Calendar 2014 picture selection, VOTE HERE!!! (until 15th of September) Options

[malpaso]

It is here. The voting. I do not want to make the same mistake as last year so will making voting public. I wanted from everyone who wanted to vote to pick 12 pictures from the list. Not less. Not more. Sadly there were people voting just for one or two cars and ignored effort of others. I know it is not easy to pick 12 (so in fact eliminate 8 nice pictures from 20). So I made decision to give chance to two groups of people.

a) I picked my favorite 12 pictures (you can find them on the bottom of this post). If you like my selection OR you just want your calendar (no matter what car is used) vote for DEFAULT. Default vote gives one vote to each car in "default selection".

b) YOU want to pick your own 12 favorite pictures. Vote for OWN SELECTION and post your 12 favorite nick names in this topic (just writing 12 nick names is fine). Own selection vote gives also one vote to each car in your selection.

- Voting ends on 15th of September 2013 (so in two weeks)
- All votes for all entries will be counted together the winner list will be created.

NOTE: after I saw whole group of pictures I just can not help my self but see as bit better calendar cover picture from IfWeChoose not the originally mentioned one from Tigawoods.

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So you can mention this in your own selection posts as well (keep cover original OR nominate new one)

This way everyone can check results, everyone can see progress of voting. Below you can see all 20 pictures I received in high resolution = below are all only valid subscribers for voting:

1) Timmyface

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2) Tigawoods

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3) Nial

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4) marcov

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5) JoshuaM

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6) czwalga

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7) malpaso

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8) rentaspace

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9) cheela

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10) IfWeChoose

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11) Rusty

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12) RoyO

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13) HistoriCo

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14) drumbum

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15) UndaGrwnD

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16) BlackWidow

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17) chromed

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18) williamw1987

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19) Ehrgeiz

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20) PegGTS

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DEFAULT SELECTION (WITH NEW CALENDAR COVER)

IfWeChoose - the cover

Timmyface
Tigawoods
marcov
RoyO
malpaso
cheela
Rusty
HistoriCo
drumbum
UndaGrwnD
chromed
Ehrgeiz



This post has been edited by malpaso: Sep 2, 2013 - 4:59 AM

[JoshuaM]

Looks very good, but my selection for my photo was;

[malpaso]

Looks very good, but my selection for my photo was;

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My bad. It was not clear for me. Sorry for that mistake. I will correct it. Than means I also need to change that default. This picture (even great) is in my personal scale lower than other submitted. Thanks for letting me know soon enough.

NOW UPDATED!

This post has been edited by malpaso: Sep 2, 2013 - 5:01 AM

[Chromed]

I choose default selection with cover by Tigawoods

[Ehrgeiz]

I choose default selection with cover by Tigawoods

Me too. Somehow the Tigawoods cover looks so professional.

[Tigawoods]

I outsource all my work to china now


Since I am biased. The cover choice it up to everyone else

[JoshuaM]

Looks very good, but my selection for my photo was;

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My bad. It was not clear for me. Sorry for that mistake. I will correct it. Than means I also need to change that default. This picture (even great) is in my personal scale lower than other submitted. Thanks for letting me know soon enough.

NOW UPDATED!

Well do whatever you think, if you prefer the original you can use that - I supplied the full resolution shots of both.

[JoshuaM]

BTW Malpaso, it has been decided already to use the single A4 calendar design, right?

If so, I think it would be really good to see how the images will look with the generic calendar overlay on them as some images suit this much more than others when selecting the final design.

[JoshuaM]

My selection as it stands would be for the default selection with the original Tigawoods cover, and the following change;

replacing

[malpaso]

I outsource all my work to china now

Since I am biased. The cover choice it up to everyone else

China? India! Mate, your job is great and much MUCH more professional than my ever can be. I'm just silly enthusiast. You has gift obvious for a first sight. As you can see comments (people want your cover) not my idiotic ideas with the change .

BTW Malpaso, it has been decided already to use the single A4 calendar design, right?

If so, I think it would be really good to see how the images will look with the generic calendar overlay on them as some images suit this much more than others when selecting the final design.

In terms of picture change I just followed your request and since there were no votes I did that change with no more asking. Now I can not do any more changes. Other people already voted.

There are 8 damn nice pictures that must be removed to have 12 calendar pictures and it is really not easy choice to do that. At least for me. I simply hate this part. I would like to use all just to show respect to everyone who wanted to participate. "Default" selection is my personal preference. There is hundreds of people than can share with own - way different from my one - selection. About your pictures I already wrote in my post I put higher (in my personal scale) original piece you had between submitted. The same way I liked more "crow picture" of Cheela's Celica or previous submission from Ehrgeiz (front shot) because after his change there are 3 white Celicas from the rear and I wanted to pick just one (in matter of fact I picked again his because I liked it the most from those three submitted)...

