Photo Challenge March '11 - "Wildlife"

[Chris of Arabia]

Hi everyone,

Thanks to those who took part in the February '11 challenge, the poll will be up shortly.

For this month, I have decided to set the challenge topic as "Wildlife". Can I also suggest the following guidelines be followed:

• No pets, domesticated animals or zoo exhibits please - whatever you choose should be living free of human intervention.
• Shoot specifically for the Photo Challenge - don't go raiding the archives, that is not a challenge!
• The Challenge is about making you think and helping you improve the way you take pictures and the end results you get, so make an effort, get out there, try something different, but most of all, have fun!
• Good luck

The prize for the winner of the vote, as always, will be 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:

1. The deadline for submissions is 31 March 2011
2. The image can be no larger then 150KB*
3. Include your forum username when submitting
4. The attached photo must be in the form of a .jpg
5. Please keep your photo anonymous (no distinguishing watermarks, and no photos that have been posted previously on the forum)
6. Submit no more than one photo
7. If you wish you may include a title when submitting your photo (please ensure that the attached photo is renamed as the chosen title)
8. The form must also be included when submitting the photo
9. Despite what the FAQs indicate, confirmation emails will not be issued.
10. The forum Admins and Moderators reserve the right to exclude or remove any photo solely at their discretion
11. The forum Admins and Moderators reserve the right to decide the winner of the photo challenge
12. All submitted photos will be posted, along with a poll, in a new thread within the first week of the following month
13. Once created, the voting poll will last for 14 days before it closes automatically

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* 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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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 opposed to 1KB=1024Bytes. When these programs calculate attachment size they will often read larger than they actually are. To be safe we recommend a target size of about 140KB so that once sent it does not go over 150KB.

 

[JoshC.]

This one really does sound like a challenge. Hopefully I can get one in!

 

[mortovismo]

Dust of your zoom lenses and get your camo gear on

 

[NielsSw]

in a country where everything is frozen and covered in meters of snow it is a real challenge to find an animal, let alone take a good picture of it..

 

[Sirashley]

I'm really looking forward to this, seeing as how I just got a 70-300 VR Nikon lens. Happy Birthday to me Anyway, I've itching to shoot some wildlife so it should be fun...

 

[norabora]

in a country where everything is frozen and covered in meters of snow it is a real challenge to find an animal, let alone take a good picture of it..

Take a picture of a snow creature! Or just of snow in general... I like snow, it doesn't snow where I live

 

[NielsSw]

i don't have a choice, all my pictures include snow but that's not wildlife. So this months challenge is a real challenge

 

[Bynx]

in a country where everything is frozen and covered in meters of snow it is a real challenge to find an animal, let alone take a good picture of it..

Take a picture of a snow creature! Or just of snow in general... I like snow, it doesn't snow where I live

Ya well if it didnt snow where I live Id love it a lot more too.

 

[Chris of Arabia]

i don't have a choice, all my pictures include snow but that's not wildlife. So this months challenge is a real challenge

It's always going to be a bit of an art form trying to pick a subject that suits every member who want partake. So with the exception of the 'Self-portrait' or December's 'Open' categories, I'm always likely to make it difficult for someone. Part of the reason for deciding to exclude tame/domesticated/captive animals was very much to make it a challenge and encourage people to think about how they are going to photograph wildlife - I'd have much the same challenge here in the middle of the worlds hottest deserts as you do in the snow, but I know it's out there if I try. You might think I could go looking for camels, but as far as I'm aware, every last one of them is essentially a farm animal and therefore off limits.

 

[NielsSw]

i don't have a choice, all my pictures include snow but that's not wildlife. So this months challenge is a real challenge

It's always going to be a bit of an art form trying to pick a subject that suits every member who want partake. So with the exception of the 'Self-portrait' or December's 'Open' categories, I'm always likely to make it difficult for someone. Part of the reason for deciding to exclude tame/domesticated/captive animals was very much to make it a challenge and encourage people to think about how they are going to photograph wildlife - I'd have much the same challenge here in the middle of the worlds hottest deserts as you do in the snow, but I know it's out there if I try. You might think I could go looking for camels, but as far as I'm aware, every last one of them is essentially a farm animal and therefore off limits.

oh don't get me wrong, i didn't mean to complain, just saying it is a real challenge. But today i actually already made a lot of shots, I might have something nice in those.

Any theme is good

 

[Nelac]

I don't know why, but I immediately assumed there will be lots of squirrel entries

 

[MrMcClam]

Are squirrels included ? lol .. I live in the city & its only squirrels, pigeons, rats & maybe a rabbit if i'm lucky.

 

[Chris of Arabia]

Are squirrels included ? lol .. I live in the city & its only squirrels, pigeons, rats & maybe a rabbit if i'm lucky.

So long as they are living wild, they're in. The fact that they choose to live wild in an urban environment doesn't exclude them, unless they live caged, wear collars and have little bells around their necks

 

[MrMcClam]

Great Thanks Chris.. I appreciate you replying.

 

[makr]

I thought of taking a picture of a snow man. But a snow man wouldn't be wildlife. So I guess I'll try to find a snow squirrel.