******announcing the theme for the april contest********

[rdking647]

after a very close vote the theme for the april contest has been decided
It will be
******* After Dark*******

these will be any photo taken after the end of twilight. flash is ok however it must be obvious in the photo that the picture was taken after dark. I will be the sole judge of wether its obvious the photo was taken after dark

submisisons will be accepted starting immediatley and will close april 11th or when 30 have been submitted



This will be a blind submission contest. I hope to run the preliminaries around the weekend of april 13th although that may end up being pushed back a day or so since ill be out of town most of that week.

to submit a photo send me a private message.
like usual photo sizes will will be restricted to 800 pixels in the longest dimension
no frames around the photo please.




CONTEST LICENSE:

An entrant to this contest, by submitting a photograph, is giving permission for that photograph to be copied to Demopedia or to a linked Gallery and included in a DU Calendar that will display the photographs entered for this contest for the purpose of publicizing future contests and/or commemorating current and past contests. The entrant retains all other rights to the photograph being submitted. Neither Demopedia and/or a linked Gallery may use any photograph submitted for any purpose other than to display the photograph being submitted by the entrant, and neither gains any real or implied ownership rights to the photograph.

[ConcernedCanuk]

1. Question. - If I submit a photo not acceptable,

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will I be advised of such,

and/or allowed to submit another one?

"after dark" is a rather confusing distinction -

like would a sunrise in it's early stages be allowable (before the sun actually is visible?)

Best answer for the rest of the participants would be a response to the question

- do we get a second chance. . . ?

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[rdking647]

2. yes you get a second chance.. and a third if needed

a sunrise would be a no go since its really not before twilight
figure 45 minutes or so before sunrise or after sunset would be what i would consider "after dark" (timing will depend on your lattitude)

Im really looking for shots taken at night.

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. Thanks for the response

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I'm sure somee other DUers mighta had the same questions

ty again

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[ConcernedCanuk]

4. Another question (yeah, I shoulda named myself CURIOUSCanuk!)

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anyhoo

I was going through my photos taken by myself, and discovered a unique image not taken by myself

Is being the photographer of the submitted image a condition of these contests?

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[alfredo]

5. Yes, it has to be yours.

[ConcernedCanuk]

6. got it - You'll get my submission soon

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But I'm gonna post this pic I found that I did not take in the main page of the Photography group

It is indeed unique!

And suits the "After Dark" theme perfectly!

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[alfredo]

9. I have one good after dark image, but I can't remember where I stashed it.

[ConcernedCanuk]

10. It took me an hour or more - did a search on my 'puter

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and scrolled through over 7,000 pix till I found it (use the thumbnail option)

do a search thing for images with .jpg in the title.

Take ya awhile to find it, but it's an interesting journey -

you'll find lots of pix ya completely forgot about.

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[alfredo]

12. I am doing my monthly photo back up and that will give me the opportunity to search.

[rdking647]

7. yes,it must be yours

[ConcernedCanuk]

8. alfredo answered that - my submission is in your mail

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and yeah I took it!

ur looking at my own footprints!

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[rdking647]

11. got your submission...

[ConcernedCanuk]

13. Should maybe post a "Submission Thread" ?

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and cross post it to GD or the Lounge if that's permissible?

[rdking647]

14. good idea

ill create one