Best Dog Photography Contest

[MysticRealm]

This is a contest that will be judged on your PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS.
PLEASE READ ALL THE RULES BEFORE ENTERING!!!!
The rules are:
1. YOU must have taken the picture. Not a friend, not someone in your family but YOU yourself!!
2.Entrant MUST specify which category the photo is being entered in. And it MUST be one of the categories for this month. Judging will not start until the contest is closed, so if you change your mind about which category your photo should go in; edit your post before the end of the contest.
3.Photos must be posted here in the forum in order to be judged. Your photos must be directly uploaded to the forum. !It must be clear which photo belongs in which category! Photo links submitted will not be judged.
4.Photos may only be entered into one category. One photo can not be entered twice.
5.All photo entries must be in one post. The only exception is if you want to enter more photos than are allowed in a single post. In this case, use two seperate posts. ENTRIES MADE IN MULTIPLE POSTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED!
6.Please enter your photos as attachments. (As opposed to directly from other sites.) This makes loading time much faster, easier to judge, etc...
7. Maximum 2 pics per category
8. The dog does not have to be your dog.

Categories:
1. Artistic: Creative photographs- eye shots, close-ups, movement studies, alternative lighting, black and white, or photos that have been jazzed up with the help of a computer. You must have taken the photo, and if edited with a computer, you must be the artist .

2. Portrait: Clear picture that portrays the personality of the dog. Photos should be uncluttered with little background distraction. These can be full body shots or head shots. You must have taken the photo.

3. Group Shot: Photos of dogs interacting with each other, may be as small as two dogs. You must have taken the photo.

4. Action: This is for photographs showing a clear sense of motion. The idea here is to show the power, strength, and grace of the animal. Competitions are a great place to get good action shots.You must have taken the photo.

5. Dogs and their People: this is a little different from the action shot, though you can certainly use an action shot to illustrate this. What I'm looking for here is a sense of the relationship between dog and human. Shots that show the trust between species, love, and communication. You must be the photographer.

6. Young Dogs: Dogs aged 6 months and younger- single or in groups. You must be the photographer.

7. Aged Doge: Dogs aged 10 and older - single or in groups. Post dog's age with photo. You must be the photographer.

8. Momma & Baby: Puppies with their mommas. Show a moment of bonding between mother and baby. You must be the photographer.

9. Humorous: Any photo that shows your dog's goofy side. Be creative! You must be the photographer .

10. Other: For photos that don't fit quite right into other categories OR perhaps would but you've already entered one there... You must be the photographer

This Contest will be judged by ME. I love photography but am by no means a pro (or maybe I ain't even real good at it) Remember this is about your skills as a photographer not on how cute something is and such. Please no blurry, you-can-barely-see-what-it-is shots.
I will post some pics just for fun to show you my 'skills'
Sorry if some of the categories say horse in them (though I tried to fix them all) I got most all these categories from a horse photo contest then just modified them a bit.

CONTEST ENDS OCTOBER 20 2005 (2 WEEKS)

[AussiesCollies]

darn, it won't let me attach pics. scratch this post

[oksanakazan]

Here is two of my best friends:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...eks600_449.jpg

[Moo]

Oh my gosh, this sounds like so much fun!!! I'm on it.

Does a dog have to be my dog? What if I took a picture of a friend's dog for a category? I can only take so many pictures of my one dog.... [HAH! LOL]

[MysticRealm]

It can be of anyones dog, as long as you take the picture

[Moo]

Entries Post #1 -

#1 - Artistic
#2 - Artistic 2
#3 - Action
#4 - Action 2
#5 - Portrait
#6 - Portrait 2
#7 - Young Dog
#8 - Young Dog 2
#9 - Dog with People
#10 - Dog with People 2

[Ladida]

Here are my attempt, may add.

Here is Zoe (Portrait Cat.) after playing tag.

[*chihuahuagirl*]

Here is Buzzie, I took these myself, I'm practicing to be a dog photographer.
Both are for Artistic:





This one is for other(if its not allowed for this catagory, thats okay):

[Blaze]

Sounds like fun! I'll see what I can find!

[ROO]

Yeah this should be fun. I have a ton of pictures of my dogs to root through.

1) Portrait- Ace
2) Group
3) Dogs and thier people- Ace and Mom
4) Other- Suzy