LPS#3 Drawing to a close

Shay Stephens

The closing time for LPS#3 is Monday, April 16th 00:01 (12:01am), NYC time (GMT -5)

Yes it's true, all good things must end, and the third round is no exception. Just one more weekend left, scant more than two days.

If you have not done so yet, please review your photos title to see if you would like to update it to not include the theme words "Irregular" or "Picturesque" anywhere in your title. You will no doubt be doing yourself a favor

Nikolai

62 entries? Not even close to LPS#2
Loss of interest? Last second entries?
Come on, guys and gals, shoot your heart out!
Only 30 slots left for the May semifinal... Take them while you still can!

Dee

Last minute entries
There always seems to be a bunch of last minute entries!

Nikolai

Dee wrote:

There always seems to be a bunch of last minute entries!

True, true...
I think this modus operandi will become esp. popular when the open themed challenges (e.g. semifinals) begin...

indiegirl

Can I just say how fun this has been and how excited I am to keep participating? Wait, I just did!

Thanks for the inspiration, everyone.

lynnesite

Nikolai wrote:

True, true...
I think this modus operandi will become esp. popular when the open themed challenges (e.g. semifinals) begin...

I think it will be the other way around in the semis, since there's less worry about someone riffing on your theme interpretation and possibly doing it better or making it seem less original.

Nikolai

lynnesite wrote:

I think it will be the other way around in the semis, since there's less worry about someone riffing on your theme interpretation and possibly doing it better or making it seem less original.

While this reasoning is perfectly correct, it's not the one I was thinking about.
Open themed contest is based upon one primary idea: deliver the best image.
Post image early - and you give your rivals a solid bar they will make sure to beat, especially now that they are not limited by any other rules or even themes.

In any case, I guess we'll see how it goes. One thing for sure - it's gonna be plenty interesting....

thebigsky

There's something to be said for leaving your entry till the last minute, I wish I could replace mine now but I jumped in too early.

Charlie

Shay Stephens

thebigsky wrote:

There's something to be said for leaving your entry till the last minute, I wish I could replace mine now but I jumped in too early.

Charlie

You can replace it, you still have time.

Tessa HD

normally,
I'm kind of a procrastinator, but this time I planned. I had to - I work at a CPA firm and right now we're working 14-15 hour days. The only thing I could submit last minute would be a picture of a 1040. Though some are definitely 'irregular', that would be breaching confidentiality. hehe

I'm just hoping I have time to check the results next week.

Tessa

DoctorIt

thebigsky wrote:

There's something to be said for leaving your entry till the last minute, I wish I could replace mine now but I jumped in too early.

Charlie

Pssssst, read more carefully...
straight from the rules:

LPS law of the land wrote:

You may enter a photo into the contest thread at any time during the contest period, and you can also change that submission at anytime during the contest period, by editing your post. The order of entries in the contest gallery has no bearing on the selection of the finalists.

Nikolai

I'm still at 9
Slightly different 9 than I had before, yet still...
Who's gonna fill that last slot?
Two days left...

intentional_noise

Well I am out this time round, not that I was even in it first time round Today, was the first time I had some decent material. Too blurred in one for comp level, even though I like the effect - silly tree wasn't enough to the left in the other and no way was that medieval guy gonna move that tree for me

Never mind! always good inspiration for the period, whether you float it or sink :ivar

Robert

Nikolai wrote:

While this reasoning is perfectly correct, it's not the one I was thinking about.
Open themed contest is based upon one primary idea: deliver the best image.
Post image early - and you give your rivals a solid bar they will make sure to beat, especially now that they are not limited by any other rules or even themes.

In any case, I guess we'll see how it goes. One thing for sure - it's gonna be plenty interesting....

In my case it wouldn’t be planning a late entry, I’ll be just happy to get one in on time.

thebigsky

Whoops, thanks for pointing that out guys, I seem to have a blind spot for rules and manuals, one day I really should get around to reading them properly.

Now I'm in a quandry about which image to replace my entry with.

Charlie