[Zone]

After a slow start to what I think was a tricky theme in which to convey the subject matter, we finished quite strongly so a big well done all who managed to get out there and get in an entry

On to the voting..

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The closing date for votes will be shown at the top of the poll and don't forget that all votes are public so no voting for yourself

Also if you have entered a picture then you are expected to vote, else all votes accrued by you will be disallowed

Important
The last forums update now allows guests to also vote and obviously this doesn't log a user name against the vote
For any other poll this wouldn't be an issue but as we don't allow forum members to vote for themselves in the competition then I'm having to treat the fact that guests can vote a little differently!
Therefore can I ask that if you are already a member of AVF to please log in before voting, to those who lurk on the forums and wish to vote then please feel free to register before voting, registration is free and you'll be joining an invaluable community

Any instances of guest voting will be removed, sorry

[SprocketRocket]

I love Alfienokes, sweetgirls and UrbanT but my vote has to go for Garf, cause everytime I see this it makes me smile.
I also liked Jomike and Twadgers shots.

[Garf]

I think this has been a fairly tricky theme to interpret this month, which is reflected by the varied nature of the entries. Well played to everyone who got an entry in.

I thought hard about which entries most said adventure to me, and the four that stood out to me were:

Kluen - still undecided about the amount of foreground, but it seems that I am in the minority. Great picture nonetheless.

Alun - the little lad really does seem to be ready to tackle the 'mountain' head of him.

Twadger - Not adventure in the typical sense (to me anyway) but the guy certainly seems to be contemplating his recent adventure - lovely image.

Butch499 - What I imagined we'd see this month to a certain degree - just let down a little by the artefacts in the picture.

In the end I picked Alun, but it was tricky to select just one.

[Artie Fufkin]

Such variety from the theme.

The ones that really worked for me:

Sweetgirl's is a brilliant capture.
Garf's is really well executed.
Alun's is full of "life".
Bodoman's is just so funny.
Kluen's has grown on me.
Twadger's is beautiful.
Butch's says traditional adventure.

Mind you, the theme's definition is -
1. an exciting or very unusual experience.
2. participation in exciting undertakings or enterprises: the spirit of adventure.
3. a bold, usually risky undertaking; hazardous action of uncertain outcome.

In which case iandrews, goso, alfienokes and butch have it.

I don't even know what I'm looking for ...is it the pic which says "adventure" the best or is it the best photo that's kind of on theme ?

In the end, I went for sweetgirl.

[jomike]

Tricky theme this month.

A lot of shots from adventure parks, some very good, but these places do not float my boat, just too commercial.

In the end my vote went to Artie Fufkin. Not the most technically correct shot, but the look of sheer terror on the blokes face swayed it for me.

[Paulie-W]

I was totally lost for subject matter this month so no entry from me.

Some nice stuff here

alfienoakes: If it was action, my vote would have gone to you. Fantastic shot I like the Garf`s lego and bodoman`s cartoon esq shot. Both good fun. But my vote has to go to UrbanT, as for me it has that "Spirit of Adventure": Nice one mate

[Paranormalist]

The more I looked at iandrews entry the more I liked it. At the start I thought it said action more than adventure. But then I realised that the moves on show were seriously adventurous.
The photo itself looks very professional - the main capture is fantastic and I love the 3 smaller photos as well.

Well done to all who entered.

[electrolyte]

A very tricky theme this month but in the end there have been some fantastic entries considering. Butch499's, UrbanT's and Twadger's were all great entries but in the end I had to vote for Alun. He has captured a magical moment really well. I can really imagine that the little 'un wants to get to the top of the hill. A true adventure.

[kBm]

Think i've spent a good 45 mins trying to decide! Anyway...

down to 2 choices for me - Butch499 and urbanT.

Went for UrbanT - very simple clean image, that portrays a sense of traditional adventure.



...roll on next month with something a little simpler!

[Alun]

I had a really good time this month, the diversity of the shots goes to show how broad a subject it actually was.

