#1  
Old 14-05-2006, 01:08 PM
fringe_dweller's Avatar
fringe_dweller
on the highway to Hell

fringe_dweller is offline
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 2,623
photo comp tourism australia

Just read about this photo comp in the weekend australian, I am sure there are lots of photo comps but I dont know much about them, but these prizes seem pretty decent.
I immediately thought of the many excellent shutterbugs amongst the members of this fine forum
http://www.theweekendaustralian.com.au/photocomp/
EDIT: Just realised you got to have people in the shots LOL - should of read it bettter

Last edited by fringe_dweller; 14-05-2006 at 03:30 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 14-05-2006, 05:00 PM
iceman's Avatar
iceman (Mike)
Sir Post a Lot!

iceman is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
Posts: 36,760
Quote:
Photos must show people enjoying a holiday experience in Australia; the only stipulation is they should not appear "posed" in front of the camera.
Sounds fair, i'm sure I can take a holiday down at the beach!

Thanks for the heads-up Kearn, I love a challenge!

Great prizes, too.

I'm in it! I'll look through some old shots from the holidays, or I'll go take a holiday to the beach next week
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 14-05-2006, 05:05 PM
iceman's Avatar
iceman (Mike)
Sir Post a Lot!

iceman is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
Posts: 36,760
Some of the rules:
Quote:
There are four entry categories (1) Nature (2) Beaches (3) Outback and (4) Cities.
Entrants must submit a photograph that they have taken in Australia and show people engaging in an experience that can be had on holidays in Australia.
Entrants must indicate the category that they would like their photograph entered into.
Entrants with more than one category indicated on the one entry will be withdrawn.
Entrants may submit multiple separate entries but can only win one category.
Photographs will not be returned. No correspondence or negotiation will be entered into on this subject.
Entry photographs are not to have been published in any other media anywhere in the world.
and for digital entries:

Quote:
Preferred image size and format for submitted photos is 640 x 480 pixel JPEG.

Images over 2 MB WILL NOT be accepted. Only JPEG images will be accepted
Good stuff.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 14-05-2006, 05:31 PM
fringe_dweller's Avatar
fringe_dweller
on the highway to Hell

fringe_dweller is offline
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 2,623
Mike , it was particularly your very nice recent 'cities' and 'beaches' series type shots that made me think of mentioning it here
and Good Luck :-))
(I might have to make an effort and find a shot somewhere too - they could of had the competition in summer and made it a bit easier spose the northern states will romp in the beach category?)
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 15-05-2006, 02:18 PM
fringe_dweller's Avatar
fringe_dweller
on the highway to Hell

fringe_dweller is offline
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 2,623
seeing its been cloudy and wintery for so long now here in adders, and while on the subject of touristy stuff I was looking thru some holiday snaps (didnt take many unfortunately) from early this year taken from Robe and Beachport on beautiful S/E coast SOUTH AUSTRALIA (hehe sorry about emphasis vics, but its still ours even if you seem to own most of it now), usually called the Limestone Coast.
In the distance, in the shot with my missus taking a shot of her own is empty 90 mile!! beach (exept for the usual armies of 4WDers?) - go a bit further nw and your in the coorong.
my point is, is its a bit damn hard to get people in our beach shots as they are mostly deserted
drool on UK beach lovers
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (IMG_0286_1.jpg)
64.7 KB27 views
Click for full-size image (IMG_0293_1.jpg)
84.6 KB23 views
Click for full-size image (IMG_0295.jpg)
84.3 KB25 views
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 15-05-2006, 02:29 PM
ving's Avatar
ving (David)
~Dust bunny breeder~

ving is offline
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The town of campbells
Posts: 12,359
hmm... cool
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 16-05-2006, 05:54 AM
iceman's Avatar
iceman (Mike)
Sir Post a Lot!

iceman is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
Posts: 36,760
Nice shots Kearn, looks like a remote place.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 16-05-2006, 05:59 AM
iceman's Avatar
iceman (Mike)
Sir Post a Lot!

iceman is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
Posts: 36,760
hmm finding entries for this comp is hard.

