Redfish wrote:Please don't make changes because of my whining. I am just Happy to be Here.
If you think about it we (FJR Riders) cover a LOT of ground and ride to a LOT of beautiful and awesome places. We love our bikes just as much as any other brand loyal group. FJRs are fairly expensive, they have beautiful lines, and they are photogenic. A rider with enough money to buy a bike like this might also have enough to invest in a decent camera.
What other group of motorcycle enthusiasts would have better pictures?
I am sooo ready to buy this calendar. Of course if MY pic is in it then it would be that much better...
It wasn't your whining (entirely) that had me change it. I just didn't expect this kind of response so quickly and this is the first time I've done it with a forum poll. You may be right about being more photogenic, along with owners that may have better photography capabilities and travel opportunities.
Now what I did in the past was hosted these on another site I created. Each user went through and rated each picture on a 1-5 star scale. Then through some highly sophisticated algorithms linked to NASA supercomputers, sprinkled with fairy dust and liquid cooled through unicorn tears, it ranked the pictures. The first year I did it, I only allowed 1 picture per user. The following years, I allowed up to 5 per user but only the top picture from each user got in. But we lost interest and I had a hard time getting pictures. It wasn't worth the effort.
But if the response for this site will be like this, I'd do the ratings site again if that's what you wanted. This year was a bit short notice to do that.
Old contest was here for anyone that wants to take a look.
http://searles.no-ip.org/nhfcalendarcontest/