UN-Official Celicas of 6gc.net 2009 Options

[BloodyStupidDave...]

I'm going to kick off calls for the <s>un</s>official 2009 calendar.

Rules:
* Only one submission per 6gc.net member
* Only one submission per car
* Photos that have, or are materially similar to those, featured in calendars for previous years are ineligible for submission
* Photo must feature a 6th gen. Celica (d'oh). Heavilly modified cars (such as complete front-end conversions) are permitted
* <s>Deadline is 31st August midnight GMT</s>. I will extend the deadline by a few days but we really have to wrap this up soon.
* Minimum image dimensions: 1650x1275
* Recommended image dimensions: 3300x2550
* By submitting an entry, you are assigning a copy of your copyright to the Producers for the purpose of producing the 2009 calendar
* Include in the body of the email:
** Photographer's name & 6gc.net screenname
** Owner's name & 6gc.net screenname
** Details of the camera, fstop settings, film type (if appropriate) and any other technical details about the photography and image processing used that you want to share.

Additional rules for the front cover:
* Must feature at least five different 6th gen. Celicas
* Artistic license permitted (eg if you want to create a montage, collage or other mash up)
* Please include owner details for all cars featured
* Email subject line must clearly state the submission is for the front cover

If you submit an entry and then take a better photo before the deadline, you may email the address above and ask me to replace your original submission with the new one. Photos taken by the owner trump photos taken by another member in the event of a conflict of the rules at the top of this post.

Here's where BloodyStupidDavey & GriffGirl are at with it as of today. GriffGirl has found a way to have these made on an as-ordered basis so no one actually had to go directly through her; once the calendar is available for sale, they will be shipped within 24 hours of placing the order. They will be full color, full bleed spiral bound 11" x 17" and will cost $24.95 plus shipping (about five bucks for shipping in the US, a little more for Int'l.) If you order them in multiples (say the whole Houston crew wants to go in and have them all shipped to one presumably not floated away location) there are quantity discounts that increase in percentage with the qty. ordered. 2-11=5% off, 12-49=10%, etc.

We feel very strongly that images that will appear in the calendar shall be chosen by poll, but GriffGirl will dictate which images will go into that poll, to be determined solely by using her professional judgment as to whether or not the image is viable for print or not. Having almost 15 years of experience as a graphic designer, GriffGirl is more than qualified to make this assessment. If we feel there is an image that is not suitable for print, we will contact the person who submitted it and request a higher resolution image. If one cannot be provided, it will not be considered for publication. Once that assessment is made, our decisions will be final and not open for discussion. We are not going to produce crap so someone's feelings don't get hurt. If you don't like the rules, don't buy a calendar.

This post has been edited by BloodyStupidDavey: Sep 13, 2008 - 12:39 PM

[808celica]

can we have more than one 6gc in a pic....like 3 6gc's to represent the 808 state?????

[BloodyStupidDave...]

can we have more than one 6gc in a pic....like 3 6gc's to represent the 808 state?????

I don't see why not.

[SoundSlut_dotcom]

ill send u a hi res w the info.

[manphibian]

errrm, and how come this 'dictatorship' has emerged?

I'm sure everyone appreciates that someone is willing to make an effort but isn't this a little 'forward'?


"You will submit your car serial number to ME"

[BloodyStupidDave...]

errrm, and how come this 'dictatorship' has emerged?

Hopefully it will be a benign dictatorship. In the last few years everyone has assumed that someone else would do something with the result that nearly every year the unofficial calendar either hasn't happened or has been very late. This year I thought I would take the initiative. If the community doesn't think I am up to the job or someone else wants to volunteer then I will gladly step aside. It is a thankless task.

"You will submit your car serial number to ME"

I just wanted some easy way to track an individual car without any effort. I almost typed registration number but then realised that people would likely be twitchy about sharing that. Serial number seems pretty low risk -especially considering vairous threads about SR model registries, GT4 registries, earliest 6th gen. celica, latest 6th gen. celica and so on.

Oh, and I have sent an email to Coomer as a courtesy.


This post has been edited by BloodyStupidDavey: Jun 16, 2008 - 1:18 PM

[manphibian]

errrm, and how come this 'dictatorship' has emerged?

