Contest #6: Pets Due 12.07.08

[Jeremy Ordan]

Contest #6
Subject: Pets

Detail: Take a photograph where the dominating subject or theme is a pet, however you choose to interpret that

Due Date: December 7th@ 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time

Post Processing: You may post process in any way, shape, or form but may not add text

Restrictions: This contest does not allow any text, words, or letters to appear

File Formatting: All images must be resized to 72dpi and be no larger than 720x720 dpi

Submissions: You may submit up to 3 entries to this contest, uploading will take place at http://www.dvxfest.com/upload/photo.shtml Please be sure that you select the correct contest that you are entering otherwise you might not make the deadline (contest number is listed at the top)

Voting: Voting will take place at http://www.dvxfest.com/photofest and will begin on the Monday after submissions are due and run through Thursday of that same week.

Results: Results will be posted on the Friday after voting concludes.

Standing Rules: 1. Submissions must conform to DVXUser Terms and Conditions (no personal attacks, no politics, no pornography) 2. Submissions are exclusive copyright material of the photographer but please do not watermark your submissions 3. All submissions must be posted anonymously until voting has been completed 4. Please post feedback, comments, and constructive criticism if you participate 5. Spread the word… we have gotten this going again and would like a good turn out 6. All images must be shot between the announcement of the contest and the submission deadline 7. All images will be submitted anonymously until after voting has been completed at which time you may post in the thread announcing which entry is yours.

[pauly_the_hitman]

Cool I am having fun with these...
Pauly

[Beat Takeshi]

uploading!

[dougspice]

What is the preferred/required resolution?

[Nektonic]

Nice. I should have time for this one. (I had a pretty cool idea for the RED contest but not time to set it up.)

Just grab the camera and take a picture of the dog.

[Jeremy Ordan]

Note
Starting with this fest you are limited to a resolution of 72dpi and be no larger than 720x720 dpi.
If you have any questions on how to alter the resolution of your image please let me know.

All images must be resized to 72dpi and be no larger than 720x720 dpi. Further image size restrictions will be introduced in the future based off need.
Note

[peggylee]

This sounds great, me and my kitties will get busy!

[alveraz]

me and my kitties will get busy!

I'm not comfortable with this comment.

[Adam Gonzalez]

Ha...i have a sweet pic of my cat that I have posted on the forums before and peeps talked about it (below). But unfortunately cant use it sooo I am gonna have to step up for this one.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t203/FilmGizmo/MistyCat-1.jpg

[peggylee]

I'm not comfortable with this comment.
well, what I should have said was..with 12 kitties in the house, someone is bound to pose FOR me ;)

[Derkoi]

Entered :D

[peggylee]

Entered :D
me too:beer:

[Derkoi]

me too:beer:

Good luck! :beer:

[peggylee]

me too:beer:
thanks, can't wait to see all the different pictures :)
Good luck to you too.

[triplej96]

Just to be sure I have to re-size my photo to 720 x 720 before I upload it?

[dougspice]

Note
Starting with this fest you are limited to a resolution of 72dpi and be no larger than 720x720 dpi.
If you have any questions on how to alter the resolution of your image please let me know.

All images must be resized to 72dpi and be no larger than 720x720 dpi. Further image size restrictions will be introduced in the future based off need.
Note


Do you mean 720x720 PIXELS? This doesn't make any sense. I already uploaded several 3000x2000 @ 72 images... do I need to re-upload?

[alveraz]

I think it's obvious, yes, he meant to say pixels guys. The dpi thing is weird, not sure why going from 300 to 72 makes a difference, but at least he fixed it and made the pixels right. 720X720px max.

[ZazaCast]

Entered!

[peggylee]

well. I hope I did it right...it took it okay ;)

[dougspice]

I assume he meant pixels, yes, however my personal question still stands... I have already uploaded 6mp images. Should I re-upload at the smaller size, or no?

[triplej96]

Same here I assumed he meant pixels.....

Anyhow I entered the contest and I re-sized my photos to nothing bigger than 720 x 720 and 72dpi.

I submitted 3 photos :).

[Derkoi]

I assume he meant pixels, yes, however my personal question still stands... I have already uploaded 6mp images. Should I re-upload at the smaller size, or no?

Resize your pictures to a max size of 720x720. It's really simple to do in photoshop. :thumbup:

[13th Judas]

Resize your pictures to a max size of 720x720. It's really simple to do in photoshop. :thumbup:

and how can we do that on 'paint' :dankk2:

[Jeremy Ordan]

easiest way is to download a demo of photoshop from www.adobe.com

[peggylee]

I love irfanview for quick easy fixes, . does all kinds of stuff, of course no where near as good as photoshop. I like free :)
http://www.irfanview.com/

[dougspice]

Yes, thanks, I know how to resize images. I'll just print them out and then rephotograph them at the correct size.

My question is whether it's more hassle for the admin to sort out another set of images. For the record I uploaded my images before the resolution spec was posted. So one more time: Jeremy, would you like me to reupload my images at the correct size?

