The new mini Challenge is entitled “PARADES"
Having recently attended and photographed a couple of holiday parades, (a small town parade in my hometown and the wonderfully bizarre Mummers Parade in Philly on New Year’s Day), I have parades on the brain. Now you can too!
I think this is fairly self-explanatory – photos should be taken at/of parades, can be of the parade itself and/or some interaction between the parade participants and spectators. My bias is toward the artsy, the weird, the ironic, etc, and I’m sure my biases will come into play in the judging, but what I’m basically after is something that communicates something about the spirit of the event, be it humor, seriousness, scale, community, etc. And I’m never opposed to the sense of wonder and delight in a little ones face as the parade passes by! Greg, these photos may be in focus or not – whatever suits the image best!!!
The contest begins today and ends on Friday January 14, 2011, at 12:00 midnight US Eastern Time (as in Philadelphia – because that’s more or less where I live).
Sample photos will follow.
You may use post processing to enhance your pictures; if you do please share the treatment you applied. If you're familiar with extracting exif-data, let us know camera model, shutter-speeds, f-stops and ISO-numbers, others may be able learn from that!
THE RULES
1. The host gives you a topic of interest and you get going.
2. You may enter up to three competition images.
3. The host chooses the winner after the challenge closes. The decision of the judge (the host) is final. The judge is not eligible. The winner then chooses the next topic, runs the challenge, judges the winner, and passes on the baton to that person.
4. If you submit a photo, please check in when the winners are posted. The first place winner is expected to host the next challenge. If the first place person cannot host, it moves to the 2nd place, etc...?
5. Any picture you've taken is eligible regardless of time taken and camera.
6. Please reply to the FIRST (ORIGINAL) post if you are submitting an entry and please remember to change the Subject of your post to display your name or picture titles. This way, when someone comments (i.e. replies), it will refer specifically to you. If all entries read "Re: Mini Challenge #289"... it would be very boring to scan the list.
7. Please (!) Try to put your entries within a 'single' post.
8. Please give a title to each photo - this makes it easier to differentiate when giving comments.
9. Feel free to comment on other contestants' images. If you want someone to leave you a piece of constructive criticism, put an asterisk * next to the title of the image.
10. Unlike most other hosts/judges I try not to comment on submissions as they’re made because I think I get too attached to particular photos in a way that probably skews my judgment and objectivity. Don’t take it personally – I’m not ignoring you – I’m trying to ignore everyone until I look at the shots all at once!
POSTING GUIDELINES
1.Please embed your image in the main thread. Also please re-size your photos prior to posting so they're sized appropriately for viewing without having to scroll (approx. 800 pixels on the longest side works best.)
2. As a show of courtesy, and to save bandwidth, please remove the original post when replying, so you don't bring back any previous photos.?
List of previous CTF Mini Challenge topics and winners thanks to blademeister:
http://homepages.peakpeak.com/~blade/minichallenge.html
The main rule and general guideline is -- Have fun!!
Having recently attended and photographed a couple of holiday parades, (a small town parade in my hometown and the wonderfully bizarre Mummers Parade in Philly on New Year’s Day), I have parades on the brain. Now you can too!
I think this is fairly self-explanatory – photos should be taken at/of parades, can be of the parade itself and/or some interaction between the parade participants and spectators. My bias is toward the artsy, the weird, the ironic, etc, and I’m sure my biases will come into play in the judging, but what I’m basically after is something that communicates something about the spirit of the event, be it humor, seriousness, scale, community, etc. And I’m never opposed to the sense of wonder and delight in a little ones face as the parade passes by! Greg, these photos may be in focus or not – whatever suits the image best!!!
The contest begins today and ends on Friday January 14, 2011, at 12:00 midnight US Eastern Time (as in Philadelphia – because that’s more or less where I live).
Sample photos will follow.
You may use post processing to enhance your pictures; if you do please share the treatment you applied. If you're familiar with extracting exif-data, let us know camera model, shutter-speeds, f-stops and ISO-numbers, others may be able learn from that!
THE RULES
1. The host gives you a topic of interest and you get going.
2. You may enter up to three competition images.
3. The host chooses the winner after the challenge closes. The decision of the judge (the host) is final. The judge is not eligible. The winner then chooses the next topic, runs the challenge, judges the winner, and passes on the baton to that person.
4. If you submit a photo, please check in when the winners are posted. The first place winner is expected to host the next challenge. If the first place person cannot host, it moves to the 2nd place, etc...?
5. Any picture you've taken is eligible regardless of time taken and camera.
6. Please reply to the FIRST (ORIGINAL) post if you are submitting an entry and please remember to change the Subject of your post to display your name or picture titles. This way, when someone comments (i.e. replies), it will refer specifically to you. If all entries read "Re: Mini Challenge #289"... it would be very boring to scan the list.
7. Please (!) Try to put your entries within a 'single' post.
8. Please give a title to each photo - this makes it easier to differentiate when giving comments.
9. Feel free to comment on other contestants' images. If you want someone to leave you a piece of constructive criticism, put an asterisk * next to the title of the image.
10. Unlike most other hosts/judges I try not to comment on submissions as they’re made because I think I get too attached to particular photos in a way that probably skews my judgment and objectivity. Don’t take it personally – I’m not ignoring you – I’m trying to ignore everyone until I look at the shots all at once!
POSTING GUIDELINES
1.Please embed your image in the main thread. Also please re-size your photos prior to posting so they're sized appropriately for viewing without having to scroll (approx. 800 pixels on the longest side works best.)
2. As a show of courtesy, and to save bandwidth, please remove the original post when replying, so you don't bring back any previous photos.?
List of previous CTF Mini Challenge topics and winners thanks to blademeister:
http://homepages.peakpeak.com/~blade/minichallenge.html
The main rule and general guideline is -- Have fun!!
