Monthly Archives: October 2012

To see all of the entries:  Pumpkins

#1: Phil Koch – Milwaukee, WI, US

#2: Jane Bjerkli – Eidsvoll, Akershus, NO

#3: Barb Moore – Orlando, FL, US

#4: Volha Ahranovich – Minsk, Minsk Province, BY

#5: Barry Rattu – Jakarta Capital Region, Jakarta Capital Region, ID

#6: Christine Lester-Deats – Solvang, CA, US

#7: Denny Giacobe – Tafton, PA, US

#8: Peter Wabbel – Palma, PM, ES

#9: Emily Buska – Richfield, WI, US

#10: Chris Pugh – Las Vegas, NV, US

Head to your local market and pick up some fresh veggies for this week’s challenge.

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THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE
“Vegetables”
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To enter:

1. Take a photos of any type of vegetable
2. Submit them under: Food & Drinks / Fruits & Vegetables
3. Select “License for Stock” when submitting the photo (you’ll be required to enter a title, tags and a description)
4. Tag the image with: PWCvegetables

Submit your Entries Now

Preview This Weeks Entries

Prizes:

• Top Entry will win a year of Pixoto Pro
• Winners will get Award Badges, 1000 Points plus 1,000 credits for future image submission
• A blog post will highlight the winners
• The opportunity to make some money off of stock sales in the future

Rules:

• Photo must have a vegetable, or vegetables, as the subject
• The photo must be submitted to Pixoto Stock
• We will use the cooks definition of a vegetable, rather than a botanists (i.e. pea pods, tomatoes, etc. are OK)
• Improperly categorized images will be recategorized and disqualified
• Image quality (through ImageDuel) will determine the winner.  In other words… the better image will determine the winner not the better concept.
• Enter as many images as you like – only highest scoring one will be chosen for top 10 winners.
• Images must be submitted/resubmitted during the week
• Images must be tagged “PWCvegetables”
• You may resubmit an image already on Pixoto, but please be aware that ImageScore, awards and points for the image will be reset upon resubmission
• Duplicates of previously uploaded, and not deleted, Pixoto submissions will be removed.

• Due to the popularity of weekly challenges, we not review qualification requirements for images with an ImageScore of less than 500
• Be true to the category:  Images in the wrong category will be recategorized and disqualified.
• Entries that do not comply with the above rules will be disqualified (a PWCvegetables-dq will be placed on the image).

To see all of the entries:  Fall Leaves

#1: Abet Basco – Prattville, AL, US

#2: Samer Shaur – Beloit, WI, US

#3: Teddy Tavares – Stavanger, Rogaland, NO

#4: Ellason Boyle – Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CA

#5: Vineet Johri – London, England, GB

#6: Phil Koch – Milwaukee, WI, US

#7: Alabama Photos – Birmingham, AL, US

#8: Dennis d’Soulz – Surabaya, East Java, ID

#9: Mohamad Sa’at Haji Mokim – BSB, Brunei-Muara, BN

#10: Dennis Granzow – Maumee, OH, US

Halloween is rapidly approaching and for this week’s stock challenge we’re looking for photos of Pumpkins (carved or uncarved).  The winners will be announced on Halloween.

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THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE
“Pumpkins”
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To enter:

1. Take a photos of a pumpkins
2. Submit them under: Holidays / Halloween
3. Select “License for Stock” when submitting the photo (you’ll be required to enter a title, tags and a description)
4. Tag the image with: PWCpumpkins

Submit your Entries Now

Preview This Weeks Entries

Prizes:

• Top Entry will win a year of Pixoto Pro
• Winners will get Award Badges, 1000 Points plus 1,000 credits for future image submission
• A blog post will highlight the winners
• The opportunity to make some money off of stock sales in the future

Rules:

• Photo must have a pumpkin, or pumpkins, as the subject
• The photo must be submitted to Pixoto Stock
• Improperly categorized images will be recategorized and disqualified
• Image quality (through ImageDuel) will determine the winner.  In other words… the better image will determine the winner not the better concept.
• Enter as many images as you like – only highest scoring one will be chosen for top 10 winners.
• Images must be submitted/resubmitted during the week
• Images must be tagged “PWCpumpkins”
• You may resubmit an image already on Pixoto, but please be aware that ImageScore, awards and points for the image will be reset upon resubmission
• Duplicates of previously uploaded, and not deleted, Pixoto submissions will be removed.

• Due to the popularity of weekly challenges, we not review qualification requirements for images with an ImageScore of less than 500
• Be true to the category:  Images in the wrong category will be recategorized and disqualified.
• Entries that do not comply with the above rules will be disqualified (a PWCpumpkins-dq will be placed on the image).

To see all of the entries:  Fall Leaves

#1: Vineet Johri – London, England, GB

#2: Marianna Armata – Montreal, QC, CA

#3: Dominik Marciszewski – Malmesbury, England, GB

#4: Susan Farris – Rocky Mt, VA, US

#5: Pete G. Flores – Riyadh, Riyadh Province, SA

#6: Cornelis Cornelissen – Granada, AL, ES

#7: Adrian Hadrian – London, England, GB

#8: Olga Charny – Boston, MA, US

#9: Asmar Hussain – Abbottābad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PK

#10: Trent Sluiter – Cambridge, ON, CA

Last week some people seemed to get a bit confused about what was allowed in the Nature category (now called Nature Up Close) vs. Landscape.  Thus we had some amazing landscape photos of fall foliage submitted to our “Fall Leaves” challenge which we unfortunately had to disqualify (and re-categorize).  We don’t want those people to go unrewarded for their efforts so this week we’re focusing on Landscape photos of fall foliage.