Hopefully it will be a benign dictatorship. In the last few years everyone has assumed that someone else would do something with the result that nearly every year the unofficial calendar either hasn't happened or has been very late. This year I thought I would take the initiative. If the community doesn't think I am up to the job or someone else wants to volunteer then I will gladly step aside. It is a thankless task.

"You will submit your car serial number to ME"

I just wanted some easy way to track an individual car without any effort. I almost typed registration number but then realised that people would likely be twitchy about sharing that. Serial number seems pretty low risk.

I just would have expected a
'hey guys what shall we do about the calendar' thread

rather than a
'This is exactly what you must do in my calendar' thread

and do you not think you're taking it a bit far with all the rules? If 2 pictures look the same, don't use them both. I don't give out any details about my car's ID and i don't recommend others to do so either. I am sure there are plenty of people stealing and cloning cars that would love to get their hands on details of cars appearance and ID information. You can't be too careful mate.

There are people here who are careful about who has pictures of their car and how they are used, and rightly so.

Not having a go, i commend your enthusiasm, just maybe could have gone about it better matey

[GriffGirl]

Whatever/however this is done, I hereby volunteer my photoshop services as I did for the '08 calandar. Feel free to PM me if interested.

[DEATH]

HMMMM - Might I make a sugestion? I've seen this with other car enthusiast calendars and I always thought it made them look a cut above the regular BS calendar:
Can we have a small picture in picture [if you will - or picture on the calendar portion of the fold out real small up in the corner] that highlights one particular section of that car [ie the trunk shot for Audio nuts, the engine bay for highly modded cars, the interior for Interior nuts etc]?
Man - I am explaining this poorly. Allow me to demonstrate [for example only]:

Yes I know the picture sux, yes I know the layout sux, no I'm not submitting this for calendar inclusion [ ] - it's just a quicky sketch to show you what I mean. The small highlight picture can also be placed next to the month above the grid showing the days for those of you who are so in love with your own photography that you can't imagine anyone sticking something else in the view .
it would just liven the calendar up a bit so that it doesn't look so boring. Simple picture with calendar below = bleh and been there and done that.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jun 16, 2008 - 2:15 PM

[malpaso]

to BloodyStupidDave... & to manphibian:

IMHO... timing is just fine. I believe we all remember calendar 2008 story . So I think is better having it ready on Noverber than on February... Also I like that idea of clear rules however not all of them.

1. I will not send anywhere my VIN or my current registration. If anyone wants unique id of my picture just name it "Malpaso" or "SS-four" (no one is using this because it's my invention )
2. "links to the image" is that mean I must find server where I can share high-res image? Photobucket.com allows only up to 1024x768 if I remember right... Why not just sending them attached by e-mail?
3. Info about my camera and settings????? Who cares? I do care what is in the picture not what camera has been used...

...and in the other hand some info is missing:
1. Type of file is not important? What if I do not send *.jpg but *.bmp (less compression, higher quality)?
2. What if I make widescreen pictures? So aspect ratio not 1.3 but 1.7?
3. Are acceptabe all art-styles of picture? (blured background, less saturated background, effects with light, effects with contrast, HDR, etc.)???

[BloodyStupidDave...]

to BloodyStupidDave... & to manphibian:

IMHO... timing is just fine. I believe we all remember calendar 2008 story . So I think is better having it ready on Noverber than on February... Also I like that idea of clear rules however not all of them.

1. I will not send anywhere my VIN or my current registration. If anyone wants unique id of my picture just name it "Malpaso" or "SS-four" (no one is using this because it's my invention )
2. "links to the image" is that mean I must find server where I can share high-res image? Photobucket.com allows only up to 1024x768 if I remember right... Why not just sending them attached by e-mail?
3. Info about my camera and settings????? Who cares? I do care what is in the picture not what camera has been used...

...and in the other hand some info is missing:
1. Type of file is not important? What if I do not send *.jpg but *.bmp (less compression, higher quality)?
2. What if I make widescreen pictures? So aspect ratio not 1.3 but 1.7?
3. Are acceptabe all art-styles of picture? (blured background, less saturated background, effects with light, effects with contrast, HDR, etc.)???

