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Announcing the July 2014 theme challenge - Bird Silhouettes (1 Viewer)

IanF

Moderator
The theme is Bird Silhouettes.

We're looking for photos of birds along the lines of what you might normally try to avoid, underexposure i.e. black bird shapes against a bright background.

Examples would be taking a bird against a bright sky either in flight or perched on a fence using auto-exposure without compensating for the sky. You capture the bird shape with no or next to no shadow detail.

The rules must be adhered to in order to avoid disqualification. The Moderators decision is final.

Rules –

1. Entry to have been taken in the last twelve months.
2. Date taken to be included in the entry - must at least include month and year.
3. Entry to be uploaded between now and July 20th midnight.
4. Your entry must contain a wild bird in silhouette.
5. Location taken to be included and must include at least the county/state and country.
6. One entry per member.
7. Only minor image adjustment is permitted, such as cropping, sharpening, contrast, and levels. The photo must not be otherwise greatly manipulated ie. objects should not be added / removed in order to enhance the shot - no composite images. However tweaking of exposure to enhance a silhouette is permitted.
8. Once uploaded a photo is classed as an entry and cannot be replaced by another shot. However, you have until the closing date / time of this competition to ensure that your photo meets criteria.
9. The entry must be your own work and not previously submitted in a competition on this site.
10. Entries to be uploaded directly by entrants to the Monthly Photo Competitions Gallery

A voting booth will be posted after July 21st.

Please note 30 entries will be selected for addition to the voting booth for members to vote upon - entries not included in the voting booth will be moved to their appropriate forum.

Comments on entries are permitted.

Any queries about this months competition, please post below.
 
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