Klaudio
Senior Member
Hi Everybody
Here is the new Minolta Challenge. I'll set up the galleries a little later, but just to give you some time to start thinking about the theme....
Since many of the pictures in the previous challenge had a sad an loneliness feeling to it (I know mine did!), I'm going for the something in the opposite direction. I also find "concepts" the more challenging photos to take, but also the most rewarding so I'm going for another concept here:
Challenge #5 subject : JOY
From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
RULES
Eligibility Criteria
Pictures taken with a Minolta camera, film or digital, during the time period:
From: Monday, March 22, 2004 (Your local time zone, one minute after midnight Sunday)
To: Monday, April 5th, 2004 10 PM EST (New York time)
are eligible for the COMPETITION Gallery.
Pictures taken PRIOR to the time period (above) or with non-Minolta camera are eligible for the EXHIBITION Gallery.
Pictures must conform to the subject: The subject is: JOY.
Authorship: Only submit your own work. If your son/daughter/mother/friend took the picture, they should submit it, using their own login name. If you get help from someone, it’s up to you to give them credit/blame and share any awards.
Please don't move images around in the galleries...respect first-come-first-serve. If you alter an image in any way, please indicate that a change was made to the original when reposting it. You can repost an image into its original spot if it's the same image (just altered). Any new images should be placed at the end of the gallery. This should avoid any confusion...and everyone will be treated equally.
Please make sure EXIF info is included in your entry. In case your software would diminish the EXIF info, please make sure to manually include: date, model of camera, f-number, shutter speed, ISO. All further EXIF info is optional.
Please keep your questions and concerns posted in this thread for best response. Someone will address them as soon as possible.
Three (3) images are allowed in each of the two galleries (Competition and Exhibition).
Please put your name and a unique title on each of your image thumbnails. It will help keep voting problem issues to a minimum.
Please resize your images to no larger than 800 pixels (+ - 10 %) on the longest side and compress to 150k (+15%, yet can be smaller depending on contents) before uploading to pBase... can be larger if a panoramic image. This cuts down our use of storage but will preserve the quality of your image upload for best viewing. Exceptions can be granted by moderator.
Remember, the login name to pBase is "mtf_foto_studies"; and the password is "mtfforum".
Here’s a link to the Minolta Foto Studies galleries page: http://www.pbase.com/mtf_foto_studies
Suggestion: DON’T use “JOY” in the title. The fact that you “complied” with the subject requirements should be obvious. If it isn’t, someone in this friendly crowd will ask, then you can explain. Or if you think your submission has a kind of an abstract meaning please add narratives to your post.
Note that two versions of your picture may divide your votes, and/or attract new votes. It’s your choice.
Suggestions for rule changes/additions/deletions should be discussed here. We operate by consensus, with the host moderating. As winner of Challenge # 4, I will be the moderator of this one. Your suggestions are welcome.
Critiquing: please use the relevant pbase window to write your critique on any or all of the pictures. Make sure you either are logged out of the MTF account before leaving a critique, or add your name to the message. While having the pbase window opened for a given entry, click on “comment on this image” at the bottom of the page to get a new window where you can write your critique. When finished hit “post message” radio button to send your critique. By this way all critiques can be viewed under each photo and will remain there in the future under the pic.
Voting: from end of contest on Monday, April 5, 2004 10 PM EST (New York time) till closing on Sunday, April 20 2004 10 :00 PM EST (New York time).
VOTING GUIDELINES
A separate voting thread will be opened after the Challenge submission period ends.
To make it easier to count the votes, PLEASE respond to the ORIGINAL post (click on 1st / original post and reply there, please do NOT place votes in a “reply” to a “reply”. Thanks)
You have 16 points total to work with for each gallery if you choose. (32 total for both galleries)
The first & only "requirement"... Cast 4 points for your very favorite SINGLE photo in each gallery.
You can then award up to 12 more points in each gallery. You are not required to cast any or all of these additional 12 points...or to cast them the same way in each gallery. Vote according to your style preference. Vote "however you like".
Maximum points allowed per photo is 4.
Honorable mentions & comments...as many as you would like.
To show appreciation for each other's work, in the traditional friendly spirit of the challenges, PLEASE VOTE FOR PHOTOS OTHER THAN YOUR OWN. None of the "header" photos are meant to receive any votes.
If you cast a series of "same point" votes, it really helps me if you list them in "gallery order". We can tally them a lot easier that way...thank you for helping us by doing this.
Here is the format for voting:
Competition:
4pts_ Title by Artist
(X)pts_ Title by Artist (This repeats as you see fit)
First five winners will be announced right after the closing in a separate thread.