1. I wasn't asking for VINs just the 5 or 6 digit serial number. As you are the second person to raise concerns about this, I'll delete this rule.
2. If you want to attempt to send me the attachment then by all means do so. But be aware that large uncompressed images may be against your ISPs acceptable use policy, can cause problems for mail servers and may get bounced for being over a mail server's message size limit. My mail server has a 10MB limit but your mail server may have a lower limit.
3. If you don't want to share camera and processing info then that is fine. There are a few photographers on here that would be interested in such info and I was planning to put some of the info inside the back cover.

Second set of questions:

1. I can work with pretty much any common file type but most print houses prefer jpeg or png format. This means that if you submit in a different format then whoever gets the calendars made may need to convert it to jpeg or png before printing. I'm sure whever takes on that task will work with the original photographer and do their best to get a first class conversion of the image but if you are at all worried about this step or would like to retain control you may want to consider submitting in jpeg or png format.
2. If I produce the calendar then the paper will be 11x8.5". Just like last year, if you want to letterbox the image yourself then you are welcome to, otherwise the producer/printer will do that for you.
3. As far as I am concerned, anything goes. Personally, I really like the ideas suggested by DEATH and 808celica. One thing to bear in mind: as the rest of the community will be voting, it might be wise to appeal to the masses.

I know I listed a lot of "rules" but I really want this to be a lightweight process. Consider them more as guidelines - my motivation was to maximise the likelyhood of getting a quality product at the end of the process and to try to make things relatively fair.

[SoundSlut_dotcom]

why dont we all just email him some nice pix with our names and such and call it a day.. i highly doubt any one is sending out vins and such.. so lets all just chill. lol

dave: we all appreciate you taking out the time and effort to make the 2009 calendar.

This post has been edited by SoundSlut_dotcom: Jun 17, 2008 - 10:42 AM

[GriffGirl]

You can save the images as JPEGs if you use the highest setting (12) and keep it RGB. If the pixel dimensions are large enough, you can even reduce it to 150 dpi if it's higher than that. Compression shouldn't be an issue, and it won't sacrifice image quality. BMP really isn't practical. What's most important is that people taking pictures use the HIGHEST resolution setting on their cameras. Even better, if you can, the images should be saved on your camera as RAW files (not JPEGs) and then you can convert to JPEG when you upload it to your computer. The fewer times the image is resaved as a JPEG, the least amount of loss you'll have w/the image.

[DEATH]

dave: we all appreciate you taking out the time and effort to make the 2009 calendar.

X2 - and this is coming from someone who does not intend to submitt anything - I just want a nice calendar for next year. Thanks again for your efforts.

[jason]

I congratulate him.

glad to see someone is stepping up to the task.

Please do not hassle him. Send what you wish to him, I see where he was getting at with the serial # stuff. That way I cannot send pics of tufy's car and call it my own etc. then tufy comes after him, he has some proof that one of us is full of it.

Keep up the hard work! My car will hopefully hands down make it onto the 2010 or 2011 calendar

[GriffGirl]

It's important for you guys to know that you CANNOT take a small picture and just bump it up in photoshop to make it "fit". Increasing image size results in a decrease in resolution/photo quality, particularly if you're resizing the image more than about 20%. You can downsize, but you really can't upsize so much.

[manphibian]

^ True, one of last years was terrible


Anyway, with the lack of other volunteers, i guess it's over to you Davey. I'm sure you'll do a great job

The printing and everything was good last year so maybe we could use the same one if Dan (playr) could hook you up? I think to keep costs down for the majority, they should be shipped out from US/Canada.

[GriffGirl]

Which one turned out poorly? I never saw the printed version. I could guess, a couple of them were a little on the "iffy" side. . . you can PM me which one it was if you want so no one gets offended or anything. It's my fault anyway, I'm the one who did all the photoshop work on last year's calendar. (2008 you meant, right?)

[manphibian]

Just did a search, you did a re-call on it http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...amp;hl=calendar

Not blaming you, you did a great job, it's not like you're getting paid for it is it?

[GriffGirl]

Oh yeah, I remember that! That was my attempt to fix it! Actually I don't think I had anything to do with the wrong file printing in that case. Meh - coulda been. IDK since I only did the photoshop work and had nothing to do with the actual calendar itself.

And yeah, not like I got paid for it or anything! Maybe if I help out this year someone will kick me down a calendar.

[joehernandez]

for those dimensions you would need a professional camera?
two more weeks for my rims and i will send you one or two

[BloodyStupidDave...]

for those dimensions you would need a professional camera?

