The theme for SPC #9 will be, naturally:
Action (High Shutter Speed)
Suggested by @bitcalm
Since we just had a long exposure challenge, let's follow it up with freezing all motion instead!
Use a high shutter speed to freeze all motion completely, leaving no trails or movement blur. This is best done with objects that are normally moving at high speeds, like hummingbirds, water splashes, bullets passing through objects (be careful!) and things like that.
Guest Judge this week will be @thecryptofiend
All guest judges receive 50 SBD for their time and energy. If you'd like to be a future judge and have a specific theme you'd like to judge, just let me know.
Prizes
These are made possible by the support of the community, the majority of the post rewards go towards the winners, plus donations by @berniesanders the official sponsor of the Steemit Photo Challenge.
First Place — 150 Steem
Second Place — 100 Steem
Third Place — 50 Steem
Honourable Mentions — 10 Steem Each
Rules And Conditions
Please read these carefully and adhere to them
I strongly encourage you to post work that is original to this challenge, in other words — take a new photograph instead of using an old one.
No more than 3 entries will be considered, if you post more than 3 then only the first 3 will be considered.
Deadline for entry is midnight my time (UTC -4) on Sunday
All entries must be a post tagged both #photography and #steemitphotochallenge
The Title should contain "SteemitPhotoChallenge Entry" along with the title of your work.
Let us know the medium used to produce the photograph, it may be more impressive based on what it is.
Basic processing is allowed.
Any medium or format is allowed — iphone, ipad, film, digital, point and shoot, drone, whatever. Once it takes a picture. Note that image quality will be considered.
Multiple Entries can all go in one post, just put the details under the image.
If you would like, use the #SteemitPhotoChallenge tag across social media like Twitter, FB and Instagram. It may drive more users to the platform.
Any attempt to steal others' work is considered a serious infraction by the community, so don't do it. Please don't waste your and our time by posting some image from the net.
Every effort will be made to ensure that we do not reward theft. All images will be reverse checked, if the image has been found on more than 2 “major” websites, it will be disqualified unless reasonable proof can be shown to prove ownership of the original. If there is any doubt whatsoever about the ownership of the photograph, I reserve the right to disqualify the image. It is in your interest to provide any proof necessary. I would appreciate any help from the community in finding plagiarism where I might have missed it.
The photographs will be judged on how well they met the challenge, the quality of the image, the composition, lighting, exposure, creativity and the general aesthetics which means that yes, it is subjective.
By entering this competition you acknowledge that you own the rights to the photographs and allow for me to re-post the image should it receive a winner or honourable mention position.
Consider hosting your images with Steemimg.com created by @blueorgy
It is the first dedicated Steemit Image hosting website, set up with tag categories for easy viewing of images, and is also a sponsor of the Steemit Photo Challenge. It's also really convenient for copying markdown for multiple images.
Suggest the next theme!
Let me know what you'd like to see from the next Steemit Photo Challenge.
If you'd like to be considered as a guest judge, let me know in the comments so I can check your work :)
Steemit Photo Challenge Week 1 - Animal Portrait
Steemit Photo Challenge Week 2 - Shadows
Steemit Photo Challenge Week 3 - Desolation
Steemit Photo Challenge Week 4 - Nature Macro/Closeup
Steemit Photo Challenge Week 5 - Emotive Human Portrait
Steemit Photo Challenge Week 6 - Landscapes
Steemit Photo Challenge Week 7 - Architecture
Steemit Photo Challenge Week 8 - Long Exposure
Next week is the 10th SPC.
For #10 I'll be doing a special giveaway prize of a B&H Photo gift card. I won't say what the prize will be for just yet, but get your entries in and I'll give you a hint.. It has something to do with all the previous winners posts. Have any idea what it might be??
Call For Submissions!
The Viewfinder Steemzine is seeking submissions from photographers and writers for Volumes 1 and 2. Chosen submissions will be paid with percentages of liquid rewards. Find more information here
