Announcing "Birds" - Our March 2018 Photo Contest

Win prizes in our contest for March 2018

By PF Staff in Photo Contests on Mar 3, 2018

We're herewith announcing our monthly photo contest for March. The theme for this month is "Birds".

The topic for our contest this month is "Birds". This time of the year is a good time to photograph birds, at least in the northern hemisphere, where the birds can be lured close to our homes in their search for food.

First prize is a $50 gift card to B&H Photo, second prize is a one year forum account upgrade, and third prize is a box of photo paper form Red River.

The official contest rules are found here.

Click here to submit a photo for the contest.

If you haven't done so already we invite you to browse our special gallery of last month's photo contest submissions and nominate your favorites.

"Cityscape, Framed Within a Frame" Contest Winners

Announcing the winners of our January, 2018 contest

By PF Staff in Photo Contests on Feb 25, 2018

"Framed at OMSI" by mattb123

Voting has ended for our January, 2018 "Cityscape, Framed Within a Frame" photo contest with the following result:

In first place was forum member mattb123 from USA who captured "Framed at OMSI" (pictured above). This photo was shot with a Pentax K-S2 and an smc Pentax-DA 40mm F2.8 Limited lens.

Our runners-up were forum member loplop from Germany in second place with "A Room With a View" and EricBrown from USA in third place with "Final Check Out". Click on either thumbnail for a larger version.

"A Room With a View" by loplop	"Final Check Out" by EricBrown

We'd like to congratulate the winners and also thank everyone who participated or voted! Also, be sure not to miss our current photo contest. Read all about it in the monthly contest forum.

January "Framed Cityscape" Contest Finalists Announced

Vote for the overall winner!

By PF Staff in Photo Contests on Feb 15, 2018

After the end of the nomination phase of last month's official "Cityscape, Framed within a Frame" photo contest, we're now ready to announce our top 15 finalists!  Click on the link below to view the photos in full size and cast your vote in the poll:

Vote for your favorite photo in the poll

As usual for our monthly photo contests, voting closes in a week, and then we'll announce the winners.

Don't miss our February "Moonscape" photo contest, which closes to submissions at the end of the month.

Announcing "Moonscape" - Our February 2018 Photo Contest

Win prizes in our contest for February 2018

By PF Staff in Photo Contests on Feb 3, 2018

We're herewith announcing our monthly photo contest for February. The theme for this month is "Moonscape".

This month's topic is Moonscape. That means a scene illuminated by the moon, where the moon need not be in the image. The moon can be included, though, as long as the scene is illuminated by the moon (and not by the sun or artificial light). The scene can be a landscape, a cityscape, or any set of objects.

First prize is a $50 gift card to B&H Photo, second prize is a one year forum account upgrade, and third prize is a box of photo paper form Red River.

The official contest rules are found here.

Click here to submit a photo for the contest.

"Backyard Wild Animals" Memorial Photo Contest

In memory of late forum member Rupert

By PF Staff in Photo Contests on Jan 31, 2018

Last month, the PF community lost a beloved forum member— James Williams, also known as Rupert.

Rupert had a passion for photographing (and pampering) wild animals that frequented his back yard, such as squirrels (which he called "Otis") and raccoons.  To celebrate this passion, we're launching a special memorial photo contest with "Backyard Wild Animals" as the theme. 

• Enter a photo
  
• Browse & comment on submissions

Submissions should be posted as regular threads in the Post Your Photos forum, marked with the Backyard Wild Animals Contest prefix.  Limit one thread per person; descriptions or even stories are strongly encouraged.  You can include between 1 and 5 photos in your submission, depending on the context.

Rupert was not only a very kind person, but also extremely generous both in our community and in the real world.  He donated on behalf of more than half a dozen forum members to bring them Pentax eBooks as well as increased photo space for sharing their work. 

In line with Rupert's giving spirit, the contest winner will receive 2 years of unlimited photo space here on the forum (an "Otis" Loyal Site Supporter account upgrade), as well as the opportunity to extend the same upgrade to any other fellow forum member.

The contest will be judged by the site staff, in cooperation with family members and friends close to Rupert.  User comments on submissions as well as the story behind each photo will be taken into account.  We expect to close the contest in early March.

To browse Rupert's photo galleries or his final forum posts, see this post.