Depends on the age. Most cameras currently on the market can take those resolutions but a few years ago only the professional cameras were capable.

[808celica]

had my friend take some pics with his canon sadly non came out to my liking for a calendar application.

[bloodrain]

I wish I didnt sell my photo gear, it was a really fun hobby. (D3 + 24-70 was a KILLER combo). However, rent must come before hobbies.

[97celiman]

well when you guys get this figured out post it somewhere obvious or pm me id love to have...

one

[BloodyStupidDave...]

Mid-July bump. Only about 6 weeks left and I've only received 3 submissions so far, so please get snapping and submitting.

[Badkarma]

Man... I really am thankful for you stepping up to this.. Im really excited to see the final product. maybe ill have something of "worth" for next year. but not yet..

Thank You again..
Erich

[malpaso]

Mid-July bump. Only about 6 weeks left and I've only received 3 submissions so far, so please get snapping and submitting.

OK... let's make it four.

[elvasoshexai]

august 31 deadline seems so soon. so busy these few weeks. hopefully i can get my submission in by then

[808celica]

any updates???

[sparks]

you'll need a decent camera or any knowledge of photoshop or similar programs.

Im a photoshop artist so if anyone needs any help, or wants an image touched up, send me a PM or something

[Lazurus]

/bumb any updates? how many pics submitted so far? Only a couple weeks left.

[Legit94GT]

my car isnt anything worth calendar display, aka its bone stock

But if someone around portland vancouver area has a car but needs pics taken send me an email, i'd love to come out and shoot your car, yes i have the right equipment for the job.

[808celica]

can we make the deadline sept.3 cuz i have a big cruise the whole toyota family is coming out on the 8/31

[Tigawoods]

i wish i had better track pictures of my car...i should have had someone use my camera. i still havent decided what pic i want to submit

[808celica]

same i wanna have some hawaiian style in mines still havent gotten used to on this damn camera. i cant shoot good pics like you mike gayness.........what setting are you using???

[Tigawoods]

basic. i usually shoot my still shots in Av mode with ISO 100 the F-stop level depends on how sunny it is and the Shutter speed in Auto.

but more of it comes form the Circular Polarizer and the Editing(which takes a lil bit to get good at, i just recently started to get better at it)

my submission should be in within the next couple days

[Legit94GT]

?

I have some pretty nice pics of some other members cars from a meet we had, can i submit there picture?
Like i took it, but it is someone else's car...

[DEATH]

Damn - can we exstend the date by a month? I really wanna see this go down but it seems like we don't have enough pics yet. Guess I'll submit one but IDK if my car is really all that Calandar worthy

This post has been edited by DEATH: Aug 18, 2008 - 9:58 AM

[808celica]

basic. i usually shoot my still shots in Av mode with ISO 100 the F-stop level depends on how sunny it is and the Shutter speed in Auto.

but more of it comes form the Circular Polarizer and the Editing(which takes a lil bit to get good at, i just recently started to get better at it)

my submission should be in within the next couple days

yeah i use the av mode too i have my iso on 400 ive been wanting a filter but dont know what to get.

[Lazurus]

I agree with death, is there any problem with extending this another month or so? I mean how long do you need Davey? To have all the pictures, have them judged and get things rolling in order to have them out in time for next year? Please remember I have no idea what all it takes to put it all together thats why I am asking.

[96bluevert]

?

I have some pretty nice pics of some other members cars from a meet we had, can i submit there picture?
Like i took it, but it is someone else's car...

If you get the other members consent, I'd think that it should be fine. Remember, last year had a picture from a meet that was on the east coast that was pretty cool.

edit: come to think of it, I should look through the recent pics of my car and see if there is anything worth submitting.

This post has been edited by 96bluevert: Aug 18, 2008 - 11:42 PM

[manphibian]

I agree with death, is there any problem with extending this another month or so? I mean how long do you need Davey? To have all the pictures, have them judged and get things rolling in order to have them out in time for next year? Please remember I have no idea what all it takes to put it all together thats why I am asking.

It takes time to put these things together. A deadline is a deadline. You have had a LONG time to get pics, if it got moved a month there will be just as many people asking for another month etc....

[joehernandez]

i am going to submit mines on wednesday, it have to make it shine!

