Photo Contest 2011

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Currently Active Contests
Accepting entries for Post Card Photos
Group Voting for Disney Going to Sleep here and here
Final Voting for:


Disboards Weekly Walt Disney World Photo Contest Rules and Topics 2011

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
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January

• Symmetry (Jan 17 - Jan 23)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=39623098]mouselovenfamily[/post] 2nd: [post=39655969]Daisy14'sDH[/post] 3rd: [post=39603973]spinetnglr[/post]
  
  
• in plain sight (Jan 24 - Jan 30)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=39760994]mouselovenfamily[/post] 2nd: [post=39681133]Pea-n-Me[/post] 3rd: [post=39698066]LPZ_Stitch![/post]
  
  
• Rare Characters (Jan 31 - Feb 6)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=39847586]Victoria3[/post] 2nd: [post=39839076]kldmom2000[/post] 3rd: [post=39782805]I'm mikey[/post]
  
  

February

• Postcard Photos (Feb 7 - Feb 13)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=39860860]PrincessInOz[/post] 2nd: [post=39940890]gruZ[/post] 3rd: [post=39870677]Miller1412[/post]
  
  
• Disney is in the Details (Feb 14 - Feb 20)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=40025714]mouselovenfamily[/post] 2nd: [post=40019837]YesDear[/post] 3rd: [post=39946872]Gianna'sPapa[/post]
  
  
• Artsy Fartsy (Feb 21 - Feb 27)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=40073533]mom2rtk[/post] 2nd: [post=40033144]ssanders79[/post] 3rd: [post=40112902]NEVERENOUGHWDW[/post]
  
  
• A Different Perspective (Feb 28 - Mar 6)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=40140685]Kat4Disney[/post] 2nd: [post=40215730]mouselovenfamily[/post] 3rd: [post=40213897]gruZ [/post]
  
  

March

• Disney mountains (Mar 7 - Mar 13)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3
  Winners: 1st = [post=40305095]Kat4Disney[/post] 2nd: [post=40223747]ZackieDawg[/post] 3rd: [post=40225365]JimbobJimbo[/post]
  
• Rides (Mar 14 - Mar 20)
  Winners: 1st = [post=40329076]pgowder[/post] 2nd (Tie): [post=40317776]JimBobJimbo[/post] 2nd (Tie): [post=40398970]Quicklabs[/post]
  
• Villians (Mar 21 - Mar 27)
  Voting: Group 1, Group 2, Group 3
  Final
  Winners: [post=40404417]1st Place - disneyboy2003[/post] [post=40492222]2nd Place - GoofyontheHiSeas[/post] [post=40405766]3rd Place - JimbobJimbo[/post]
  
  
• Mickey (Mar 28 - Apr 3)
  Voting: Group 1, Group 2, Group 33
  Final Voting: Mickey
  Winners:[post=40497812]1st Place: Jimbobjimbo[/post] [post=40551326]2nd Place: clearskies[/post] [post=40586677]3rd Place: andytaro[/post]
  

April

• Wonderful World of Color (Apr 4 - Apr 10)
  Voting: 1, 2, 3
  Final Voting:3
  Winners: 1st: [post=40599259]Tigger2252[/post] 2nd:[post=40620531]PrincessInOz[/post] 3rd:[post=40624935]JimbobJimbo[/post]
  
  
• Live Animals - Apr 11 - Apr 18
  Accepting Entries: Live Animals
  Voting:1, 2, 3, 4
  Final Voting: Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=40762969]fireplug[/post] 2nd (TIE):[post=40769804]clearskies[/post] [post=40689425]disneydentist[/post]
  
  
  
• Epcot World Showcase (Apr 18 - Apr 24)
  Accepting Entris: EPCOT World Showcase
  Voting: 1, 2, 3,
  Final Voting: Final Voting
  Winners: 1st: [post=40774958]ZackieDawg[/post], 2nd: [post=40860357]mouselovenfamily[/post], 3rd: [post=40781536]Giana'sPapa[/post]
  
• Epcot Future World (Apr 25 - May 1)
  Accepting Entries: Epcot Future World
  Voting: 1, 2, 3
  Final Voting: Final Voting
  Winners: 1st: [post=40869798]ZackieDawg[/post], 2nd: [post=40867673]eyeore7360nc[/post], 3rd: [post=40918267]otimon[/post]
  

