Photographer audition: Postcard II

Challenge #70 in the The Art Director series. Hosted by jezsik.

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The client, a postcard publisher, was quite pleased with their recent photographer audition and now want to see examples of print-ready art. They want typical touristic scenes with appropriate titles and/or captions. Submit one or two postcard images from well-recognized location, complete with text overlays (in English). The image must be horizontal (landscape orientation) and 2:3 or 3:4 proportion. The image must not have any recognizable people visible.

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Announced:

Wednesday, 25th April, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 2nd May, 2012 – Tuesday, 8th May, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 9th May, 2012 – Tuesday, 15th May, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Include appropriate text overlay (e.g., "Greetings from Barsoom!") in English

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Horizontal image, no vertical images
Image dimensions must be 2:3 or 3:4, no squares or "letterbox" formats
No recognizable people

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Emmarentia - Johannesburg Botanical Gardens

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Manaslu (8,156m), Around Manaslu Trek, Nepal

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Annapurna Range as Seen from Sarangkot, Nepal

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Grand lake in the depths of Rocky Mountains

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Challenge comments

Total comments: 11

Thank you guys for your help. I disabled Google Chrome, went back to old browser and all seems to work ok. I am not able to thank DP Feedback for I am still waiting for life or smoke signs from their part.

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Glad to see the new entries have taken my lead.....

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Sorry, probably I did not get your comment either. Meaning?

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I tried and I tried, to other challenges too. I am not able to pass the "preparing for uploading. For this challenge, I tried the whole day, today after entry #32. There are running so far to 50, I am not able to get in. Neither with "Brick Toys", "Macro" . So definitely there is something wrong. So far nobody got back to me, neither Feedback

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I was also facing the same problem. I noticed following things. Might be it helps you.
1. Don't give space in file name use _ if require
2. Internet speed is slow
3. Clear the browser cache.
4. Re-login and try again.

Thanks

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I faced the same problem on Google Chrome. Then I Zoomed Out (Ctrl + Scroll Mouse Wheel Down) and everything worked fine.. :)

Comment edited 13 seconds after posting

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I don't think so I have loaded a couple of pics with no problems.

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Hi guys,
Is there a problem with DP site cause since this morning I am not able to upload photos to challenges neither my gallery.

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Folks, go to a local tourist destination or souvenir shop and have a look at the postcards. They have nice photos but, just as importantly, they have bold and contrasting text identifying the location. While I won't disqualify the wimpy entries submitted already, they are at risk of scoring poorly.

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Jezsik,
But in my humble opinion, a lot of this great postcard are sheerly spoiled by such a bold text.

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Oh, I agree. It becomes a balancing act. My concern is that most entries are very wimpy with the text overlay. My submission might be a bit TOO bold, but only to provide a contrasting example.

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