RE: Interesting Night in Detroit

[P3D Steve Owsley <scooter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Geo. Themelis writes:

>What made the competition even more interesting (frustrating?) was the
>judging.  First slides were getting very low points, last slides were
>getting very high points.  Many excellent slides got killed and some
>average or below average slides got rated high.  (Those comments express
>personal opinion, ONLY!).  That did not bother me much, especially
>since MY slides did well, placing 2nd, 2nd and 3d (which puts me to an
>early lead).  I am learning to be immune to judging, since it does tend
>to vary from time to time, place to place and individual to individual.
>I just do my best and hope that the "law of averages" applies.  Yes,
>judging varies and you have to accept this fact to lead a healthy and
>long life competing in 3D!

At the last meeting in Oakland (we have one judge), the judge requested that the 
projectionist go through the series quickly as a preview. 

Then we went through the series at a slower pace as the judge made detailed comments on 
each one.  After each series was viewed, the judge retired to a light table where he 
looked at the slides briefly to pick out the winners. The winners were then 
announced and re-projected for the audience.

I liked this in that we got a general idea of the quality and types of shots in each 
series first. (Usually, we go through the series without a preview, and it's harder to 
keep in perspective overall the best pictures.)

I think by doing things this way, the scores might tend to average out better, if the 
better slides were shown at the beginning of the series, they wouldn't be "killed" as 
readily.

It sounds like it would have been a lot of extra work, but it went smoothly, and took 
very little extra time. (During the preview, the slides were changed after about 4 
seconds-just long enough to get the focus adjusted and get a general idea of the scene.)


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