It's nearly impossible to find that wealth of info using the search function. You have to remember who posted it, or be able to word your query with the right words to even have it come up..... and then wade through all the non-relevant ones... if you're lucky you may find it. I agree Joe, you get used to it, but it doesn't make life easy. The issue of discussion on challenge images has always been a problem..... when it was run from the contest area, people would usually post a few variations of what they were working on here, and then upload their 1 best image to the Photo Challenge.... these images were then voted on and a Winner chosen. Very few participated because they were intimidated by the winner-loser aspect of it.... Indeed it took me a long time to work up the nerve to try and compete with the big boys of the forum, who disappeared long ago, unfortunately. But the point being there was a very clear line as to what an image was supposed to entail.... When I took over the thought to move it here, was an effort to take away the competitiveness and foster learning. The other thing is I was getting tired of people getting pissed at me, because their images weren't being allowed into the challenge. If it didn't fit the challenge I rejected it. Much like the mod before me did. You'd be surprised how many people will enter an image without reading what it's supposed be about. We wanted more participation, and it seemed to have worked, but the fact was that people still did not discuss (in any worthwhile sense) over the images being submitted. Misha and I were never able to come up with a suitable way to guide a discussion. And it seems most feel they are either unable or not qualified to critique the images being submitted. Either for fear of making someone upset or fear in the lack of their own abilities. I'm in agreeance with Tedz thoughts..... hit and run submissions.... I have not recognized many of the names submitting..... not that it really matters, but uhhh whatever. Much of what I've been seeing in some of these challenges, fails to impress. Yes, the no postwork one comes to mind.... The whole point of that one was to try your best in camera image.... I think most failed to get what it was about. Change the number to one-two images tops. It gets people thinking quality over quantity, and it takes some of the workload off your shoulders.... lowers the ratio of challenge to other posts.... Or just go back to the old way..... back to the contest area, with people posting images here prior to deciding on a final entry.... believe me I had considered doing this during my reign when things just got to be too much to handle.

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