Photo Contest rules, voting links, and upcoming contests - 2012

[ChiSoxKeith]

Currently Active Contests
Accepting entries: Christmas at the Resorts here
Final Voting for New in 2012 here

Disboards Weekly Walt Disney World Photo Contest Rules and Topics 2012

Contest Rules:
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Contest will run weekly to 10pm Sunday Central Time time. Submit your entries before that time to ensure they are included.

A new thread will be made for each contest. Post your entry as a reply to that thread. Refer back to this post for links to the contests, and voting threads.

To post your photo, first upload it to a photo hosting site (see tips below for ideas), click on the button and enter the URL of the image (it should end in jpg, gif, png, etc).

• Photos must be your work. Please no PhotoPass photos (or photos of PhotoPass monitors).
• 1 submission per member, per contest.
• Once you post your picture, please do not replace it.
• Winning photos (top 3) may not be submitted to future contests.
• Photos should be no larger than 1024x768
• Unless otherwise specified in the contest, photos may be taken at any Disney park, resort, ship, store or other Disney related location worldwide, at any time. Photos taken on an Adventures By Disney trip may also be entered.
• Voting will start generally within 12-18 hours after the contest ends. If there are less than 12 entries, 1 poll will be posted, and will be open for 7 days If more than 12 there will be more polls with a final poll consisting of the leaders from the previous polls. To ensure that there is no more than 2 rounds of voting for any one contest, only the first 144 entries will be eligible for voting.
• No breaking park rules in taking of photos. (no flash on dark rides, no unauthorized backstage shots, no venturing off the paths, etc.)

Minor enhancement of photos is permitted (see below), but images that have been significantly modified or appear unnatural will be disqualified.

Modifications Not Permitted:

• No borders or frames may be added to images.
• Adding or replacing elements in an image is not permitted.
• Artistic filters are not permitted (with the exception of conversion to B&W)

Permitted Modifications:

• Images may be cropped, resized and rotated as necessary.
• Red-eye removal
• One-step enhancement (such as "AutoFix", "QuickFix", "Auto Levels", etc.)
• Minor use of filters to sharpen, soften, blur, despeckle, or remove noise.
• Minor use of corrective functions to improve the natural appearance of the image, such as white balance, levels, contrast, brightness, curves, intensity, tone, hue, saturation, lightness, value, color balance, desaturation and tint. If it can be done in a step or two its okay, if it takes you 20 minutes to edit the photo, its no longer "minor".

Tips:

• You can check the size of an image in Internet Explorer by right clicking on the image and selecting Properties, the size will be shown in the box that popsup. Firefox users can right click on the image and select view image, the size will be displayed in the title bar.
• Some ideas for photo hosting sites are available here.

Contest Schedule


January

• Your Best Shot taken in 2011 (Jan 2 8)
  Entries:
  Group Voting:
  Final Vote: here
  1st Place: ssanders79
  2nd Place (Tie)
  BorisMD
  Otimon
  
• Motion (Jan 9 15)
  Entries:
  Group Voting:
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: GoofyontheHighSeas
  2nd Place: Zackiedawg
  3rd Place: ssuriano
  
• Symmetry (Jan 16 22)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: Otimon
  2nd Place: DoleWhipDVC
  3rd Place: disneydentist
  
• Disney In the Details (Jan 23 29)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: ssanders79
  2nd Place: Otimon
  3rd Place: mouselovenfamily
  
• Wish I Was There (Jan 30- Feb 5)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here, here, and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: Otimon
  Tie for second Place:
  ssanders79
  soundguy
  

February

• Live Entertainment (Feb 6 12)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting:here, here, and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: NLD
  2nd Place (TIE):
  Amy
  Zackiedawg
  
  
  
  
• Love (Feb 13 19)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place:SoundGuy
  2nd Place:fireplug
  3rd Place:NLD
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Black & White (Feb 20 26)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting:here, here, and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: pointandshoot
  2nd Place: ssanders79
  3rd Place: Otimon
  
