Long Exp. Competition Final Week.

Nov 2, 20127 min read

Deviation Actions

Published: Nov 2, 2012

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Hi all

Only SEVEN days left to get your entries in for my Long Exposure Competition. I have a good number of entries but would love to see more.

So what are YOU waiting for? Long exposures can be in any category and certainly don't need to be taken outside at night. They can be as simple as turning the lights off in a room and letting yourself go wild with some lights or sparklers for example. Go on. Get to it. Details of the comp are as follows.

LONG EXPOSURE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

Pretty simple really.  Open up those shutters, let your creativity flow and show me the results.  Competition is open to all my watchers and is for new images taken between the 5th of October and Midnight on the 30th of November (Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time).  Entries can be in any DA photography category.  Please see below for all the rules and read them carefully before submitting your image.

What constitutes a long exposure?  For the purpose of this competition, I will define a long exposure as any exposure longer than one second.

THE PRIZES
The following three prizes will be awarded to images as selected by me.  I will be looking for things like technique, composition, creativity and images that best exemplify or make the best use of the theme "Long Exposure."

First Place:
- 12 Month Premium Membership to DA.
- An unframed 12inch by 18inch print of "The Sentinel"

- Featured by

Runner Up:
- 3 Month Premium Membership
- Featured by

Second Runner Up:
- 3 Month Premium Membership
- Featured by

Leasha's Choice:
Leasha Hooker

has very kindly offered to donate a 3 Month Premium Membership, so I will be getting Leasha to select her favorite entry. If Leasha selects an image which has also won one of the other prizes then her prize will simply be added to it.

Encouragement Award:
I will also be selecting one entry to receive a kind of photography mentor program. I will correspond with you to help improve your photography and show you how I take and process my photos.

If anyone would like to feature the winning images in their own journals please let me know in a note or by commenting on this journal and I will add you to the prize list.

RULES

It must be your own work and a new image taken between the 5th of October and Midnight on the 30th of November (Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time) with the date either in the exif data or in the description.

Images must have an exposure time of at least 1 (one) second with exif data intact or shot settings detailed in the description.

NO nudity or other mature content. Images must be able to be viewed by all ages.

You must be one of my watchers to enter.

Submissions are limited to 2 (two) per person.

No DA watermarks.

Entries will be judged from the 1st of December with the winner(s) notified and announced/featured shortly after.

Judges decision is final.

How to enter

Take your long exposure shot(s).

Upload to DA making sure that exif data is intact or that you have provided the shot settings and date taken in a description.

Either send me a note or comment on this journal with a link to the picture(s).

If it satisfies all the criteria, I will then collect the images in my "Long Exposure Competition" favorites folder.

So that is it.  I look forward to the entries.  Happy shooting and good luck.

I'll once again leave with a bit of shameless self promotion.....

My website:  Capturing The Night  www.capturingthenight.com/

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