Best Photo of the Year comp

Nope I started it- it's a good photo:

A) the composition and capture
B) the inspiring subject matter
C) unlike Veruca Salt, you're a good egg and this is partly viral (Facebook voting)

Anyway, good luck- hope it's not a fudge.

Originally posted by JohnW Something isnt quite right with the voting. I liked a photo, but the vote seemed to be allocated to http://www.yachtracingimageoftheyear.com/award2012/ainhoa-sanchez/  rather than the pic I liked. That was the picture posted to my Facebook. That could explain why a picture to two lead-mines with dodgy spinnaker work has so many votes.

I've just looked at the images and they all seem to have 275 votes......

I also get that I've voted for the Ainhoa pic, rather than my own that I actually voted for.


Edited by tgruitt - 07 Nov 12 at 1:00pm

Originally posted by Rupert Surely we are voting for a photo, not a photographer? I'd happily vote for Tom in the "Nicest Good Egg Photographer" catagory. Which would make as much sense as some of the other catagories to vote on - I've not sailed any of the boats, so dunno which is best (and lets face it, most of them won't be produced anyway in the dinghy catagory) don't know the people and wasn't at  the events.

You may vote for whoever you like. I had nothing to do the the starting of this thread but do appreciate all the votes for my image people are making. This part of the competition does seem to be about who can use social media most effectively to get their image going viral. There are some amazing images in the competition that I would more than happily vote for were I not competing against them.

Surely we are voting for a photo, not a photographer? I'd happily vote for Tom in the "Nicest Good Egg Photographer" catagory. Which would make as much sense as some of the other catagories to vote on - I've not sailed any of the boats, so dunno which is best (and lets face it, most of them won't be produced anyway in the dinghy catagory) don't know the people and wasn't at  the events.

I think the point in this thread is to make people vote for Tom's photo, he is Y&Y pic editor so come on guys, support the magazine! Don't go voting for silly kids falling out of oppies!