The theme for the official PentaxForums.com photo contest for May, 2011 is:

Still Life
Our interpretation of the theme: Photos of inanimate objects outside of their natural settings, where the photographer creates his/her images with full control over lighting, mood, and composition. Here are some good examples of what we're looking for: http://www.thephotoargus.com/inspiration/35-superb-examples-of-still-life-photography/

There will be two prizes for the winner of this contest and of future contests: featuring in our premier gallery, as well as an upgraded account for 3 months, with added attachment space, Marketplace access, and more! As usual, please do not post your submissions in this thread; see above! Limit one photo per user. Good luck to all participants! If this is your first contest, you may be interested in reading rules and procedure below.

Contest Procedure | Contest Rules | Submit | Vote for April's Winners

We invite everyone to participate in this month's contest and also vote for last month's entries! The poll is now up (link above)!

As always:

• One photo per user. Please post only one submission thread. Our automated system only checks the latest post within that thread, so if you are updating your entry, please do so in a reply or make an edit to your original post.
• Photo must be between 300x300 and 1024x1024 pixels, and smaller than 1Mb
• We prefer that your photos are submitted as attachments - they load faster, and guarantee that you're within limits

[spystyle]

Candy

[Ratmagiclady]

Hey, this sounds like a fun one. Not something I usually think of. I'll have to get with it, though.

[jim.haase]

When does the voting for May entries begin?

[akfreak]

I only have a Pentax 645 film camera, can I scan an image taken from a negative?.

[bschran]

does this count as still life?

[fasampe]

I hope this counts as a still life:

The picture was shot with my Pentax K-x and and 50mm f/2 SMC Pentax-m lens, during photography classes.

[TTQ225]

I submitted my photo for May contest but can see neither mine nor other members' submissions. Where are they?

[Adam]

The submissions are in the contest forum.

FYI, we will be disqualifying photos that aren't still-life (don't match the contest theme) this month. If you see that your thread has been moved out of the submission forum, this is why.

[bluebronco]

What is the last day for contest submission?

[Adam]

Last day of the month.

[Adam]

This contest is now closed. The new theme will be posted soon!