Rocknthehawk
02-08-2009, 09:16 PM
:)This contest is open to anyone with a camera. A thread will be opened and we will let you know what the subject of the contest is.
:)The Snapshots Challenge will have a bi-weekly schedule.
:)A week after the contest begins, a new thread will be posted and you can post your entry in there. If your not going to be around, let someone know so they can post it for you. The submission thread will stay open for one week and voting will take place the following week. Winner picks the next contest theme.
:)Wait, so how do we know who's turn it is to post the theme?
At any given moment, there's 2 snapshots challenges going on. There's one that is in the photographic/voting period, and there's also a new theme chosen.
The winner the previous contest is the person who choses the theme for the next challenge.
It's more confusing in text than in reality, so an example:
Contest 9 is underway. The voting thread has been established. At this time, we also create the theme for the next contest, contest 10. In order to figure out who should create the topic, we look NOT at challenge 9 (it's still in the process of being voted on after all), but rather snapshots 8.
snapshots 8 (chosen by winner of snapshots 6)
snapshots 9 (chosen by winner of snapshots 7)
snapshots 10 (chosen by winner of snapshots 8)
snapshots 11 (chosen by winner of snapshots 9) .. and so forth.
Contest Entries
:)No bigger than 800px (width or height) and try to keep the file size to 200KB or smaller.
Your entry must originate from a single capture, no panoramic images or multiple captures combined together*.
No heavily processed/photoshopped entries, this is a "snapshot" contest after all. You can crop, rotate, or resize the image. You may add a border. No "effects" filters please!
:)so, what photoshopping is allowed?
Adjustment of Levels, Curves, or Contrast.
Color Balance, and/or Whitebalance.
Desaturation, or selected desaturation.
Filter: unsharp mask (mimics a darkroom technique which helps sharpen the image)
:)so, what photoshopping not allowed?
destructive filters, blurs.
Basically, once you start using photoshop to create your composition, rather than a photograph. Distorting of colors, rather than more realistically setting them would be an example of this.
These are some basic guidelines, I think. If anyone has any thoughts/comments/questions, it can be posted here. Any new rules/changes should be made here.
:)The Snapshots Challenge will have a bi-weekly schedule.
:)A week after the contest begins, a new thread will be posted and you can post your entry in there. If your not going to be around, let someone know so they can post it for you. The submission thread will stay open for one week and voting will take place the following week. Winner picks the next contest theme.
:)Wait, so how do we know who's turn it is to post the theme?
At any given moment, there's 2 snapshots challenges going on. There's one that is in the photographic/voting period, and there's also a new theme chosen.
The winner the previous contest is the person who choses the theme for the next challenge.
It's more confusing in text than in reality, so an example:
Contest 9 is underway. The voting thread has been established. At this time, we also create the theme for the next contest, contest 10. In order to figure out who should create the topic, we look NOT at challenge 9 (it's still in the process of being voted on after all), but rather snapshots 8.
snapshots 8 (chosen by winner of snapshots 6)
snapshots 9 (chosen by winner of snapshots 7)
snapshots 10 (chosen by winner of snapshots 8)
snapshots 11 (chosen by winner of snapshots 9) .. and so forth.
Contest Entries
:)No bigger than 800px (width or height) and try to keep the file size to 200KB or smaller.
Your entry must originate from a single capture, no panoramic images or multiple captures combined together*.
No heavily processed/photoshopped entries, this is a "snapshot" contest after all. You can crop, rotate, or resize the image. You may add a border. No "effects" filters please!
:)so, what photoshopping is allowed?
Adjustment of Levels, Curves, or Contrast.
Color Balance, and/or Whitebalance.
Desaturation, or selected desaturation.
Filter: unsharp mask (mimics a darkroom technique which helps sharpen the image)
:)so, what photoshopping not allowed?
destructive filters, blurs.
Basically, once you start using photoshop to create your composition, rather than a photograph. Distorting of colors, rather than more realistically setting them would be an example of this.
These are some basic guidelines, I think. If anyone has any thoughts/comments/questions, it can be posted here. Any new rules/changes should be made here.