: Digital Photography Review

Seven Story plots - Tragedy This is the sixth in the series: ‘Seven Story Plots’. Submit one or two creative and inspirational illustrations for a story with an unfortunate end for our hero or heroine. They are brought low by a great mistake, or a major character flaw. Examples of Tragedy stories include: Macbeth, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Carmen, Bonnie and Clyde, Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Breaking Bad, Hamlet, Beowulf. (The whole series of seven is here: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4256208#forum-post-60785368 )

Starts: Tuesday, 22 May 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.

A challenge for challenge hosts This challenge is open to challenge hosts only. You are not eligible to enter unless you can provide a link to at least one challenge that you have hosted under your user-name. Please enter up to four (4) images you have not previously entered into a challenge. It is an open theme. Voting is open to all (not just challenge hosts).

Starts: Tuesday, 22 May 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. • Constructive comments welcomed - on any entry - at any time after the challenge has opened for submissions.

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

Additional rules: You must be the author of the image you enter. • If you enter, please vote (whether you are disqualified, or not). • If you vote, please vote fairly. • Be original, be creative. • 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. • You may enter four (4) images.

Wide Open Challenge/Describe what you did With the exception that this is a family site, anything goes, from over processed image, to microscope, to the heavens, to totally abstract. Try to do this, enter 3 images, one that is way over the top with processing, angle, whatever, one that is normal, the last that is breaking all the rules anything, whatever you want. That is only suggestions, BUT -- YOU MUST DESCRIBE WHAT YOU DID OR THINKING TO MAKE THE FINAL IMAGE. My criteria is simple, keep it so if your kids see it, they're not going to be grossed out, scared to death, or exposed to outright hate and violence. I will delete, without any explanation, violations.

Starts: Tuesday, 22 May 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 • Your MUST describe what you did in post image processing, software used, even why you use it. • 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

Your City - Brick Road For this challenge a picture of a Brick Road is requested (bonus points for a yellow one). As always, tell us the location where the picture was taken.

Starts: Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Processing rules: Mild PP only please

Capture date rule: No restrictions

Additional rules: No location = disqualification • Please refrain from using entries from previous challenges.

Open Another motorized transportation theme, but this one is open to every sort of photo, as long as there is something that provides transportation and has a motor in it. From an ocean liner to a Segway or even a hoverboard, anything goes. Just make sure we know what type of transportation in in the shot; IE: name of the car, a train, whatever.

Starts: Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Processing rules: Try not to make it too over the top, but you are allowed to process it to taste.

Capture date rule: No restrictions

Additional rules: No restrictions

Old Show us old.

Starts: Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Processing rules: No restrictions

Capture date rule: No restrictions

Additional rules: No restrictions

My Best Photo of the Week Ok folks, best photo taken after the announce date is back! DATE RULE: Your photo must have exif data for a date check, otherwise it will be disqualified. SIZE RULE: Maximum height / width of 2048 pixels - common for Facebook uploads.

Starts: Thursday, 24 May 2018

Processing rules: No restrictions

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

Additional rules: If photo stacked with no exif, send me a link to a single original to verify the date. • Photo's larger than 2048 in either height or width will be disqualified and you may re-enter a smaller version if the challenge is not full.

Portrait/People Pictures #1 A bit tough to define because I don't want to overlap into other themes such as Street Photography or Sports/Action. A candid of a street vendor would be disqualified; that same vendor smiling and posing for the camera would be fine. A baseball player at bat would be disqualified; that same player posing with his equipment or teammates would be fine. Think more in terms of formal and environmental portraiture and non-public events such as family picnics, birthday parties, or just a picture showing everyday life at home. Be aware that this challenge does have capture date and image size rules, as well as a requirement to use the description field for the entry to tell us something about your subject and the circumstances of the shot.

Starts: Saturday, 26 May 2018

Processing rules: 1. Pictures must contain full EXIF data that tells the correct date of capture. • 2. Size: Longest side of entry to be a maximum of 2048 pixels

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

Additional rules: 1. Use the description field to give us the story behind your photo, such as who the person or persons are and what event, circumstances, or whim led you to take this picture. • 2. Voters should feel free to give as much weight to the description as to the photo.

Retirement For some people retirement can mean loneliness, or emptiness and for others, pure joy. Please submit 1 or 2 photos that represent retirement to you.

Starts: Sunday, 27 May 2018

Processing rules: No restrictions

Capture date rule: No restrictions

Additional rules: No restrictions

My Ride Your car, bike, skate board, bus, even your feet. Your mode of transportation. Try to keep it within your mode, but any will do and you can claim it as yours. The image must be of a single mode of transportation (or a pair of feet).

Starts: Sunday, 27 May 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

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