Any way, My stand outs for this month are in no particular order

SweetGirl
Garf
Electrolyte.

But my vote went to UrbanT. Just love it.

[onefivenine]

That was a great theme! Must admit I haven't looked in here for a while.

I was torn between the images from Liquid and Alun, but had to go for Alun's as it just had the edge with its subject isolation and the suggestion of leaving/movement away from the viewer.

Terrific shot.

[chrisw]

Second month running for me that I haven't got an entry in, which is dissapointing... feeling a little un-inspired at the moment, and the theme was too taxing for my tiny brain!

It was a tough choice between UrbanT and Butch for me, but Butch's just pipped it as it was what I imagined when I saw the theme choice. Also liked Alun and Sweetgirl's captures too.

[Liquid101]

Another vote for Butch.

It's just a great shot, nicely on theme.

[Habanero]

I also went for Butch, though also liked those by Sweetgirl and Garf.

[alfienoakes]

My vote goes to Garf - Bang on theme and made me laugh to boot.

[Johnny Thunder]

My favourites this month were Twadger, Urban T and Alfie Noakes.
Voted for Urban T. Fantastic picture.

[T0MAT01]

It had to be Butch for me. Completely on theme and well captured.

I quite liked the staged shots from Garf & Bodoman, and there's too many other ones I like to name them all. Well done everyone, on a fairly tricky subject.

[Butch499]

A difficult month. Some great 'action' shots but it was harder to get closer the theme in a more documented way, I think. So in to cut it short I chose Liquids entry of his young man actually working at finding his way through some tricky countryside. For me this was a close call with Electrolyte's photo, with a lot of others in the running. Nice and close voting as I write, so thank you for the votes for my snap, the second month in a row I actually got off the mark. Much appreciated!

[FrankfurtDave]

I had to go with Alun. For me it is a lovely capture and really says "Adventure".

Some great entries this month again and so many interpretations which is great. Shows me up as I couldn't capture anything in the month, on theme, that I was happy to post.

[vulkan75]

I voted for butch because whilst there were other technically better entries I felt this was the best representing the theme.

mentions for


Alun
sweetgirl
Urban t
Liquid
iandrews

[rizingstar]

Alun for moi

Missed this months, but hopefully the next one I'll get one in.

[iandrews]

I found it a difficult theme this month, had a wide range of photos in the end though. I really liked, SweetGirl, Alun, and Twadger but in the end I went with Garf.

Ian.

[mucca_D]

I had so many ideas for this month.... NOT!

It was a close one between Garf Alan and Butch. in the end though i had to give it to Alan.

It brought so many thoughts of adventure into my head. brill

[Zone]

That's it for another month and a huge well done to Butch499
Give me time to have a tidy up and set up the next competition

[Artie Fufkin]

ONE vote in it...

Well done everybody.

[Butch499]

Well, I didn't expect THAT to happen this month. Thanks to Simon and for the votes for the dodgy entry from Spain. It was very close, so well done Alun, I thought this morning that you had this won, and it's great to see the comp still going strong, keep those entries coming!

I hope you will like the new theme, I didn't check if it was done before...

Look forward to seeing October's entries!

Cheers everyone!

[Garf]

Nice one Butch - well done.

Real neck a neck voting to the last...

I'm chuffed I had some votes as well - thanks to those who voted for me.

[Zone]

Sorry Butch the winner is on hold for the moment, I miss counted and both you and Alun ended up with 13 votes apiece, have pssed it to admin to make a decision on, sorry again

[Butch499]

No worries Simon! I should have counted the names too!

[Zone]

Originally Posted by Butch499

No worries Simon! I should have counted the names too!

Dave
Sorry mate the decision has gone against you

Sincere apologies, the fact that non members or users that are not logged in can vote anonymously bugs the hell out of me but there's little I can do about it, I will make doubly sure I triple check the results in future

The new winner is Alun, well done mate

Give me 10 to rearrange the forum