Sunday, January 1, 2012

full mechanics of the 2nd dp+ photo challenge

an entry to dp+ photo challenge 2 - New Year theme by Owen Sta Maria
entitled Flare of Lights using Canon Powershot A200
2nd dp+ photo challenge theme: New Year




































a. who may join
The contest is open to all Digital Photography Plus MEMBERS casual, amateur, hobbyist, enthusiast or professional only.

b. number of entry per member
A practice in selecting your best work, only one (1) entry per member will be accepted.

c. how to submit your work
1. To be identified as an entry, all entries must FIRST be posted to Digital Photography Plus official page wall (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-Photography-PLUS/242285489128553) to determine the order of submission of entries and to get an entry number.
photo by Juanito Vinluan
2. After being posted to our page and getting your entry number, you can now proceed to upload your entry in the dp+ photo challenge 2 - official entries album. Please indicate the following with your post:
a) your best shot as an entry
b) Entry number - it can be derived from the order of posting in the official page wall (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-Photography-PLUS/242285489128553)
c) your name
d) indicate photo challenge number and theme. Example for dp+ photo challenge no. 2, please include this with your entry:
dp+ photo challenge no. 2 - "New Year"
e) photo title
f) camera used in taking the photo

d. how it works:
1. All entries should be submitted to dp+ official page wall (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-Photography-PLUS/242285489128553)  and the dp+ group link (http://www.facebook.com/groups/164854913587122/?ap=1) under dp+ photo challenge no. 2 - official entries album
from January 2 to January 11, 2012 - on or before12 midnight Philippine standard time.
2. Liking or voting starts immediately upon the submission of photos in the group site: (http://www.facebook.com/groups/164854913587122/?ap=1) under the album title: dp+ photo challenge no. 2 official entries.
an entry to dp+ photo challenge 2 - New Year theme by Joanna Lyn Ong
entitled Scintillating Rods using Canon D90
3. Clicking Like signify a member's vote/s. Only Likes on the dp+ photo challenge no. 2 - official entries album will be counted as votes. Likes on the official page are not counted as votes. Posting entries on the official page wall are meant for exhibition purposes and to track the order of entries.
4. Winning photos will be judged according to the number of Likes they received.
5. ONLY MEMBERS of dp+ can vote or Like an entry. Membership for voting purposes only and campaigning of entries to non-members are not allowed.
6. Members can like as many entries as they want including their own entries.
7. Deadline for liking photos will be on January 14, 2011, on or before 12midnight Philippine standard time.
8. Entry with the most number of Likes wins.
9. Members are encouraged to vote or Like their preference according to their level of appreciation, not of the photographer but of the photographer's work.

photo challenge 2 - New Year theme entry by Dick Manondo entitled
Lights and Shadows using Kodak Easyshare M340
e. entry photo specifications:
1. All entries must be in digital format. It can be taken using a mobile, analog, manual or digital camera. Digital submission must be higher than 1Mb, must be in JPEG or JPG format, with a resolution of 300dpi.
2. Photos which have previously won in any photography contest worldwide is NOT acceptable.
3. Since this is a photography challenge all major photo manipulation is not acceptable like effects created through Photoshop or any other editing software.
4. Minor editing, like cropping, color enhancement, color balance and correction, focus adjustment is acceptable. The object is to retain the integrity of the actual photo taken.
5. Entries must be taken within 3 to 4 years prior to the date of submission.
6. It must not contain any watermark or any identifiable signature. Watermark or any identifiable signature will be deducted to the overall technical merits of an entry in the dp+ pick.
7. Photo submissions must be entered by the actual member who took the photo.
8. dp+ assumes that all entries are original photos of the entrants. It does not accept entries that violate any right to privacy or publicity, moral right or other people's intellectual property rights. Entries should be free of any copyright or trademark infringement.
9. dp+ reserves the right to disqualify an entry with inappropriate content or are defamatory, abusive, objectionable, obscene or sexually explicit in nature.

photo challenge 2 - New Year theme entry by Nada Stambuk entitled
Frost Welcomes New Year using Olympus Pen E-PL1
f. photo challenge theme
Entries to our second dp+ photo challenge submitted should revolve around this theme: "New Year. dp+ reserves the right to disqualify an entry totally not in keeping with the theme. It will be several points deducted from the score in theme
adaptation in the dp+ pick.f. what you will get out of this photo challenge
Like what we stated in the initial announcements, this photo challenge is not a prize-based competition just a fun activity for the group, an exhibition of prowess in a level playing field for the shooting stars and a challenge or goal to be reached for newbies and amateurs. What dp+ can offer INITIALLY is for the winning entry to be dp+ profile photo of the month or until such time when another winning entry is won.
Another thing you will get from the competition is exposure. Winning entry will be featured in dp+ site (http://dpplus.blogspot.com/) and posted on other groups dp+ is affiliated with. There may or may not be additional prizes at stake but for now, this is all the group can offer.

g. dp+ right reserve
This competition will be in preparation to dp+ prospective year-long project for 2012, a photo calendar entitled dp+ best of the best. dp+ reserves the right to publish and include winning photo challenge photos to this print or digital publication project or for any of its promotion and marketing purposes with full credit to the photographer.

h. dp+ Pick
Aside from the ultimate winner, the one with the most Likes or the dp+ Popular Votes Pick, dp+ is also awarding a dp+ Pick award which will be judged by selected members of the group. This Special Award will also be featured in dp+ site (http://dpplus.blogspot.com/). The object of an entry is to be both dp+ Popular Votes Pick and dp+ Pick. Decision of the judges is final. Good luck!

For questions, suggestions, comments or additional prizes ;-) please send your pms (personal messages) to any of dp+ administrators. May the best of the bests win!















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