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THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE
“Autumn Colors”
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To enter:

1. Take a picture of landscape that includes the colors of the fall (see details below)
2. Submit a new photo under: Landscapes / Any Subcategory
3. Select “License for Stock” when submitting the photo (you’ll be required to enter a title, tags and a description)
4. Tag the image with: PWCautumn

Submit your Entries Now

Preview This Weeks Entries

Prizes:

• Top Entry will win a year of Pixoto Pro
• Winners will get Award Badges, 1000 Points plus 1,000 credits for future image submission
• A blog post will highlight the winners
• The opportunity to make some money off of stock sales in the future

Rules:

• “Fall colored” foliage must be prominently included in the photo  (i.e. orange, brown, red yellow, etc – but not green)
• The photo must be submitted to Pixoto Stock
• Improperly categorized images will be recategorized and disqualified
• Image quality (through ImageDuel) will determine the winner.  In other words… the better image will determine the winner not the better concept.
• Enter as many images as you like – only highest scoring one will be chosen for top 10 winners.
• Images must be submitted/resubmitted during the week
• Images must be tagged “PWCautumn”
• You may resubmit an image already on Pixoto, but please be aware that ImageScore, awards and points for the image will be reset upon resubmission
• Duplicates of previously uploaded, and not deleted, Pixoto submissions will be removed.

• Due to the popularity of weekly challenges, we not review qualification requirements for image images with an ImageScore of less than 500
• Be true to the category:  Images in the wrong category will be recategorized and disqualified.
• Entries that do not comply with the above rules will be disqualified (a PWCautumn-dq will be placed on the image).

To see all of the entries:  Expressive Hands

#1: Jane Bjerkli – Eidsvoll, Akershus, NO

#2: Vineet Johri – London, England, GB

#3: Pete G. Flores – Riyadh, Riyadh Province, SA

#4: Jorge Villalba – Los Angeles, CA, US

#5: Anshul Sukhwal – Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

#6: Meaghan Browning – Charlotte, NC, US

#7: Zul Hilmi – Kota Tinggi, Johor, MY

#8: Alex Barrow – Ambleside, , GB

#9: Etienne Tremblay – Joliette, QC, CA

#10: Shashank Ramesh – Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

The fall colors are in full swing here in Boulder, Colorado.   This week’s stock challenge asks you to capture the season’s colors.

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THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE
“Fall Leaves”
***

To enter:

1. Take a picture of fall leaves
2. Submit a new photo under: Nature / Leaves & Grasses
3. Select “License for Stock” when submitting the photo (you’ll be required to enter a title, tags and a description)
4. Tag the image with: PWCfallleaves

Submit your Entries Now

Preview This Weeks Entries

Prizes:

• Top Entry will win a year of Pixoto Pro
• Winners will get Award Badges, 1000 Points plus 1,000 credits for future image submission
• A blog post will highlight the winners
• The opportunity to make some money off of stock sales in the future

Rules:

• The photo must have a “fall colored” leaf or leaves as the subject (i.e. orange, brown, red yellow, etc – but not green)
• Close ups of leaves only, Landscapes are not allowed
• Green leaves are allowed in the shot as long as they are used to add contrast to the fall colored leaf
• The photo must be submitted to Pixoto Stock
• Improperly categorized images will be recategorized and disqualified
• Lude hand gestures will be disqualified (i.e. middle finger up, or two fingers up facing toward the camera)
• Image quality (through ImageDuel) will determine the winner.  In other words… the better image will determine the winner not the better concept.
• Enter as many images as you like – only highest scoring one will be chosen for top 10 winners.
• Images must be submitted/resubmitted during the week
• Images must be tagged “PWCfallleaves”
• You may resubmit an image already on Pixoto, but please be aware that ImageScore, awards and points for the image will be reset upon resubmission
• Duplicates of previously uploaded, and not deleted, Pixoto submissions will be removed.

• Due to the popularity of weekly challenges, we not review qualification requirements for image images with an ImageScore of less than 500
• Be true to the category:  Images in the wrong category will be recategorized and disqualified.
• Entries that do not comply with the above rules will be disqualified (a PWCfallleaves-dq will be placed on the image).

To see all of the entries:  Fruity Stock

#1: Marianna Armata – Montreal, QC, CA

#2: Dipali S – Grand Rapids, MI, US

#3: Olivier Tabary – Castelnau-le-Lez, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR

#4: Sim Kim Seong – Singapore, , SG

#5: Jenny Zhang – Singapore, , SG

#6: Andy Gehrig – Charleston, SC, US

#7: Ne-z Lim – , ,

#8: Pete G. Flores – Riyadh, Riyadh Province, SA

#9: Caitlin Lisa – Chicago, IL, US

#10: Eliani Miranda – Naples, FL, US