Calendar competition

this is great :] I have a few old pictures i could submit to this. I hope they are nice enough

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I hope to enter this. But my only worry is how recognisable do the landmarks have to be.

Would a shot of a famous landmark be chosen over a lesser known one?

Or will the photographs be judged soley on photographic qualities.

I know it says that they don't have to be that famous, but I just want to make doubley sure.

thanks!

i hope they don't need to be famous cause i live in milwaukee and well, i got lake michigan....

Check out pics from http://imakokode.org/ to get some inspiration. From the pic on the left you can find 'photos' on one of the tiles.. A lot of nice shots from nice locations. And most annoying thumbnail scrolling ever.

WOW! thanks for the link Antti! The photos are amazing I feel inspired and everything!

Though the scroller... is a "*&$$!!* nuisance! (lookie! i censored myself all on my own! aren't I family-friendly?).

Haven't seen Julien's website before... thanks!

It's lovely, with lovely pics...


Looking forward to seeing the entries for this... I'm predicting beautiful things from Antti, Julien, Ry and Synge

Hey all, took some drunken (well tipsy!!! safety first!) pictures a couple weeks ago, because you can only see the fire and shapes in the I dont think they will qualify for wonderful locations to do poi!! (unless "in the dark" is a good location!!) But I would love to hear any feedback on them at www.myspace.com/robloonampoi

Peace everyone, and hugs too!

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(as in, I want to enter too but i just realised I cant get into my damn portable hard drive )

Sure, you've got months... buy a hammer

So where do we send the entry's to agian ?

From http://www.homeofpoi.com/articles/photo_calendar.php ...
"The submissions page will be added over the next few months and will be linked from this page"

Still awaiting that I guess

Dumb question, but:

where do we submit them to? I can't see to find a link on the page for the competition

It's not that we've been slack or anything, but we have had a lot of things on the go so the entry portal is still not done
*hangs head in shame*

We will have it up within a few weeks, maybe earlier.

George

Out of interest, what's with the Draconian rules on post-processing? I can understand you not wanting entirely fabricated photoshop flames, but - only cropping allowed? What, so no noise reduction, not even a little boost in contrast allowed? There are a lot of adjustments which are necessary for enhancing the image, especially when you're photographing flames at nighttime, I was just wondering why they're not allowed?

right, so today I got a few pictures (and odd looks) doing cone poi on the great wall. I have 2 fire pics from yangshuo that I'd consider entering, and tomorrow, I'm going to try for Tian'amen square and the forbidden city.

The daylight pics aren't particularly artsy, but its got the basic criteria down

so about this entry portal.... there's only a month to go until the deadline right?

yep! It's coming...
(very soon now - Malcolm's almost finished it - mere days, or even hours away)
[but maybe we should leave it off a bit longer to build the suspense??!]

They are hardly Draconian rules...

 Written by: I said this in another thread

 Written by: Lots of people on HOP

draconian

Just because you know a word, it doesnt mean you know what it means!

 Written by: Wikipedia

The stringency of his {Draco - look at the wiki link} legal code gave rise to the modern English word "draconian," meaning marked by extreme severity or cruelty, especially about laws or governments.

Just a random bit of information for everyone

*puts on bikini*


I'm ready for my close up!!!

only works if you're an Internationally acclaimed landmark CQ...

But I am!!! Haven't you heard of the Clarence Opera House?

Is the submitting thingo up yet???

*bump*

errr.... only 10 days left for submissions: so where's this submissions page?

Hi all,

Please accept our apologies for the huge delay in getting this up and running, but now, the competitions entry portal is up and running (and we extended the deadline a little).

The way it works is that once the voting date is reached, voting will be automatically enabled. You can vote for every single entry you like if you want - there is no restriction on the number of votes you can cast - except you can only vote once for each entry you like.
People who are late, or join after the voting starts, will still be able to enter right up until the voting closes - they just won't have as long for their entry to be exposed to receive votes as those who enter before voting starts.

Check it out at the "Competitions" tab, or
go here

I've seen some pretty awesome photo's that some of you have sent us, so we are waiting with anticipation for some really classy shots to appear! So now, over to you!

so how long will entries be accepted for?

Apparently the 12th? That unfortunately only gives people who don't check the site often about two weeks to get entries in.

I submitted one and may try for another :]

entries accepted right up until close of voting - but if your entry is there when the voting starts you increase your chances of getting more votes.

And depending on how many entries are received by 12th, we might delay the start of voting due to the late arrival of the entry portal. I was kinda working on the principal that most people knew the competition and would be ready to roll about now so we would be flooded with entries as soon as the portal went up.
We'll see how it goes.

PS Hi Kael! How's Chiang Mai?