November '09 Photo Contest

[Brad]

Chameleon Photo Contest
November 2009
view entries​

Theme: Post Processing Allowed


Win A Gift Certificate To: ... you choose










































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: November 16, 2009

• 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: November 16
voting: November 17 - November 30
contest results will be announced on December 2 2009


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.

 

[Brad]

Entry Deadline: Monday 16th

Post processing is allowed this month. The intention is to give members the option of reducing noise and improving the quality of their photo. Photos should look 100% natural.

 

[Brad]

Reminder

Today is the last day to enter the November photo contest.

 

[Courtney]

there are lots of entries this month!!!!!!!!!the judges are going to have a tuff time!!!!! i think a good sugestion for a theme is for the judges one month to go thru the galleries and pick out of recently added photos. it would be difficult and time consumeing. maybe start a thread asking who would want to participate in the contest that way the judges wouldnt have to go through everyones pics...i dunno im really bored obviously

 

[Brad]

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. Photos should not only be judged by the chameleon displayed, but also on the quality of the image. Excessive noise, artifacts, and post processing should be penalized.

 

[Chamgirl]

Easy peasy one this!! This is the first time ever that I knew which one I was going to vote for immediately! Karen's female Parsons - stunning photo!

 

[ijmccollum]

There are real stunning ones. Good luck in judging this one. Who ever wins will deserve it.

 

[Nosybe]

Those pics are awesome! My fav is the one of the panthers mating.

 

[Brad]

The Results

The Results​

1st place: VerteX
Species: Furcifer pardalis
Common: Panther Chameleon
Sex: male
Age: 2 years



2nd place: eisentrauti
Species: Kinyongia oxyrhina
Common:
Sex: female
Age: ~1 year



3rd place: reptimom
Species: Trioceros melleri
Common: Meller's Chameleon
Sex: female
Age: na



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 14 => 5 pts (VerteX)
photo 05 => 3 pts (eisentrauti)
photo 15 => 3 pts (reptimom)
photo 01 => 1 pts (Karen)
photo 12 => 1 pts (Trace)



judge rankings
We only had two judges this month: Fidel and Brad.
The judges, in no specific order, gave the following rankings:

judge1:
photo 05 => 3 pts (eisentrauti)
photo 15 => 2 pts (reptimom)
photo 12 => 1 pts (Trace)

judge2:
photo 14 => 3 pts (VerteX)
photo 12 => 2 pts (Trace)
photo 08 => 1 pts (Eyal)



point totals
photo 14 - VerteX: 8 pts
photo 05 - eisentrauti: 6 pts
photo 15 - reptimom: 5 pts
photo 12 - Trace: 4 pts
photo 01 - Karen: 1 pt
photo 08 - Eyal: 1pt


Another great contest! Thanks goes out to the judges and everyone who participated. The contest always has 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 or private message.

Medals have been awarded.
Congratulations to the winners

 

[sandrachameleon]

Beautiful photos everyone. Congrats to the winners.

 

[jannb]

Congrats to all the winners. Some really nice pictures this month. The judges really had their work cut out for them.