2 more days to get your pics in for the competition (Just as well I took mine a few weeks ago while there was still some sun )

Did anyone enter this?
Did anyone win it??

I entered! I did not win. This guy from Oklahoma won:

Thanks @ajax87! Is this from Facebook?

missF wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:45 pm Thanks @ajax87! Is this from Facebook?

Yes indeed. The collage of all the entries they posted is pretty cool, but not high enough resolution to really make out much.

I don't think I could have matched that, even with some sun. Well done.

I couldn’t have matched that without getting wet. And in Scottish waters my arm would have been bluish...

Gotta be honest, I’m not too impressed with that winning photo.

Andrew you are being polite!

I drafted a post about Stevie Wonder being a judge and deleted it, as I couldn’t be bothered.

No pic should ever win a watch competition with hands pilled up on one part of the dial.

I can only assume that trident 300 sales need a boost…

Neil

Since I didn’t enter, I have no axe to grind.

I didn’t enter either as I was waiting for summer to arrive

Blimey, that was the winning entry?

Glad I didn't enter now as the effort would have gone to waste if a badly exposed and tiny shot of a watch was what the judges were looking for.

Those first entries that CW shared were impressive. At the time, I thought why bother if that’s any indication of the competition. Then, the winner is revealed & I wonder “really?” I guess that you never know.

Delmar

As I see it, a lot of the pictures taken featured a CW watch, with a summery, but somewhat out of focus background. Had I seen any sun in August I am sure mine would have been a similar idea.

So maybe CW were looking for something rather different, and maybe there weren't many entries featuring a CW in an action shot.

That picture must have needed both a model and a photographer, or maybe the camera was on a tripod, and able to capture a series of shots, and the photographer then picked one of the series.

I can see why the reaction might be a bit "meh", but it was actually quite a tricky brief for a single photo, I think. I would have preferred to see a larger watch, but it's hard to do large watch AND summer.

I like the super compressor picture that @rkovars took, as everything is in focus, but it doesn't scream summer so much. Is it a fishing rod in the background?

Difficult to achieve a crisp focus on the watch in the foreground & sharp background resolution at the same time. Generally it is a one or the other situation unless the background is close at hand. I had a beach picture taken on Kauai with my Sealander that would have been a good candidate. Didn’t use it because the scenic background was not In focus. My congratulations to the winning entry.

Delmar