May

• Architecture (May 2 - May 8)
  Accepting Entries: Architecture
  Group Voting: Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5
  Final Voting: Here
  Winners: 1st: [post=41019967]Spectro is #1[/post], 2nd: [post=41014628]Otimon[/post] 3rd TIE: [post=41005172]Miller1412[/post] , [post=41035165]DizFrek <3[/post]
  
  
  
  
• Merchandise and Downtown Disney (May 9 - May 15)
  Accepting Entries:Merchandise & Downtown Disney
  Group Voting: Group 1, Group 2,Group 3
  Final Voting: Final
  And the Winners are: 1st Place: [post=41039736]Zackiedawg[/post] 2nd Place: [post=41046691]racreel[/post] 3rd Place (Tie): [post=41040119]Pea-N-Me[/post] 3rd Place (Tie): [post=41121413]disneyboy2003[/post]
  
• Flowers and Trees (May 16 - May 22)
  Accepting Entries: Flowers & Trees
  Group Voting: 1, 2, 3, 4
  Final Voting: Here
  Winners: The first ever (at least as long as I've been doing the contest) 4-way tie.
  [post=41126503]JimBobJimbo[/post], [post=41136305]AustinTed[/post],[post=41186983]Tigger2252[/post],[post=41177259]DLR29[/post]
  
  
• Motion (May 23 - May 29)
  Accepting Entries: Motion
  Group Voting: Group1 and Group 2.
  Final Voting: here
  Winners: 1st Place: [post=41223962]turtleclanscott[/post], 2nd Place: [post=41211016]ssanders79[/post], 3rd Place: (TIE) [post=41287707]KAT4DISNEY[/post] and [post=41290162]PrincessInOz[/post]
  
  
• Relax, you are on vacation (May 30 - Jun 5)
  Accepting Entries: here
  Group Voting: here, here, and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners: 1st Place: [post=41306114]Pea-n-Me[/post], 2nd Place - Tie: [post=41333788]pgowder[/post] and [post=41354239]goopysolelady[/post]
  
  

June

• Fantasyland (Jun 6 - Jun 12)
  Accepting Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here.
  Final Voting: here
  Winners: 1st Place [post=41375359]mom2rtk[/post], 2nd Place[post=41382696]kshark[/post], 3rd Place[post=41411177]PrincessInOz[/post]
  
  
• Frontierland (Jun 13 - Jun 19)
  Accepting Entries: here
  Group Voting: here, here, and here.
  Final Voting: Here.
  Winners: 1st Place: [post=41457797]ssanders79[/post], 2nd Place: [post=41458711]zackiedawg[/post], 3rd Place:[post=41470039]PrincessInOz[/post]
  
• Tomorrowland (Jun 20 - Jun 26)
  Accepting Entries: here
  Group Voting: here, here, and here.
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:1st: [post=41591661]Marlton Mom[/post] 2nd: [post=41542425]zackiedawg[/post] 3rd: [post=41542455]mom2rtk[/post]
  
  
  
• Main Street USA (Jun 27 - Jul 3)
  Accepting Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners: 1st Place: [post=41626337]Marlton Mom[/post] 2nd Place: [post=41627376]ssanders79[/post] Three way tie for 3rd Place: [post=41631722]zackiedawg[/post], [post=41676597]Mr. MouseFan[/post], and [post=41680742]Otimon[/post]
  

July

• Fireworks (Jul 4 - Jul 10)
  Accepting Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:1st Place - Tie [post=41723881]ssanders79[/post] and [post=41766983]pgowder[/post] 2nd Place - [post=41730375]mom2rtk[/post] 3rd Place - [post=41722238]zackiedawg[/post]
  
  
• Star Wars Weekends (Jul 11 - Jul 17)
  Accepting Entries: here
  Group Voting: No group voting, only enough entries for one round of voting.
  Final Voting:here
  Winners: 1st Place: [post=41802265]Marlton_Mom[/post] 2nd Place: [post=41855514]GoofyontheHighSeas[/post] 3rd Place: [post=41881736]Spectro_is_#1[/post]
  
