Here are my thoughts Iain.
Keep up the good work and to coin a phrase I read on Linkedin recently 'If they do not know you personally, don't take any comments personally'.
The screenshot contest is a great idea and enables a wide variety of good quality contributions from different members.
I have a suggestion to make for future Orbx screenshot competitions. Not sure at this stage how feasible this is, however it might be worth a trial period.
- Members submit their monthly entries anonymously for scoring from 1-10 with the images being displayed but no member name (if feasible)
- Certain Orbx staff team members e.g. yourself, Nick and Ed then score the submissions
- Scores from 1-10 are based on certain image attributes e.g. composition, colour, perspective, depth of field/focus and overall quality
- The winner each month is decided based on your total combined scores
- The winner is then announced
- A member can only win this competition a maximum of twice per year
The above method would help encourage more 'independent' judgement and scoring of images submitted and also help ensure a clear and decisive winner each month based on a most likely unique total score.
Happy flying everyone.