POTN Wildlife photographer of the year (CLOSED)

[Big_B]

This competition is a way of showcasing your best photographs from the last year. Its all in the name of fun so please don't take it too seriously! Everyone is welcome to enter and I look forward to seeing all the great submissions!

BB :grin:

Prizes! UncleDoug has very kindly offered to send the winner, free of charge, a 18x27 print of your winning photo on either PhotoSemiGloss, hot or cold press rag or gloss canvas.

Entry requirements:
The photo must have been taken in the 12 months preceding the closing date
The photo must not have been entered in the 2004/2005 POTN photographer of the year contest
Each member may submit one photo to each of the contests
This photo may be changed at any time up to the closing date for submissions
Post processing - nothing that substantially changes the original composition of the image.
Photos must be no larger than 800 pixels at the longest dimension and a maximum of 200kb
No framing of pictures, text or copyright notices.
Send your photos to potncontest at gmail dot com
Please include your username when you send me the photoYou can view all the latest entries here: http://www.pbase.com/sam_blackie/potnwildlife

[Big_B]

The first photo is online btw

[Big_B]

More photos online

[Big_B]

More photos online. I'm going on leave for a week so will upload the next batch when I return

[Noelle8818]

THe photos so far are outstanding! It's going to be TOUGH come time to vote!

[brettrobsonphotography]

Just want to confirm that my entry has been recieved

[DreDaze]

this is one of those contests where i wish i would've looked at whats been entered....i don't know if i would've bothered...oh well...good luck all...and i can't wait to see all the shots...

[In2Photos]

this is one of those contests where i wish i would've looked at whats been entered....i don't know if i would've bothered...oh well...good luck all...and i can't wait to see all the shots...

Haha. Well unless you say which photo is yours, or you win, no one will know.;) It could be worse, you could have a shot that you think is a winner but doesn't get a single vote.:confused: Oh wait, that might be me.:(

[DreDaze]

you should go back, and read how to submit it...because its a cool photo...but i don't think posting it works into the contest...

[OutsideShooter]

I just sent a photo in & saw that I had sent a 4216kb file so I know it will be refused. I don't know how to reduce the kilobytes down to 222. I did reduce to the required Image size but apparently the kb's didn't reduce. Can anyone help with this?

[brettrobsonphotography]

I just sent a photo in & saw that I had sent a 4216kb file so I know it will be refused. I don't know how to reduce the kilobytes down to 222. I did reduce to the required Image size but apparently the kb's didn't reduce. Can anyone help with this?

You could try using www.resize2mail.com (http://www.resize2mail.com) try resizing it to 25 or 50% from the original

[DreDaze]

I just sent a photo in & saw that I had sent a 4216kb file so I know it will be refused. I don't know how to reduce the kilobytes down to 222. I did reduce to the required Image size but apparently the kb's didn't reduce. Can anyone help with this?

I change the quality of the image when i save it as a jpeg...that usually works for me...

[cjm]

How do you vote?

[Citizensmith]

How do you vote?

A new thread will be started after the entry phase has been closed on the 15th. That thread will allow voting.

[blonde]

i am in BB, hopefully you got my image...

[tpickles118]

Submitted my shot on the 24th... Got rejected due to size... Resent on the 25th... I need a conformation that it has been recieved... Thanks... :)

[Big_B]

Just back from holiday. I have to go to work now, so will upload all the photos received this evening. Thanks for your patience everyone

[Big_B]

25 new photos online, thanks for your patience everyone! :D

[blonde]

amazing shots!!! i have no chhance of winning but it is a pleasure to see such high quality in this contest :)

[hauff]

thanks for your patience everyone! :D


lol...should be us thanking you for taking the time to do this.



Great selection of images here as you would expect, gonna be a tough one for sure!!!

[CanonS2user]

Can we submit more than one image? Really just to share with everyone because I know the competition is too tough! :)

[In2Photos]

Can we submit more than one image? Really just to share with everyone because I know the competition is too tough! :)

Nope. Just one image. The competition is very tough. There are some excellent shots on there. Many very talented photographers on this forum. Congrats to all. I doubt I have a shot either.

[tommykjensen]

I doubt I have a shot either.

I know I don't have any. Maybe next year after I have been to Africa :lol:

[In2Photos]

I know I don't have any. Maybe next year after I have been to Africa :lol:

If I have to go to Africa to have a shot I might as well hang it up right now.:D

[Big_B]

:lol:

Where are you going Tommy?

[tommykjensen]

:lol:

Where are you going Tommy?

Its still in the plannng stage

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=192361

[edcs2]

Curious why photos submitted to the contest are not showing up?

