TPF Photo Challenge - August 2011: "Candid Shot"

[Chris of Arabia]

Hi everyone,

Thanks to all those who took part in the July '11 challenge, entries will be sorted out and the poll created over the next couple of days.

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

• This is essentially a people shot and is usually associated with catching others unawares in their daily lives. Wikipedia describes it thus "Candid photography is best described as un-posed and unplanned, immediate and unobtrusive."
• 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 August 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

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

ThePhotoForum.com Username:

* Photo Title (optional):

Is the attached photo 150KB or less? Y/N

Is the attached photo a jpeg? Y/N

Has this photo been posted before on The Photo Forum? Y/N

>>>>>>>>>> End of form <<<<<<<<<<

Please submit only one photo per challenge.

Please enter your email subject as "August '11 Photo 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 [email protected] 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 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.

 

[fokker]

Great theme, looking forward to this one!

 

[kwik]

Sweet! Great month.

 

[fotosbyfaith]

where do you post these?

 

[HomelessBoy]

Email your submission to [email protected] with the form completed.

 

[krackobvius]

Hi, I'm new at the forum and have a lil question:
Are the submitted photos visible for the forum members (or everybody)?
Where are them?

Thanks, and sorry my ignorance.

Greetings from Spain!

 

[portermeister]

Hello Spain!

The files are not visible until they are posted for voting. So, for the month of August there is a post started where the pictures are visible. Check it out http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...o-challenge-voting-poll-august-11-candid.html

 

[Juukmmol]

So, for the month of August there is a post started where the pictures are visible.

 

[mikhelee]

With a bit of post processing work (hard to do well on so small a jpeg... but I tried, just so you can see), you could still "press" this out of the second photo (well, I could, others might be even better!?)

 

[MLeeK]

With a bit of post processing work (hard to do well on so small a jpeg... but I tried, just so you can see), you could still "press" this out of the second photo (well, I could, others might be even better!?)

Shall we wait for your spam to come next? There are no photos even in this OLD thread you dredged up.

 

[xiashang]

The camera is very useful,It can make us the best moment permanent record.

 

[dubaiphotography]

mr. xiashang , yor are right , a camera is very useful for all moment ,we can click and save our sweet moment for ever in our life,

 

[bluehouse]

I went to this challenge, it was very interesting and special. I enjoyed there.