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Challenge Details
Earliest Memory
A Member Challenge using the Advanced Editing VII rules.

Description
Create a photograph that depicts or somehow communicates the earliest moment in time that you can remember.

Submission Dates:
  Jan 28 2008 - Feb 3 2008

Voting Dates:
  Feb 4 2008 - Feb 10 2008

Submissions: 83
Disqualifications: 4
Votes: 13,489
Comments: 601

Average Score: 5.51019
Highest Score: 6.747
Median Score: 5.6078
Lowest Score: 3.9188


Results for Earliest Memory:
Challenge Results for Earliest Memory
Simple Comforts
by sir_bazz

1st place with an
average vote of 6.7470

Views: 6747 (307 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.022
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.025
It was Big, Yellow and Scary
by JeniY

2nd place with an
average vote of 6.6765

Views: 8048 (337 during voting)
Votes: 170
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.229
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.853
In The Arms Of My Brother
by Qart

3rd place with an
average vote of 6.6474

Views: 8079 (358 during voting)
Votes: 173
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.200
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.805
Hiding Under Nana's Dining Room Sideboard
by MaryO

4th place with an
average vote of 6.4942

Views: 3356 (292 during voting)
Votes: 172
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.333
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.562
Holding Mother's Hand
by jasonlprice

5th place with an
average vote of 6.4598

Views: 3470 (297 during voting)
Votes: 174
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.157
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.585
Mom's Loving Embrace
by timfythetoo

6th place with an
average vote of 6.1939

Views: 3068 (295 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.796
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.362
Going to the Harbor
by Tom

7th place with an
average vote of 6.1479

Views: 2712 (329 during voting)
Votes: 169
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.783
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.285
1961- A Saturday Morning With Vickie
by Hipychik

8th place with an
average vote of 6.1317

Views: 2277 (376 during voting)
Votes: 167
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.771
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.277
I remember my mother when....
by Rino63

9th place with an
average vote of 6.1310

Views: 1916 (284 during voting)
Votes: 168
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.630
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.320
Those cold hands!
by Dan_Cottle

10th place with an
average vote of 6.1145

Views: 2543 (510 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.217
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.458
O... R... E... O...
by Lonz

11th place with an
average vote of 6.1006

Views: 1547 (309 during voting)
Votes: 169
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.755
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.242
scary
by cirrasch

12th place with an
average vote of 6.0994

Views: 1368 (313 during voting)
Votes: 171
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.680
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.273
First 'Rock' Concert
by elizadeb

13th place with an
average vote of 6.0355

Views: 1189 (269 during voting)
Votes: 169
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.766
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.139
My First Guardian
by neophyte

14th place with an
average vote of 5.9821

Views: 1230 (269 during voting)
Votes: 168
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.708
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.092
My Pal "Rocco"
by glad2badad

15th place with an
average vote of 5.9709

Views: 1687 (277 during voting)
Votes: 172
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.653
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.098
Playing in the Never-Ending Orchards
by photokariangel

16th place with an
average vote of 5.9471

Views: 1395 (297 during voting)
Votes: 170
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.653
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.066
Fun in the bath
by Judi

17th place with an
average vote of 5.9167

Views: 2824 (735 during voting)
Votes: 168
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.375
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.133
Open Wide - Here Comes the Choo Choo Train
by TacTZilla

18th place with an
average vote of 5.8988

Views: 1689 (299 during voting)
Votes: 168
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.580
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.034
Bunny Ears Knot...That's How I Learned
by imagesbytlp

19th place with an
average vote of 5.8982

Views: 1113 (272 during voting)
Votes: 167
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.521
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.050
MMmmm, I remember lunch time.
by Dirt_Diver

20th place with an
average vote of 5.8844

Views: 1264 (290 during voting)
Votes: 173
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.468
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.040
My Doll and My Blanket, For As Long As I Can Remember
by scarbrd

21st place with an
average vote of 5.8698

Views: 1114 (282 during voting)
Votes: 169
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.478
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.016
"The world's a blur as I rock in my swing."
by essay

22nd place with an
average vote of 5.8571

Views: 1561 (293 during voting)
Votes: 168
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.438
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.025
After a bath
by Jacques123

23rd place with an
average vote of 5.8529

Views: 1175 (349 during voting)
Votes: 170
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.542
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.975
COME TO GRANDMA!!! (Literally my first memory!)
by classycam

