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Reptiles and Amphibians Submit a full colours, high quality photograph of the a vertebrate animal which fits the title above. Composition must be interesting, exposure should be masterlike, lighting should good to great, tack sharp showing great detail and most importantly aesthetically stunning with attractive colours. Focus stacking is encouraged.
Starts: Sunday, 22 Apr 2018
Processing rules: Keep it simple. There should be no visible post processing artifacts.
Capture date rule: No restrictions
Additional rules: Don't submit shots entered in previously completed DPR photo challenges. • No humans in the photo. • Only complaint filed during the submission and voting period will be attended to. • Decision of host is final
A big year - birds 2018 Capture and Display your best photographs of birds throughout the year 2018. please enter the species of bird, if known. if bird is unknown Will the community leave a comment in the comments section as to the type of bird so we will be able to keep track of the birds spotted. Happy Birding.
Starts: Sunday, 22 Apr 2018
Processing rules: No cutting and pasting
Capture date rule: No restrictions
Additional rules: The shot must be from 2018 • Big Year shall start at 12:00 AM on 1 January of that year and end at 11:59 PM, 31 December of that year, based on the local time of the location of the birder at each time threshold. • if entering 2 shots they should be different species • no photograph should be entered into this challenge series more than once • The bird must have been alive, wild, and unrestrained
Food Submit a photo of food BE CREATIVE HAVE FUN
Starts: Sunday, 22 Apr 2018
Processing rules: No restrictions
Capture date rule: No restrictions
Additional rules: Please vote to avoid skewed results from those who wish to cheat • Must contain at least 1 item of food
In Miniature Let's see miniature fake photos of full-scale elements. Tilt-shift and diorama-like photos derived from the real world are desired for this challenge.
Starts: Sunday, 22 Apr 2018
Processing rules: No restrictions
Capture date rule: No restrictions
Additional rules: No photos shot using miniatures allowed.
Leading To Or Out Leading lines that take you into the photo, or takes you out. The lines can be literal, like lines in the sand, to patterns of images that lead you into or through it.
Starts: Sunday, 22 Apr 2018
Processing rules: There is never any post processing rules in my challenges. I don't care how you got there, or what you did to the image to create whatever it is you have in mind. Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Monet and Picasso where all criticized for their art, yet it stood the test of time. Nor do I understand the war on HDR when in and of itself, it is an art form. Nor do I care how much you tore the photo up, added to it, whatever you did to come out with your final image. I am not the judge, your peers are.
Capture date rule: No restrictions
Additional rules: It must be YOUR photograph • It can be manipulated to not look like a photo, please indicate that if you do • You can use any type of camera, from a pinhole, to a phone, to a state of the art digital, to a view camera. • This is a family site, you know what I mean, don't make me delete your challenge • Do not violate the TOS • You are not required to vote, but if you do, vote fairly. There are no awards here, this is only a tool to see how you are doing among your peers • THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX ~ just because someone hasn't done it before does not mean you can't.
Fruit, berries, nuts or seeds Please submit 1 or 2 shots of either fruit, berries, nuts, or seeds intended to be eaten by humans. So many things to choose from, maybe some you haven't thought of like like coffee beans or olives (both drupes). Or the more common pears, apples, strawberries, walnuts, sun flower seeds, bananas, mangos, the list is endless.
Starts: Sunday, 22 Apr 2018
Processing rules: No restrictions
Capture date rule: No restrictions
Additional rules: No restrictions
Red and black The image must consist of mostly red and black. I will be a little lenient with other colors, but not very :)
Starts: Monday, 23 Apr 2018
Processing rules: No restrictions
Capture date rule: No restrictions
Additional rules: •No photos which have won previous DPR challenges. • •No photos which have placed in the top 10. • • Photos which have been entered in multiple challenges may be disqualified.
Any Tree Live tree, dead tree, petrified tree, little tree, big tree, felled tree, lone tree, lots of trees, part of a tree. There is no limitations here, other than the tree(s) must make up a good deal of your image, or be a central part. There can be people and structures in the image, but they shouldn't be what the image is about other then to add to the overall image. ................... try to make your image stand out, make it different, make those trees stand out from the crowd, think outside the box.
