Well I'm sure I've posted this already following Anons rapid reply but here you go ......

VANISHING POINT

The Rules:

* PM me your submissions.
* ONE photo per user, however you may CHANGE your submitted photo at any time up to the due date by sending me a PM.
* There is no maximum or minimum image size, we are not here to discriminate against hardware.
* Only very light editing is allowed. Adjustment of Levels, Colour Correction, Contrast, Sharpening and Cropping is allowed.
* This thread will be closed at the specified time (end of the month). No extra entries will be accepted, except under special circumstances.
* Entries breaking these rules will not be entered.
* The forum policy must be followed.
* If you wish to remain anonymous even after voting has finished, then please let me know when you are submitting your image.

The Process:

* Please keep the image size to less than 1.5Mb
* Go out and take a photo, fitting in the theme and rules.
* Post your entry to me by PM, I will host it and post it.
* When the due date passes, the entries thread will be closed, and a voting thread created to determine the favourite.
* You will not be able to vote for your own entry.

The Tips:

* Think laterally, not literally. Makes for an interesting piece.
* Try to make everyone think about what they're looking at.
* Do what YOU think is right. Art is very subjective. What's great to you, sucks to someone else, etc.
* Title your work, it will make your choices more obvious
* This is nothing serious, have fun while you're doing it.

Voting:

* Voting occurs for one week from midnight on the last day of June until midnight on the seventh of July.
* After voting has finished the winner chooses the next theme within a couple of days.
* Once the new theme has been chosen entries may be submitted until midnight on the last day of the month.

Good luck.

Al

The Entries:

"The Wait"


Top of the volcano


On Track


"Terminus"


"vegetation"


Never the train


Into The Night


The Old Cotton Mill


'You're So Vain'


'Pipes'

What is all this 'Anon' business then?

Some people like to submit anonymously.

Mark

When this competition began life, it was felt that entries could be made anonymously to try to level the playing field.

If I don't know who made which entry, I'm not likely to be swayed by friendship or favouritism and so on.

I think it works.

When the pics are put up for review voting no names are attached anyway. So I honestly don't see the point of anon.

The pics are anonnymous anyway. Surely after voting the winners name should be announced no?

I guess you're both right. It's down to Al to decide if he wants to change the rules.

Can I suggest we take further discussion to a new thread, and keep this thread for compo entries?

Yes. (8+)

Mark

"The Wait"

Top of the volcano

I see no ships

have all been submitted today sometime.

Apologies for the delay Anons work access now restricted and I had to tidy my room/cook the tea/put the kids to bed and now I'm relaxing with a nice glass of red

Al

I think I've captured the perfect image for this round. (8+)

Mark

The idea I have in my head, if properly executed, will result the perfect image (I see flaws in my theory already...)

Al

I have a fairly oblique idea for this round, but I doubt I'll be able to pull it off.
It does require some fairly specific props...
*ponders*

Go for it. My entry last time round took me ages to come up with, and then I spent a happy hour or two taking the photos.

I didn't win, but it's the taking part that's the fun, and adding a bit of brain fodder and ingenuity into the mix can only make it more fun.

"Terminus" has been submitted.

Al

I'm guessing that's the Docklands Light Railway as there's a window you can see out of at the end of the carriage. I though that was well weird when I went on there a few years ago.