australian digital photo of the day competition

   

2008 Australian Digital Photo Of The Day (ADPOTD) and Featured Category Rules:

Australian Digital Photo Of The Day (hereafter referred to as ADPOTD) and Monthly Theme Competition are open to all Australian residents. 

Those with more than 12 months active membership, are granted "special" membership status, should it become necessary to move off-shore.  In recognition of this prior membership, these members may continue to participate in all areas of the POTD web site, including competitions.   

Prizes (if offered) will be delivered to Australian postal addresses ONLY, those members living abroad "may" be responsible for all charges associated with prize delivery. Should a winner be unable to take possession of their prize for ANY reason, it will be returned to the competition prize pool.

Each weekday (excluding public holidays) unless otherwise noted, one image will be chosen from all gallery images (excluding Gold Member images submitted to the current Featured Category) and be awarded as ADPOTD. This is a "blind" selection as the photographer's name remains unknown during the selection process. At the end of each month unless otherwise noted, a panel of professional photographers will select one image from those displayed as ADPOTD and award it the title of Australian Digital Photo Of The Month (hereafter referred to as ADPOTM). This decision is based on all aspects of the image's content and is final.

"Featured Category" winners are chosen from ALL entries to that category and not just for those entered in the current month, however entry to the Featured Category is restricted to Gold Members. Featured Category cover images may not be updated daily, but will be updated at the discretion of the site owner.  

'Australian Digital Photo Of The Year" competition is conducted each December in place of the regular competitions. ADPOTD is selected from eligible Gold Member entries that have won a POTM in either the Featured or regular POTD competitions.  ADPOTY will receive prizes as listed on the prize page.  To be eligible, the Gold Member must be financial at the time of judging.

Additional disk space awarded to Gold Members as prizes in the featured category, may only be retained while Gold Membership is maintained. ALL Gold Members who cease membership will be returned to the standard membership of 5mb, regardless of prizes awarded while a Gold Member.

Scanned images from traditional film cameras or "grabs" from video footage are not permitted to be entered into the competitions, all competition images MUST be from digital still cameras of any resolution (megapixel rating).  These images are allowed to be uploaded to your gallery however, provided that the competition category is left blank and that they are marked as "Film Original" or "Video Grab". 

Images captured with video cameras used in the "still" mode are permitted. 

All images submitted remain the property of the photographer and PixelPix Pty Ltd claims no rights other than the ability to display the images throughout the ADPOTD web site.

Winning images will be featured in the monthly publication "Camera".  By submitting images to this competition, you agree to provide "Camera" NON-exculsive rights to publish your image should it be selected as a competition winner. "Camera", ADPOTD and PixelPix Pty Ltd make no claim to images submitted and copyright remains the property of the photographer. No fee is offered for publication, however a photographer's credit will be published with each winning image.

*** Images MUST be uploaded to the gallery at a minimum of 600 pixels on the longest side and in JPG format and sRGB colour space.  Images not meeting the minimum quality standard as determined by ADPOTD, will not be considered eligible for POTD. 

Once an image has been selected as POTD, a high resolution JPEG (min. 16cm on the longest side, 300ppi, Level 10 compression) must be supplied via email for POTM judging purposes to pix@potd(DOT)com(DOT)au (SPAM avoidance... replace the dots please). . As of the time of judging, images that have not been supplied as high resolution may not be eligible for POTM.  This will insure that winning POTM images are of sufficient quality to meet our sponsor's publication requirements and are on hand to meet publication deadlines. (ADPOTD respects the copyright of the photographer and the supplied images will not be used for any other purpose, without the permission of the photographer.) 

Image shall be accompanied by the Photographers name, photo title, photo description and camera settings (if available) & photographers contact email.

All images entered (excluding Featured Category entries) are eligible for ADPOTD at any time and NOT just the day/month of submission."

All "non-displayed" Featured Category entries will become eligible for ADPOTD upon the close of the Featured Category competition.

Multiple entries are welcome in any one month and/or category, however PixelPix Pty Ltd reserves the right to limit entry numbers at any stage.

Images and requested details shall be submitted via the User Gallery.... see the Submit Entry page for details.

Gallery images for competition must be to specified size and web ready in sRGB, any image not correctly prepared or suffering image degradation due to over-compression will NOT be considered for entry and will be deleted from our system. PixelPix Pty Ltd is NOT responsible for image preparation, other than resizing to suit the ADPOTD web site and associated pages.  However due to the wide variation in user's monitor calibrations and image profiles, PixelPix Pty Ltd may feel it is necessary to alter image brightness, contrast and/or profile of some images, in order to maintain consistent site display. 

Images may be submitted with decorative borders, however ADPOTD may remove these borders for POTD display.  

Digital manipulation:

* Digital manipulation of images entered into the "standard/regular" ADPOTD competition categories is permissible, however these are to be kept to those features that "enhance" the existing content of an image ie USM, levels, exposure and tonal adjustments (localised or otherwise), clone (for retouching) etc. Digitally "modified" images that display excessive enhancement or that owe their "content", total or in part, to the post photographic processes* of subject duplication, combining of images of differing content or the creation of new image elements by any other process, may not be entered unless specifically allowed for in a special competition category.  * Combining of images for increased Field Of View ( FOV) or High Dynamic Range (HDR) excluded.
* PixelPix Pty Ltd understands that post processing is a normal part of today's photography, however at times, there may be a fine line between "Digitally Enhanced" and "Digitally Modified" images and should, in the considered opinion of the administrator, an image appear excessively modified and no longer present a seemingly natural scene, the right to alter the competition category will be reserved.
* Visual effects created by the external application of filters and/or other photographic accessories at the time of capture are not considered to be Digital Manipulation.
* Special consideration is given to Black & White images. As the forerunner to the more modern colour image, Black & White remains an accepted and popular alternate presentation in all competition categories.  This includes singular toning such as sepia, however "spot colouring" will be at the discretion of the judge. 

PixelPix Pty Ltd makes no claims or promises regarding this Australian Digital Photo Of The Day site other than the "PixelPix User Web" and/or cash/gift voucher prizes listed on the web site from time to time.

PixelPix Pty Ltd will not be responsible for the supply and/or delivery of prizes donated by a sponsor company, as they will be provided and shipped directly from those companies.

PixelPix Pty Ltd will NOT be responsible for any images lost or damaged during submission. It is the photographer's responsibility to maintain original copies of their work for archive purposes.  

PixelPix Pty Ltd reserves the right to alter an image's competition category, should that image be considered more suitable for the new category.

Images that are considered of an offensive nature will be rejected. 

It is the responsibility of the photographer to gain the required permissions, allowing him/her to post images containing recognisable people in the ADPOTD web site.

All submissions are accepted on the understanding that the photographer agrees to these terms and has obtained the required permissions. 

ADPOTD will not tolerate offensive behaviour, offensive images or spam.  Any user found to be involved in these will have their account deleted without warning!