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 members 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 Novembers picture as well as the overall winner will be taking place then.
The rules.
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
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 members 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 Novembers picture as well as the overall winner will be taking place then.
The rules.
- The photograph must have been taken in 2013
- Members may only enter one photograph per month
- All entries must be posted in the appropriate thread.
- Private entries by PM will not be accepted.
- The closing date is 23.59 on the last day of each month
- Entries must be based on the theme for that month.
- The organiser has the right to bar an entry if they feel it doesnt relate to the theme.
- 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
- If youre unsure then PM the organiser with the photograph for advice before posting it.
- 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.
- 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.
- The time period for voting will be one week.
- The winner of each months competition will go into a poll at the end of the year decide the overall members favourite photograph
- The organiser has the right to add to or refine the competition rules as they see fit
- 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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