might be a dumb question, but for the month of june/july, does it have to be a planted discus tank or a discus biotope??
Dear SimplyDiscus Membership,
We've some cool news here on a new series of Photo Contests. We have been asked this many time and are at a point now where we can give it a try. Each Month we will have a Photo Contest opened to all SimplyDiscus members,sponsors, and moderators. The contest will be a different theme each month. For example one month may focus on Pairs with Fry, another may focus on Planted tanks and Biotopes. Photos will be submitted by email and we will then post them in a poll on the forum where you, the membership, will vote. A prize will be awarded each month (to be decided based on our resources)
Rules for submissions:
1) You must be the person that took the picture and has permission to use it.
2) You must email a high resolution image to us at the provided email address. Your submission gives us permission to use the photo for this contest, host it on an offsite location and post it in a poll on Simply Discus
3) IF a photo is required you will provide a single image, no videos will be allowed unless the theme for that month is "videos". Please only submit one photo or video for any theme.
4) Images may be cropped and have routine Post Production carried out, for example white balance adjustment, exposure adjustments, lens corrections and general tone adjustments. Unless otherwise specified images may not be significantly modified by excessive cloning or compositing.
5) Ideally 10 Mbs as an image size maximum should be the goal. Images that are too large will be returned to the submitter for resizing.
6) No watermarks or names can be shown on the picture.
7) Images that are submitted can not have been posted here on Simply or anywhere else.
How to submission:
Once you are ready to submit your photos; email them to photo@simplydiscus.com for submission. Submissions will be accepted the first ten days of the month. A member of the SimplyDiscus team will receive the photos and upload them to a hosting website. The poll thread with the months submissions will be posted around of 15th of the month and open for voting until the 25th of the month after which the winner will be announced. Since winners are determined by poll, all registered members of SimplyDiscus including Admins, Moderators, Sponsors, and Subscription holders are eligible to participate.
We have tried to anticipate all issues and make the rules clear and concise, but should an issue or problem arise we maintain all rights to resolve it as we see fit. You agree to this by your submission.
Themes
The theme for the month of May is "Discus in Motion". Some examples of this are eating, spawning, fighting, swimming actively (fins blurred, body not) etc.
The themes for the upcoming months are
1) Discus In Motion (May)
2) Planted Tanks (June)
3) Biotopes (July)
4) Coolest Group Shots (August)
Here is an example of a Discus in Motion Theme
Tefe Fight Night
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Last edited by Second Hand Pat; 05-10-2014 at 04:23 AM.
Your discus are talking to you....are you listening
might be a dumb question, but for the month of june/july, does it have to be a planted discus tank or a discus biotope??
~JACKLYN~
Hi Jacklyn,
A fair question but yes, the expectation is for all photos to feature discus in the photo based on the theme for the month. The one exception is if the theme of the month calls for something different.
Pat
Your discus are talking to you....are you listening
ok Pat, I cant wait for the theme of the month to be something different
~JACKLYN~
Its a possibility....would have to be something fairly broad
some things we kicked around as possibles...
Pictures
1) Discus in motion
2) Planted Tanks
3) Biotopes
4) Wild Discus
5) Domestics Discus
6) Miscellaneous
7) Pairs
8) Pairs with fry.
8) Funniest Photoshop-ed Discus
9) Discus keepers in action
10) Other tropicals
Videos
1) Discus Courtship
2) Discus Spawning
3) Fishrooms
so as you can see we have alot of possibles...we will try to let you guys know months in advance what the topic will be for a certain month so you can start collecting pics and vids.
thanks,
SD Team
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Just so no one gets confused...these are the themes coming up...
Themes
The theme for the month of May is "Discus in Motion". Some examples of this are eating, spawning, fighting, swimming actively (fins blurred, body not) etc.
The themes for the upcoming months are
1) Discus In Motion (May)
2) Planted Tanks (June)
3) Biotopes (July)
4) Coolest Group Shots (August)
and to be super clear...
Mays will be "Discus In Motion" try and catch a pic of your fish doing something...fighting, spawning, eating...etc.. The image needs to depict motion or action.. Just a pic of the discus hanging around the tank won't cut it.
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Al Sabetta
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I take Pics.. click here for my Flickr images
Sounds super cool and looking forward to it !!!
I HAVE A SUGGESTION!! "manzanita centerpieces" tanks revolving around an epic piece of manzanita
~JACKLYN~
oh and everyone, Please please please read what we have posted. Only send in submissions for the currents months contest. We do not want pics for June,July, and August's themes now... we will ask for the submissions when each months contest start... You may start collecting pics now...and just hold on to them.
thanks,
al
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I take Pics.. click here for my Flickr images
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>>>>>Want a great forum? Participate in it and make one.. it doesnt happen on its own.
Al Sabetta
Simplydiscus LLC Owner
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I take Pics.. click here for my Flickr images
Cool idea. I love photo assigments. I need to get my discus in soon! Does the deadline coincide with the end of the month for each theme?
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