2011 Photo Of The Year Contest: Most Derby

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WINNER: #2 by Wicked Shamrock Photography
This category speaks for itself - photographers in this portion of the competition captured what we considered moments representative of the essence of the sport. Back to main article.


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Submitted by thurstongore on January 4, 2012 - 12:24pm

Some amazing stuff! Derby is lucky to have all of you!

Submitted by hellie on January 4, 2012 - 2:20pm

I think a lot of people may accidentally vote for the wrong photo by looking at the number at the bottom of the slide rather than the number at the bottom of the picture. I almost did.

Submitted by Joe Rollerfan on January 4, 2012 - 3:58pm

I agree, I almost got it wrong too. Mods, can you remove the intro slide from each slideshow, so the numbers match up?

Submitted by Mercy Less on January 4, 2012 - 7:41pm

We specifically included a cover image so as not to give unfair advantage or exposure to any one image by having it appear first. Each photo is labeled with the number as well as the name of the photographer, and even if you get the number wrong, the photographer names don't change in the actual poll. I can't honestly think of a way to remove the cover image and make things fair. Can you?

If I hear from enough of the photogs represented that they don't care if someone else's image is the cover image, and receives more exposure, I guess we can change it. Maybe we've spent too may years tiptoeing around derby egos here on the internet? ;)

Submitted by IzzyPop on January 4, 2012 - 8:19pm

A simpler solution would be to change the numbers on the bottom of the photo so they match. That way each person is voting on 2-11, not 1-10.

Submitted by Dave Wood on January 4, 2012 - 9:46pm

This seems like a good idea. Hopefully everyone's paying enough attention to get it right, but I did wonder if this might be a problem when I first looked at this as well. Numbering them 2-11 seems like a good solution as there's really no way anyone could get confused by that.

Submitted by Mercy Less on January 5, 2012 - 12:55pm

Instead of messing with the poll itself, we removed the cover images. Numbers on the gallery now match the numbers on each photo.

Submitted by nearthecoast.com on January 5, 2012 - 4:00am

Very flattered that my pic of Seaside Siren Truly Thumptious and son has been nominated. See it and more nearthecoast roller sport pix on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nearthecoast/sets/72157627798679994/show/

Submitted by LizaPulveriza on January 5, 2012 - 10:37am

Gotta say, within the "Most Derby" category. I think slide #7, photo 6 (the recycle tat) is a great portrait. These were hard to whittle down, I can only imagine how the pics were that didn't make it. Great job photogs!

Submitted by nearthecoast.com on January 5, 2012 - 6:27pm

agree

Submitted by tuffnoogies on January 11, 2012 - 1:42pm

Now I'm not sure if I voted correctly, I associated the number in the slideshow with the number in the list. damn!

Submitted by Mercy Less on January 11, 2012 - 4:15pm

None of the winners won by just one vote.