• Live Entertainment (Jul 18 - Jul 24)
  Accepting Entries:here
  Group Voting:here, here, and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners: 1st: [post=41931119]disneyboy2003[/post] 2nd: [post=41888182]zackiedawg[/post] 3rd: [post=41892952]Giana's Papa[/post]
  
  
• Disney Hollywood Studios (Jul 25 - Jul 31)
  Accepting Entries:
  Group Voting:here, here, and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners: 1st: [post=41986691]msummers[/post] 2nd: [post=42055120]ScottUK[/post] 3rd: [post=42044763]disneydentist[/post]
  
  

August

• Disney at Night (Aug 1 - Aug 7)
  Accepting Entries: here
  Group Voting:here, here, and here
  Final Voting:here
  Winners: 1st: [post=42142337]mom2rtk[/post] 2nd: [post=42103111]capt445[/post] 3rd: [post=42066181]zackiedawg[/post]
  
• Wish I was there (Aug 8 - Aug 14)
  Accepting Entries:here
  Group Voting:here, here, and here
  Final Voting:
  Winners:
  1st Plafce: [post=42166506]Marlton Mom[/post]
  2nd Place: [post=42167286]pgowder[/post]
  3rd Place: [post=42166907]zackiedawg[/post]
  
• Signs, Signs, Everywhere there are SIGNS (Aug 15 - Aug 21)
  Accepting Entries:here
  Group Voting::here, here, here, and here
  Final Voting:here
  Winners:
  1st Place: [post=42264917]pointandshoot[/post]
  2nd Place (Tie)
  [post=42280030]Marlton Mom[/post]
  [post=42300830]Golf4food[/post]
  3rd Place: [post=42285454]capt445[/post]
  
• Princesses (Aug 22 - Aug 28)
  Accepting Entries:here
  Group Voting: here, here, and here
  Final Voting: here
  Winners: 1st Place:
  [post=42343073]ssanders79[/post]
  2nd Place:
  [post=42415782]pgowder[/post]
  4 way tie for third.....
  [post=42341420]ChiSoxKeith[/post]
  [post=42358478]alloyd1170[/post]
  [post=42422828]PeterPan[/post]
  [post=42424245]mom2rtk[/post]
  
  
• Characters (Aug 29 - Sep 4)
  
  Accepting Entries: here
  Group Voting: Group 1, Group 2, Group 3
  Final Voting:
  Winners:
  

September

• Why did you take a picture of that? (Sep 5 - Sep 11)
  Accepting Entries: here
  Group Voting:
  here, here, and here
  Final Voting:
  Winners:
  
• Monorails (Sep 12 - Sep 18)
  Accepting Entries: here
  Group Voting:
  Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: [post=42612997]Spectro is #1[/post]
  2nd Place: [post=42671019]PIGGERANDTIGLET[/post]
  3rd Place: [post=42605245]pgowder[/post]
  
• Kids of the World (Sep 19 - Sep 25)
  
• Disney Transportation (Sep 26 - Oct 2)
  Entries: Here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Vote: Here
  Winners:
  1st Place [post=42825127]KAT4DISNEY[/post]
  2nd Place [post=42770765]pgowder[/post]
  3rd Place [post=42819163]SAM241[/post]
  
  
  

October

• Restaurants, Food and Drink (Oct 3 - Oct 9)
  Entries:
  Final: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: [post=42898186]DizFrek<3[/post]
  2nd Place: [post=42834111]GoofyontheHiSeas[/post]
  3rd Place: [post=42849536]PrincessInOz[/post]
  
• Animal Kingdom (Oct 10 - Oct 16)
  Entries:
  Group Voting: 1, 2, and 3Final Voting: here
  Winners:
  1st Place
  [post=42962246]Cafeen[/post]
  2nd Place
  [post=42909055]Kylieh[/post]
  3rd Place
  [post=42916198]DoleWhipDVC[/post]
  [post=42928527]Kldmom2000[/post]
  
• Weather (Oct 17 - Oct 23)
  Entries: here
  Final Vote: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: [post=42968560]kldmom2000[/post]
  2nd Place: [post=42968512]disneydentist[/post]
  3rd Place: [post=42967598]TheGoofster[/post]
  
