📷 TOTM 04sshd - March 2024 Tremor of the Month Winner!

The March 2024 TOTM contest showcased a stunning array of photos, with 22 impressive entries making the decision incredibly tough. With a total of 80 votes counted, @04sshd emerged as the winner, clinching the March 2024 Tremor of the Month title! Congratulations! Hats off to @TellurideTremor for their close second place and @AZsurveyor for a solid third-place achievement!

If you didn't get a chance to see the poll, all the Tremor photos are still available for viewing in the voting thread here:

📷 TOTM - Vote Now! March 2024 Tremor of the Month!

Cast your vote now for the March 2024 Tremor of the Month competition! With 22 incredible trucks vying for the top spot, only one will earn a place on the prestigious Tremor Wall of Fame. Take your time to browse through each photo below and then use the poll to cast your vote. The winner will...

www.fordtremor.com

A big thank you to everyone who participated by submitting photos and casting votes.

The next contest will kick off the first week of April!

 

[RedDawg]

Absolutely spectacular! Congratulations!

 

[Vecman]

We'll keep refining and tweaking the contest format and themes. These contests are all in fun and the chance to see some amazing Tremors photos that might not typically be shared on the forum. I look forward to these every month!

Suggestions & theme ideas can always be submitted here:

2024 TOTM Theme Ideas & Suggestions

If you have suggestions for TOTM theme ideas, please post them here!

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I just need to know where to send my check so I can ensure the win. I need this badge!

 

[TRAMPER]

I just need to know where to send my check so I can ensure the win. I need this badge!

Well. I think you’re going at this wrong…. Let the contest run buy the votes.

Looks like it took 24 votes to win this month, let’s get crazy and double it. Say you need 50 votes, $10/vote is $500, that’s a small price to pay for such an illustrious badge.

Granted you’ll have to mail more checks but it seems more cost effective this way. That or just go to 50 different cell phone stores use 50 different phones and 50 different email address to create 50 alias accounts then go back to those stores and vote for yourself 50 times…. You could win every month…

 

[Winterized]

Congrats @04sshd, "captured against an extraordinary setting" pretty much nails it for your beautiful shot.

 

[Winterized]

Even your last entry photo was fun to look at, something different for a change. All is i’m trying to get across, lets switch it up from time to time where a mall crawling guy like me can participate

Why do I have a strange sense of foreboding that if parking were the theme, someone would try to create a shot that resembles the snowbank one in your other post, but by mounting a hybrid or EV?

Wait... that could be interesting to see. Never Mind.

 

[04sshd]

It is! Great way to represent the 23+ models!

I just realized it is the first 23+, that's very cool!

 

[Vecman]

Well. I think you’re going at this wrong…. Let the contest run buy the votes.

Looks like it took 24 votes to win this month, let’s get crazy and double it. Say you need 50 votes, $10/vote is $500, that’s a small price to pay for such an illustrious badge.

Granted you’ll have to mail more checks but it seems more cost effective this way. That or just go to 50 different cell phone stores use 50 different phones and 50 different email address to create 50 alias accounts then go back to those stores and vote for yourself 50 times…. You could win every month…

I like your thought process!

 

[20TreeFiddy]

Rad shot @04sshd!

 

[modified]

Well. I think you’re going at this wrong…. Let the contest run buy the votes.

Looks like it took 24 votes to win this month, let’s get crazy and double it. Say you need 50 votes, $10/vote is $500, that’s a small price to pay for such an illustrious badge.

Granted you’ll have to mail more checks but it seems more cost effective this way. That or just go to 50 different cell phone stores use 50 different phones and 50 different email address to create 50 alias accounts then go back to those stores and vote for yourself 50 times…. You could win every month…

Hmm.. I think you might be on to something. I could make it easy and accept crypto to keep it anonymous.

 

[moxford]

Congrats to @04sshd, and great use of leading lines, composition, and fill lights/reflectors! Pretty steep fall-off at the edges, but no catch lights and excess spill doesn't point to gridded fills... thinking building/silo behind camera?

Great capture and win!

 

[moxford]

I don't want to turn this into an internet war over some pictures but I have been on the running on a few of these monthly contest and not only do I always meet full criteria, I also seem to be overthrowned by the all-too-typical "portrayal" shot that was so elegantly set up and taken.

