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#1 Sweeney

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 09:08 AM

In an effort to continue where Kordelia's "Wild Hair" contests left off, I would like to introduce to you the first official edition of the NeoCodex Photographica Contest.

 

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I am sure that you can guess what the overarching theme of this contest is:

Photography!

 

On the first Monday of each month, a theme will be given, and a deadline set.

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, will be to take a photograph (or choose one from your own back catalogue) that satisfies the theme as best you can manage.

There will be two winners each month, one selected by a small panel of judges based on my own criteria, and another based on a public vote. There will be no runners up, and one person may win both prizes.

Prizes will include a shiny award, and potentially donations from community-minded members.

Each month's winners will then help judge the next round, and be ineligible to win (although they may enter for fun!).

 

This month's theme:

 

Patterns

(Bonus: incorporate a springtime motif)

 

This month's deadline:

 

Wednesday the 14th of May (Midnight Pacific Time)

 

This month's examples:

 

Spoiler

 

Rules:

All work must be your own. Duh.

Post-processing must be minimal, unless otherwise noted.

Submissions should be PMed to me.



#2 Bone

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 09:19 AM

Cool. Why is the deadline in Pacific Time?



#3 Rocket

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 09:21 AM

Ooooh yea I have a tonnnnn of photos that I could enter :D



#4 Sweeney

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 09:29 AM

Cool. Why is the deadline in Pacific Time?

 

Because fuck Hawaii, that's why.

 

:p



#5 Guest_Kate_*

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 09:48 AM

Lol "Big Hair".. I think it was "Wild Hair" :p
Can staff enter this? 



#6 Sweeney

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 09:56 AM

Lol "Big Hair".. I think it was "Wild Hair" :p
Can staff enter this? 

 

Close enough, and sure :D



#7 Iridium77

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 10:28 AM

Better start reading on how to use my Nikon 3100..



#8 Keil

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 10:52 AM

Are there size limits? I know when I get raw files from my camera, the dimensions are usually like 2000x2500 or something big like that.



#9 Bones

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 11:01 AM

Nice contest will have to dust off the SLR



#10 Strategist

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 12:17 PM

Sweet, I'm so entering :)

#11 Emily

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 12:23 PM

Awesome! I'll see what I can whip up. Thanks for running this, Sweeney!



#12 blue

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 12:39 PM

Because fuck Hawaii, that's why.

 

:p

That's actually more helpful towards Hawaii. I know I always hated having to cater towards other timezones.



#13 Applepi

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 01:08 PM

FINALLY, all those photography classes in high school might pay off. 



#14 Sweeney

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 01:10 PM

Are there size limits? I know when I get raw files from my camera, the dimensions are usually like 2000x2500 or something big like that.


Submissions can be any size, and will be standardised for voting. Links to originals will also be in the voting posts.

#15 Katya

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 01:47 PM

I love/hate photography. The times I love it, I buy a camera. In the times I hate it I have the incredible habit of burning them. 

SO... I guess I'll just use my husbands phone since I don't have any presently. :p

 

Great contest, by the way. :3



#16 Sweeney

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 04:19 PM

Got a submission already :D



#17 Fikri

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 06:17 PM

aww, i prefer the old contest name. :p jk.

 

will try and participate. thanks for hosting, @Sweeney! :D


Edited by Stuck, 05 May 2014 - 07:02 PM.


#18 Maha

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 06:20 PM

This sounds great, I hope my trusty iPhone can do me well enough xD



#19 Applepi

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 06:51 PM

This contest makes me wish I still had access to a dark room. I miss that. 



#20 Keil

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 06:55 PM

This contest makes me wish I still had access to a dark room. I miss that. 

 

I don't. Dark rooms made me stank to high heavens. It especially sucks that I go to lunch after photography and people gave me weird looks on the lines for smelling acidic and not the lemony kind..



#21 Applepi

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 06:58 PM

I don't. Dark rooms made me stank to high heavens. It especially sucks that I go to lunch after photography and people gave me weird looks on the lines for smelling acidic and not the lemony kind..

 

Haha I don't miss the smell, or stained finger nails, or stained everything else. But in all seriousness, the darkroom was my favorite place through high school. I loved working in there so much I'd go to school at 6:30 and wouldn't leave till after 5. I was totally a photo geek and I loved every minute of it! I actually really miss using my creative juices, pharmacy doesn't really allow for that too much. Its been forever since I've actually taken a picture for arts sake. 



#22 Maha

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 08:13 PM

A darkroom at a school?!?! Wow... We were really not given much at all at our school... 

 

Any ideas on how to use an iPhone in a better manner or if there is a more specific app I should/could use to improve quality or something?



#23 arcanum

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 08:40 PM

This sounds really neat, I probably wont join in because I don't have a (good) camera. But I'm excited to see the entries.



#24 Sweeney

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Posted 06 May 2014 - 01:18 AM

Any ideas on how to use an iPhone in a better manner or if there is a more specific app I should/could use to improve quality or something?

 

An iPhone is a quality camera already. You don't have much control over the settings, but you can still take very good shots with just the default app.



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Posted 06 May 2014 - 11:49 PM

are the photo examples yours, @Sweeney?





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