[Forever]

What do you people think about a photography contest. Just for the beginners, average and even advanced to participate for fun, in the "designerstalk.com" photography contest.

I suggest that we vote each month for a particulair subject to photograph. I.E. If the theme is set out to be "Architecture" for Octobre, then we will only accept and post architecture shots.

At the end of the month people decide again by voting in the topic which 'still' has won.

Following this example we can do every month another theme and while posting your shots you might receive useful feedback from others.

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The Regulations:

* The picture you send in must apply to the actual theme that is announced in the topic. Other pictures will not compete.

* You can only send in one picture that will compete with the others, so decide carefully which one you will use.

* Please take NOTICE that this is not a PHOTOSHOP contest. So try to leave as much filters out.

* All pictures taken, must be taken from your own camera by yourself. If you use any kind of filter, of course this must be a legal one (camera-option), not photoshopped.

* Please resize the width of your pictures to 550 pixels or less since this does not affect the layout of this forum.

* If you cannot host your pictures yourself, you can send them to dkny@europe.com - Please keep in mind that your picture cannot exceed the size of 200KB.

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At last, I want to add that it might be helpful if we split the topic into a slowchat topic, where you can discuss the pictures and a topic that will only be used to post and show the pictures.

I hope everyone that likes photgraphing will participate!
It's just for fun, but maybe we can expand the contest in the future..

As this is the first time.. I would recommend to use the "architecture" theme, just to take off, and next month we will decide together what theme it is gonna be.

-Closing date for sendings is: 27th of Octobre-

Cheers!

[cyk]

Are there enough photographers here to run a competition? It does sound like a great idea.

[oli]

Im sure there are, go for it.

[Peter]

I'd be up for it.

I don't think I would be able to participate in every month, but the one's I am, I'll give it a shot.

Good idea.

[Forever]

Ok, good to see some reactions.
Goodluck!

[Forever]

Are there already any contributors?

[pixelpyro]

How about yours then forever, get the ball rolling

[roto]

Good idea, I'm in. I snapped this one in Vegas this past summer (the day after getting engaged ).

Subject/Title: @ The Venetian Pool Looking ^
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSCP-9
Date/Location: June 26, 2004 -- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
© : ®oto, All Rights Reserved

[cyk]

Liverpool Cathedral Fireworks



Camera: Canon 10D
Taken this summer.

[roto]

Originally Posted by cyk

Liverpool Cathedral Fireworks

I lose

[Peter]

Both are great shots.

[Forever]

Ok, this is my entry for the architecture theme:

Location: Paris, France.
Camera: Canon A60

[roto]

Nice one Forever...I'd love to get some shots of the ole tower someday.

[cyk]

Nice shots from both of you. oto, is there a blue tint on the whole photo? The building seems unusually blue. Forever, cool angle, but I would crop out the small bit of tree at the bottom

[roto]

cyk, that photo is untouched. The desert sky was just incredibly blue that day. That, coupled with the bluish reflective tinting on the hotel windows, gives it the overal tint you noticed.

[Forever]

Originally Posted by cyk

Nice shots from both of you. oto, is there a blue tint on the whole photo? The building seems unusually blue. Forever, cool angle, but I would crop out the small bit of tree at the bottom

Yea, it annoyed me as well. It kinda distracts the viewers attention from the eiffel tower to that little snap of the tree.

But is cropping allowed, in case with the anti-photoshopping policy?

[cyk]

I'm sure cropping is allowed. You can use a pair of siccors in real life to crop a shot.

[Peter]

Originally Posted by ®oto

that photo is untouched. The desert sky was just incredibly blue that day. That, coupled with the bluish reflective tinting on the hotel windows, gives it the overal tint you noticed.

Those reflections make that a really great shot.

Just out of curiosity, what time of day was that taken?

[seen.to]

Subject: Bridge
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 3100
Taken: July 2003 on Honeymoon

No expectations of winning, just wanted to post the pic

[roto]

Originally Posted by Peter

Those reflections make that a really great shot.
Just out of curiosity, what time of day was that taken?

I actually had many poolside umbrella drinks in me that day (you know, Vegas and all and celebrating my engagement), but I believe it was sometime between noon and 2 p.m. Vegas time. The original timestamp on the photo says 5:34 p.m., but that's not right. The desert sky is just a ridiculously brilliant blue at that time.