Task

Take a photograph of a landscape somewhere near where you live  (appreciate the beauty that surrounds you).

Prize

A prize of £10 will be given via PayPal to the winner.  If you don't have PayPal, a prize of £10 will be sent to the charity of the winners choice, or an item bought on Ebay on behalf of the winner and sent to the winners address.

** A minimum of 5 entrants for the prize to qualify.  If only 2 people enter, no prize. **

Closing Date

Sunday 27th September 2009 10pm (GMT)

Voting

The winner will be decided by me (which gives everyone a chance to enter, I will judge each and every photo on its own merits., though I will gladly invite (and listen to) comments on all photos.

Good luck!

Additional Rules

Please resize your photos to 800x600 for display in the competition.  JPG format only.
You are free to enhance your photos with the use of filters etc, though be warned excessive doctoring usually detracts from the original photo.
You may submit more than one photo if you desire, though it does need to be a minimum of 5 people, not 5 photo's for the prize to qualify.
Feel free to enter this competition whether you are a CG Arts artist, moderator, admin, or even if your entry is your first post here.
It is perfectly fine to enter with a photo taken on a mobile phone, a well composed grainy photo will beat a crystal clear photo of someones thumb.

Any questions feel free to ask.

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Alright, I'll see what I can come up with, though the Dutch landscape is pretty boring, all flat with some trees and...cows here and there.
Will probably post something in the weekend.

That's the thing mate.  What we see around us we all think is boring, but it really is the beauty of nature

So hopefully this comp will help people see more of the beauty that is already around them

Are we to post our entries here? This is my first entry.

Kat



This is the lake not far from my house. It was a bit hazy, but I thought it made it a pretty blue color.

Yes post here.

Very nice Kat, setting a high standard

Hi everybody,

I've just registered here at the suggestion of my dear friend Ms Kat (gentleD).
She's encouraged me to enter the following photo in your competition.
It was taken 20 minutes after sunset on Monday 31.8.2009 and is of a solitary fisherman way out on the reef at our most dangerous beach here in Perth, Western Australia.  

Well here goes...;



toto

Hi toto, welcome

Great pic!

Thanks Bravo,

A new hobby for me, of just a couple of months.

toto

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This one I took in pennington flash, its the local sailing club. This particular group is dedicated to disabled sport. I thought it was kinda fantastic to see someone quite less abled than myself doing far more than I could ever do.

That's a lovely piccy cheeky.  Remember though this month is about landscapes, but you can enter as many pics as you like

oh bugger, I'll go get one of my others then

I totally forgot about this in the weekend so I just took some pictures while skating earlier this evening. My camera isn't very good and it was already getting dark so the quality isn't very good.

Those are great WeeBull! The second one is absolutely beautiful.

Wow, I had better go out and take a better one.

Kat

Me too...!!!!

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Wow thanks, yours are great too though. I especially love the clouds and the sky in toto's pic. But I also just love Australia, awesome country.

Told you, you'd find beauty nearby

Hi Guys,

Here's "just a couple" more of the many pics i have of my BELOVED BEACH. This is my favorite spot to walk in all weathers. To share..., and then sometimes have all to myself, but for the spirits that love and protect me, and who never fail to recharge my batteries...!






And MANY THANKS to the Wonderful Ms Kat for resizing these for me...!

toto

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Well, I DID re-size those right, not sure why they are not showing up as the right size. Strange.

Kat

The question did cross my mind Ma'am...,
But i know You've had LOTS on...,
And anyway...,
I'm just REALLY grateful for Your support...!!!!
toto
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I'll try once again in case it's something i'm doing wrong Ms Kat...?

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Never mind Toto, here they are, re-sized correctly. Sorry about that everyone, not sure what happened.

These are Toto's entries:

I went to dunham massy park today, this my landscape effort

Wow, nice shot.

Kat

Nice pic, Cheeky

I can't win, but thought I might as well pop one in.  It was taken in the North York Moors, which is a short drive from me.  Unfortunately it was quite foggy that day.

I reckon we all are fantastic budding photographers.

Hi everybody,

I just have to say i love ALL the photos that have been posted so far.
I mostly love that they take me out of my world and share a little of yours.
Whenever I get an email telling me of an update, I SO hope that it's another photo (in preference to the comments such as this).

Thank again for sharing ALL...!

toto

Okay, that is my second entry. It's my neighbors entrance to his property. I would love to rip that no trespassing sign off of the gate. Would that be considered trespassing?  

Bravo, love your pic! That is the kind of weather we have been having lately, fog and rain.

Kat

Some very good pics here

This is a small creek, close to my house.

Kat

Kat thats lovely, nice place to paddle in the summer

Thanks Cheeky, it does look inviting, doesn't it?

Gosh, we need one more person to make this valid, don't we? (Off to find someone, anyone to take a pic!)

Kat

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