Thanks

[Citizensmith]

Curious why photos submitted to the contest are not showing up?

Thanks

Probably becuase its not an automated process and relies on one of the moderators donating their time to get them posted. The one thing you can be certain of is they will all be up before voting starts.

Or, the person sending the photos in hasn't read the submission guidlines and sent in photos that were to large (file size) or too wide or something.

[Big_B]

Another 13 photos in the gallery. :D

Ed - I upload the photos in batches, normally every few days. All photos that were receieved and met the size rules are now online.

[edcs2]

Thanks Big_B, I did not know the process. Most importantly thanks for the effort you put in to make this happen.

[Billginthekeys]

good luck everyone. thanks to Big B for all the time you put into these contests. and thanks to Uncle Doug. im sure whoever wins will be very proud to have a nice print like that on their wall.

[Citizensmith]

A good question would be how do I vote for one photo multiple times? :) There is one there that is my favorite way ahead of many of the others.


Oh, and I realise you can only vote for each image once, just kidding.

[Blue Deuce]

There is one there that is my favorite way ahead of many


Care to divulge which one ? Is it yours ?

[Citizensmith]

Care to divulge which one ? Is it yours ?

I won't, not until I've voted at least.

As for it being mine, I had some reasonable shots taken this spring, but compared to the quality of some of the work here I'm not even going to enter them. They were some technically competant shots but this competition have a few that jump far beyond that and really capture the life of the creatures they shot.

That and you can't vote for your own photos. :)

[blonde]

i see at least 2 there that are making my photo look like a P&S snapshot...

[mrclark321]

i see at least 2 there that are making my photo look like a P&S snapshot...

Not feeling too good about mine any more either :(
Good luck to everyone. :)

Dan

[DreDaze]

i see at least 2 there that are making my photo look like a P&S snapshot...
uh oh...i think mine was a p&s snapshot...oh well...i don't think it stands out as horrible

[ron chappel]

Like most ,i too find the overall quality of the entrants to be stunning !

There's one in particular that's driving me nuts.It's awsome but flawed.
If *only* it were cropped right it could very likely win, but as it is that probably won't happen :(

[OiPaz]

Just for the sake of curiosity, where are pictures 25, 26 and 27?

[DDA]

Like most ,i too find the overall quality of the entrants to be stunning !

There's one in particular that's driving me nuts.It's awsome but flawed.
If *only* it were cropped right it could very likely win, but as it is that probably won't happen :(

Which one is it? the owner can maybe modify it ;-)

And when I look at all the pther entries, my picture just look so... hummm.... Well, better not to say what :o

[tommykjensen]

Which one is it? the owner can maybe modify it ;-)


It would not be fair to say that before voting has been done. Not fait to the owner because it would probably cost some votes maybe the deciding votes and not fair to other contributers that one contributer get hints to improve the photo.

[DDA]

I know, I was just kidding....

[ron chappel]

Yes tommy is right of course.
In fact after posting i wondered what i should say if asked which image.I had allready decided not to say.
Not just for the reasons Tommy gives but also because i may talk the owner into doing something that makes it look worse !I'm not exactly the worlds foremost expert on composition ;);)

[In2Photos]

Originally I thought I had a slight chance but now I think I am dead in the water. Oh well, I will be happy if I get one vote.:D

[Becca]

Some really great shots this year! I'm going to have a hard time deciding on which one to vote for!

[kr88]

Entry requirements:
"Post processing - nothing that substantially changes the original composition of the image."
It would not be fair to say that before voting has been done. Not fait to the owner because it would probably cost some votes maybe the deciding votes and not fair to other contributers that one contributer get hints to improve the photo.
Would croping a photo be in violation of the contest rules? I beleive the rules mentioned something about changinging the appearence, not sure if it applies to cropping or how much cropping would be permissable.

[Big_B]

Cropping is fine. You can always send me both copies if you are unsure about changes you've made.

Another batch of photos online. Remember, only 4 more days to go!!

[Big_B]

More photos online. Remember only 1 day left in the contest!

[tommykjensen]

OutsideShooter. I deleted your photo because this thread is not the place to share photos.

If you want to enter it into the contest then send it to Big_B. Procuedure is described in the first post.

[Shasta]

Tick, tock, tick, tock......we are getting close now.

[Billginthekeys]

wow guys, just looked at the updated gallery, some really great stuff in there. im really rather excited for voting. really love the selection.

[Big_B]

Thanks Tommy.

The contest is now closed and the voting is open. Click the link in my sig.

[blonde]

i voted and thanks for the few votes that i got :)

oh, and thanks Big_B for taking this on and doing such a great job...

[Big_B]

Thanks Snir :)