[Tigawoods]

yeah i use the av mode too i have my iso on 400 ive been wanting a filter but dont know what to get.

drop it down to 100 and just use the f-stop meter to change lightness and darkness of the picture. usually on a sunny day i keep it in the middle or +1

[Lazurus]

I understand a deadline is a deadline but last time I heard Davey has only had a handfull of pictures submitted. My car is sadly no longer in shape for decent pictures as my step mother (crazy) slashed all my tires and broke the winshield. So with it still being handled by the courts atm I have no money to fix the winshield or put new tires on my new rims so here I sit with a smashed winshield and a set of craigs list rims and tires. So "IF" there are not enough pictures submitted by the deadline would there be a chance for a slight extension? Like I said earlier I understand these things take time but if there are not enough submissions as is will the whole calander idea be tossed aside? Either way put me down for a calander once they are done since there is always next year to get my car in the calander (hopfully).

[manphibian]

Wow, that sounds crap.


Davey's not been on for two weeks. Maybe it all got too much and he's run off

[manphibian]

Anybody else starting to think there isn't going to be a calendar?

BloodyStupidDavey

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Member Since: November 14th, 2006
Last Active: August 5th, 2008

[RickJamesBish]

Too late to submit pics?

[manphibian]

No, read 1st post.


(if it happens at all that is)

[RickJamesBish]

That was sarcastic, I don't think my ride belongs on a calendar in this state

[manphibian]

That was sarcastic, I don't think my ride belongs on a calendar in this state

you never know, there might only be 11 entered

[DEATH]

Anybody else starting to think there isn't going to be a calendar?

BloodyStupidDavey

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Member Since: November 14th, 2006
Last Active: August 5th, 2008

We gotta do something regardless - it's tradition. Hell - I'll make them happen if need be [Of course last years lateness will be nothing compared to the procrastination I'm capable of - j/p - this is too serious - we need our calander]

[GriffGirl]

I can make them happen if it doesn't work out

[easternpiro1]

i have some old pics of my 1st celi. but i dont think they would be satisfactory...cell phone pics ftl

[Tigawoods]

i might enter mine if there is REALLY a need for some more

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Aug 25, 2008 - 5:38 PM

[808celica]

my poll thread is on so it matters up to when i close it

[paul_gt4]

mines won't be ready in time as i would have loved to have got a few pics submited for this, maybe next year

[joehernandez]

mines won't be ready in time as i would have loved to have got a few pics submited for this, maybe next year

same here.. but probably in two or three more weeks....

[goferris]

So I am wanting to submit a pic or2 (one is the engine bay) but I don't have a server that will allow me to link that large of a picture. Also I would like to know if anyone would be willing to clean up the pic a little and add the engine bay pic because I don't have PS.
Thanks

[808celica]

So I am wanting to submit a pic or2 (one is the engine bay) but I don't have a server that will allow me to link that large of a picture. Also I would like to know if anyone would be willing to clean up the pic a little and add the engine bay pic because I don't have PS.
Thanks

cant you use photobucket??? it'll just resize it automatically for viewing. oh i sent mines in. the 14-1 pic from the poll thread. i did some final editing and yes i did take out the "entrance" sign

This post has been edited by 808celica: Aug 29, 2008 - 7:11 PM

[Tigawoods]

i just thought of place to take a couple shots. if it is decent out 2moro i will go out and snap a few pics and then edit them, hopefully they turnout ok

[manphibian]

guys. Looks like this WILL NOT be happening unless someone takes over now and everyone re-sends their pics to them.

the aptly named BloodystupidDavey hasn't responded to PMs and hasn't been on since August 5th. What a guy.

So i guess we need a volunteer to take this over pretty quickly if you want it to happen....

[BloodyStupidDave...]

guys. Looks like this WILL NOT be happening unless someone takes over now and everyone re-sends their pics to them.

the aptly named BloodystupidDavey hasn't responded to PMs and hasn't been on since August 5th. What a guy.

So i guess we need a volunteer to take this over pretty quickly if you want it to happen....

Hi Guys,

Sorry I haven't been around for a while - been very busy with work. For those of you in the Technology business you'll probably recognise the terms IFA and IBC as trade exhibitions that take up way too much time

Unfortunately, I have received very few submissions (I think 8 so far). Unless this changes in the next few days, I really don't see the calendar happening this year. I'll put all the submissions so far up on a server so we at least have a start on the 2010 calendar.

