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GT Planet Monthly Photographic Contest
OK guys, GT Planet will be starting a new photography competition.
This is not in anyway designed to replace the Automotive competition, in fact the differing rules and timescales involved mean that both should be able to exist side by side.
This will be a monthly competition, with a preset theme, and these themes will be set and announced in advance. The nature of the theme will be kept very loose to allow the maximum possible range of interpretation, and I hope the largest number of entries.
A thread will be opened on the first day of the month for entries to be posted in, and will remain open until the last day of the month. A poll thread will then be created with all entries in it and this will remain open for a week, with the winner announced at the end of that period. A thread of winning pictures will be started, along with the photo the winner will be invited to write a same piece on the picture, what it means to them and the process involved in its creation (if they wish to).
To begin with I would like to trial this over the last full three months of the year, at the end of which, if it works we can carry it over to 2010. If the interest holds, then I would like to have an end of year poll bringing all the winners from the last twelve months (and maybe a few more – thanks to Giles for a ‘runners-up’ idea that may well also be used) to find the GT Planet Photographer of the Year.
As far as rules go I will post them below and they mostly follow the standard ones for the automotive contest, however full use of Photoshop or any other image tool will be allowed, as I would like creativity to run a bit wild in these competitions.
The three themes for the rest of 2009 will be as follows:
October – ‘Seasons’
November – ‘Blue’
December – ‘Family’
As long as, if asked, you can state how your picture fits this theme, you are free to photograph whatever you like (subject to the AUP of course), however you like.
The rules:
-Each competition's voting last for one week, voting will be opened on the first day of the month.
-Entries will open on the first day of the month
-Entries must be in by midnight (GMT) on the last day of the month, no exceptions.
-All entered photographs
must have been taken between January 2008 and the present day.
-Enteries must be posted as a thumbnail without extending 500pixels on the longest side. Full sized images may be no larger than 900pixels on their longest side.
-You must only submit your own photographs, do not post anyone else's work from the internet or if someone you know took the photograph.
-Any watermark you place on your image must be in any corner of the image as long as it does not obstruct the subject of the image.
-Only one photograph per person. You can change your entry, but must remove your current entry first and clearly state that you have posted a new entry.
-You must not vote for your own photograph when the Poll is up. Only vote for a photograph taken by another entrant.
-The photograph must be submitted with the following information: Subject, Location, Date and Camera used.
- No limits regarding the use of Photoshop or any other image processing software will be placed on entries, as long as it’s all your own work, it allowed.
Regards
Scaff
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The runner-up idea is good, though it has the risk of including some, while excluding others. I guess it would only apply if the entries are very close in the poll results. 