You stopped, got out, and took a picture. Yours was staged. Maybe not as elegantly, but if you want to win, you may need to up your game from "just a snapshot" (or we need another contest with different criteria.)

If I start posting 6-light setups with lots of post and some crunchy HDR of my truck with a Carli and 37s, and the judges like it, why get salty? You are either taking it for yourself, or you are taking it to win. Occasionally they overlap, but it is not frequent.

It is a contest. If you and @TRAMPER want to win (and it sounds like you do) and you know what the judges like (and it sounds like you do), then play the game to the best of your ability to win given those constraints. And if you do say "I want to win" and you push your technical/setup side, then when you shoot for what YOU want, it comes out better because you end up naturally seeing the lighting the framing and angles.

You shot was good. Could have been staged, but what killed you the most was the harsh mid-day sun, lack of contrast, pretty dull scenery, etc. It was a grab, it met the base requirements, it is a fun memory shot, but it needs help in post to win a competition. Mid-day is one of the WORST times to shoot.

@TRAMPER is already pushing it with the off-camera lighting. I know that is how it's built out from other posts, but "hey, I will just flick on this light in here/over here for the shot" is, indeed, setting up lighting. I like what he was going for, but the execution could have been tighter/smoother. And, to me, it looks staged in the yard given the lighting from the left.

Tongue in cheek: don't send in "grabs" of your house pet or a mangy street dog to a high end Dog Of The Month competition and expect to win. It happens, for sure, but it is not a recipe which gives you great odds.

You want tour dog to win, give it a bath, brush it, set up the scene and technicals to be well-above par. Or go put in some action scenes. (Think: duck-dog hitting the water's edge at sunrise, early morning light shimmering off the water as it splashed up.)

Static, stock, truck pictures are going to start off a HUGE disadvantage, so make sure there is enough other pieces to carry the deadweight.

Go to Stugis, walk around and look at everyone "showing off" their bike. Stock bike. Sea of sameness. Boring.

Put a boring stock bike in an action scene, carving Spearfish canyon with some motion blur and great daytime lighting, and it is a whole different story. But the scene/action has to carry the day, because the bike itself doesn't.

G'luck in future competitions!

Cheers,
-mox

 

[Blade420Play⚔️]

You stopped, got out, and took a picture. Yours was staged. Maybe not as elegantly, but if you want to win, you may need to up your game from "just a snapshot" (or we need another contest with different criteria.)

If I start posting 6-light setups with lots of post and some crunchy HDR of my truck with a Carli and 37s, and the judges like it, why get salty? You are either taking it for yourself, or you are taking it to win. Occasionally they overlap, but it is not frequent.

It is a contest. If you and @TRAMPER want to win (and it sounds like you do) and you know what the judges like (and it sounds like you do), then play the game to the best of your ability to win given those constraints. And if you do say "I want to win" and you push your technical/setup side, then when you shoot for what YOU want, it comes out better because you end up naturally seeing the lighting the framing and angles.

You shot was good. Could have been staged, but what killed you the most was the harsh mid-day sun, lack of contrast, pretty dull scenery, etc. It was a grab, it met the base requirements, it is a fun memory shot, but it needs help in post to win a competition. Mid-day is one of the WORST times to shoot.

@TRAMPER is already pushing it with the off-camera lighting. I know that is how it's built out from other posts, but "hey, I will just flick on this light in here/over here for the shot" is, indeed, setting up lighting. I like what he was going for, but the execution could have been tighter/smoother. And, to me, it looks staged in the yard given the lighting from the left.

Tongue in cheek: don't send in "grabs" of your house pet or a mangy street dog to a high end Dog Of The Month competition and expect to win. It happens, for sure, but it is not a recipe which gives you great odds.

You want tour dog to win, give it a bath, brush it, set up the scene and technicals to be well-above par. Or go put in some action scenes. (Think: duck-dog hitting the water's edge at sunrise, early morning light shimmering off the water as it splashed up.)

Static, stock, truck pictures are going to start off a HUGE disadvantage, so make sure there is enough other pieces to carry the deadweight.

Go to Stugis, walk around and look at everyone "showing off" their bike. Stock bike. Sea of sameness. Boring.

Put a boring stock bike in an action scene, carving Spearfish canyon with some motion blur and great daytime lighting, and it is a whole different story. But the scene/action has to carry the day, because the bike itself doesn't.

G'luck in future competitions!