24th place with an
average vote of 5.8494

Views: 1382 (352 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.438
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.017
I woke up and there was a spider staring right at me
by Nuzzer

25th place with an
average vote of 5.8485

Views: 1199 (292 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.652
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.924
Happiness
by tooter

26th place with an
average vote of 5.8485

Views: 1043 (270 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.447
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.009
Afraid of the Dark
by PHOTOKID

27th place with an
average vote of 5.8480

Views: 1135 (321 during voting)
Votes: 171
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.532
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.968
the Great Outdoors
by mpeters

28th place with an
average vote of 5.8415

Views: 995 (299 during voting)
Votes: 164
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.457
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.992
The Matriarch
by RKT

29th place with an
average vote of 5.8344

Views: 1097 (287 during voting)
Votes: 157
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.544
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.955
My red wagon went everywhere with me
by laurie241

30th place with an
average vote of 5.8155

Views: 987 (276 during voting)
Votes: 168
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.551
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.924
Grandparents, Automobiles, frangrances...
by jjbeguin

31st place with an
average vote of 5.8012

Views: 1121 (280 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.429
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.957
Our Family Car (I'm a '55 Myself)
by lynnesite

32nd place with an
average vote of 5.8012

Views: 920 (281 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.478
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.925
grandpa's garage
by s2hphotography

33rd place with an
average vote of 5.7169

Views: 966 (269 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.583
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.771
My Mother: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
by heavyj

34th place with an
average vote of 5.7063

Views: 1170 (475 during voting)
Votes: 160
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.457
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.807
Story Time
by tfarrell23

35th place with an
average vote of 5.6988

Views: 919 (262 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.292
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.864
Size
by dmadden

36th place with an
average vote of 5.6727

Views: 940 (264 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.250
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.846
Safe and Secure
by Charlene

37th place with an
average vote of 5.6568

Views: 909 (292 during voting)
Votes: 169
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.347
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.783
Rebecca
by skewsme

38th place with an
average vote of 5.6506

Views: 925 (284 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.531
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.701
Let me out of here!
by SnapperL

39th place with an
average vote of 5.6471

Views: 978 (385 during voting)
Votes: 170
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.960
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.933
Mother??
by JawnyRico

40th place with an
average vote of 5.6437

Views: 1497 (389 during voting)
Votes: 174
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.784
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.000
indeed . t'was a strange childhhood
by ralph

41st place with an
average vote of 5.6205

Views: 928 (312 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.275
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.774
Loss
by menele

42nd place with an
average vote of 5.5951

Views: 918 (308 during voting)
Votes: 163
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.271
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.730
The Beach In Winter
by juliejold

43rd place with an
average vote of 5.5179

Views: 977 (301 during voting)
Votes: 168
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.360
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.585
Pox
by xianart

44th place with an
average vote of 5.4852

Views: 1082 (357 during voting)
Votes: 169
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.320
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.555
...the chiming of our old family clock
by OldCoyote

45th place with an
average vote of 5.4824

Views: 833 (256 during voting)
Votes: 170
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.163
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.612
untitled
by mattforbes

46th place with an
average vote of 5.4294

Views: 772 (278 during voting)
Votes: 163
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.174
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.530
Give me your hand
by Quasimojo

47th place with an
average vote of 5.3953

Views: 885 (298 during voting)
Votes: 172
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.170
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.480
Recurring Nightmare
by JuliBoc

48th place with an
average vote of 5.3951

Views: 1270 (304 during voting)
Votes: 162
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.125
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.509
A Winter Day, My Mother, and the Waves
by Bear_Music

49th place with an
average vote of 5.3818

Views: 916 (284 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.225
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.448
Walking To Practice
by Man_Called_Horse

50th place with an
average vote of 5.3273

Views: 766 (258 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.063
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.436
The first time I met my dad
by smardaz

51st place with an
average vote of 5.3273

Views: 1000 (339 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.600
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.644
here comes the airplaaaaane
by krnodil

52nd place with an
average vote of 5.3174

Views: 1083 (306 during voting)
Votes: 167
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.143
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.390
When Harry Met Sally
by sigfusson

53rd place with an
average vote of 5.2805

Views: 879 (400 during voting)
Votes: 164
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.837
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.470
Silly Puppy
by littlegett

54th place with an
average vote of 5.2647

Views: 938 (297 during voting)
Votes: 170
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.981
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.390
Magical Silly Putty
by freakin_hilarious

