Thyrsis Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Does anyone have an up to date list of subjects used for this challenge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Yes, Wim has posted them at the end of the September Winner thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Myford Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 (edited) I'll re-post it here for convenience as the thread title matches: 2020 December - Repetition November - Photographers October - Orange September - Broken August - Homegrown or Home brewed July - Fire, Water, Earth and Air June - Green May - Signs April - Social Gathering March - Fog and Mist February - Sustainability January - Irony 2019 December - Holiday Spirit November - Empty October - Attention to the Reflection (Urban) September - Faces August - Climate July - Children in Action June - Remembrance, Honouring, Celebrating May - The Thrill and Joy of Sport April - Women's Role in Todays Society March - Eating February - What is Love? January - Happy New! 2018 December - Converging Lines November - The City October - You Wear It Well September - Think Local August - NEWS July - FUN June - National parks scenery (pure nature) May - Twilight April - In or On the Water March - Without leaving the house (or garden) February - Winter Activities January - Music 2017 December - Taste November - Iconic October - Failure September - Critters August - On The Beach July - Street Art June - Festivals May - Transport April - Proverbs and sayings March - Urban Wildlife February - Urban Landscape January - Friendship and Friends 2016 December - Behind November - Trees October - River September - Our Native Land August - Digital Manipulation July - Pedal Power June - Help May - Worm's eye view April - City March - Joy of Travel February - The Blue Hour January - Silhouettes and Shadows 2015 December - Motion November - Solitary October - The Decisive Moment September - Concept August - Travel Magazine cover July - Skyline June - Environmentally Friendly May - Communication April - Little March - The Good Life February - I don't know why I like it.. January - Informal Portrait of a Stranger 2014 December - Festivities November - Autumn Colour (Color) October - Shoot Local September - Music August - Bridges July - My Favourite Place June - Perspective May - Rules April - Abstract/Minimalism March - Health February - The Unusual / The Weird / The Lucky Shot January - Sunset 2013 December - Peace November - Cold October - Harmony September - Triumphant August - Taking it easy July - Heat June - Night May - Excess April - In the Air Edited December 15, 2020 by DJ Myford 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thyrsis Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 That's great thanks Wim, and David. I was going to go back and find them all until I realised there were about 80 of them!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 19 hours ago, Thyrsis said: That's great thanks Wim, and David. I was going to go back and find them all until I realised there were about 80 of them!! Thank you! You're welcome. I didn't do them in one go. Just updated them when I had to set a challenge myself. Somehow missing from that list are the only ones from the old forum I could find: Old forum: A Magical Moment Alone Forgotten There must have been more. If anyone remembers one or is able to find some more, please post them here. Maybe a nice project for a long cold wet winter's night? Trawling through the wayback machine? 😉 wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) Anyone else a bit terrified that the challenge has been going for more than 6 years? If you had asked me I would have said 3, maybe 4. In the same way that I was horrified to realise that Janet Jackson's bare breast "controversy" at the Superbowl was over 15 years ago. Gulp! Edited October 11, 2019 by Colin Woods 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 1 minute ago, Colin Woods said: Anyone else a bit terrified that the challenge has been going for more than 6 years? If you had asked me I would have said 3, maybe 4. In the same way that I was horrified to realise that Janet Jackson's bare breast "controversy" at the Superbowl was over 15 years ago. Gulp! You have kids, right? 