Voting for 2005 Contest

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Finished styling pics in the 2005 bonsaiTALK Styling Contest were due by midnight Sunday, April 24th 2005. We had just few default by missing the deadline, leaving 31 qualified entries!

HOW TO VOTE:

Vote on the entries in the bonsaiTALK Gallery, using the standard rating system.

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UPDATE: You can click the "Check Votes" link next to any of your own posts on the forum to see which trees you still need to rate. If you click someone else's it'll show you which trees they haven't rated. That may not be too interesting, or it might.




POLL RULES:

Voting is open to registered members of the bonsaiTALK forum, including the artists themselves. Votes will be made and tallied in public using our Gallery voting system.


1. Please vote on as many of the entries as you reasonably can. There are two pages of entries, 31 in total. When you click on a thumbnail image, The blue NEXT and PREVIOUS buttons above each detail photo will speed your movement through the various entries as you review and vote. If you don't have a comment, you may use the quick ranking bubbles immediately beneath each photo to vote. If you do have a comment, just scroll to the very bottom of the page and enter the comment, put your score in the bubbles immediately above that comment and press Submit Post.


2. REVIEW:
Our recommendation is that you review all the entries first and then make your selection of the top candidates. You may also wish to follow the link back to the styling thread and give consideration to the material and the skill of its treatment. There is a Slide Show link between the Next and Previous buttons that you can reach by clicking any thumbnail. Images are shown in random order by default. Grab a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy the show.

3. SCORING: You may vote/comment only once per tree. Give your highest scores to only your top picks. If you give too many tens it will make it harder to distinguish between good and excellent entries.


4. COMMENTS:
You may write a short comment an entry and offer critique, compliment or encouragement if you wish. However, please be brief and confine your remark to the bonsai subject, raw material or work performed. Don't ask questions until after the voting ends. It's too disruptive of the process. Please don't comment on other comments at this time. NOTE: Comments that are disrespectful of the artist, other voter's scoring or the contest in general may disqualify your votes


5. ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE:

Artists may vote in the contest. Artists may vote for their own trees, but please don't comment or answer questions about your own trees until the voting period ends.

Judges, who are really bummed about not being able to enter the contest themselves, may vote too. Since the votes are public, this should not be a problem.

Judges may choose to disqualify voters whose registrations were made very recently and without any other participation in the forum if there is sufficient concern on the part of the voting panel that there has been some type of
tampering. IP and email addresses are logged.


6. VOTING PERIOD:
Voting begins Monday April 25 and ends Monday May 2, 2005 (NOW MAY 9, 2005!) at midnight, Pacific Time.

After the voting period ends, the top 5 entrants (determined by the five highest average scores in this popular vote) will advance to Finalist status.


7. QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTEST:

Any questions on the voting or the judging should be posted in the Contest thread (here) or by contacting a Moderator.


I am quite excited to see all the finished pics and to watch the judging process!

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The following five trees were selected by popular vote in the styling contest. In accordance with the rules, these trees will go on to be judged by our panel who will select the prizewinners!

The judges will be making their selections over the next week or so, then we'll be free to comment on the entries! Thanks to everyone who participated.

Regards,

Matt

Photo #21257 Click to Enlarge

Finalist #1.
Contest Entry #10678

Average: 8.06

Styling Thread

Photo #21411 Click to Enlarge

Finalist #2.
Contest Entry #10916

Average: 7.83

Styling Thread

Photo #21369 Click to Enlarge

Finalist #3.
Contest Entry #10910

Average: 7.00

Styling Thread

Photo #21426 Click to Enlarge

Finalist #4.
Contest Entry #10928

Average: 6.97

Styling Thread

Photo #21461 Click to Enlarge

Finalist #5.
Contest Entry #10883

Average: 6.52

Styling Thread

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Bart Thomas(deceased)

Congatulations to all of the entrants, and praise to the finalists. This is a fine group of trees!

Ian_Homer

Congratulations to All.

Nice to see that we have a good spread of finalists.

i.e. USA, UK and Australia.

A great reflection on the international flavour of the site.

Ian.

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pootsie

Congrats to the finalists!


And to those who are not in the final round -- good effort, and keep it up!

pootsie

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Will_Heath

Congatulations! All great entries!


Will

Newt

Way to go everyone!!! Good show!

Newt

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Bonsai Barry

Nice job, it was an educational and fun experience.

Ryan, I am donating one of the prizes. Will someone contact me as to whom it is awarded and contact information?

Barry

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TommyD

These trees look great and i think this contest is a great idea, i will be entering the next one. It's such a nice way to learn the tricks,trade and techniques. On that comment is there anywhere where i can see the before, during and after
photo's and comments of these finalist?