• On Ride Photography (Feb 27 Mar 4)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here, here, and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place:
  mom2rtk
  2nd Place: Tie
  Todd H
  Goofy On the High Seas
  
  
  
  

March

• Monorails (Mar 5 11)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place:
  ssanders79
  Three Way tie for 2nd Place:
  racreel
  njtree
  Otimon
  
  
  
  
• Disney Mountains (Mar 12 18)
  Entries:here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting here
  Winners:
  1st Place: Otimon
  2nd Place: JimbobJimbo
  3rd Place: NLD
  
• Villains (Mar 19 25)
  Entries: Villains
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: SoundGuy
  2nd Place Kat4Disney
  3rd Place MellieluvsDisney
  
• Artsy Fartsy (Mar 26 Apr 1)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place disneydentist
  2nd Place ssanders79
  3rd Place Otimon
  
  
  

April

• The Fab Five (Apr 2 8)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place:
  Gianna's Papa
  2nd Place Tie:
  Otimon
  Kat4Disney
  
  
• Princesses (Apr 9 15)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place disneydentist
  Three way tie for 2nd:
  DisneyFreak06
  loribeth
  marcus.ka
  
  
  
• Live Animals (Apr 16 22)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st: millys
  2nd: mom2rtk
  3rd: disneyfaninaz
  
  
• International Flower & Garden Festival (Apr 23 29)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  First Place: Otimon
  Tie for 2nd: disneydentist and AlisonUK
  
• Main Street, USA (Apr 30 May 6)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here, here, and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place Tie:NLD and Otimon
  2nd Place Tie:Tropical Wilds and AlisonUK
  

May

• Tomorrowland (May 7 13)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place:HPS3
  2nd Place: NLD
  3rd Place:Jade1
  
  
• Fantasyland (May 14 20)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: mom2rtk
  Three way tie for 2nd Place:
  disneydentist
  quackersnaps
  racreel
  
• Frontierland (May 21 27)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: OrangeJuice
  2nd Place: Otimon
  3rd Place: tuffcookie
  
  
• Adventureland (May 28 Jun 3)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st place: meanpc
  2nd Place: pgowder
  3rd Place: racreel
  
  
  

June

• Hollywood Studios (Jun 4 10)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: HPS3
  2nd Place: pgowder
  3rd Placezackiedawg
  
  
  
  
  
• Animal Kingdom (Jun 11 17)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Placea: mytripsandraces
  
  4 way tie for 2nd:
  disneydentist
  zackiedawg
  toomanycars
  cpbjgc
  
  
• EPCOT Future World (Jun 18 24)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place:South Carolina
  2nd Place: BDJazz
  3rd Place:HPS3
  
  
  
  
• EPCOT World Showcase (Jun 25 Jul 1)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: Pixel Dust
  2nd Place: zackiedawg
  3rd Place: disneydentist
  
  

July

• Fireworks (July 2 8)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: Pixeldust
  2nd Place: Tie
  disneydentist
  mom2rtk
  
• Star Wars Weekends (July 9 15)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: wbeem
  2nd Place: KAT4DISNEY
  3rd Place: reimero
  
  
  
• Disneyland (July 16 22)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  Tie For First: mom2rtk andI'm Mikey
  Second:disneydentist
  
• Disney in HDR (July 23 29)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place:boBQuincy
  2nd Place (Tie):capt445 and Experiment_626
  
• Disney Transportation (July 30 Aug 5)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place:ssanders79
  2nd Place:NJGuy3
  3rd Place: pmkr
  

August

• Blizzard Beach & Typhoon Lagoon (Aug 6 12)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place (Tie): kldmom2000 and pantherlj
  2nd Place (Tie): quackersnaps and ssanders79
  
• Architecture (Aug 13 19)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: JPlaisance
  2nd Place: midge3426
  3rd Place:mrp4352
  
• Merchandise & Downtown Disney (Aug 20 26)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st: Otimon
  2nd: KAT4DISNEY
  3rd: midge3426
  
