Photo Challenge April '11 - "Water"

[Chris of Arabia]

Hi everyone,

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

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

• Still water, moving water, under water, water as a reflected surface, water a source of leisure - if it's wet, it's in...
  
• 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 30 April 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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* Photo Title (optional):

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

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Please submit only one photo per challenge.

Please enter your email subject as "April '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.

 

[orbit]

Excuse me, i have a quick question. Does rain count?

 

[Bynx]

I saw a donkey count once. Even a chicken that could count. Never saw rain count though.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

So, if we tightly define this topic, it would mean that the main subject of the image has to be water, right? So, like, a picture of a rose, with water drops misted on it wouldn't really count, because the rose would be the true subject, and the water secondary. I would appreciate clarification, so we don't have anyone upset with submissions not truly fitting a narrow definition of the topic.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Does milk count? It contains water. Just needing clarification.

 

[480sparky]

If you want to take this line of reasoning to an extreme, then a portrait would be water.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

I was just going to ask that. Being 50%-60% water, do people count?

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

What about steam, or fog, or clouds?

 

[molested_cow]

There's water vapor in the air. Can I just shoot air?

 

[480sparky]

How about snow? Ice? Steam? Clouds?

 

[Bynx]

There is another challenge on another forum right now that is asking for "MOTION". Someone submitted an HDR exterior shot of a church, and an interior shot of one of the rooms in the church. Oh, and it was also stated only one submission per person. With that kind of thinking I would imagine a pile of rocks baking in the desert sun would fit the bill here.

 

[Jesse Coffman]

Can someone PM me a list of cameras that you can actually take under water shots, or explain to me how to get good shots from beneath the water? O.O

 

[orbit]

So, if rain/hail is my subject it is correct due to the fact that it is water/precipitation.

 

[minpingurl1]

Sent one in. Hope I did it right.

 

[jac]

Bad theme we won't have water here for at least another month!