Cheers,
-mox

Lol, I just want a sticker... But only if it is a white only decal

 

[TRAMPER]

You stopped, got out, and took a picture. Yours was staged. Maybe not as elegantly, but if you want to win, you may need to up your game from "just a snapshot" (or we need another contest with different criteria.)

If I start posting 6-light setups with lots of post and some crunchy HDR of my truck with a Carli and 37s, and the judges like it, why get salty? You are either taking it for yourself, or you are taking it to win. Occasionally they overlap, but it is not frequent.

It is a contest. If you and @TRAMPER want to win (and it sounds like you do) and you know what the judges like (and it sounds like you do), then play the game to the best of your ability to win given those constraints. And if you do say "I want to win" and you push your technical/setup side, then when you shoot for what YOU want, it comes out better because you end up naturally seeing the lighting the framing and angles.

You shot was good. Could have been staged, but what killed you the most was the harsh mid-day sun, lack of contrast, pretty dull scenery, etc. It was a grab, it met the base requirements, it is a fun memory shot, but it needs help in post to win a competition. Mid-day is one of the WORST times to shoot.

@TRAMPER is already pushing it with the off-camera lighting. I know that is how it's built out from other posts, but "hey, I will just flick on this light in here/over here for the shot" is, indeed, setting up lighting. I like what he was going for, but the execution could have been tighter/smoother. And, to me, it looks staged in the yard given the lighting from the left.

Tongue in cheek: don't send in "grabs" of your house pet or a mangy street dog to a high end Dog Of The Month competition and expect to win. It happens, for sure, but it is not a recipe which gives you great odds.

You want tour dog to win, give it a bath, brush it, set up the scene and technicals to be well-above par. Or go put in some action scenes. (Think: duck-dog hitting the water's edge at sunrise, early morning light shimmering off the water as it splashed up.)

Static, stock, truck pictures are going to start off a HUGE disadvantage, so make sure there is enough other pieces to carry the deadweight.

Go to Stugis, walk around and look at everyone "showing off" their bike. Stock bike. Sea of sameness. Boring.

Put a boring stock bike in an action scene, carving Spearfish canyon with some motion blur and great daytime lighting, and it is a whole different story. But the scene/action has to carry the day, because the bike itself doesn't.

G'luck in future competitions!

Cheers,
-mox

Ahahahhaha. OMG..

Don’t drag me into this. I have been mercilessly picking on people in this thread with what I thought was EXTREME sarcasm. Holy fuck I posted a picture of participation trophy’s for fucks sake. Hahahaha. You’re reading me way wrong. IDAF about any contest with a bunch of randos on the internet. Maybe you should revisit my 500 post “Pheasant” thread. Basically everything I do on here that isn’t a straight answer or asking a straight question is just shit-posting lol.

I’m here for a good time with a great bunch of folks to laugh and have fun. I’m not saying it wouldn’t be cool to be TOTM but that’s not my goal. Next time you read my posts read them as if your big brother is teasing you, cause that’s how they are all written lol.

FWIW I don’t have a TOTM badge but these pics got my free entry and camping at Expo so they could use them in their literature. I’m headed out west again soon maybe I’ll take a few more so I have some in the bank…… in case the “parking lot Tremors” contest doesn’t materialize. (I’m shit posting again FYI) hahahahaha.

 

[Optimus🤖]

You stopped, got out, and took a picture. Yours was staged. Maybe not as elegantly, but if you want to win, you may need to up your game from "just a snapshot" (or we need another contest with different criteria.)

If I start posting 6-light setups with lots of post and some crunchy HDR of my truck with a Carli and 37s, and the judges like it, why get salty? You are either taking it for yourself, or you are taking it to win. Occasionally they overlap, but it is not frequent.

It is a contest. If you and @TRAMPER want to win (and it sounds like you do) and you know what the judges like (and it sounds like you do), then play the game to the best of your ability to win given those constraints. And if you do say "I want to win" and you push your technical/setup side, then when you shoot for what YOU want, it comes out better because you end up naturally seeing the lighting the framing and angles.

You shot was good. Could have been staged, but what killed you the most was the harsh mid-day sun, lack of contrast, pretty dull scenery, etc. It was a grab, it met the base requirements, it is a fun memory shot, but it needs help in post to win a competition. Mid-day is one of the WORST times to shoot.

