under 2 months, and just *at* 2 months after I started participating respectively.

Since then.. I've only been in the Top 10 once.. and in the Top 20 two or three times.. but mostly I just language down in 4.3 - 5.3 land.. as I have this insatiable urge to submit artsy-fartsy crap that nobody wants to "get" :)

(or humor.. but not so much these days).

So yah.. two ribbons by 19 challenges, and nowhere *near* in 40 challenges since then

Also.. my highest scoring images are the ones that haven't come close to ribboning.. (9th, 11th place)

Message edited by author 2005-06-20 12:59:32.
06/20/2005 12:52:10 PM · #46
Well I'm always happy if I make the top 50...still no ribbon yet. Maybe I'll get closer to it with this metal challenge. I have an incredible shot and am hoping to at least make the top 10!! Good luck to me...

06/20/2005 12:53:41 PM · #47
23 challenges for red
and a wopping 68 challenges for my first blue.

I'm a slow learner. :-)
06/20/2005 12:59:27 PM · #48
Took me a year to get my 1st ribbon. I have 3. Seems like I get one a year.
06/20/2005 01:03:44 PM · #49
Not being your typical orthodox photographer I travel not a linear line. It took me one month and 5 days to see my first blue ribbon. As you all know these little feather in the caps are more illusive than you think.

However, I have enjoyed the images displayed in this site. I go through every image and I am constantly surprised by the high caliber of talent that is so abundant. What a place!
06/20/2005 01:05:39 PM · #50
Yellow'ed on 16th challenge.
Then I had a lucky streak with red on 18th and yellow on 21st challenge. I've already peaked, I doubt I'll ribbon again :)
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