February 2008 Photo of the Month Contest! - The Whistle Post

TallDude · #1 (**permalink**) 02-01-2008, 05:49 PM

Its time for another Photo Of The Month Contest!

First lets go over some rules.

1. The prize: The winning photo will be featured on the front page of the forum for the month following the contest. You get bragging rights!!

2. Each month will have a theme (Thanks TrainNut for that suggestion). The submitted photo should follow that theme.

3. Only ONE photo per month per person can be submitted, so make sure the one you submit is the one you want everyone to vote on. Having multiple submissions per person just makes voting difficult, so lets keep it simple.

4. At the end of the monthly contest, I will post a poll that will be open for 7 days in which everyone can vote for their favorite photo. The person with the most votes wins. In case of a tie, I will pick the winner. Depending on the number of entries, I may have to narrow down the choices in the poll.

5. Everyone is eligible.

6. This is supposed to be fun! Who knows, maybe we'll make a calender of the winning photos or something for the next year.. who knows!

7. Photos must be submitted on the monthly photo of the month thread (i.e. April 2007 Photo of the Month thread) started by me (TallDude)

8. The picture MUST be taken by the person submitting the picture. Please also include a short description if the scene. We do not want copyright issues etc.

9. Adding/Removing of features (sky, smoke, etc.) via Photoshop or other graphic program, is not allowed. Everything in the photo must exist in the scene being photographed. (Added 12/14/07)

10. Rules are subject to change if they need to be.

Ok.. now that we have the rules out of the way... onto the photo contest!!

Februrary's theme: Best Water Scene!! ! Submit a photo of your best water scene on your model railroad (waterfall, lake, river, even snow!) and try to win a spot on the front page of the site!

Note: If you previously entered the photo contest, please submit a different photo for this contest.

Contest End Date: February 29th 2008 11:59:59 PM Eastern

Eastern Roads · #2 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 10:23 PM

Here's my first effort, now if no one else submits a pic, I win, right?

TallDude · #3 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 11:15 PM

yep, you would!

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Originally Posted by Eastern Roads

Here's my first effort, now if no one else submits a pic, I win, right?

domiluk · #4 (**permalink**) 02-06-2008, 09:44 AM

Sorry but I thought there need to be at list two photo in this contest.

TallDude · #5 (**permalink**) 02-06-2008, 09:47 AM

Well, Eastern Roads, you are not automatically the winner anymore, we now have a competition going.

TrainNut · #6 (**permalink**) 02-06-2008, 11:31 AM

I'm patiently working on mine. I hope to get it believable soon. It's frusturating trying to hurry when everytime I do something, I have to wait for the resin to dry.

Eastern Roads · #7 (**permalink**) 02-06-2008, 08:09 PM

Aw, competition is a good thing... What I want to know is how does Model Railroader make it look so easy and Great? The colors sure get skewed with the camera!

TallDude · #8 (**permalink**) 02-06-2008, 08:14 PM

Professional photographers and/or PhotoShop usually

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Originally Posted by Eastern Roads

Aw, competition is a good thing... What I want to know is how does Model Railroader make it look so easy and Great? The colors sure get skewed with the camera!

thogan3 · #9 (**permalink**) 02-12-2008, 10:07 PM

does this work? Photo of my dog running around a small pond at a county park near me....It is 3 of the same photos.....spliced together and mounted on my backdrop.

GS4 · #10 (**permalink**) 02-14-2008, 01:19 AM

This is the best that I can come up with. I call this shot "EXECUTIVE POWER". That's the president of the BCW RR, out on a track inspection trip.

Cheers,Simon