The theme for our official July, 2012 photo contest will be Motion.  Everyone is welcome to participate!

Submissions for this contest will be accepted through the end of the month, as always. The resolution of your photo should be between 300x300 and 1024x1024 pixels, and your photo must be taken with a Pentax camera.  To enter, click here.  Simply embed or attach your photo to your post, as you would normally.  For more detailed instructions, please visit the full contest announcement.

The 1st place prize will be a $100 B&H gift card, and 2nd place will receive a $50 gift card.  Our third place winner will receive a pack of premium photo paper from Red River Paper.

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We're happy to announce the winners of our May, 2012 "Night Scene" photo contest, the winners of which will receive $150 in B&H gift cards as well as photo paper form Red River Paper.

In first place came forum member TOUGEFC with his photo "Rain Romance".  It was taken with a Pentax K-5 together with the DA* 55mm F1.4 lens and some advanced lighting gear!

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This photo is now being featured in our Premier Gallery, where you can leave a comment, view the photo in a larger size, and browse past contest winners.  Click on the link above to proceed to the gallery.

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The theme for our official photo contest for June will be Shadows.  This theme was quite a hit back in November, so we're bringing it back this month!  We are also happy to be offering the same prizes as last month for the top three entries:

• 1st place: $100 B&H gift card + featuring in Premier Gallery
• 2nd place: $50 B&H gift card
• 3rd place: premium photo paper from Red River Paper

Our monthly photo contests are open to everyone.  In order to enter, all you need to do is post a thread in the contest submission forum and either attach your photo using the attachment system, or embed an off-site image.  Once your submission thread shows a thread thumbnail, you'll know that your submission went through successfully!  You can only enter one photo, and it must be taken with a Pentax camera.  In addition, your photo must be smaller than 1Mb and 1024x1024 pixels, but larger than or equal to 300x300 pixels.  Good luck to everyone who enters!

Click here to enter in the June "Shadows" Photo Contest!

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Forum member Duplo has just posted a small giveaway photo contest in which you can win his copy of the Pentax-DA 21mm F3.2 Limited lens!  Essentially, this is a landscape photo contest in which your photo should "convey the raw power of mother nature and her fragility".

There's a special story behind this 21mm- it's taken some award-winning photos, been through temperatures as low as -40 degrees C, and traveled around the arctic.  We hope that trough this contest, the lens will find a great new home by another Pentaxian!

Click here to enter your photo or learn more!

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We are very proud to announce the winners of our official April photo contest, for which the theme was "Patterns".  There were 3 clear winners from among over 100 submissions.

Our first-place winner was forum member Macario with this photo, entitled "Gateway":

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This photo is now being featured in our Premier Gallery - feel free to comment on it there on in our winners' showcase on the forum.

Don't forget that through the end of May, you can enter in our current photo contest ("Night Scene") for a chance to win $150 in gift cards!

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Yesterday, we announced that our official May photo contest theme would be Night Scene. In addition, for this month's contest, we are featuring prizes totaling over $150!

• 1st Place: $100 B&H Gift Card + Featuring in the Premier Gallery
• 2nd Place: $50 Gift Card + Featuring in the Winner's Showcase
• 3rd Place: premium photo paper + Featuring in the Winner's Showcase

All members are welcome to enter in our monthly contests.  All you have to do is post your photo in a thread in our Contest Submissions forum.  Read the instructions, or enter now!

In addition, voting for our April Patterns photo contest has just started!  We invite all forum member to vote now for their favorites!

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We are happy to announce the winners of our official March "Wind" photo contest!  In first place was forum member Cooter, with his "Dancing Newspaper" photograph.  The photo is now being featured in our Premier Gallery.  Click here to leave a comment.

Our runner-up was forum member Tony Lasher with "The Way the WIND Blows".

Congratulations to the winners, and don't forget to participate in this April's "Patterns" photo contest, which closes at the end of the month!

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