This post has been edited by BloodyStupidDavey: Aug 31, 2008 - 5:23 AM

[manphibian]

:-O

Talk about last minute!

Can't believe there are so few entries There were tons last year...

Guess the first post put most people off.

[supershannon77]

I think someone like griffgirl needs to start this completely over.

[Tigawoods]

so should i not send mine in? i did it last minute b/c i wasnt sure when i was getting my slave flashes. if this is being "extended" i will just submit better pics

[97lestyousay]

I think someone like griffgirl needs to start this completely over.

Agreed, nothing against davey, I understand people get busy. I would just like to
see someone doing this that is on more than once a month. The whole non coomer
approved thing bothers me still and I am sure it will be the same this year, as he is
on less than davey. I personally think if someone can make this happen its griff.

[95celgt]

well then im off to get some shots of my vert, still need to know who to send them to though, and DEATH, can i maybe submit one of the GT2 and IF it makes it we can put ( Owner-DEATH, Photo By-95celgt) or something like that...

[BloodyStupidDave...]

I have some pretty nice pics of some other members cars from a meet we had, can i submit there picture?
Like i took it, but it is someone else's car...

IF it makes it we can put ( Owner-DEATH, Photo By-95celgt) or something like that...

Sure, (as long as you know who's car it is, Legit94GT) and they aren't planning to submit their own pic of their car.

This post has been edited by BloodyStupidDavey: Aug 31, 2008 - 5:25 PM

[malpaso]

...

Unfortunately, I have received very few submissions (I think 8 so far). Unless this changes in the next few days, I really don't see the calendar happening this year. I'll put all the submissions so far up on a server so we at least have a start on the 2010 calendar.

I just can not believe that... I just can not believe there are not at least 12 good pics for calendar across whole 6gc.net! I know there are a lot of beautiful celicas around and a lot of very good photographers...

note: please before you give that up let's ask GriffGirl... I believe she can handle that

[97lestyousay]

I could probably get something decent with a little more time.

[BloodyStupidDave...]

I could probably get something decent with a little more time.

You are kidding, right? Pretty much every photo you've posted in the other thread this year is awesome. Just submit one of those.

[97lestyousay]

Thanks, I am not so happy with most of my efforts so far with my canon but I am learning.
Sadly almost all of the high res shots I have taken are gone due to an unfortunate
hard drive crash. The older stuff from my sony I still have but they are not even
close to the res requirements. I'll try to get something to you in the next few days.

This post has been edited by 97lestyousay: Sep 2, 2008 - 12:17 AM

[GriffGirl]

I'm more than happy to pick this up if Davey is too slammed with work and what-not. I'll need to dig around a little on line to find the best deal/way to get these printed, but I can totally do this, no problem.

BSD- I'll wait to hear back from you as to whether you'd like to hand this off or not. I certainly don't want to step on your toes, since you picked up the project this year of course. Let me know how you'd like to proceed.

Also - any mods reading this - if I do pick this up, I'd please like permission to use the 6gc logo! Christian is hard to get a hold of so I'm hoping one of you other guys sees this! Please PM me.

[SeverX13]

Did you get my submission BloodyStupidDavey??

i think my exterior is worthy

This post has been edited by SeverX13: Sep 2, 2008 - 1:20 PM

[ComaDave]

I sent a winter shot to Davey. If someone else is going to be doing the calender, I'll send it to them for consideration. I might do a bit of photo-chopping to clean it up a bit, but who knows if it's actually going to happen. It's basically the larger version of my Sig.

This post has been edited by ComaDave: Sep 2, 2008 - 1:47 PM

[95celgt]

i sent mine sunday.., although id like to make a poll that will help me choose the best pic for a possible-resubmission,,

[elvasoshexai]

so r we allows 2 touch up photos using photoshop? or will all that be done after they are chosen? cuz my photo taking skills suck and kinda need some touching up

[Tigawoods]

i just sent mine in.

[96bluevert]

Sent in...hope it's not too late.

[BloodyStupidDave...]

