AOL Community Photo Challenge - Part Deux

Welcome back to all our Photo Challenge participants! We hope you all had a great summer and took LOTS of photos for sharing. Things are changing here at the Photo Challenge and we want to lay out all the ground rules for the New and Improved Challenge!

 

First of all...there will be no judging by a panel of judges. This year, our panel will select a number of photos to be voted on by all our readers. A poll will be created so that folks can vote for their favorites. The number of entries that are included in the poll will depend on how many entries we have...and is subject to change.

 

Guidelines for entering:

 

1. Challenges will again be bi-weekly.

 

2. Any photos submitted must be taken by you--the person participating. If you are IN the photo, it must be a self portrait (tripods are great for this!).

 

3. New Challenges will be posted on Fridays; deadline for posting is the following THURSDAY. Late entries are fine, but won't be included in the selection process.

 

4. The poll will be posted on the Friday after the deadline, and voting will end on Sunday night. The winner(s) will be announced on Monday.

 

5. ENTRIES: All entries need a link to JUST the entry, not to your entire journal. The link (PERMALINK to the entry--NOT your entire journal) should then be posted to the comments section of the Challenge announcement. This will guide folks back to view your entry and give you exposure.

 

6. Entries in your journal must indicate in the subject that it IS an entry for the challenge. ALL entries must be new posts--for the purpose of entering the challenge. Please don't link to an old entry in your journal...if you want to re-post a photo for an entry, make it a new entry with reference to (and a link to) the Challenge. Remember--if you are placing more than one photo in the entry, the top/first photo will be the one that counts, so place them accordingly.

 

7. IMPORTANT: All entrants into the challenge grant permission to the Challenge owners to post their images in the event they win. No further permissions will be requested and the only use of these images will be to display them as winners.

 

To all photographers...we want this challenge to be fun AND educational. Please stretch your abilities and add to your bag of tricks for your entries. From time to time, we'll write about some new (and timeworn) techniques for your enlightenment. We also welcome suggestions...so write to Marie (MarieBM56@aol.com) and Vicki (cmishvicki@aol.com) with your comments and suggestions.

 

Look for the first challenge SOON!

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