• Parades (Aug 27 Sept 2)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Placepointandshoot
  2nd Place: mom2rttk
  3rd Place: Tie
  JimbobJimbo
  NLD
  

September

• Disney at Night (Sep 3 9)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here, here, and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  Tie for 1st:
  rmattman
  mom2rtk
  2nd Place:
  DisneyFreak06
  
  
  
• Restaurants, Food, and Drink (Sep 10 16)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place:
  havoc315
  2nd Place:
  GoofyontheHiSeas
  Third Place (three way tie)
  JimbobJimbo
  hooch11bear
  NLD
  
  
• Look Up (Sep 17 23)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place
  JPlaisance
  Tie for Second:
  cpbjgc
  pmkr
  
• Cast Member Appreciation (Sep 24 30)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  Three way tie for first:
  GoofyontheHiSeas
  mom2rtk
  NLD

October

• Weather (Oct 1 7)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: pointandshoot
  2nd place: disneydentist
  3rd Place (Tie)
  ukstitch
  mytripsandraces
  
  
  
• Signs, Signs, Everywhere are Signs (Oct 8 14)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st place: SoundGuy
  2nd Place:Jade1
  3rd Place:havoc315
  
  
• Coming and Going (Oct 15 21)
  Entries:here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: mom2rtk
  2nd Place: 2Tiggies
  3rd Place: pmkr
  
  
• Color (Oct 22 28)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: 1 and 2
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place:
  Otimon
  2nd Place:
  Bstanley
  3rd Place (tie)
  LittleMissMagic
  Revan
  
  
• Halloween (Oct 29 Nov 4)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: 2tiggies
  2nd Place: Proktitioner
  3rd Place: Bstanley

November

• Why did you take a picture of that? (Nov 5 11)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: Ottimon
  2nd Place: Bstanley
  3rd Place: (Tie)
  havoc315
  2tiggies
  
• Relax, you are on Vacation (Nov 12 18)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place:pmkr
  2nd Place:disneydentist
  3rd Place:DianeHeartDisney
  
  
• A Different Perspective (Nov 19 25)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: 2Tiggies
  2nd Place: PixelDust
  3rd Place (Tie) disneydentist
  LittleMissMagic
  
  
• Hidden Mickeys (Nov 26 Dec 2)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting:here
  Winners:
  1st Place: TIE
  njtree
  Otimon
  2nd Place:South Carolina
  3rd Place:mytripsandraces
  

December

• New in 2012 (Dec 3 9)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  
• Christmas at the Resorts (Dec 10 16)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting:
  Winners:
  
• Christmas at the Parks (Dec 17 23)
• Post Card Photos (Dec 24 Dec 30)

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Past Winners

• 2006 Photo Contest Winners List
• 2007 Photo Contest Winners List
• 2008 Photo Contest Winners List
• 2009 Photo Contest Winners List
• 2010 Photo Contest Winners List
• 2011 Photo Contest Winners

[Gogi17]

Thank you for the information on the contests. Are there prizes associated for the winners? I plan on submitting entries with or without the prizes- just for the fun of sharing favorite photos!

[disneyweddingoct2013]

Hi I know this probably isn't the right place to ask this but I was interested in joining the photo comp for the Disney Mountains. How do I join? The link takes me to a page about the parks and their are no pictures there. Sorry to bothersome. Hope you have a wonderful day. :D

[DisneyFreak06]

No prizes, just the satisfaction of winning! All you need to do to enter is to post a picture in the contest link. Once the week is over, a poll with the pictures is posted, and we all vote. It's all good, clean fun!

[choco_latae]

I guess there is no more weekly photo contests? No one has posted any since December 3012. Ive been asking but no one reply's. I enjoyed them so much . Oh well. I guess no one cares anymore .

[LittleMissMagic]

Originally Posted by choco_latae

I guess there is no more weekly photo contests? No one has posted any since December 3012. Ive been asking but no one reply's. I enjoyed them so much . Oh well. I guess no one cares anymore .

I'm going to miss them!