Linden Labs is having a "photography contest" with the theme being the beach. the contest winner is whoever can get the most people to vote for their photo. Nothing about artistic merit, it's just a popularity contest.
Koinup isn't much better right now, they're having an "art contest" in which the winner will be whatever photo is "faved" the most.
This is all a bunch of BS, if you ask me. The same people will win because they have massive friends lists, and "Everyone" will fave them regardless of artistic quality. Meanwhile, those of us who really could use the money to fund other SL art endeavors get shafted because we're not known.
So, I'm taking this rather beautiful picture here at Dive world, which just re-opened recently. No photoshop, no editing, just a straight up photo of the sunrise. And I'm not entering it into any comp simply because I will not win it. The winner will be some naked avarar with large perky breasts in a somewhat slutty somewhat artsy pose that's been photoshopped to death, and the winner will have a friends list in the hundreds.
Meanwhile, those of us who love SL beaches, play on them, enjoy the water and waves? We'll be here long after they've all run off to follow the next "art popularity contest". Some of us take good photos because we actually give a damn about the content, but what do I know? Those grapes were probably pretty sour anyway, right?
