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When we started this contest, we were slightly nervous about what the response would be. As it turned out, we shouldn't have been. The response was fantastic, more than we had dared to hope! Many really good photos, a lot of interaction between contestants and last but not least, interesting stories!

Over the course of the week the contest was running, we received a lot of positive feedback and personal messages that we should do it again, make it a regular thing. So here we are! The second edition of the Behind The Photo contest.

For those of you who haven't read the background for this contest, here's a quick re-cap.

There's a lot of great photographers (both pro and amateur) on this platform. But sometimes we feel that we want to know what the story behind a particular photo was. The "why"'s and the "how"'s and the "when"'s and so on. We thought that the story behind could be just as interesting (if not more) than the actual photo itself. Also, being amateur photographers, we felt that it would be great to "pick the brains" of all the pros. To perhaps learn new techniques, tricks, planning, gear and everything else they know so much better.

That's how the idea of "Behind The Photo" was born. This contest is not about the photo itself, but about the process before or during the photo was taken. (If you decide to enter this contest, you can of course include the "final" photo if you want. :) )

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We would like you to document your journey towards the photo - with text and/or photo(s) or even video(s). We would like to know your thoughts, ideas, decision process and the story behind. For example:

• Was it spontaneous, in the moment? Then show/tell us about why. What prompted you to take the photo?
• Was it planned? Then show/tell us about your preparations.
• Who or what were you going to photograph? For what? This contest, a magazine, for this platform?
• When did you take the picture?
• How did you take the picture?
  • Camera, tripod, lenses, filters, etc.
• Did you have to travel to where you took it?
• Did you have to wait for the right moment?
• Where did you take the picture?
  • Was it during a vacation, or while walking to the supermarket?
  • Was it deep in a forest, waiting for animals to walk by, or with your dog in your backyard?
  • Was it outside in freezing snow and ice, or inside a warm and comfortable high-end studio?
• Did you do any post-processing?
  • What software did you use? Filters, cropping, retouching, colours etc.

All of these are ideas which we think could help you make a good entry for the contest and we would like you to use as many of them as you can.

In the first edition, we made a "quick and dirty" example, just to show you what you could do. Or not. Because we are sure you can do better, that was just an example. The link to that and the original post is here.

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As any other contest, we have rules:

• One (1) entry per account.
• Your entry can be in the form of writing, photos or even videos.
• Text, video(s) and photo(s) must be your own. This will of course be checked, and any form of plagiarism will result in automatic disqualification of your entry and will be reported to steemcleaners.
• Multiple photos can all go in one post.
• Your entry must be in English. Feel free to use additional languages, but the translation must be equivalent to the English version.
• You must use the tag #BEHINDTHEPHOTO. It doesn't have to be the first tag, as long as you use it. This way, we can easily find your entry.
• The title of your entry must have the words "Behind The Photo" as a part of it.
• Your entry must include a link to this post (for example at the very end of your entry).
• If you want to do a collaboration with a friend (like the example we made) that is totally fine. Just don't tell the same story! Be nice and credit each other!
• Resteems of this post are not required, but would of course help, to let other users know about this contest.
• You do not have to post a link to your entry in a comment below, as we will be checking the tag.
• We reserve the right to exclude any entry which we deem to be low-effort. I.e. one-picture entries with a couple of sentences, or a two-minute video will NOT cut it.

Timeline:

The contest will be active from the moment THIS is posted, and will run for seven (7) days. We will make a second post in seven days to let you know that the contest is closed - late entries will not be considered. After closing, we will take a couple of days to decide and announce the winners. Only entries posted after this post and before the closing post will be valid entries.

Prizes:

1st place - 30 STEEM, 10k SPACO, 2250 PHOTO
2nd place - 18 STEEM, 6k SPACO, 1350 PHOTO
3rd place - 12 STEEM, 4k SPACO, 900 PHOTO

Apart from the prize pool, there is a possibility that our sponsor @appreciator will upvote some of the good entries. Any such sponsored upvotes are completely at @appreciator's discretion.

Jury: @nelyp and @johan.norberg

Sponsorship: We sincerely thank @appreciator for sponsoring this contest!

We look forward to your entry! Good luck!