55th place with an
average vote of 5.2632

Views: 875 (286 during voting)
Votes: 171
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.061
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.344
Don't Put That In Your Mouth!!
by robinssong

56th place with an
average vote of 5.2367

Views: 853 (290 during voting)
Votes: 169
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.333
Playing at the beach (during summer)
by hajeka

57th place with an
average vote of 5.2242

Views: 956 (275 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.146
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.256
Morning View from the Crib
by gzupruk

58th place with an
average vote of 5.2121

Views: 800 (277 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.880
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.357
Play Time With Mommy
by alavattam

59th place with an
average vote of 5.2024

Views: 859 (271 during voting)
Votes: 168
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.083
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.250
Pain
by posthumous

60th place with an
average vote of 5.1790

Views: 984 (255 during voting)
Votes: 162
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.042
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.237
Cruisin by Candy Castle
by AndyMac24

61st place with an
average vote of 5.1747

Views: 898 (263 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.816
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.325
The Ocean
by SouthCoastOr3gon

62nd place with an
average vote of 5.1341

Views: 730 (273 during voting)
Votes: 164
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.833
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.259
favorite toy
by griz210

63rd place with an
average vote of 5.0909

Views: 823 (258 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.816
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.207
Throwing stones into the water.
by David Newland

64th place with an
average vote of 5.0719

Views: 881 (301 during voting)
Votes: 167
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.608
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.276
Golden light and a magic saddle
by snaffles

65th place with an
average vote of 4.9939

Views: 929 (255 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.745
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.105
Thinking they where aliens
by Krisby

66th place with an
average vote of 4.9880

Views: 1019 (317 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.755
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.086
Feeding the Ducks at the Park
by vtruan

67th place with an
average vote of 4.9444

Views: 1001 (255 during voting)
Votes: 162
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.745
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.026
What is this?? Freaking cold and held by my ankles!!
by bjoern

68th place with an
average vote of 4.9212

Views: 881 (274 during voting)
Votes: 165
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.540
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.087
First Footprints
by raish

69th place with an
average vote of 4.8834

Views: 858 (271 during voting)
Votes: 163
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.745
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.940
Being EVICTED!
by annig

70th place with an
average vote of 4.8757

Views: 945 (335 during voting)
Votes: 169
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.479
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.033
The Goal
by brumer0

71st place with an
average vote of 4.8671

Views: 928 (299 during voting)
Votes: 158
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.375
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.082
Ride Big Horsie?
by dtremain

72nd place with an
average vote of 4.8589

Views: 811 (253 during voting)
Votes: 163
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.510
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.009
She attacked me once at grandma's house... Can't forget it.
by marcusvdt

73rd place with an
average vote of 4.7831

Views: 825 (292 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.660
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.836
Dawn
by jmritz

74th place with an
average vote of 4.7799

Views: 788 (263 during voting)
Votes: 159
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.565
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.867
Golden stone wall
by wei1108

75th place with an
average vote of 4.6481

Views: 681 (248 during voting)
Votes: 162
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.500
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.714
Porcelain Mountain
by truogre

76th place with an
average vote of 4.5843

Views: 660 (256 during voting)
Votes: 166
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.314
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.704
We'll Meet When You Awake
by dsterner

77th place with an
average vote of 4.5030

Views: 783 (281 during voting)
Votes: 167
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.300
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.590
It's Showtime
by pointandshoot

78th place with an
average vote of 4.4072

Views: 901 (355 during voting)
Votes: 167
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.898
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.619
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by PhotoRyno

79th place with an
average vote of 4.1779

Views: 700 (261 during voting)
Votes: 163
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.915
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.285
of a parasol
by klstover

80th place with an
average vote of 4.1366

Views: 849 (297 during voting)
Votes: 161
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.891
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.235
Can't goes back someone will destroy your childhood memories
by whiterook

81st place with an
average vote of 3.9188

Views: 1327 (283 during voting)
Votes: 160
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.688
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.018
Disqualified Images
..people, cars, noise, people
by dougi555

Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Disqualification Message:
You may not combine captures of different scenes, move or change a feature between frames, or combine different captures to create a new scene.
Memory, Stimulated
by C_Steve_G

Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Disqualification Message:
You may not use ANY editing tool to create new image area, objects or features (such as lens flare or motion) that didn't already exist in your original capture.


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