Most of my landscape photos don't have people in them, or if they do, they're my family and they're posing!
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 16-05-2006, 06:44 AM
iceman's Avatar
iceman (Mike)
Sir Post a Lot!

iceman is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
Posts: 36,760
ok I've picked some.. now the hard part

Quote:
Along with the photo, they'll need to provide 150 words describing what inspired them to take the shot and the experience they were trying to capture. Submissions should include details of exactly where and when the shot was taken and how the location was reached.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 16-05-2006, 06:58 AM
matt's Avatar
matt
6000 post club member

matt is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Launceston, Australia
Posts: 6,570
Good luck guys.

I used to work in the magazine production biz and I can honestly say the standard of some of the portrait/landscape etc pix being posted at this forum are of a very, very high standard and very "artistic".

So definitely get 'em in...

Oh ... look!!!! Mike's nearly at 8000
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 14-06-2006, 08:34 AM
ving's Avatar
ving (David)
~Dust bunny breeder~

ving is offline
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The town of campbells
Posts: 12,359
wish me luck guys!!!

gota a call from christine westwood of the australian lastnight, I am a finalist!!!
man i am proud
all thanks go to cheryl for puting it in tho (god love her!). if she hadn't then I'd have not entered at all!

here's my entry...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...h_DSC00614.jpg
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 14-06-2006, 08:56 AM
iceman's Avatar
iceman (Mike)
Sir Post a Lot!

iceman is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
Posts: 36,760
Well done Ving! Congrats! A great shot. Good luck!

I didn't enter in the end, i couldn't find the time to write the 150 words for each shot!
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 14-06-2006, 09:00 AM
ving's Avatar
ving (David)
~Dust bunny breeder~

ving is offline
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The town of campbells
Posts: 12,359
cheryl even did the writing for me. i keep telling her (to her anoyance) that she can be quite the wordsmith
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 14-06-2006, 11:57 AM
h0ughy's Avatar
h0ughy (David)
Moderator

h0ughy is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEWCASTLE NSW Australia
Posts: 33,156
congrats for getting that far Ving!
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 14-06-2006, 12:13 PM
ving's Avatar
ving (David)
~Dust bunny breeder~

ving is offline
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The town of campbells
Posts: 12,359
thanks houghy even if i dont get any further i get a nikon coolpics p2 out of it
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 14-06-2006, 01:00 PM
fringe_dweller's Avatar
fringe_dweller
on the highway to Hell

fringe_dweller is offline
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 2,623
wow thats a winner if I ever saw one tell 'em if your shot doesnt win Ving, then I might have to review our weekly purchase of the w/e aussie, tell 'em! hhehe
ps welcome to the coolpix club mate - great little cameras - i notice its wifi as well
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 14-06-2006, 01:33 PM
ving's Avatar
ving (David)
~Dust bunny breeder~

ving is offline
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The town of campbells
Posts: 12,359
my first wifi cam! sounds interesting

the shot was all luck tho, just great timing... i took it a belgenny farm with the family, they had a horsemanship display going so i snapped some shots... i was so happy with this one i emailed it to belgenny farm and they use it on the front page of thier site now
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 14-06-2006, 02:09 PM
[1ponders]'s Avatar
[1ponders] (Paul)
Retired, damn no pension

[1ponders] is offline
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Obi Obi, Qld
Posts: 18,778
Great shot ving. Good luck with it
Reply With Quote
  #19  
Old 14-06-2006, 02:14 PM
Striker's Avatar
Striker (Tony)
Whats visual Astronomy

Striker is offline
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 5,062
Congrats Ving....but why wasn't a cow shot..that would have been obvious..oh well a horsy shot will have to do.

All the best.
Reply With Quote
  #20  
Old 14-06-2006, 02:45 PM
xstream's Avatar
xstream (John)
Grey Nomad

xstream is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: "Where ever the wind blows".
Posts: 5,693
Congratulations Ving. Always new you were a winner somewhere along the line.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +10. The time is now 11:35 PM.

Powered by vBulletin Version 3.8.7 | Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Advertisement
Bintel
Advertisement
Testar
Advertisement