Starts: Tuesday, 24 Apr 2018
Processing rules: There is never any post processing rules in my challenges. I don't care how you got there, or what you did to the image to create whatever it is you have in mind. Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Monet and Picasso where all criticized for their art, yet it stood the test of time. Nor do I understand the war on HDR when in and of itself, it is an art form.
Capture date rule: No restrictions
Additional rules: It must be YOUR photograph • It can be manipulated to not look like a photo, please indicate that if you do • You can use any type of camera, from a pinhole, to a phone, to a state of the art digital, to a view camera. • This is a family site, you know what I mean, don't make me delete your challenge • Do not violate the TOS • You are not required to vote, but if you do, vote fairly. There are no awards here, this is only a tool to see how you are doing among your peers • THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
Seven Story plots - Voyage and Return This is the fourth in the series: ‘Seven Story Plots’. Submit one or two creative and inspirational illustrations for a story about how our heroine or hero goes to a strange land and, after overcoming the threats it poses to him or her, returns with experience. Examples of Voyage and Return stories include: Odyssey, Alice in Wonderland, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Orpheus, The Time Machine, The Hobbit, Mad Max: Fury Road, Apollo 13, Finding Nemo, Gulliver's Travels, The Wizard of Oz. (The whole series of seven is here: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4256208#forum-post-60785368 )
Starts: Tuesday, 24 Apr 2018
Processing rules: No restrictions. If you don't do much Photoshop, that's fine, but please don't mark down those who do, as a principle. • Small, unobtrusive watermarks are allowed, and should not be penalised in voting. Please don’t add any other text. • Recommended image size is Facebook standard; 2048 pixels on the long side, but the challenge host (and voters) will tolerate other sizes.
Capture date rule: No restrictions
Additional rules: You must be the author of the image you enter. • If you enter, please vote. • If you vote, please vote fairly. • The challenge host will decide whether the entry matches the brief and may disqualify any that seem not to. • Re-entering an image? It's allowed, but the host may disqualify it at their sole discretion if they think it's stale. Others may complain to the host about images they've seen before. • Be original, be creative. I may disqualify some of the weaker entries (to make space for more creative ones) if there are many on a similar theme. • Please give the image a title and a description. • Put a piece of your own soul into your entry; a simple record of someone else's art is unlikely to attract a high score. • Constructive comments welcomed - on any entry - at any time after the challenge has opened for submissions. • You may enter two (2) images.
Earth Day (photograph must have been captured on 22 April) Earth Day is an international annual event celebrated on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Enter one or two photographs about Earth Day events, or environmental protection. The photograph must have been captured on 22 April (in any year from 1970). Photographs of posters or other text will be disqualified as lacking creativity. Read the additional rules for ideas.
Starts: Tuesday, 24 Apr 2018
Processing rules: No restrictions. If you don't do much Photoshop, that's fine, but please don't mark down those who do, as a principle. • Small, unobtrusive watermarks are allowed, and should not be penalised in voting. • Recommended image size is Facebook standard; 2048 pixels on the long side, but the challenge host (and voters) will tolerate other sizes.
Capture date rule: No restrictions
Additional rules: You must be the author of the image you enter. • If you enter, please vote. • If you vote, please vote fairly. • The challenge host will decide whether the entry matches the brief and may disqualify any that seem not to. • Re-entering an image? It's allowed, but the host may disqualify it at their sole discretion if they think it's stale. Others may complain to the host about images they've seen before. • Photographs that are simple records of another's work are unlikely to score well; please show your own creativity. • Constructive comments welcomed - on any entry - at any time after the challenge has opened for submissions. • Ideas: • - Demonstrators. • - Campaigners. • - Pollution. • - Nature in its glory, benefiting from human protection. • The photograph must have been captured on 22 April (1970-2018). • (Ignore the 'no restrictions' capture date rule above - it is wrong but I cannot edit it.)
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