In terms of calendar layout I remember last year it was 50:50. So some wanted A4 and some A3 design. I like more A4 design but in terms of effort A3 is better. Discussion about this can start in separate topic please. Overall inputs from me:

- A4 design means picture with small calendar grid in it. Where depends on picture (where it fits) and how good/not good looking it should be is the question. Can not say till I see 12 winners.
- A3 design means picture on one page and just grid on the second. No issues with anything. All picture layouts will work (just fit it nicely to A4 page and done)... I have not much time now so it can save me some effort like this = I support simple A3 design after all.

[JoshuaM]

In terms of picture change I just followed your request and since there were no votes I did that change with no more asking. Now I can not do any more changes. Other people already voted.

There are 8 damn nice pictures that must be removed to have 12 calendar pictures and it is really not easy choice to do that. At least for me. I simply hate this part. I would like to use all just to show respect to everyone who wanted to participate. "Default" selection is my personal preference. There is hundreds of people than can share with own - way different from my one - selection. About your pictures I already wrote in my post I put higher (in my personal scale) original piece you had between submitted. The same way I liked more "crow picture" of Cheela's Celica or previous submission from Ehrgeiz (front shot) because after his change there are 3 white Celicas from the rear and I wanted to pick just one (in matter of fact I picked again his because I liked it the most from those three submitted)...

In terms of calendar layout I remember last year it was 50:50. So some wanted A4 and some A3 design. I like more A4 design but in terms of effort A3 is better. Discussion about this can start in separate topic please. Overall inputs from me:

- A4 design means picture with small calendar grid in it. Where depends on picture (where it fits) and how good/not good looking it should be is the question. Can not say till I see 12 winners.
- A3 design means picture on one page and just grid on the second. No issues with anything. All picture layouts will work (just fit it nicely to A4 page and done)... I have not much time now so it can save me some effort like this = I support simple A3 design after all.

Oh okay, I was simply referencing your ideas posted on the first couple of pages of the submit your pictures thread, which is why I designed a shot with so much space available at the top of the image I actually prefer the A3 layout myself.

At the end of the day there is only one truly fair and unbiased way of voting and that is to make everybody publicly pick 12 numbers out of the 20 - private voting doesn't work as we found out last year, and even the pre-defined selection is (as you said) your preference but people are lazy and just like those 'Like for X Comment for Y' Facebook memes, everybody knows that the likes will always win. This would also discourage people who had no intent of buying the calendars from voting, as it is public and would require some thought and a couple of minutes of their time.

[snagmor]

Default selection is great, would change cover to original by tiga, much more professional imo. That thing looks like a calendar you'd find in the mall!

[Timmyface]

Default selection.
Tigawoods cover.
Replace UndaGrwnD with JoshuaM. Based on the fact in previous years, with your printer, dark images have not turned out the best, and his image will be a near full black splodgy page. Maybe a little adjustments to JoshuaM's and it will slot in perfect.

[rentaspace]

Default selection.
Tigawoods cover.
Replace UndaGrwnD with JoshuaM. Based on the fact in previous years, with your printer, dark images have not turned out the best, and his image will be a near full black splodgy page. Maybe a little adjustments to JoshuaM's and it will slot in perfect.

I would agree with this, as much as I want my own photo in there, if the printer can't get the darks out good, then I wouldn't vote for mine..

[Timmyface]

And if my image doesn't suit the new layout, feel free to change it to the white wheels. I'm sure no one would disapprove of either image. Whatever fits best.

But take a look at older calendars you done with dark images, and reconsider JoshuaM's photo. There's 2 dark ones in there atm.

[UndaGrwnD]

Default selection.
Tigawoods cover.
Replace UndaGrwnD with JoshuaM. Based on the fact in previous years, with your printer, dark images have not turned out the best, and his image will be a near full black splodgy page. Maybe a little adjustments to JoshuaM's and it will slot in perfect.

[rentaspace]

Default selection.
Tigawoods cover.
Replace UndaGrwnD with JoshuaM. Based on the fact in previous years, with your printer, dark images have not turned out the best, and his image will be a near full black splodgy page. Maybe a little adjustments to JoshuaM's and it will slot in perfect.

DW man, your shot is great, we are just worried with the printer from the previous year

[cheela]

I chose default selection with Tigawoods for the cover.

[drumbum]

I chose the default selection: Tigawoods as the cover

[PegGTS]

I vote for default selection but if the darks won't come out very well then maybe UndaGrwnD, rentaspace and maybe marcov might need different pictures? Just a thought