Alternative Calendar Contest Images

[Liquid Cobra]

Now that the contest has drawn to a close I thought it would be fun to see what people didn't submit as their entry this year. Last year I remember a similar thread of alternates. Let's see them!

I'll go first.







Hmm..I seem to have developed a taste for titanium this year. I didn't realize until now lol.

[Evil D]

Crap I actually missed it. I misread the post and thought it ended on 9/30. Oh will. I did have something in the works but the knife isn't quite ready..

[GoldenSpydie]

Here are a few I have considered for my entry at different times...




These two weren't able to be cropped to the right aspect ratio...

[Holland]

Wow GS, you are quite talented with a camera!

and LC, all of those look calendar worthy! :D

[tvenuto]

Ha I'm glad you can't submit multiples, because every single one of these is better than any entry I could muster.

[SG89]

Great post OP!

[i am travvy]

The one I posted was the only one I took this year. I wanted to incorperate either some fishing equiptment or wildlife into it but the weather wouldn't work with me. I think I took about 100 photos in a bunch of different configurations in the 10 mins I had to work with but only one came out alright. A lot of amazing entries this year though, that's for sure.

[jabba359]

I submitted this one first, then changed my mind:



and briefly considered this one (though cropped a little on the sides to meet the aspect ratio specifications):

[DutchBlades]

Then entry's seem to be getter better and better each time! Some great pictures in here aswell!

Good luck to everyone who entered this year!

[hudsonhawk]

I heavily considered using this one but didn't have enough time to tweak it to my satisfaction. It's a tough crowd to compete with. :)

[Reject]

[bearfacedkiller]

Here are the pics I chose between in no particular order.

My trusty Para2. I have carried this knife a lot and both these pictures illustrate it's well worn beauty.





This pic is OK but I love the way I caught the light on the scales, looks great.



I like this pic but it has too much stuff that isn't Spyderco in it.



I like this pic but the lighting isn't great so it didn't make the cut.



I love this pic and it has some of my favorite stuff in it but I decided not to include it because of other products and a firearm.



I absolutely love this picture but thought it might be too dark for a calendar.



Another good pic I had but like many of my pics it wasn't gonna crop very well.

[skywalker1]

I was quite happy with this shot at first but the more I looked at it, the weirder I found it. Now I' m glad I didn' t submit it, the composition and the crooked horizon is quite strange indeed :D

[Liquid Cobra]

As always there's some good stuff in here. Thanks for sharing fellas. This year I took a few shots as the weeks went by as a way to sort of "warm up" for the contest. Unfortunately I waited too long and found myself scrambling the night before the contest ended. What I wanted to do wasn't really working for me. My final submission ended up being a sort of mishmash of a few ideas. Not ashamed to say the blue light I used was from my force fx lightsaber!

[bearfacedkiller]

Everybody did such a great job this year! I can't wait to see who makes the cut. I really liked my pic that I submitted but some of the entries were just stellar and I am not feeling very confident now.

This contest is so much fun!

[i am travvy]

Haha yeah I feel the same way Darby.. I entered early and thought that I might have a chance. Then this last week went by and now I'm like, nope nope nope. Haha going to be a great calendar this year.

[chuckd]

I love this contest! I will try and remember to get some of my alternates up after work.

They sure do make us wait a long time though! Good luck to everyone!

[bearfacedkiller]

Haha yeah I feel the same way Darby.. I entered early and thought that I might have a chance. Then this last week went by and now I'm like, nope nope nope. Haha going to be a great calendar this year.

I like your pic. You have had some great pics in the weekly contest too.

I've still got my fingers crossed.

[jabba359]

As always there's some good stuff in here. Thanks for sharing fellas. This year I took a few shots as the weeks went by as a way to sort of "warm up" for the contest. Unfortunately I waited too long and found myself scrambling the night before the contest ended. What I wanted to do wasn't really working for me. My final submission ended up being a sort of mishmash of a few ideas. Not ashamed to say the blue light I used was from my force fx lightsaber!

I did the same thing, procrastinating until near the end. Then I suddenly had a work schedule change and didn't have any time off before the contest ended, so I didn't get to do what I had planned. At least now I have a year to get the next picture done.

Perhaps I need to buy a force FX lightsaber as well to improve my pictures, as yours seems to be working out great. :p

[psmith27]

I have a few more I will add...really was dicey getting the shot I did use sense I had to lay in the middle of a mtn road...was fun regardless. Good luck to those who entered.

Kindly,
Patrick