March '08 Photo Contest

[Brad]

Chameleon Photo Contest
March 2008
view entries​

Win A Gift Certificate To: ... you choose

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1st place: $50 gift certificate
The winner of this contest may choose a gift certificate to one of the companies listed above. This should give the winner a nice choice of where to use their gift certificate. The certificate can not be split up and used at multiple places.


How to enter the contest:
contest entry deadline: March 16, 2008

• To submit your photo, click here.
• Fill out the form and click submit.
• You are welcome to change your submitted image anytime before the submission deadline.

Rules:
Please view the contest rules before submitting a photo. Click here to access the contest rules. The contest rules have recently been updated.


dates
entry deadline: March 16
voting: March 16 - March 31
contest results will be announced on April 2 2008


Note:
Please review the contest rules. The photo entry period will be extended if a minimum of 10 valid entries have not been received.


The Chameleon Forums reserves the right to modify these rules at any time. Please check this thread often if you are participating in the contest. Feel free to reply to this thread with questions if you have them.

 

[Justin Carl]

Lots of good entrys this month!
Its only the 8th too.
Good luck!!!!

 

[Brad]

All photos that did not meet the size/ratio requirements have been removed. If your photo was removed, please fix the problem(s) and resubmit.

 

[Brad]

Reminder - Members must own the full copyright to photos they enter into the contest.

Members must own the full copyright to any photo they enter into the contest. In most cases, members are the photographer of the photos they enter. This does not limit you to pictures of only your chameleons. Photos taken in the wild, in zoos, or other public areas are acceptable.

 

[Brad]

Today is the last day to enter the March contest.

I have looked over the current entries and removed photos for the following reasons:
> No text or timestamps are allowed.
> Entry did not meet the size/ratio requirements


https://www.chameleonforums.com/photo-contest-rules-102/

 

[Brad]

Voting for the March '08 contest has begun.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/photo-contest-rules-102/

If you entered a photo and are curious why it did not make the final vote, please send me a pm or email.

If you have a suggestion on how to improve the contest, your feedback would be appreciated in the photo contest forum.

 

[Brad]

Contest Slideshow

Having a hard time deciding on your favorite?

Slideshow: Click to view slideshow

Comparing the original size of each image can also help and is recommended.

 

[Will Hayward]

Some really nice entires this month!

You can tell some people have taken more involvement in producing a nice photo of their chameleon.

 

[Chamgirl]

Some brilliant photos are entered this month! Not sure which one to vote for at the moment!

 

[Dyesub Dave]

Yeah ... I had a hard time picking one too. There are at least 3 that I thought were great !!

I have a question about the contest rules. I noticed that it says not to alter the image except for resizing and cropping. Normally I adjust the brightness and colour tint of my pics as my camera isn't EXACTLY true to actual subject. So I assume that this would not be allowed for pics entered in the contest?

Thanks ... Dyesub Dave.

 

[Brad]

Yeah ... I had a hard time picking one too. There are at least 3 that I thought were great !!

I have a question about the contest rules. I noticed that it says not to alter the image except for resizing and cropping. Normally I adjust the brightness and colour tint of my pics as my camera isn't EXACTLY true to actual subject. So I assume that this would not be allowed for pics entered in the contest?

Thanks ... Dyesub Dave.

This has been true since the contest began, but is likely to change somewhat in the near future. There is a somewhat recent and related thread here: https://www.chameleonforums.com/photo-manipulation-10291/.

 

[Brad]

The Results

The Results​

1st place: fastdsm29
Species: Chamaeleo Chamaeleo calyptratus
Common: Veiled Chameleon
Sex: male
Age: 2.5 months



2nd place: Trace
Species: Furcifer major
Common: Giant Carpet Chameleon
Sex: male
Age: 3 years



3rd place: lele
Species: Furcifer pardalis
Common: Panther Chameleon
Sex: male
Age: 1 year


If you are not familiar with how the contest works, please review the [THREAD=102]contest rules[/THREAD].


open member vote
The top ranked photos from the open member voting received the following points:
photo 05 => 5 pts (fastdsm29)
photo 11 => 3 pts (Trace)
photo 09 => 1 pts (lele)


judge rankings
We had three judges this month: Heika, Will Hayward, and Chamgirl
The judges, in no specific order, gave the following rankings:

judge1:
photo 10 => 3 pts (SSimsswiSS)
photo 05 => 2 pts (fastdsm29)
photo 11 => 1 pts (Trace)

judge2:
photo 11 => 3 pts (Trace)
photo 09 => 2 pts (lele)
photo 12 => 1 pts (westcoastchameleons)

judge3:
photo 05 => 3 pts (fastdsm29)
photo 11 => 2 pts (Trace)
photo 01 => 1 pts (jacksonguru1)


point totals
photo 05 - fastdsm29: 10 pts
photo 11 - Trace: 9 pts
photo 09 - lele: 3 pts
photo 10 - SSimsswiSS: 3 pts
photo 01 - jacksonguru1: 1 pts
photo 12 - westcoastchameleons: 1 pts


All photos were excellent. Thanks to everyone who participated. There is always room for improvement, so if anyone has a suggestion please create a new thread in the photo contest or feedback forums. If you prefer to remain anonymous you can send me an email.


Medals have been awarded.
Congratulations to the winners

 

[Chamgirl]

A worthy winner! Beautiful photo