( (( This is the official thread for Challenge 74 with a
corrected end date of 9am Wednesday EST (New York) 11th August
2004. )) )
(If you haven’t already, please visit the results thread for
Challenge 73 before reading further...
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=9715454 )
Thank you Mike for your consummate hosting of Challenge 73. Hands
and Feet was a great theme to work with. It was open enough to
allow everyone to participate and I’d like to keep that vibe going
with the theme for this next Challenge.
Challenge 74 Assignment: Metal
Challenge 74 is about Metal in all its multifarious guises. Metal
is all around us from the cutlery we eat with everyday to the
sculptures that adorn public parks. I’m assuming each of us will
have contact with metal at some stage of our day so everyone should
be able to participate. Creativity is highly encouraged so do
whatever it is you do to get those creative juices flowing and dive
in.
This Challenge should above all be an adventure with an emphasis on
enjoying the ride. If you learn something along the way then please
consider that a wonderful bonus. Join in and give it a go –
everyone is very welcome to participate.
Post processing can be used to get the most out of your shots. Like
always, voters will decide the best photos to represent the theme
at the end of the Challenge period.
Challenge 74 begins at 9am EST (New York time) on Friday, July
30th, 2004. I should have the galleries set up within the next 24
hours. You will have two full weekends to take pictures.
GUIDELINES
These guidelines are meant to help things run smoothly for all...
and to serve as a handy reference to answer common questions.
Thanks for reading all this stuff again:
- Up to three(3) images are allowed in each of the two galleries
(Eligible and Exhibition). Each photographer can choose whether to
enter one or more photos per gallery. This should generally
accommodate everyone's personal style and approach to the
challenges...whatever works best to make the challenge more fun for
you.
- You can enter photos anonymously if you want also. If you do,
please send me an email indicating your identity for any anonymous
entries. My address is in my forum profile.
- Those who prefer to have critiques of their photos be more
"critical", feel free to mark the image title with an asterisk (
).
- Please put your name(identity choice) and a unique title on each
of your image thumbnails. It really helps to keep voting problem
issues to a minimum.
- Please resize your images to no larger than 800 pixels on the
longest side before uploading to pBase... can be larger if a
panoramic image. This cuts down on too much usage, and it helps to
preserve the quality of your image upload for best viewing.
- 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 (that's just been 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 keep your questions and concerns posted in this thread for
best response. One of us will address them as soon as possible.
- Challenge time period will run from 9am EST (New York time) on
Friday, July 30th, 2004 and will end at 9am EST on Wednesday,
August 11th, 2004.. Universal time tables will be posted in the
galleries...a big thanks to Mike Fitzgerald for always providing
these. A separate voting thread will be posted shortly after the
end of the Challenge period.
- Eligible images must be taken with a Sony digital camera...&
within the challenge time period. The winner of this gallery will
host the next Challenge. All entries should include a date
indicating when the photo was taken..."exif" data attached would be
ideal(if available). "Exif" data is a big help to a lot of viewers
for a variety of reasons. If the "exif" data is not preserved, try
writing it into your caption (by referring to the original photo's
"exif" data that should be available before doing any photo
processing). At the least, please include the date the photo was
taken on all the eligible photos. This is a popular request...so
I'm passing along your requests here. THANKS, everybody, for your
friendly cooperation.
- Exhibition images can be obtained with any camera at any time. If
you do not want to host the next Challenge, this is the gallery you
should post your images to.
- Those not familiar with uploading images to pbase can view this
link for instructions:
http://www.pbase.com/stfchallenge/howto
- Remember, the login name to pbase is "stfchallenge"; and the
password is "stfpost".
- Here’s a link to the stfchallenge galleries page:
http://www.pbase.com/stfchallenge/root
I'm really looking forward to seeing what creative ideas you come
up with.
Simon.
