OcUK Photo Comp - Season Nine : Round Eleven - "Community" DISCUSSION

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OcUK Photo Comp - Season Nine : Round Eleven - "Community" DISCUSSION

Theme: Community

Chosen by: slothmeister

Closing date: Midnight Tuesday November 30th 2010

Please post all discussion for the current competition in this thread and keep entries in the ENTRIES thread.
DO NOT post any entries in this thread!

Judges: A.N.Other, Ichabod Crane and Oxygen.

This competition is open to everyone.

OcUK Photo competition results site http://ocukphotocomp.growse.com/

RULES
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Rules must be followed. Failure to follow one or more rules will result in disqualification for the current round.

* One image per entrant (may be a montage consisting of two or more photos).
* If a montage is entered, all photos in the image will be judged on their relevance to each other as well as the theme.
* Photos must be posted in or linked to this thread for consideration.
* Photos must be of a reasonable size. (Shortest side of 1000px recommended)
* Photos must be submitted in the .jpg file format.
* Photos must have been taken on or after November 1st, 2010. Invalid EXIF dates must be declared.
* Photos that have been commented on previously by any of the judges, will not be considered.
* Photos must be available for viewing in this thread until the competition winner has been announced.
* Photos must be your own work unless posting on behalf of someone else. If this is the case it should be stated in your post.

* Photographers must post their make and model unless it is provided in the EXIF Information.
* Photographers retain full copyright to their entries, so you must contact them before using their entries.

* The winner of each round will choose the theme for the next round.

* The Judges may not discuss or submit their interpretation of the theme until the competition winner has been announced.
* The Judges will not reveal individual scores, however some judges may provide a critique after the competition has ended.
* The Judges may or may not notify disqualified photographers before the deadline.
* In the event of the scores being tied for first place the judges will decide among themselves on whom the winner is.
* The Judges decisions are final.

* Minimum Bribe Level: Canon EOS-1Ds Mk III


RECOMMENDATIONS
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Recommendations are optional.

A '+' sign next to the recommendation means you will gain marks.
A '-' sign next to the recommendation means you will lose marks.
A '/' sign next to the recommendation means your score will not be affected.

Each of the 3 judges will give you a score out of 30 as follows:-


* Technical ( 1 - 10 )

+ Use of Photoshop or Image Editing programs to enhance your photo (Including borders).
+ Correct use of Lighting/Saturation/Contrast/Exposure.
+ Correct use of DOF (Depth of Field).
+ Appreciation for Rule of Thirds, Golden Mean and other photographic rules.

- Overuse or misuse of Photoshop or other Image Editing programs (Including borders)
- Bad Lighting/Saturation/Contrast/Exposure.
- Blurred photos due to incorrect DOF (Depth of Field) or camera shake.
- Unintentionally slanted photos.

/ EXIF Info is recommended for digital photographers.
/ Camera Settings are recommended for film photographers.


* Theme Relevance ( 1 - 10 )

+ Good interpretation of the theme
+ Originality

/ Your photograph should represent the theme without further commentary.


* Impact ( 1 - 10 )

+ WOW Factor!
+ Overall ambience of the photo.

All past competition Entries, Discussion & Results threads can be found in the PV Archive. Select "From the - beginning" in the Display Options at the bottom of the page to view all Competition threads.
 
Hi guys,
I don't want to clutter up the December discussion thread so I'll post this in here.
It seems my photo entries here aren't doing too well at the moment, bottom last month and disqualified this month :( I understand what was said in the other thread, however I only found the shot whilst walking to work this week and the first opportunity I had to take it was on the 30th when walking to work again. I spent a half hour on the way trying to get a shot and a half hour on the way home freezing my nuts off in the snow trying to get a half decent long exposure night shot, but they all came out like dog crap.
I checked the rules before spending time editing my pics after finding out I was suspended to see if I could get a friend to submit it on my behalf and I thought it would be okay.
It's not like I'm in this to win it, I'm just trying to improve my photography and get some feedback from people who are obviously well respected enough on this forum to be considered judges for these competitions.
I don't want to turn this into a discussion and fair enough I'm out, and if the judges don't want to mark my photo then fair play. But if the judge(s) could take 1 minute to mark it and provide feedback as if it was a normal entry putting aside all the disqualification stuff aside it would be appreciated, even if it is a **** photo and it doesn't count towards the comp as such. Thanks.

Welcome back :p We will publish comments for your image along with all the other entries but no marks, best I can offer you as there were so few entries this month.
 
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