[alveraz]

You might have better luck sending Jeremy a PM instead of asking it over and over in here. Just a thought :)

[Derkoi]

Yes, thanks, I know how to resize images. I'll just print them out and then rephotograph them at the correct size.

:Drogar-Shock(DBG): ok then!

[13th Judas]

Yes, thanks, I know how to resize images. I'll just print them out and then rephotograph them at the correct size.



me, i used a scissors and a ruler. 72 dots per inch is just easy to measure. i'm an architecture minor you know :)

[peggylee]

so..when can we look at the pictures? the link won't work for me, says RED then poof!
:) Am I doing something wrong?

[Larry Rutledge]

Sorry .. was on vacation last week, just flew home yesterday. The shots are available for review now.

[peggylee]

what am I doing wrong, I can't see them..still getting that error thing?
boo hoo

[Larry Rutledge]

What error?

[peggylee]

user log in pets then a microsoft cannot open pops up. then goes back to page cannot be found....when I click the link posted on the first thread. a

[alveraz]

opens fine for me :)

you need to change you pop-up blocker, peggy.

[peggylee]

I shut off my pop up blocker..still the same..I am a idjit!! let me see what else I can shut off.

[Erik Olson]

I'm an idiot. How do I vote for the pets contest? I viewed the 20 or so images, but can't figure out how you vote.

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[dougspice]

There are stars under each image, 1-10. Click the appropriate number! Just like on Amazon or iTunes or whatever.

[Larry Rutledge]

You should see a block of 10 stars below each image ... just hilight the number of stars that represent your rating of that photo on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being bad photo, 10 being excellent photo). As soon as you click the star the rating is recorded. If you click the wrong star, simply click on the correct star and your rating will be updated.

[Erik Olson]

Like in the DVXUser film festivals? No stars when I log on. Just a box to leave comments.

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[peggylee]

Like in the DVXUser film festivals? No stars when I log on. Just a box to leave comments.

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I had to download Firefox..windows is screwed up...again. Finally got to see and vote ...I loved all of them!

[Larry Rutledge]

Like in the DVXUser film festivals? No stars when I log on. Just a box to leave comments.

I'm not sure why you don't see the stars ... I'll have to investigate it and try to figure out what's going on.


I just checked your user account and it is configured correctly for rating ... are you able to see the stars in the DVXFests? What OS/Browser are you using? Do you have Javascript enabled (it utilizes javascript)?

[Erik Olson]

Up until now. I'm going to try Opera and Chrome.

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[Erik Olson]

Good in Chrome.

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[Erik Olson]

Good in Opera.

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[Larry Rutledge]

So, what were you using that isn't working?


I just tried IE on Windows XP (I normally use Firefox) and get an error that Internet Explorer cannot open the site and when I click OK I get a "the page cannot be displayed" error. So obviously some thing in my code isn't playing nicely with IE ... I'll have to figure out which piece it is and correct it. Sorry for the inconvenience ... fortunately, in the meantime, it sounds like other browsers are ok.

[peggylee]

:beer:
So, what were you using that isn't working?


I just tried IE on Windows XP (I normally use Firefox) and get an error that Internet Explorer cannot open the site and when I click OK I get a "the page cannot be displayed" error. So obviously some thing in my code isn't playing nicely with IE ... I'll have to figure out which piece it is and correct it. Sorry for the inconvenience ... fortunately, in the meantime, it sounds like other browsers are ok.

Yeah, thats what I keep getting, glad I downloaded firefox or I'd have missed all the pretty cool photos.

[Erik Olson]

My issue is IE as well. Whatever the newest flavor is.

I get farther than you do, I'm able to view log in, view the photos and comment, but the stars aren't there. I'll email you a screenshot.

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[Derkoi]

Firefox is the best browser anyways guys

[Jeremy Ordan]

Here are the results... I cannot access the site right now through IE so I will link images later on. Congrats to all :)

1 Big Boy by Zazacast
http://www.dvxfest.com/host_mirror/photo/photo_pets/tn_PC6.Big_Boy.Zazacast.BigCat.jpg

2 Profile by dougspice
http://www.dvxfest.com/host_mirror/photo/photo_pets/tn_PC6.Profile.dougspice.CatsCatsCats_1122_0064-3.jpg

3 Prickly by dougspice
http://www.dvxfest.com/host_mirror/photo/photo_pets/tn_PC6.Prickly.dougspice.Hedgehog_1202_0040.jpg

[Derkoi]

Here are the results... I cannot access the site right now through IE so I will link images later on. Congrats to all :)

1 Big Boy by Zazacast
2 Profile by dougspice
3 Prickly by dougspice


Congrats to all! :)

[peggylee]

Congrats to all! :)
Congrats everyone great job ! Now to try and make a b/w one :):)

[ZazaCast]

Awesome! ...now if I can just make a good film!
Thanks to all who entered & voted.

Cheers!
-Zaza

[Beat Takeshi]

Congrats

[dougspice]

Good photos everyone and thanks for the votes! I am in West Africa for the holidays on the slowest internet ever, so it took some time to get around to looking at them all. Hope everyone's having a happy holidays and I look forward to future contests!

[Steffo]

congrats