BcUK Photograph of 2013 competition

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Mesquite

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Having admired so many of the photographs that are shown on the forum it would be nice to have a competition for the membership.

Basically there will be a monthly themed competition and the winner of each month will be put forward at the end of the year to decide the member’s favourite picture of 2013.

The themes for this year are as follows:

May – Sunlight
June – Leaves
July – Camp life
August – Fauna
September – The path leads…
October – Fire
November – Autumn
Bushmoot 2013 - In motion

There is no competition for December as the voting for both November’s picture as well as the overall winner will be taking place then.

The rules.
  1. The photograph must have been taken in 2013
  2. Members may only enter one photograph per month
  3. All entries must be posted in the appropriate thread.
  4. Private entries by PM will not be accepted.
  5. The closing date is 23.59 on the last day of each month
  6. Entries must be based on the theme for that month.
  7. The organiser has the right to bar an entry if they feel it doesn’t relate to the theme.
  8. Digital adjustments.The integrity of the subject must be maintained and the making of physical changes to the landscape is not permitted. You may not, for example, remove fences, move trees or strip in the sky from another image. Minor adjustments to levels and curves and cropping of the image are allowed. The organiser may request the RAW file or original camera jpeg for any image. The organiser reserves the right to disqualify any image that they feel lacks authenticity due to over-manipulation. Stitched panoramas are allowed in all categories.
    Digital Manipulation rule borrowed from Landscape Photographer of the Year 2013

  9. If you’re unsure then PM the organiser with the photograph for advice before posting it.
  10. Winners will be decided by popular vote via a poll. If there are more entries in the monthly theme competitions than the forum system allows for a poll (max of 20 items) then as many extra poll threads as needed will be created to accommodate the entries for that month. The winner of each poll thread will then go forward to a separate poll to decide the overall winner of that month.
  11. If there is only one poll due to the number of entries and the result is tied at the end of voting then all tying pictures will go forward into a new poll to decide the overall winner.
  12. The time period for voting will be one week.
  13. The winner of each months competition will go into a poll at the end of the year decide the overall members favourite photograph
  14. The organiser has the right to add to or refine the competition rules as they see fit
  15. The organiser has the final say in any dispute

Please note that this competition is being run with the full approval of Tony :)

The purpose of this thread is to give people a heads up of the competition. Please DO NOT post any pictures in this thread. There will be a specific thread for entries posted on the first of each month.

With regards to a prize can I call upon the generosity of the forum membership and ask for donations to make up a goody bag for the overall winner, not the monthly winners. If there are enough donations it might go to second and third prizes as well :)
 
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Mesquite

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What are the rules on Photoshop and touching up your pictures?
Personally I think you should be able to crop and straighten them only.

I thought about this for some while whilst drafting the rules.

Most photo comps that I've looked at do allow minimmal retouching by photoshop etc and at the end of the day it would be extremely hard to prove that a photograph hasn't been photoshopped.

Because of that I decided not to have any rule regarding manipulation and go on trust that entrants would keep with the spirit that this is a fun competition.
 

Biker

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I thought about this for some while whilst drafting the rules.

Most photo comps that I've looked at do allow minimmal retouching by photoshop etc and at the end of the day it would be extremely hard to prove that a photograph hasn't been photoshopped.

Because of that I decided not to have any rule regarding manipulation and go on trust that entrants would keep with the spirit that this is a fun competition.

Awwwww. Cos' this is what I got up to last weekend.

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Great idea Steve, count me in for taking part. And count me also to donate something to the prize fund. I'll clarify what it is nearer the closing date.
 

Elines

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What a brilliant idea!

Plan to take part but expect the real benefit for me to be in seeing what others have come up with.

Re Photoshop I generally tweak the contrast/brightness/levels/ remove minor blemishes on just about everyting I do so if that isn't allowed (as an example) then I couldn't really take part.

Re People who don't have Photoshop then GIMP is free and it is relatively easy to learn how to do them in GIMP. (I started with GIMP but gave up as I couldn't understand the more advanced stuff beyond the corrections above.) Picasa is another free option and easier to use but not as versatile.
 

Mesquite

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Awwwww. Cos' this is what I got up to last weekend.

caspost.com-jaws-meme-001.png

That might... just might squeeze into August's theme... :rolleyes:

If you can sneak past the members :)

Great idea Steve, count me in for taking part. And count me also to donate something to the prize fund. I'll clarify what it is nearer the closing date.
I'm up for a bit of this.
As for a prize donation....hmmmmm tinder pouch sound ok?

Thank you very much gentlemen for the prize donations :)
 

maddave

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Nahhh mate, this was last years for a giggle.... I won't be even taking the pic till May. I think that's the way I'm gonna go.. Wait till June for taking the leafy pic, and so on... :)
 

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