L741_993

Art is the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
His photo is art; I do not think anyone will argue the beauty of the 993 Turbo he captured in this photo. Bravo Curve Lover!

mongrelcat

Seems like a simple mistake to me, why no word on correcting it?

The winning photo was of a model, and not the poster's car.

Am I missing something?

Peter North

This thread is getting pretty long...

FRporscheman

I wonder how many people coughed up for membership just for this contest. I bet they feel zinged. I hope they don't think RL is always like this.

YourFace

Yes, no mention of VIN to be specified nor type in the contest. A Porsche. Curve followed the rules and congratulation on his winnings based on his artistic display of his Porsche.

mongrelcat

Here's the whole quote of rule #1 for this contest (I snipped it short in my above post)

Explain to me how someone could envision the prize wheels mounted onto the subject of the photo they entered if said subject was a scaled model, as opposed to their actual car? It's not possible.

YourFace

My point. There was no mention nor a rule in the contest NOT to ba a model Porsche aka a toy Porsche. So he won fair and square.

Basal Skull

This is getting old I agree but I'm on the side of mongrelcat (and suspect the majority), the fine print does say "The photo must be of your Porsche, and must show the wheels." The photo isn't a "Porsche", it's a UT (made in Japan? my minicamps is made in China) model - like someone else also said in a prior post. Where does it say it can be a model?

DRPM

Below is a link to the Album picture contest entry.

https://rennlist.com/forums/members/...e-contest.html

Waffles944

I will have to agree with this. I learned a ton more about photography so all is not lost, but I decide to join the forum, went and borrowed a friends camera, rented some cool lenses to play with, drove to many locations, and spent a ton of time cleaning and photographing my car to get a picture of an actual car, my Porsche.

It does look like a model to me.
And I have heard of the tilt shift effect, which gives a very narrow field of view, and you can make real scenes look miniature... but there are a few clues to that picture that suggest it is a model.

I should have out up this picture, I couldn't decide between this and the purple lighted one.....Oh well.

Congrats on winning a picture with your Porsche, I hope you have an actual 993 too, I want one!

Bob Rouleau

Breaking News! Curve Lover has elected not to accept the prize and has asked the judges to pick another winner.

I was informed that the Winner is:

https://rennlist.com/forums/9853523-post15.html

Congratulations to boman993!

Best,

ausgeflippt951

Fitting that the new winner should be a 993. Great shot, boman993.


Curve Lover, you're aces in my book. A very graceful winner who comes in stark contrast to the throng of sore losers on here. I'm not sure that many of them would've handled themselves with such aplomb that you exhibited by declining the prize.


To me (being a non-winner), this contest is about celebrating the beauty of Porsche automobiles. I heard many exclaim that they had no idea it was a model. So, he satisfied requirement: provided a beautiful shot of a 993.




Food for thought: technically, Gemballa has a manufacturers license, and his cars are manufactured under the Gemballa brand name-- not Porsche. So if someone posted a picture of one of Gemballa's crazy cars, would we be up in arms?

DRPM

Big congrats to Boman993.
Fitting a classy looking 993 wins the prize
Hope to see the pics of the Fiske's.

Burger

Nicely done! Congrats boman993!

I hope they consider a prize option for Curve Lover, as well.

curve lover

+911^^
No prize necessary.

...Certainly not worthy of a Lifetime Member Award...