Throwdown comp - plate recocgnition?

it wasn't anonymous before....

i don't know. i know that i don't vote by personality, but rather by the food and pics. i've know in the past who was who, and have always voted for people whose food i think answered the call. i don't vote for those i know just because i like them. hopefully we are all capable of suspending loyalties enough to do that in a friendly contest.

i find that without anything but a plated-pic, it sort of becomes a photography contest more than anything else. with a little more background (process, raw pics, and description) it's easier to understand what went into the cook. for me, cooking is about the whole process, not simply the plated pic. but that's my less-than-two-cents.

i just think the thing (the contest) had more interest and energy when it wasn't clamped down on so much, made so anonymous and regimented.

i also don't understand why someone is saddled with receiving and resizing pics, and copying/pasting, etc.

like i said, my opinion only, and i have already been informed thatit's not needed

edited: >>should add that i haven't voted in a while because i don't feel like i know enough about the individual entries

My plating skills are improving, but I still favor the pit shots where you might catch an unplanned whisp of smoke or a area so sizzling meat.

My biggest problem for the plated shots is that my kitchen and kitchen table (I don't have a dining room) is on the north side of my house and has horrible lighting in the afternoon, so if I wait too late to take a plate shot I have to rely on room light and the white balance settings of the camera to do their work.

Here is a good example of what I'm talking about..... I like the pit shot of these venison burgers much better than the plate shot.

I'll take a double with bacon (your bbb please)

Oh, and can I get fries with that?

You can't eat the picture Wayne...Keep up the great work

I agree, Stike. This is the first time I didn't vote. It seems too sterile this way. I really enjoyed the contests where we got to hear about the process and see the pictures.

Why would someone say your opinion isn't needed? I must have missed that post. Obviously they're wrong!

I'd think most folks would vote for the food, not the personality. Plating on paper plates was probably said in jest, but I'd hate to see us regress to that!

Patty

I tend to agree. Im not sure if I am in majority, perhaps not. The first throwdown started as a vision of everyone having a common theme for a weekend cook, which was originally not to even be a contest.
Since it is based on presentation anyway(not to take anything away from our winners) is it possible the throwdown has played itself out?
Maybe having a more low keyed, less strict, common weekend cook once a month or so would be good, instead of OR in addition to the throwdown?

i agree especially with what i cooked.. could not fit 6 hours of julia child inspired prep into 1 photo
but fun none the less