: Digital Photography Review

ISO 100 [New Shot] Take a picture at ISO 100.

Starts: Tuesday, 15 Dec 2020

Processing rules: Pay attention to the file size of the final image, should be less than 2MB. Make sure to check the quality setting of your software when you save or export the file. (Do not use Photoshop's quality "12".) • If your photo is a composite, all source images must be closely related, comply with the theme, and be made available.

Capture date rule: Images must be shot after the announcement date of the challenge

Additional rules: If you have a good reason why any of these don’t work for you, please message me privately before submitting • Must be anonymous • Should have full exif data. • Should be between 1500 and 3k pixels on the long side • Less than 2MB file size. • Should have a meaningful title. • No added, non photographic, graphic elements such as borders.

Out of the shadows Show a photo with strong shadows and light, and the contrast between the two. As usual, make it in the spirit of documentary, street photography.

Starts: Tuesday, 15 Dec 2020

Processing rules: BW and Colour accepted

Capture date rule: No restrictions

Additional rules: - the photo has to show a strong shadow and light and the contrasts of the two • - no offensive or demeaning photos • - the moderator reserves the right to disqualify any inappropriate content • - has to be documentary, UNPOSED photography • - no potrait per se • - no landscape • - no macro

In Your Neighborhood Most of us are stuck at home, which can limit our opportunities to take photographs, so let's see photos from your neighborhood. Submit a photo taken within a half-mile (0.8km) radius of where you live currently. All subjects are OK -- flora, fauna, buildings, people, landscapes, whatever. Show us some neighborhood pride! Obviously, I don't know where you live -- not all of you, anyway -- so you're on your honor.

Starts: Tuesday, 15 Dec 2020

Processing rules: Minimal post-processing, please. • No composites. Your entry must be a single photograph, however focus and/or exposure stacking are OK. • All editing must be done by the entrant. • Please blur, remove or crop out personably identifiable information, such as license plates or addresses. Failure to do so may be grounds for disqualification.

Capture date rule: No restrictions

Additional rules: Challenge specific: All photos should be taken within about a half-mile (0.8km) of your current residence. Please respect privacy and property. • All entries must be the entrant's own original work -- that means you took it and you edited it. • For digital photographs, please supply EXIF data if possible. • For film photographs, please indicate us camera and film type and exposure info if you have it. • Disqualifications may or may not be final. If you think you were DQ'd unfairly, please PM me and tell me why. • MOST IMPORTANT: Be honest, do the right thing, and have fun!

Baby Show us babies, under a year old. Yes, animals included.

Starts: Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020

Processing rules: No restrictions

Capture date rule: No restrictions

Additional rules: -Image must be your work. • -No political statements please. • -No water marks. • -This is a family friendly site, no nudity or close to it. • -Also, let's see images you have not posted here before. • -Shots I find offensive might be removed. • -Shots that I believe do not meet the challenge theme may be removed. • -If I believe cheating with multiple accounts was used to vote on an image it will be DQ'd. • -ALL DQ's are final

Rock & Roll - Van Halen - Go Ahead And Jump New Theme - Illustrate a line from a rock and roll song. Show me a jump shot. I would like to see people jumping, not animals. Have fun.

Starts: Thursday, 17 Dec 2020

Processing rules: Please do not add identifying watermarks. • Do what you need to present you best photo. • Not all voters have high speed connections, so reducing the image size will help protect your IP and make it easy for voters to view.

Capture date rule: No restrictions

Additional rules: No restrictions

At the festive table The Christmas and New Year’s holidays are coming. Due to the pandemic of Covid and the contact restrictions around this, many of us will have to celebrate these holidays in a private family context. If you have a picture of your beautiful decorated table than you can show it here. Any beautiful decorated table from any celebration is welcome to inspire us for the coming holidays. I hereby also wish everyone SAFE and healthy holidays, a Merry Christmas and a hopeful New Year !

Starts: Friday, 18 Dec 2020

Processing rules: No compositions nor watermarks or any other marks that can lead to identification. • If the host, or any DPR member, can proof that an entry is a composite it will be disqualified.

Capture date rule: No restrictions

Additional rules: Do not submit photos that won in previous DPR challenges. • Submission must be your work, but may be extended to your spouse/espouse/partner/children. • The host decisions on disqualifications are final. • Respect the copyright of all entries, the host is not responsible for violations of this rule. • Be aware that challenges are flighty and just for fun and not to start long discussions. • Not a rule but a request : If you decide to vote in the challenge(s) you're participating in, please do not be tempted to sandbagging.

tell me the sky show me a photo of a sky and tell me what color you have matched. matched colors will qualify.

Starts: Saturday, 19 Dec 2020

Processing rules: processing allowed • no frames though.

Capture date rule: No restrictions

Additional rules: must give the color you are trying to qualify in your submission.

My best photo of the week. Show us the best photo you have taken since this challenge was announced.

Starts: Saturday, 19 Dec 2020

Processing rules: If your photo is a composite, all source images must qualify, be closely related, and be made available.

Capture date rule: Images must be shot after the announcement date of the challenge

Additional rules: If you have a good reason why any of these don’t work for you, please message me privately before submitting • Must be anonymous • Should have full exif data. • Should be between 1500 and 3k pixels on the long side • Less than 2MB file size (use appropriate quality setting when saving). • Should have a meaningful title. • No added, non photographic, graphic elements such as borders.

Bridge over untroubled water A photo of a bridge over still waters, so that the reflection is (almost) perfect The bridge and reflection in the river/lake/body of water should parallel each other in their 'power'

Starts: Sunday, 20 Dec 2020

Processing rules: No over the top HDR • Must be a new photo not used in any other challenges on dpr

Capture date rule: Images must be shot after the announcement date of the challenge

Additional rules: my rulings are final • please don't message me to disqualify someone else's photo. this will result in your picture being disqualified

A big year - birds 2020 Capture and Display your best photographs of birds throughout the year 2020. 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, 20 Dec 2020

Processing rules: No cutting and pasting

Capture date rule: No restrictions

Additional rules: The shot must be from 2020 • 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


Undisturbed by lmolnar from Alphabet soup II. Letter U for “Undisturbed" (in nature)	WALL CLOCKS by TX Photo Doc from Battery operated	Belted Kingfisher in flight by kk2011 from A big year - birds 2020	boats-2 by Arci from Boats on dry land	Dendrobates tinctorius by BonsaiZG1 from indigo challenge	Mt Hood Oregon by rainrunner from My best photo of the week.

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