😂 wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Yes, except I don't think of them as kids, I think of them as subjects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Just now, Colin Woods said: Yes, except I don't think of them as kids, I think of them as subjects. Haha! OK just to check if my idea of going to the Wayback machine would work: December/January challenge: TOGETHERNESS That's 2012-2013! wim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 The link to the old forum on the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20170915000000*/alamy.com/forums wim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 1 hour ago, wiskerke said: You have kids, right? 😂 wim Kids and grandkids seem to grow up without you realising how time is passing. That is until someone says, "Last time I saw him/her he/she was knee high to a grasshopper." Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) Because it is raining here (with a balmy 15C) and the Wayback Machine (well anything) is a tempting diversion of book keeping, here's some more. So we ended the list with 2013 April - In the Air - Which was the first on the New Forum but had started on the Old Forum. - Because the All new Alamy Forum was announced on the old forum by Alamy on April 22. Further on the Old forum: March - Minimalism February - Forgotten January - Alone 2012 December - Togetherness November - A Magical Moment October - Autumn - which was probably the first: Because there is this thread started by Arterra Monthly challenges - This is NOT a camera club! with a last post by Munty on Monday, October 08, 2012 4:21 PM. The rest was not archived, so that's all we know can find online. And there are no previous posts with the word Challenge or otherwise hinting at something like that. Does anybody remember who won those first two? November - A Magical Moment October - Autumn With what images? Why could the winner of November not been found in December? Or was it just not in time, which happens sometimes and has happened recently. And with what images did reeray and dustydingo win those December - Togetherness and January - Alone challenges? February - Forgotten - was won by Baarney with CWH6C5, March - Minimalism - by Stu with CYK71X. The section of the old forum Let's talk about pics (where the Challenges have been taken place) had been started with this announcement by Alamy on Tuesday, August 28, 2012: You will notice that we have changed the Alamy Forum so it is now has three categories; 1. "Alamy Quality control and technical queries" -this will be devoted to understanding QC, reasons for failure, allowing failed images to be posted up so an independent view can be given. Plus this topic will be for questions related to photography, cameras and software inc Photoshop and scanning etc. 2. "Ask the Forum" - anyone with a question related to Alamy or the Stock Industry can ask it here and hopefully get an answer from a well informed fellow photographer. 3. "Let's talk about pics" - Purely to talk about and share images, portfolio critique, inspire and general positivity. wim Edited October 11, 2019 by wiskerke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 1 hour ago, wiskerke said: November - A Magical Moment Was it Tim Gainey? This is a random far-off memory which could well be 100% dead wrong. No memory of which image though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 26 Jan 2013 - I was close. Tim Gainey set the theme " A Magical Moment" so he won Autumn. The winner of Magical Moment was Pretty Pictures with an unknown image as the photo does not appear and there is no reference in the description. Maybe it was not an Alamy image. So someone can now explain to me how I can remember that but not my mum's birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Colin Woods said: 26 Jan 2013 - I was close. Tim Gainey set the theme " A Magical Moment" so he won Autumn. The winner of Magical Moment was Pretty Pictures with an unknown image as the photo does not appear and there is no reference in the description. Maybe it was not an Alamy image. So someone can now explain to me how I can remember that but not my mum's birthday. Well spotted! As for mum's birthday, that's a tough one. Has she ever forgotten yours? Probably not. Women seldom forget such important things as birthdays. Men otoh never know what day it is or when their friends (male) have their birthdays. Or so the internet says. One of the links when I asked googled this problem was called Joyriding In Autismland. Go figure. