The way contests in the distant past were set up, photos were posted anonymously as received or sometimes people would just post their pics in a thread, these were not anonymous but they sure did get a lot more entries that way because the thread got bumped each time there was a new entry posted. It really seemed to generate more interest and participation that way. I guess we don't do it that way anymore because some people are opposed to doing it that way now. It's kind of a shame if you ask me. I have been around here a long time. Even the humorous "hairy arm photos" contest got many more entries than this new way we are doing these contests.
I too completely forgot about this contest. I browse the New Threads daily, that's how I do my catching up with what is going on in the forum, and simply did not see any threads about it. If it was bumped I missed it. So I forgot.
I get that people are worried about plagiarism of their ideas if the photos are made public before end of contest, but TBH if I had the idea to photograph a corn in a heart shaped box and then photo # 2 of this thread appeared, I would willingly vote for that picture if it was better than mine. And I am sure it would be. Not trying to dredge the drama back up, just pointing out the old way really seemed to work much better.