Thanks and EnJOY
Claudio
--
http://www.pbase.com/klaudio
Here is the new Minolta Challenge. I'll set up the galleries a little later, but just to give you some time to start thinking about the theme....
Since many of the pictures in the previous challenge had a sad an loneliness feeling to it (I know mine did!), I'm going for the something in the opposite direction. I also find "concepts" the more challenging photos to take, but also the most rewarding so I'm going for another concept here:
Challenge #5 subject : JOY
From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
- Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness.
- The expression or manifestation of such feeling.
RULES
Eligibility Criteria
Pictures taken with a Minolta camera, film or digital, during the time period:
From: Monday, March 22, 2004 (Your local time zone, one minute after midnight Sunday)
To: Monday, April 5th, 2004 10 PM EST (New York time)
are eligible for the COMPETITION Gallery.
Pictures taken PRIOR to the time period (above) or with non-Minolta camera are eligible for the EXHIBITION Gallery.
Pictures must conform to the subject: The subject is: JOY.
Authorship: Only submit your own work. If your son/daughter/mother/friend took the picture, they should submit it, using their own login name. If you get help from someone, it’s up to you to give them credit/blame and share any awards.
Please don't move images around in the galleries...respect first-come-first-serve. If you alter an image in any way, please indicate that a change was made to the original when reposting it. You can repost an image into its original spot if it's the same image (just altered). Any new images should be placed at the end of the gallery. This should avoid any confusion...and everyone will be treated equally.
Please make sure EXIF info is included in your entry. In case your software would diminish the EXIF info, please make sure to manually include: date, model of camera, f-number, shutter speed, ISO. All further EXIF info is optional.
Please keep your questions and concerns posted in this thread for best response. Someone will address them as soon as possible.
Three (3) images are allowed in each of the two galleries (Competition and Exhibition).
Please put your name and a unique title on each of your image thumbnails. It will help keep voting problem issues to a minimum.
Please resize your images to no larger than 800 pixels (+ - 10 %) on the longest side and compress to 150k (+15%, yet can be smaller depending on contents) before uploading to pBase... can be larger if a panoramic image. This cuts down our use of storage but will preserve the quality of your image upload for best viewing. Exceptions can be granted by moderator.
Remember, the login name to pBase is "mtf_foto_studies"; and the password is "mtfforum".
Here’s a link to the Minolta Foto Studies galleries page: http://www.pbase.com/mtf_foto_studies
Suggestion: DON’T use “JOY” in the title. The fact that you “complied” with the subject requirements should be obvious. If it isn’t, someone in this friendly crowd will ask, then you can explain. Or if you think your submission has a kind of an abstract meaning please add narratives to your post.
Note that two versions of your picture may divide your votes, and/or attract new votes. It’s your choice.
Suggestions for rule changes/additions/deletions should be discussed here. We operate by consensus, with the host moderating. As winner of Challenge # 4, I will be the moderator of this one. Your suggestions are welcome.
Critiquing: please use the relevant pbase window to write your critique on any or all of the pictures. Make sure you either are logged out of the MTF account before leaving a critique, or add your name to the message. While having the pbase window opened for a given entry, click on “comment on this image” at the bottom of the page to get a new window where you can write your critique. When finished hit “post message” radio button to send your critique. By this way all critiques can be viewed under each photo and will remain there in the future under the pic.
Voting: from end of contest on Monday, April 5, 2004 10 PM EST (New York time) till closing on Sunday, April 20 2004 10 :00 PM EST (New York time).
VOTING GUIDELINES
A separate voting thread will be opened after the Challenge submission period ends.
To make it easier to count the votes, PLEASE respond to the ORIGINAL post (click on 1st / original post and reply there, please do NOT place votes in a “reply” to a “reply”. Thanks)
You have 16 points total to work with for each gallery if you choose. (32 total for both galleries)
The first & only "requirement"... Cast 4 points for your very favorite SINGLE photo in each gallery.
You can then award up to 12 more points in each gallery. You are not required to cast any or all of these additional 12 points...or to cast them the same way in each gallery. Vote according to your style preference. Vote "however you like".
Maximum points allowed per photo is 4.
Honorable mentions & comments...as many as you would like.
To show appreciation for each other's work, in the traditional friendly spirit of the challenges, PLEASE VOTE FOR PHOTOS OTHER THAN YOUR OWN. None of the "header" photos are meant to receive any votes.
If you cast a series of "same point" votes, it really helps me if you list them in "gallery order". We can tally them a lot easier that way...thank you for helping us by doing this.
Here is the format for voting:
Competition:
4pts_ Title by Artist
(X)pts_ Title by Artist (This repeats as you see fit)
First five winners will be announced right after the closing in a separate thread.
Thanks and EnJOY
Claudio
--
http://www.pbase.com/klaudio