@TRAMPER is already pushing it with the off-camera lighting. I know that is how it's built out from other posts, but "hey, I will just flick on this light in here/over here for the shot" is, indeed, setting up lighting. I like what he was going for, but the execution could have been tighter/smoother. And, to me, it looks staged in the yard given the lighting from the left.

Tongue in cheek: don't send in "grabs" of your house pet or a mangy street dog to a high end Dog Of The Month competition and expect to win. It happens, for sure, but it is not a recipe which gives you great odds.

You want tour dog to win, give it a bath, brush it, set up the scene and technicals to be well-above par. Or go put in some action scenes. (Think: duck-dog hitting the water's edge at sunrise, early morning light shimmering off the water as it splashed up.)

Static, stock, truck pictures are going to start off a HUGE disadvantage, so make sure there is enough other pieces to carry the deadweight.

Go to Stugis, walk around and look at everyone "showing off" their bike. Stock bike. Sea of sameness. Boring.

Put a boring stock bike in an action scene, carving Spearfish canyon with some motion blur and great daytime lighting, and it is a whole different story. But the scene/action has to carry the day, because the bike itself doesn't.

G'luck in future competitions!

Cheers,
-mox

You had to give us the short version, didn't you.

 

[Optimus🤖]

Ahahahhaha. OMG..

Don’t drag me into this. I have been mercilessly picking on people in this thread with what I thought was EXTREME sarcasm. Holy fuck I posted a picture of participation trophy’s for fucks sake. Hahahaha. You’re reading me way wrong. IDAF about any contest with a bunch of randos on the internet. Maybe you should revisit my 500 post “Pheasant” thread. Basically everything I do on here that isn’t a straight answer or asking a straight question is just shit-posting lol.

I’m here for a good time with a great bunch of folks to laugh and have fun. I’m not saying it wouldn’t be cool to be TOTM but that’s not my goal. Next time you read my posts read them as if your big brother is teasing you, cause that’s how they are all written lol.

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FWIW I don’t have a TOTM badge but these pics got my free entry and camping at Expo so they could use them in their literature. I’m headed out west again soon maybe I’ll take a few more so I have some in the bank…… in case the “parking lot Tremors” contest doesn’t materialize. (I’m shit posting again FYI) hahahahaha.

Well when you're out west, stop by Vegas on April 26th . Beers on me.

 

[Canyon Trekker]

Ahahahhaha. OMG..

Don’t drag me into this. I have been mercilessly picking on people in this thread with what I thought was EXTREME sarcasm. Holy fuck I posted a picture of participation trophy’s for fucks sake. Hahahaha. You’re reading me way wrong. IDAF about any contest with a bunch of randos on the internet. Maybe you should revisit my 500 post “Pheasant” thread. Basically everything I do on here that isn’t a straight answer or asking a straight question is just shit-posting lol.

I’m here for a good time with a great bunch of folks to laugh and have fun. I’m not saying it wouldn’t be cool to be TOTM but that’s not my goal. Next time you read my posts read them as if your big brother is teasing you, cause that’s how they are all written lol.

View attachment 149540View attachment 149541
FWIW I don’t have a TOTM badge but these pics got my free entry and camping at Expo so they could use them in their literature. I’m headed out west again soon maybe I’ll take a few more so I have some in the bank…… in case the “parking lot Tremors” contest doesn’t materialize. (I’m shit posting again FYI) hahahahaha.

Hey, these pictures are cool! You should pos... ahhh, never mind.

 

[TRAMPER]

Well when you're out west, stop by Vegas on April 26th . Beers on me.

Wasn’t planning on being in Nevada on this run…. Flagstaff is probably the closest I’ll be to Vegas this time but plans are always fluid…. Maybe we could take a picture of our Tremors together for next months contest? “Tremors in parking garages with no natural light”. Or maybe “Tremors under neon signs”.

 

[TRAMPER]

Hey, these pictures are cool! You should pos... ahhh, never mind.

Back in my Tacoma days lol

 

[Alpoba]

in case the “parking lot Tremors” contest doesn’t materialize.

It has to, enough with the scenic background bullshit, we all know 93.7% of the time our tremors spend in mall parking lots and there hasn’t been a single month dedicated to it.

Stop the parking lot hate now. Walmart , Costco, Ikea, lets see it!

 

[TARZAN]

Back in my Tacoma days lol

Where about in the South West were you? Nice Pics!