📷 Steemit Photo Challenge - SPC 42 WINNERS & NEW THEME ANNOUNCEMENT 📷


Welcome to one and only, the original Steemit Photo Challenge!

The now bi-monthly photography contest on Steemit, running since July 2016! The one year anniversary of the SPC is coming up soon, and we need to do something extra special.


The theme was

Animal Portrait II

Wowzerskates. That was a lot of images, you have no idea! I’m talking hundreds of entries, I don’t even know how many there were myself but I went through them all.

Here are my picks...

Have a look at my shortlist for this theme.


Honourable Mentions


Submitted by @jumowa


Submitted by @jameslano


Submitted by @govdo


Submitted by @elewarne


Submitted by @customnature


Submitted by @motschinho


Submitted by @davidgermano


Third Place


Submitted by @lavenderblue


Second Place



Submitted by @slayerkm


First Place


Submitted by @adriansky

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Congratulations!


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The new theme will be:

Derelict

Abandoned buildings and places, burnt out cars, stuff like that.
Definition: in a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.
"the cities were derelict and dying"

Take inspiration from the Desolation theme that we did a while ago.

I’m not saying it has to be in Black & White but it should be in Black & White. ;)

The deadline for entries for SPC42 is June 17th 0400 AM UTC. Winners will be announced on Wednesday June 21st.

Again, this is to make the SPC more self-sustaining in terms of payouts going towards the prizes.

If you have suggestions, leave some comments :)

Looking for guest judges:

Looking for Steemit users who have been very active in the photography section for at least a few months to judge and select winners for the contest. Guest Judges will now be paid 20SBD going forward. Contact me at Steemit.chat username @jamtaylor


Prizes

First Place — 35 SBD
Second Place — 25 SBD
Third Place — 15 SBD
Honourable Mentions — 5 SBD Each

@berniesanders the official sponsor of the Steemit Photo Challenge since Day #1


Rules And Conditions

Please read these carefully and adhere to them

  • I strongly encourage you to post work that is original to this challenge, in other words — take a new photograph instead of using an old one.

  • No more than 3 entries will be considered, if you post more than 3 then only the first 3 will be considered.

  • Deadline for entry is 04:00AM UTC (which is midnight UTC-4) on the Wednesday morning

  • All entries must be a post tagged both #photography and #steemitphotochallenge

  • The Title should contain "SteemitPhotoChallenge Entry" along with the title of your work.

  • Let us know the medium used to produce the photograph, it may be more impressive based on what it is.

  • Basic processing is allowed. ‘Digital art’ won’t be considered.

  • Any medium or format is allowed — iphone, ipad, film, digital, point and shoot, drone, whatever. Once it takes a picture. Note that image quality will be considered.

  • Multiple Entries can all go in one post, just put the details under the image.
  • Any attempt to steal others' work is considered a serious infraction by the community, so don't do it. Please don't waste your and our time by posting some image from the net.
  • Every effort will be made to ensure that we do not reward theft. All images will be reverse checked, if the image has been found on more than 2 “major” websites, it will be disqualified unless reasonable proof can be shown to prove ownership of the original. If there is any doubt whatsoever about the ownership of the photograph, I reserve the right to disqualify the image. It is in your interest to provide any proof necessary. I would appreciate any help from the community in finding plagiarism where I might have missed it.
  • The photographs will be judged on how well they met the challenge, the quality of the image, the composition, lighting, exposure, creativity and the general aesthetics which means that yes, it is subjective.

By entering this competition you acknowledge that you own the rights to the photographs and allow for me to re-post the image should it receive a winner or honourable mention position.


Suggest the next theme!

Let me know what you'd like to see from the next Steemit Photo Challenge.

If you'd like to be considered as a guest judge, let me know in the comments so I can check your work :)

Message me on Steemit.chat


Week 1 - Animal Portrait
Week 2 - Shadows
Week 3 - Desolation
Week 4 - Nature Macro/Closeup
Week 5 - Emotive Human Portrait
Week 6 - Landscapes
Week 7 - Architecture
Week 8 - Long Exposure
Week 9 - Action - High Shutter Speed
Week 10 - Minimalism
Week 11 - Glamour / Fashion
Week 12 - Soul of the City
Week 13 - Hands
Week 14 - Autumn Foliage
Week 15 - Spiderwebs
Week 16 - Food
Week 17 - Countryside
Week 18 - Transport
Week 19 - Human Body
Week 20 - Sunrise/Sunset
Week 21 - Reflections
Week 22 - Sacred
Week 23 - Nostalgia
Week 24 - Roads & Paths
Week 25 - Musician Portrait
Week 26 - Shadows II
Week 27 - Censorship
Week 28 - Boudoir
Week 29 - Reptiles
Week 30 - Flowers
Week 31 - Emotive Human Portrait II
Week 32 - Trees
Week 33 - Human Body II
Week 34 - Photographers In Action
Week 35 - Deserts
Week 36 - Masculinity
Week 37 - Femininity
Week 38 - The Human Fight
Week 39 - Minimalism II
Week 40 - Street Photography
Week 41 - Landscapes II
Week 42 - Animal Portrait II
Week 43 - Derelict


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Wow, selected pictures are really good! @customnature that's a great shot!!! Congratulations to the winners and see you in 2 weeks! I'm already preparing my entries, hehe!

Thanks! It could have killed me! lol

Great pictures. I can see a coffee table book for a "steeming" cup of coffee!!

Congratulations to all the winners and everyone who entered, this was my first time entering and good to get going now on another challenge!

What amazing picture, very impresive..

Cant believe I came second :) so thrilled.
thank you!! @jamtaylor do I need to do anything from this point?

Cant wait to go find some derilict buildings!!

Congratulations to all the winners. Some brilliant images on show. Really looking forward to seeing the images from the next challenge!

Great choice of theme!

Thanks for the honorable mention! Congrats to all the winners!

i want to offer next challenge - lines marking the prymary object or marking the primary object by its size. i redy to judge.

Very nice photos. Nice to see photo contests in Steemit.

Congratulations to all winners.....