Hello folks and welcome to the April 2012 contest! We are happy to partner with 500px.com and they are awarding an annual account to the first prize winner each month in this series of the contest. The winner will also be featured in the Indie Spotlight at FuelYourPhotography.com.
March Contest Winners
In keeping with the tradition this months contest was a close one with 2nd and 3rd place being separated by a mere 5 points, what is even more unusual is that there was a tie for 3rd place, in a surprising turn of events the 3rd place winner tied with herself. With such vigorous competition in March’s Minimalist  theme, congratulations are in order for the winners; DJ Hazy – first place, Claire Charling – second place and Brenda Gottsabend (who tied with herself) – third place. The top photographs are also featured in this article. Special thanks also to our judges for the February contest, Former FYP Editor-in-Chief – Ron Heerkens Jr.,  FYP Indie Spotlight writer – Hafez Kamal, FYP writer - Andrew Iles.
This Months Contest
This months theme is “Beautiful Colorâ€, Show us your best color photograph in any genre of photography that you prefer, the challenge this month is to not necessarily to use the most color but to be generous with color AND even more importantly to use it well in your photograph. Your submissions maybe any subject you wish as long as your submissions are bursting with color. Remember to watermark your images with your email address and your 500px.com account!
Below is a brief highlight of the rules to get you started, however, a full copy of the rules including the judging criteria can be found as a document on the Facebook Group Page.
DJ Hazy – 1st place
The Eligibility Rules
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The contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers from around the world.
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You certify that you are the legal owner of the work submitted.
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Entries are accepted up to midnight United States Eastern Standard Time on the 21st of the corresponding month.
The No-Holds-Barred Rule
Feel free to express your creative vision by any means: any type of camera or lens, subject, light, composition, perspective, processing techniques, and anything else you can think of to create a meaningful, impactful, and beautiful work is perfectly acceptable. Submitted images may be from any date and not necessarily limited to the contest period.
Claire Charling – 2nd place
The Technical Rules
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All images must be submitted in JPEG format and should be clearly watermarked with your email address AND your active 500px.com site (IE http://500px.com/YOURNAMEHERE) at which you can be notified should you be the lucky winner.
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Images are to be submitted (in high resolution if available) by joining the “FYP Photography Contest†Facebook group page, and then uploading to the folder for the corresponding folder IE this month’s folder is “April 2012 contestâ€.
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Maximum of 2 Images to be submitted per person (submitting more may result in disqualification of all images).
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Photographs will be judged on: Impact, composition, technique, presentation, originality and viewer input (comments/likes)
The No-Rights-Grab Rule
By entering this contest, Fuel Your Photography to post your submitted image(s) on our respective sites and blogs, along with your name. You also agree to provide your name and mailing information in order to facilitate delivery of the prizes. You retain all other rights.
Brenda Gottsabend – 3rd place (tied)
Brenda Gottsabend – 3rd place (tied)
Judging Period
Judging starts on the 22nd of the month and winners are announced in the article posting the new theme on the 1st of the following month.
The Judges’ decision is FINAL
I’m looking forward to seeing some fantastic entries from you, good luck!
