MS Photo Tournament MATCHUPS ANNOUNCED

05/11/2006 11:20:37 PM · #327

Go Sandy!!!! Go Sandy!!!

but doesn't Go Rikki! Go Rikki! remind you of the cheers on the Ricki Lake Show? LOL!

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

05/12/2006 12:12:40 AM · #328

Tee hee. . .that's funny!!

I think I'll have to take a break from doing another tournament just right away after this one tho. I love shooting what inspires me, and I have to admit to a few stressful moments not having anything that I really thought worthy of submitting, but having to anyway.

But I'm glad I saw it all the way through.

Just 5 more days to go :)

taterbug

Nikon D300

05/12/2006 12:14:45 AM · #329

This has been a great competition, and for a good cause. To all the participants: You're all winners in my book :-)

...oh, and Go Rikki ;-)

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Pentax

05/12/2006 12:18:36 AM · #330

Originally posted by taterbug:

This has been a great competition, and for a good cause. To all the participants: You're all winners in my book :-)

...oh, and Go Rikki ;-)

hehehehe... thanks for the vote of confidence gene ;) too bad there weren't any side bets on the prediction leader board eh? my predictions got all messed up when No. 1 kiwiness got ousted early including Manny. Then came Nasti :(

Oh what a great game this is and what a great site we are ;) Woohoo!

Artyste

Sony Ericsson W810i

05/12/2006 01:10:01 AM · #331

Originally posted by Rikki:

Originally posted by taterbug:
This has been a great competition, and for a good cause. To all the participants: You're all winners in my book :-)

...oh, and Go Rikki ;-)

hehehehe... thanks for the vote of confidence gene ;) too bad there weren't any side bets on the prediction leader board eh? my predictions got all messed up when No. 1 kiwiness got ousted early including Manny. Then came Nasti :(

Oh what a great game this is and what a great site we are ;) Woohoo!

That's what caused my downfall in the predictions too.. yet I still managed a 5th place showing on the prediction leaderboard :)

Err.. until the latest update, where I dropped to 8th :)

Message edited by author 2006-05-12 01:10:35.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/12/2006 03:21:51 AM · #332

dang! i dropped to 10th :(

Artan

Canon Digital IXUS v3

05/12/2006 03:39:47 AM · #333

Originally posted by Rikki:

dang! i dropped to 10th :(

Well at least there is one thing that I am ahead of you in
(we have the same score but I did my predictions earlier so am above you..
wooo hooooooooo!!

05/12/2006 03:58:59 AM · #334

Originally posted by Artan:

Originally posted by Rikki:
dang! i dropped to 10th :(

Well at least there is one thing that I am ahead of you in
(we have the same score but I did my predictions earlier so am above you..
wooo hooooooooo!!

ya the upsets messed the whole prediction board for everyone except for gene ;)

05/12/2006 10:06:41 AM · #335

Yay for upsets :)

05/12/2006 10:55:29 AM · #336

yay indeed! BTW, you're 2nd seeded and I am 4th. Got a good score going? LOL!

:D

Message edited by author 2006-05-12 10:56:19.

05/12/2006 11:58:42 AM · #337

Now. . .how in the world were you a 4th seed??? How in the world was I a 2nd seed????

05/12/2006 12:12:49 PM · #338

Score ??? ummmmmm. .. .it's okay. I love my photo and think it's one of my best, so naturally, I don't think it's scoring as good as it should be scoring. . .but it is doing okay. But like I say. . .I'm staying grounded because I'm a realist too :)

05/12/2006 12:19:04 PM · #339

I think Terry bracketed us into four groups and we were seeded according to that group ;) Yeah, I think my image is great as well (as with most people). However, I did learn to just go with the flow as what inspires me might not inspire others ;) 4 more days and we're done ;) Kinda sad but it's a relief in some way. Then again I'm in the WPL so I still need to keep the photos coming and the shutter clicking for a while ;)

Cheers,

Rikki

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/12/2006 01:07:25 PM · #340

I think I will be more relieved than sad :) It's just that my philosophy about photography is that for it to touch people and be good, it has to have something of the photographer's passion and expression in it. If I have to enter a challenge that does nothing for me. . .then, it's going to be flat and boring (for me anyway). I did find that in a couple of my MS entries, and It was very hard for me to enter photos I wasnt all that happy with. . .on subjects that didn't inspire me in the least. Sooooooo, I'm going back to my hard and fast motto: shoot what you love and love what you shoot :) No more forced entries for me :)

scalvert

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

05/12/2006 01:24:28 PM · #341

Originally posted by SandyP:

No more forced entries for me :)

Mental note... tear up Sandy's Team 20D invitation...

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

05/12/2006 03:34:42 PM · #342

Originally posted by scalvert:

Mental note... tear up Sandy's Team 20D invitation...

now, look what I've gone and done. . .and I never get invitations :)

yanko

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

05/12/2006 04:11:20 PM · #343

I'm not sure how I'm 2nd on the prediction leaderboard when I only got one right in my Final Four prediction. Everyone else must have really sucked. :P

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

05/12/2006 04:23:30 PM · #344

why second? Cause you have me in there going to the finals dude ;) look at Bear's predictions and he's in third place ;)

tinky2

Nikon D7100

05/16/2006 10:13:02 AM · #345

Well, we are in the final hours of this. Go SandyP, Go Rikki! I can hardly wait for the outcome!

05/16/2006 09:20:55 PM · #346

almost done... at last ;) what a great effort everyone ;) thanks Terry for letting us share in the fun and helping out a great cause as well ;)

cheers,

rikki