UKDEB
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Throughout 2007, starting this Friday, 5 January, I will be running a weekly photo competition for members of the UK Community board. The initial rules are posted here on a 'suck it and see' basis - we can change things as we go along if necessary.
Rules
Rules
- THE COMPETITION IS OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE UK COMMUNITY FORUM. Newbies are encouraged to enter, but they must also be posting on other threads and therefore a genuine member of the community. This is a 'just for fun' competition and you don't need to be a great photographer to enter. Discussion, however, is encouraged for those who wish to improve their technique and/or understanding of photography.
- I will start a new Entries thread, announcing each topic, Friday weekly.
- I will simultaneously post a Discussion thread for that week's entries. Comments or questions of any nature must be confined to this thread. This will leave the Entries thread uncluttered and negate the need for photos to be reproduced on a separate thread for voting purposes.
- Each competition will close at 06:00 GMT the following Friday. Entries posted after this time will not be valid.
- A new Voting thread will be posted each week. All members of the UK Community Forum are eligible to vote, whether or not they have entered the competition. Again, though, voters must be genuine members of the UK Community. Although this isn't intended to disclude newbies, voters must be joining in with a range of threads and not simply voting in the competition. Entrants can not vote for their own photo, but are encouraged to vote for one another’s. Points should be awarded on the following basis:
* First place – 5 points
* Second place – 4 points
* Third place – 3 points
* Fourth place - 2 points
* Fifth place - 1 point
- A maximum of two submissions per member, per competition. If choosing to submit more than one entry, a separate post should be made for each and the entries should be named to avoid any confusion during the voting stage.
- You may replace your entry throughout a competition's duration, using the Edit function.
- If your photo makes it into the winners list, you can not submit that photo again for a different contest.
- Image size and dimensions must comply with DIS regulations.
- Initially, there will be no restrictions on editing. If, as a community, we feel this detracts from the competition in any way, we can revisit this rule.
- Images must be hosted so that they appear in the competition thread (for example, by using Photobucket).
- Pictures may be taken at any time for any contest.
- From time to time, winners will be invited to choose the topic for the next week’s competition.
- Update 4 May, 2007 - Anyone posting an entry must also vote in the previous week's competition.
- Update 19 June, 2007 - The competition is intended to showcase photos taken by the person submitting them. That, therefore, excludes those in which you appear yourself (other than those taken with a timer, in which case please comment on the Discussion thread) and any official park photographs.
As I don't take that many piccies I expect DH will be entering 
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). There are plenty of dedicated discussion forums out there catering to those who are technical purists. My observations of the competition on the Photography Forum lead me to believe that those voting are more likely to base their judgement on subject matter, or some sort of emotional factor, than on composition, exposure, etc. Taking all that into consideration, I figured it doesn't really matter if someone edits their photo to make it more pleasing. In fact, surely that's the beauty of digital photography and the whole point of photo-editing software? If I was the editor of a glossy magazine, I wouldn't turn down a great photo because it wasn't 'straight out of the can'. 
