June '09 Photo Challenge - "Window to the Soul"

[Chris of Arabia]

Hi everyone,

Thanks to those who took part in the May challenge, let's see how the vote goes this time.

The Photo Challenge this month is on the theme "Window to the Soul"

EDIT: Prizes, we have prizes. To the winner of the vote will go a $25.00 Amazon voucher courtesy of the TPF owners.

For all those who wish to participate in this challenge please take a moment to read through the following:

- The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2009
- The image can be no larger then 150KB*
- Include your forum username when submitting
- The attached photo must be in the form of a .jpg
- Please keep your photo anonymous (no distinguishing watermarks, and no photos that have been posted previously on the forum)
- Submit no more than one photo
- If you wish you may include a title when submitting your photo (please ensure that the attached photo is renamed as the chosen title)
- The form must also be included when submitting the photo
- The forum Admins and Moderators reserve the right to exclude or remove any photo solely at their discretion
- The forum Admins and Moderators reserve the right to decide the winner of the photo challenge
- All submitted photos will be posted, along with a poll, in a new thread within the first week of the following month
- Once created, the voting poll will last for 7 days before it closes automatically


>>>>>>>>>> Copy and Paste this into your submission email <<<<<<<<<<

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*Photo Title (optional):
[NEW] Photo location (city, country):
Is the attached photo 150KB or less? Y/N
Is the attached photo a jpeg? Y/N
Has this photo been posted before? Y/N
Please submit only one photo per challenge.
Please enter your email subject as "June '09 Challenge Submission"

*Please ensure that the attached photo is named the title you wish it to have otherwise the title will not be used.
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Please email your photo to photochallenge@thephotoforum.com and remember to enter the subject as indicated.

All photos must include the form when submitted. Just copy and paste it into your email. This will ensure that no mistakes are made when photos are submitted and therefore, hopefully, no photos are excluded. If the form is not included in the submission email the photo will not be included in the challenge gallery and voting process.

There is more important information regarding rules and procedures located in the FAQ section. We highly recommend that you take the time to read these FAQs.

Good luck to everyone and have fun with this challenge!

*150KB will be taken as the “size on disk” and not the actual file size. Also some email programs consider 1KB=1000Bytes as oppposed to 1KB=1024Bytes. When these programs calculate attachment size they will often read larger then they actually are. To be safe we recommend a target size of about 140KB so that once sent it does not go over 150KB.

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[Ecas32]

ooh this one seems hard... i'll be interested in seeing the other entries.

im still trying to figure out what it means :p lol

[Chris of Arabia]

A clue

PS. I'd not seen this before I set the Challenge up.

[Antarctican]

Although the expression is 'the eyes are the window to the soul', I can think of a few other ways to interpret "window to the soul". Now whether I can convey it photographically is another matter!

[Peniole]

Darn it I had a nice twist on that one. Too bad it's already posted to the forum. Hey Chris, ok to post it here to give some people more ideas than just eye shots?

Hi Anti


EDIT, some religious overtones as a twist...

[Chris of Arabia]

I've already got two other twists on it that have nothing to do with eyes, so go ahead.

[Spinach]

This ones gonna be hard....specialy since the camera isnt mine. Pretty stoked on it! And I ain't gonna be doing eyes.

[Spinach]

mmm actually i may...doubtful though, i have ideas already! Are photoshops allowed as long as you take all the pictures involved yourself?

[Chris of Arabia]

So long as the photos are all yours, then I'd say that was OK.

[Antarctican]

(Hiya Peniole!)

/hijack

[Spinach]

So long as the photos are all yours, then I'd say that was OK.

Sick man! I know exactly what imma do

[kwik]

Very interesting idea. I never thought of eyes at first when I saw this. I guess that's the good thing about photography. It's all in what we interpret. I have a few ideas and I'll be throwing mine in there!

[nrois02]

kwik i thought the same thing. first time doing this and it falls in the month i was born! we will see how this challenge goes! also say if your photo isnt a winner than can you post it up after in the forums?

[Chris of Arabia]

also say if your photo isnt a winner than can you post it up after in the forums?

Absolutely. You may then learn why people either did (or did not) vote for it.

[Spinach]

also say if your photo isnt a winner than can you post it up after in the forums?

Absolutely. You may then learn why people either did (or did not) vote for it.

Thats a really good idea....
Just out of curiousity is it possible to get people to comment on your pictures?