Spring Photographic competition

Submitted by Andy B on Friday, 21 April 2006 Page Views: 9132

**Carreg Samson, Abercastle** submitted by stonetramp : First Prize in Category A This stunning cromlech is right on the Pembrokeshire coast, not far from Fishguard. It sits in a coastal sheep meadow, accessable over the cattle grid off the farm driveway. The ambience is magnificent as you can see. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The photo competition is now closed and the winners were as follows:

The results for Category A, Best Springtime photo with a Megalithic or Prehistoric subject are as follows:
1st: Carreg Samson by stonetramp - This one benefitted from appearing early, which is a feature of the competition but was way in front whichever way you look at it. So good that I thought it was putting off other entrants.
2nd: Equinox Rock Art in La Hougue Bie by archaeologysafaris - Clever and effective use of lighting effects
3rd: Boscawen Un by AngieLake - Angie's secret is out, and what better way to celebrate it.

The results for Category B, Best Springtime photo with an Historic or Landscape subject are as follows:

1st: Fan Brycheiniog by sem - Excellent on both aesthetic and technical grounds 2nd: Inch Abbey by Sveta - my personal favourite, so much to enjoy here
3rd: Cherry Tree at Portling by nicoladidsbury - a fantastic one, the varying colours give it a kind of film set feel
We have had some fantastic entries, and the competition winners are selected by you, the Portal visitor so thanks for all your votes. You can view the entries here.

The Megalithic Portal attracts some top amateur photographers and it really is the place to showcase your work! Now that Spring has come at last, it’s time to get out there with your camera and capture its fleeting beauty. Our Spring Photographic Competition has two categories:

* A * Best Springtime photo with a Megalithic or Prehistoric subject
* B * Best Springtime photo with an Historic or Landscape subject

First prize for Category *A* is two tickets for the Megalithomania Weekend in May, worth £160 for the pair. See here for dates, venue and programme.

First Prize for Category *B* is two tickets for the Forbidden Knowledge Conference in July, worth £50 for the pair. Each category has a runners up prize of £20 to spend in our online shop.
Closing date: 20th of April, voting will carry on until the 26th, and the winners will be announced on the 27th of April.

Rules

· Open to all Registered Members of the Megalithic Portal

· Enter a maximum of two photographs in each category (four total).

· Photos do not have to be taken this Spring as long as they were taken in the Spring. They may be selected from photos you have already posted on the Portal as long as it has not been entered for a previous competition.

· Photos must be saved as .JPG. Size between 640x480 and 750x500 pixels (or near equivalent), and less than 200kB file size. See our FAQ for more help on this.

· Keep high resolution copies in your files. Publishers are buying more and more from the Portal now and there is potentially money to be made.

· We don’t really like photo editing, cheesy filters or other editing trickery. Simple things like cropping and brightness/gamma adjustment are encouraged but tweaking other parameters will be frowned upon, including upping the colour saturation for dramatic effect - we can spot this! Keep it simple – you can’t improve on nature’s colours.

· You must be the copyright holder. You retain copyright in your photo, but agree for it to be displayed on the Megalithic Portal and to be used in ways connected with the competition.

* You are encouraged to vote for your favourite photographs, but we can spot vote rigging and we reserve the absolute right to disqualify any photos where this occurs. (Getting all your class or workmates to vote for you counts as vote rigging and will be spotted so please don't try it) The decision of the judges is final in all matters and no correspondence will be entered into.

Good luck!

Submit a photo using our Photo submission form. You will need to register with the site if you are not already a member.

Fill the form out as follows: Category, choose !2006 Spring Photo Competition, which is about 1/3 of the way down the long list. Click on the box and type a Shift 1 (!) to jump straight to it.

In the Site Name box, give your photo a nice title.

Put a Description in the box of the same name, and indicate whether you are entering Category *A* or *B*.

Filename: Browse to the file you have saved from your paint program. This must be less than 200k file size, see our FAQ for more help.

Note: The voting is now closed. See the entries here

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