Okay, we are almost there. I have 11 submissions for the body of the calendar, in no particular order:

comadave
96bluevert
walker
Tigawoods
Dan's 6gc by John Tedrick
jeunesse
stetsonaw
manphibian
ElvaSoShexai
95st-celica
95celgt

And one submission for the front cover:

95st-celica - celicaneshmeet


This post has been edited by BloodyStupidDavey: Sep 13, 2008 - 12:36 PM

[BloodyStupidDave...]

Did you get my submission BloodyStupidDavey??

i think my exterior is worthy

I didn't. Could you check the email address and send again or shoot me a PM with a link to it on deviantart, photobucket, flickr, picasa or similar? Cheers.

[808celica]

wait you didnt get mines i sent it to the address posted

**edit**just sent another one to 6gc@coderage.org




This post has been edited by 808celica: Sep 3, 2008 - 4:45 AM

[808celica]

i sent mines in a long while ago i dont know why you didnt get it well if you dont it doesnt matter anymore.

[malpaso]

Okay, we are almost there. I have 11 submissions for the body of the calendar, in no particular order:

comadave
96bluevert
walker
Tigawoods
Dan's 6gc by John Tedrick
jeunesse
stetsonaw
manphibian
ElvaSoShexai
crashjoey21
95celgt

And one submission for the front cover:

crashjoey21 - celicaneshmeet

http://6gc.deviantart.com/gallery/


I'll update the above list this evening with the largest size I have available for each. If your name isn't on the above list and you have submitted something to me, please drop me a PM including whether you sent it via PM on this board or via the email address given in the first post. Please also include the date you sent it. If you haven't submitted anything yet and want to, you still have a little time left.

WHAT!? i HAVE SEND MY ONE ON Jul 16, 2008 - 8:42 AM (see my post comment when you say you have only 3 submittions !!!)

http://celica.webz.cz/Malpaso_callendar_nom2009.jpg
http://rapidshare.com/files/127235711/Malp...dar_nom2009.jpg



edit: I have forwarded that old mail to 6gc'at'coderage.org again (sender is 6gc.net'at'centrum.cz)...

This post has been edited by malpaso: Sep 3, 2008 - 8:58 AM

[playr158]

wow this is a cluster fvck.
I hope you get this together. We had a pretty nice one out last year. If you need to give the reigns over to Griff, she did A LOT for me last year..

Also I think these pictures need some more thought consideration

96bluevert
crashjoey21

They are cut off car shots? not very clean (and i use this term loosely since its not supposed to be) "professional" shots.
1/4 of a a bumper missing? the 1st foot of a car?! I think this could be better..

and get those missing submissions!

(Malpaso, thats a great pic! you always turn out for the calender )

This post has been edited by playr158: Sep 3, 2008 - 7:33 AM

[snapshotgt]

If this is going to be a good calendar you need A LOT more submissions. You should have atleast 3 options for every month that would be voted on.

$.02

[WALKER]

If this is going to be a good calendar you need A LOT more submissions. You should have atleast 3 options for every month that would be voted on.

$.02

I agree that we should have a lot more submissions before we try to get a calendar in print. There are so many nice cars on this forum and so many people have posted calendar pictures in threads. We should wait for more submissions prior to making it official.

[BloodyStupidDave...]

14:

comadave 1024 x 704 (higher res available from comadave)
96bluevert 3348×1854
walker 2048×1536
Tigawoods 1944×1294
Dan's 6gc by John Tedrick 3872×2592
jeunesse 1024×768
stetsonaw 2816×1880
manphibian 3072×2304
ElvaSoShexai 1780×1376
95st-celica 1024×768
95celgt 1600×1200 (higher res available from 95celgt)
severx13 1024 x 817
malpaso 1920×1080
808celica 2496×1664

And one submission for the front cover:

95st-celica - celicaneshmeet 1024×640


This post has been edited by BloodyStupidDavey: Sep 13, 2008 - 12:37 PM

[BloodyStupidDave...]

**edit**just sent another one to 6gc@coderage.org

Yup, got it this time - thanks. Just checked - assuming you used the same email, it doesn't appear to have got to googlemail first time around.

I have forwarded that old mail

Sorry, don't seem to have got it either time around. I guess the forwarded one could still turn up yet. But thanks for hosting - I've taken a copy and added it to the gallery. It already has two favourites

This post has been edited by BloodyStupidDavey: Sep 3, 2008 - 2:25 PM

[GriffGirl]

Okay so I'm assuming you're going to continue on with this since you haven't responded to my post about picking it up. Cool... let me know though if you need me to do anything.