  
• Cast Member appreciation (Oct 24 - Oct 30)
  Entries: here
  Group 1, Group 2
  Final Vote
  Winners:
  1st Place:
  [post=43038468]Goofyonthehiseas[/post]
  2nd Place tie:
  [post=43038230]kat4Disney[/post]
  [post=43052904]fireplug[/post]
  Third Place Tie:
  [post=43045944]disneydentist[/post]
  [post=43088177]disneyfaninanz[/post]
  [post=43104667]mom2rtk[/post]
  
  
• Halloween (Oct 31 - Nov 6)
  Entries: here
  Group 1, Group 2Final Vote
  Winners:
  1st Place: [post=43128887]pgowder[/post]
  2nd Place: [post=43126037]leeshiebean[/post]
  3rd Place: [post=43147866]msummers[/post]
  
  

November

• Look Up! (Nov 7 - Nov 13)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here, here, and here
  Final Vote
  Winners:
  1st Place: [post=43181064]ssanders79[/post]
  2nd Place: [post=43182338]Marlton Mom[/post]
  3rd Place: [post=43176900]Capt445[/post]
  
  
• Resorts (Nov 14 - Nov 20)
  Entries:
  Group 1, Group 2, Group 3
  Finals: here
  Winners:
  1st Place: [post=43246931]Marlton Mom[/post]
  2nd Place [post=43266619]jade1[/post]
  3rd Place: [post=43275726]rmattman[/post]
  
  
• Your favorite photo from your last trip (Nov 21 - Nov 27)
  Entries
  Group 1, Group 2, Group 3
  Finals: here
  Winners
  1st Place: [post=43302686]disneydentist[/post]
  2nd Place: [post=43325960]taylorc[/post]
  Tied for 3rd: [post=43332181]pugrpooh[/post] [post=43342452]rmattman[/post]
  
  
• Water Works (Nov 28 - Dec 4)
  Entries:
  Finals
  Winners:
  1st Place: [post=43353722]JimbobJimbo[/post]
  2nd Place: [post=43353188]zackiedawg[/post]
  3rd Place TIE:
  [post=43362345]ssanders79[/post]
  [post=43399940]lisaviolet[/post]
  
  

December

• Disney Going to Sleep (Dec 5 - Dec 11)
  Entries
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Voting:
  Winners:
  
  
• Christmas at the Resorts (Dec 12 - Dec 18)
  Accepting Entries: here
  Winners: 1st Place: [post=43476333]pgowder[/post]
  2nd Place: (tie) [post=43484472]mrp4352[/post] [post=43495403]mom2rtk[/post]
  3rd Place: [post=43472129]Gianna's Papa[/post]
  
  
• Christmas at the Parks (Dec 19 - Dec 25)
  Entries: here
  Group Voting: here and here
  Final Vote:
  Winners:
  
  
• Postcard Photos (Dec 26 - Jan 1)
  Entries: here
  Final Voting:
  Winners:
  

Past years and results
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• 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

Top 10 camera manufacturers

1. Canon (451 entries)
2. Nikon (268 entries)
3. Sony (145 entries)
4. Pentax (70 entries)
5. Olympus (51 entries)
6. Kodak (51 entries)
7. Fuji (30 entries)
8. Panasonic (6 entries)
9. Minolta Co., Ltd. (3 entries)
10. Samsung (2 entries)

Top 10 camera models

1. Canon EOS (136 entries)
2. NIKON D300 (53 entries)
3. NIKON D5000 (48 entries)
4. NIKON D90 (43 entries)
5. Canon PowerShot SD55 (41 entries)
6. Canon PowerShot A610 (37 entries)
7. Canon EOS 30D (32 entries)
8. Canon EOS 50D (28 entries)
9. Canon EOS 40D (27 entries)
10. DSLR-A850 (26 entries)

above list is based on exif information from photo contest entries in 2010

Top 10 image hosting websites

1. photobucket.com (1065 entries)
2. flickr.com (360 entries)
3. smugmug.com (248 entries)
4. zenfolio.com (167 entries)
5. wdwinfo.com (67 entries)
6. pbase.com (53 entries)
7. ggpht.com (36 entries)
8. tinypic.com (32 entries)
9. inkfrog.com (32 entries)
10. ny.us (29 entries)

above list is based on URL information from photo contest entries in 2010