http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/archive/tags/Bing/default.aspxTags: Bingen-NZCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/archive/2009/07/05/bing-photo-contest.aspxSun, 05 Jul 2009 00:46:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9817749nparker1http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/comments/9817749.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9817749http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=9817749<P>I’m enjoying watching the social dynamics of the <A href="http://apps.facebook.com/bing_photo_contest/" mce_href="http://apps.facebook.com/bing_photo_contest/">bing photo contest</A> play out.</P> <P>Some photos are bubbling up because they are generally good <A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/nigel/WindowsLiveWriter/BingPhotoContest_8972/48cccc1a65dc11deb7f10015174893dc%5B1%5D_2.jpg" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/nigel/WindowsLiveWriter/BingPhotoContest_8972/48cccc1a65dc11deb7f10015174893dc%5B1%5D_2.jpg"><IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" title=48cccc1a65dc11deb7f10015174893dc[1] border=0 alt=48cccc1a65dc11deb7f10015174893dc[1] src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/nigel/WindowsLiveWriter/BingPhotoContest_8972/48cccc1a65dc11deb7f10015174893dc%5B1%5D_thumb.jpg" width=244 height=134 mce_src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/nigel/WindowsLiveWriter/BingPhotoContest_8972/48cccc1a65dc11deb7f10015174893dc%5B1%5D_thumb.jpg"></A> </P> <P>Others beacuse people ask their friends to rate them high.</P> <P>If you start <A href="http://apps.facebook.com/bing_photo_contest/vote_now?_fb_q=1" mce_href="http://apps.facebook.com/bing_photo_contest/vote_now?_fb_q=1">Rating Photos Yourself</A> you will realize how poor the quality is of most of the material that is being submitted.</P> <P>I submitted a few photos of my own and it is clear that people are favoring the classic sunset/ landscape type photos to the more abstract themed ones.</P> <P>That said if you are on facebook and like any of the images below please click on the image and <A href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=119207285738&amp;h=G-d_w&amp;u=juE8z&amp;ref=mf" mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=119207285738&amp;h=G-d_w&amp;u=juE8z&amp;ref=mf">vote me up</A>.</P> <P><A href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=119207285738&amp;h=G-d_w&amp;u=juE8z&amp;ref=mf" mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=119207285738&amp;h=G-d_w&amp;u=juE8z&amp;ref=mf"><IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" title=e1d6c25a667f11de950e0015174893dc[1] border=0 alt=e1d6c25a667f11de950e0015174893dc[1] src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/nigel/WindowsLiveWriter/BingPhotoContest_8972/e1d6c25a667f11de950e0015174893dc%5B1%5D_3.jpg" width=244 height=134 mce_src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/nigel/WindowsLiveWriter/BingPhotoContest_8972/e1d6c25a667f11de950e0015174893dc%5B1%5D_3.jpg"></A> </P> <P><A href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=119207285738&amp;h=G-d_w&amp;u=juE8z&amp;ref=mf" mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=119207285738&amp;h=G-d_w&amp;u=juE8z&amp;ref=mf">Vote for the Nouméa beach</A></P> <P>&nbsp;<A href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=94097943970&amp;h=ejT3H&amp;u=ZwdQr&amp;ref=mf" mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=94097943970&amp;h=ejT3H&amp;u=ZwdQr&amp;ref=mf"><IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" title=07674f56668211de94570015174893dc[1] border=0 alt=07674f56668211de94570015174893dc[1] src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/nigel/WindowsLiveWriter/BingPhotoContest_8972/07674f56668211de94570015174893dc%5B1%5D_3.jpg" width=244 height=134 mce_src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/nigel/WindowsLiveWriter/BingPhotoContest_8972/07674f56668211de94570015174893dc%5B1%5D_3.jpg"></A> </P> <P><A href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=94097943970&amp;h=ejT3H&amp;u=ZwdQr&amp;ref=mf" mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=94097943970&amp;h=ejT3H&amp;u=ZwdQr&amp;ref=mf">Vote for the Sydney bridge</A></P> <P>I can’t understand why people rate my beer photo from Bruges so low (1.6 out of 5) it is one of my personal favourites.</P> <P><A href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=100271417755&amp;h=vXRmg&amp;u=PDt3-&amp;ref=mf" mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=100271417755&amp;h=vXRmg&amp;u=PDt3-&amp;ref=mf"><IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" title=158c0aaa668111de94570015174893dc[1] border=0 alt=158c0aaa668111de94570015174893dc[1] src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/nigel/WindowsLiveWriter/BingPhotoContest_8972/158c0aaa668111de94570015174893dc%5B1%5D_3.jpg" width=244 height=134 mce_src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/nigel/WindowsLiveWriter/BingPhotoContest_8972/158c0aaa668111de94570015174893dc%5B1%5D_3.jpg"></A> </P> <P><A href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=100271417755&amp;h=vXRmg&amp;u=PDt3-&amp;ref=mf" mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=100271417755&amp;h=vXRmg&amp;u=PDt3-&amp;ref=mf">Vote for Bruges</A></P> <P>Thanks!</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9817749" width="1" height="1">Bing