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#1 PCS_Committee

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Posted 05 January 2010 - 09:53 PM

The PCS would like to introduce you all to the 2010 Synetrix Photo Comp.

Synetrix has generously donated prizes for each round of this competition plus an excellent grand prize awarded to an overall winner of the competition.

The rounds:

Feb - Tank shot
Mar - Tanganyika
Apr - South Americans
May - Catfish
Jun - Malawi
Jul - Macro
Aug - Central Americans
Sep - Marine Fish
Oct - Photo Manipulation
Nov - Fish Behaviour (yawning, fighting, feeding etc.)
Dec - Cichlid profile shot - with written profile


Subjects for all the rounds have been published in advance to provide ample opportunity to either source a subject or prepare for subjects that you have access to. Photos do not have to be of subjects of livestock that you are keeping.

Judging and prizes:
Each round is to be judged independently via three seperate means:

1 - the main sponsor (Synetrix),
2 - a nominated committee member (Poncho - not eligible to enter competition), and
3 - an online poll open for 7 days at the completion of each month.

The three judging methods will rank all entries per month ranking the best photo number 1, the second best photo number 2 and so on. After judging is completed, all numbers associated with ranks will be tallied up to provide a score for the entry. For example if an entry is voted 1st by Synetrix, 2nd by Poncho and 3rd by the online poll, it wll receive a score of 6 (1+2+3).

The entry with the lowest score each month will win the monthly prize and is awarded 3 points to go towards the grand prize.

A runners-up prize will be offered to the entry with the second lowest score as well as two points to go towards the grand prize.

The third lowest score will receive one point to go towards the grand prize.

In the event of a tie for a prize winning place, the entry that receives the best result in the online poll wins.

After the December round is finalised, the entrant who has accumulated the most points throughout the year will receive the grand prize. A runners-up prize will also be awarded to the entrant who has accumulated the second highest amount of points.

Details of prizes can be found here: Prize List

Conditions:
The competition is only open to PCS Club Members.

1 entry per round per membership (family memberships share an entry)

Entries are to be anonymous.

Photos will be displayed to a max 1024 pixels wide, photos with a resolution above this will be resized to 1024.

Voting WILL be monitored and any of evidence of cheating (ie, creating accounts for votes) will lead to an automatic disqualification and you will not be allowed to enter any comps for the rest of the year. This includes disqualification from the final round.

Any entrant found guilty of trying to solicite votes i.e. through pm's, facebook profiles will also be disqualified.

The PCS reserves the right to use any entry in future promotion of the club and its activities. Acknowledgement will be given to the entrant where appropriate.



If you have any questions, please post them here. Don't post any photos yet, we'll have a special thread set up each month for your entries.
Thanks Synetrix for supporting this competition, and good luck to all those competing for the prizes!


#2 Ronny

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Posted 22 January 2010 - 01:17 PM

Just remember guys, last comps winning photo was taken with an iPhone, so if you're worried about not having a gucci camera to take the pics with, dont be wink.gif

Have a go, you never know...



#3 Ronny

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Posted 22 January 2010 - 10:05 PM

1st of Feb is the start of the first comp, from then all comps will start on the first of that month smile.gif

#4 Ronny

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Posted 22 January 2010 - 11:01 PM

Oh by the way, the comp may start on the 1st but feel free to send in entries for this month now if you have them ready wink.gif

#5 Ronny

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Posted 09 April 2010 - 12:17 PM

Updated:

1 entry per member per competition. smile.gif

#6 Paddy

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Posted 06 May 2010 - 10:02 AM

Can the pictures be taken in the wild? or tank only?

#7 Cawdor

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Posted 06 May 2010 - 10:14 AM

It can be taken anywhere unless it specifically states "your tank" etc. If it just says "catfish", as long as the photo is taken by you, it doesn't matter where it was taken.




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