Your Mission 112: Architectural abstracts

[Paul Grogan]

Hi all - to clarify, there's no limit to the number of images you can enter, though it probably pays to be a bit selective.

In terms of timing, we don't insist that the image is taken between the day the magazine goes on sale and the deadline, as in many cases, the challenge is time or season-senstive, and overseas readers - who make up a high percentage of Digital Camera's readers - don't have the same seasons and/or calendar of events as we have in the UK (the Air Shows mission, which will be published in our upcoming issue, is a good example of this).

There's also an issue of policing it: in theory, we could check the exif data for every entry to check when they were taken, but with hundreds of images to judge every month, this would be very time-consuming, and in many cases the data may not even be available, so there'd be no way of checking. In an ideal world, it would be great if it was treated as a 'Mission' in the literal sense, but we realise that this isn't always feasible (it might, for example, be pouring with rain on the day of an air show, for example).

I hope that helps clear things up, but I'd welcome any thoughts or comments.

Thanks,

Paul
Deputy Editor
Digital Camera

[Cutter]

Originally Posted by Paul Grogan

Hi all - to clarify, there's no limit to the number of images you can enter, though it probably pays to be a bit selective.

In terms of timing, we don't insist that the image is taken between the day the magazine goes on sale and the deadline, as in many cases, the challenge is time or season-senstive, and overseas readers - who make up a high percentage of Digital Camera's readers - don't have the same seasons and/or calendar of events as we have in the UK (the Air Shows mission, which will be published in our upcoming issue, is a good example of this).

There's also an issue of policing it: in theory, we could check the exif data for every entry to check when they were taken, but with hundreds of images to judge every month, this would be very time-consuming, and in many cases the data may not even be available, so there'd be no way of checking. In an ideal world, it would be great if it was treated as a 'Mission' in the literal sense, but we realise that this isn't always feasible (it might, for example, be pouring with rain on the day of an air show, for example).

I hope that helps clear things up, but I'd welcome any thoughts or comments.

Thanks,

Paul
Deputy Editor
Digital Camera

Hi Paul thanks for your response, indeed the issues raised are based on sound reasoning and i understand what you are saying, However Mission of the Month!!!! you have to be joking, I think a more apt title would be apropriate, Like Themed Photo of the month

[F11]

I think cutter has a valid point but then on the other hand I can see that if you had a great image that fitted that theme you would be a bit gutted if you couldn't showcase it because of the date it was taken. As Paul said, it would be virtually impossible to police in any event and perhaps the title should be revisited to avoid any misunderstanding. PS. Love Digital Camera magazine as well as Photoplus.

[Cutter]

Originally Posted by F11

I think cutter has a valid point but then on the other hand I can see that if you had a great image that fitted that theme you would be a bit gutted if you couldn't showcase it because of the date it was taken. As Paul said, it would be virtually impossible to police in any event and perhaps the title should be revisited to avoid any misunderstanding. PS. Love Digital Camera magazine as well as Photoplus.

Thanks F11
I too agree with all that Paul has said, but come on: I quote:
Take our LATEST photo challenge, followed by This MONTHS mission

Im my mind this is not concise and I consider it ambiguous as this leads people to believe the photo should be taken within this month, not an image taken maybe years ago.
If there are no date issues as to when the photo was taken then please make this more apparent in the rules so we all have an equal chance.

[Cutter]

Originally Posted by Marcus Hawkins

I'll highlight this to Digital Camera for a reponse, Mark...

thanks.

Mark