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Which brings us to a list of winners so far. Please check your name/nick/pseudo to see if it's correct. Colin Woods 8 Arterra, Philippe 5 Michael Ventura 5 Wiskerke 5 Doc Kumar 4 NYCat 4 Olivier Parent 4 Russell Watkins 4 Alan Beastall 2 AVPics 2 Bryan 2 Julie Edwards 2 Kumar 2 MariaJ 2 Shpg 2 Steve Hyde 2 Ace 1 Andy Melbourne 1 Baarney 1 Chris E 1 David Davies 1 dustydingo 1 Ed Endicott 1 fotoDogue 1 Graham Morely 1 gvallee 1 imageplotter 1 John Mitchell 1 kmerr 1 LSP 1 Lynne 1 Malcolm Park 1 MDM 1 Mickfly 1 Ognyan Yosifov 1 Pazmander 1 Phil Crean 1 Pretty Pictures 1 RedSnapper 1 reeray 1 Regis 1 Sheila Smart 1 Simon Evans 1 Sprocket 1 Stu 1 TeeCee 1 Tim Gainey 1 Tom Travis 1 wim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ognyan Yosifov Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Nicely done, Wim! It's quite historic ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 12 hours ago, wiskerke said: Which brings us to a list of winners so far. Please check your name/nick/pseudo to see if it's correct. Colin Woods 8 Arterra, Philippe 5 Michael Ventura 5 Wiskerke 5 Doc Kumar 4 NYCat 4 Olivier Parent 4 Russell Watkins 4 Alan Beastall 2 AVPics 2 Bryan 2 Julie Edwards 2 Kumar 2 MariaJ 2 Shpg 2 Steve Hyde 2 Ace 1 Andy Melbourne 1 Baarney 1 Chris E 1 David Davies 1 dustydingo 1 Ed Endicott 1 fotoDogue 1 Graham Morely 1 gvallee 1 imageplotter 1 John Mitchell 1 kmerr 1 LSP 1 Lynne 1 Malcolm Park 1 MDM 1 Mickfly 1 Ognyan Yosifov 1 Pazmander 1 Phil Crean 1 Pretty Pictures 1 RedSnapper 1 reeray 1 Regis 1 Sheila Smart 1 Simon Evans 1 Sprocket 1 Stu 1 TeeCee 1 Tim Gainey 1 Tom Travis 1 wim Rest of the field 0 Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VbFolly Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Just noticed Kumar (aka Doc Kumar) is on the list twice - maybe he's won 6 times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 4 hours ago, VbFolly said: Just noticed Kumar (aka Doc Kumar) is on the list twice - maybe he's won 6 times? They are 2 different Kumars: Kumar Sriskandan - https://discussion.alamy.com/profile/221-doc/ P Kumar - https://discussion.alamy.com/profile/3144-kumar/ I hope my attribution of the wins were to the right one though. OK let's check that: 2018 October - You Wear It Well - Doc Kumar- C1A3X0 2017 January - Friendship and Friends - Kumar - DCE46T August - Digital Manipulation - Kumar - AGNMC6 2015 August - Travel Magazine - cover - Doc Kumar - EHA78Y April - Little - Bryan - CTYX0F - Doc Kumar - S05W69 (tie) 2014 February - The Unusual / The Weird / The Lucky Shot - Doc Kumar - AW4G2R Phew! wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 I must say I am very proud to be among such amazing photographers. I was pretty unsure of myself at first and when I made the final 8 a couple of times I gained confidence. I learned a lot when I was picking the final 8 for the challenges I did. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VbFolly Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 1 hour ago, wiskerke said: They are 2 different Kumars: Kumar Sriskandan - https://discussion.alamy.com/profile/221-doc/ P Kumar - https://discussion.alamy.com/profile/3144-kumar/ I hope my attribution of the wins were to the right one though. OK let's check that: 2018 October - You Wear It Well - Doc Kumar- C1A3X0 2017 January - Friendship and Friends - Kumar - DCE46T August - Digital Manipulation - Kumar - AGNMC6 2015 August - Travel Magazine - cover - Doc Kumar - EHA78Y April - Little - Bryan - CTYX0F - Doc Kumar - S05W69 (tie) 2014 February - The Unusual / The Weird / The Lucky Shot - Doc Kumar - AW4G2R Phew! wim Ah, that makes sense now. Thanks, Wim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 On 11/10/2019 at 19:00, Colin Woods said: The winner of Magical Moment was Pretty Pictures with an unknown image as the photo does not appear and there is no reference in the description. Yes, and Pretty Pictures didn't show up to set a theme so I actually set the theme of Togetherness for the next one as my pic came second. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Bother! Only just come across this thread for the first time. After much deliberation, I'd just decided that the theme for May 2020 should be 'Communication', when I did a search of the forum just to check if it had been set previously - and there it is back in May 2015. Now I've got to start all over! 😠😉😂😭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 hour ago, losdemas said: Bother! Only just come across this thread for the first time. After much deliberation, I'd just decided that the theme for May 2020 should be 'Communication', when I did a search of the forum just to check if it had been set previously - and there it is back in May 2015. Now I've got to start all over! 😠😉😂😭 Think of the difficulty in finding a new subject in another eight years. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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