As a side note - having done calendars before (and having worked in publishing for several years) I agree that there needs to be WAY more submissions. Looking at some of them, I can already see that at least 1 that I looked at isn't print quality. Additionally, I strongly disagree with anyone specifically submitting their images for the cover shot. I think all of the images should be given equal consideration and personally, the cover image should be voted on by the members here. As it stands, with only one image submitted specifically for cover consideration, that means it'll be on the cover simply because none others were submitted. Personally and professionally, I don't think that image is worthy of a cover. That's just my opinion though.

[Tigawoods]

i would love to design a cover for this but my graphic design studio class is killing me with work. and i agree that a couple of the submission arent calendar quality.

oh and im not complaining but my image was in raw quality and was 3888x2xxx and now it has been reduced. why is that? im pretty sure my email didnt scale it down

[BloodyStupidDave...]

oh and im not complaining but my image was in raw quality and was 3888x2xxx and now it has been reduced. why is that? im pretty sure my email didnt scale it down

Maybe you sent me the wrong image? I've just checked and I definately have a .jpg from you - It is definately 1944x1294. If you have a higher resolution version then we can swap it out - it isn't a problem. I know others have emailed me lower resolution images and said in their emails that they have higher resolution available if their photo gets picked.

Everyone, please do check all the details listed including credits and resolutions and let me know of any errors or omissions.

Thanks for the offers of help, Griffgirl. Just a reminder to everyone that while I can get these printed myself, I would prefer that someone else take over once the finalists are announced as per my original post.

I strongly disagree with anyone specifically submitting their images for the cover shot.

In my original post I asked for multi-car shots for the cover. I disagreed with any one member being represented on the cover - I felt that 6gc.net was a community and so it would be nice to have a community shot. So far, only one member has bothered to submit a multi-car shot. Hopefully that will change but I agree that if it doesn't then voting across all the submissions should happen for fairness.


This post has been edited by BloodyStupidDavey: Sep 3, 2008 - 3:46 PM

[ComaDave]

I just popped a new one over to Davey. Different picture, but still winter, and a much bigger size. Couldn't find the large copy of the original.

Here's a link for people to check it out with:

http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/R...esmanEntry3.jpg

[GriffGirl]

Thanks for the clarification on the cover shots... I actually might have one that's respectable that's a multi-car shot, I'll pull it up and see if it's any good much less print quality.

As for taking the calendar over, I'm more than happy to once the finalists are decided upon. I'd like to reserve the right to use alternate selections though if any of the shots turn out to be unfit for printing, just as jpeg ghosting, artifacts, etc. I'm working on downloading a photoshop filter or valid serial# that Supersprynt turned me on to (since I don't have the $$ right now to actually pay for it) so if I'm able to get that filter, that should help some actually. Naturally the use of the filter would be for demo purposes only and not as an act of piracy, as I do not condone software piracy.

[BloodyStupidDave...]

ill send u a hi res w the info.

I never received this one either

[95st-celica]

i just sent you a new picture dave...lmk if you get it...thanks

dan...dont be jealous caus my car is nicer than yours...

This post has been edited by 95st-celica: Sep 3, 2008 - 4:37 PM

[DEATH]

The texas meet yielded some pics of a large number of cars - someone better qualified would have to say whether or not they are cover worthy tho. i have no skill or much knowledge of photography.
please note these are Snapshotgt's pics - I can't and won't submit them because of that. That descision is obviously up to him.

Just a thought.
What about the ECG's pics from this year? Or were they on the cover last year?

This post has been edited by DEATH: Sep 3, 2008 - 5:00 PM

[supershannon77]

YEa and is u look here http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...=supershannon77 on page four and five there are pictures that are perfect...ill add some in but the credit doesnt go to me its to jason and lagos and manny and who ever else posted pics from the meet.







and of course theres my car...lol jk mines not ready for calendar yet


anyway I think this is being rushed..If u asked me with some of the pics u have now there is going to be no buyers besides the ppl who have there car in the calendar...I think we need to get it out there more that ppl are submitting pics bc Im not sure most members have seen this yet but thats just me idk

This post has been edited by supershannon77: Sep 3, 2008 - 6:47 PM