Welcome to POTW fellow Bump photographers!

This blog is to host the weekly photo challenges from The Bump Photography Board / Secret Photo Nerds Photography Board. Newbies, Amateurs, Hobbyists and Pros are all welcome and encouraged to participate. New: by popular demand, this has become a voting challenge. Stay and enjoy the inspiration!

Monday, August 30, 2010

Entry Thread: Red

POTW Theme for August 28 - September 3 is: Red

Schedule reminder:
Wednesday September 1, 12:00pm (PST): submissions deadline (enter as a comment to this thread)
Wednesday September 1, 2:00pm (PST): all entries will be posted on/around 2pm. voting will commence
Thursday September 2, 11:59pm (PST): voting closed
Friday September 3: top 3 viewer's choice winners announced on/around noon PST.

Remember that you have the option to enter competitively, or non-competitively. Please make a note in your entry comment if you want to be VOTING or NO VOTING.

Note: while this blog is open to public viewing (and we welcome your support!), we ask that submissions only come from posters/lurkers from either The Bump photography board or the Secret Photo Nerds board. It is intended to be a forum where we can challenge and celebrate our community. If you are interested in joining either of these communities, follow the hyperlinks above, or message me. (TB is a free and public community board. SPN is by registration with a small yearly fee. It is incredibly active and well worth the cost for access to the resources and community base.)

Friday, August 27, 2010

Viewer's Choice Results: Bokeh

I hope everyone liked the flexibility of voting for up to 3 selections!
The competition was stiff. Here is who you chose for best Bokeh:

Third Place: 
Janine





2nd Place:
Eboix518




and 1st place goes to:
Aqua_love!

congratulations to our winners for the week and thanks again to everyone who contributed and voted.
(If you are curious how you placed, please PM me on the SPN board.)

Stay tuned as the next entry thread will be posted shortly!

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Voting Thread: Bokeh

k, a few ground rules for voting (I know, rules suck, but even Fight Club had rules):

1. Voting will be open from 2:10pm Wednesday August 25 - 1:59pm Friday August 27 (PST).
2. Please do not vote for your own photo (honour system here).
3. NEW! As requested by the community, you may only choose up to 3 to vote for.
4. I truly hope this goes without saying, but please do not share this link and solicit votes from friends/family. The intent is to poll our direct community - regular posters/lurkers on TB or SPN. This is an honour system people! If I see numbers swell above our regular lurker status, I will shut it down and look at alternative ways to poll. I really don't want to use comments and have to manually add things up myself, so please, lets all play nice and let the system do the work for us!
5. The top 3 vote getters will receive bragging rights for the week.

Notes on this week's theme: Bokeh

Definition:  bokeh is the blur, or the subjective aesthetic quality of the blur, in out-of-focus areas of an image, or "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light."

Put your judging hats on! Good luck everyone :)

A note on voting: select up to 3 options at one time, THEN hit vote. If you don't, the system will only let you vote once and you can't go back to revote.

Your Submissions: Bokeh

Officially best turnout ever! Fantastic job. I am so glad I am merely tasked with the job of presenting the entries, not selecting a single winner :)

Everyone opted to be included for voting this week. Woot!

adncarrie:








afwells:




Amanda (Mr&MrsS):



amberwaves:




Amy (lizlemon):




aqua_love:

AubryC:




BabyC1:




Barbara M:




Becki:




bluedaisyus:




Calinsbride / domesticphotographic:

Christina:




Courtney:




Datagirl:




DiAnne82:




eboix518:




Emilee(802forever):




Erinkate23:




IndigoBleu:




j370:




janine:

Jenny/jenhum:

KarlaRN:




Kendra:




kristinP36:




Laceysmom:




Laura(livy91609):




Laura G:



 lindseystenlund:



Lisa:

littlemaybaby:




LorraineMurphy:




Lovingmylife:




Luckystar2:




Miniko:




ncottelit:




PixPlus:




Sara:




Stephanie:




Tara:




Teresa:

The Boss Lady:




The Paper Mama:




tilden2:




tlord223:




Tripps:


Voting thread will be posted separately for ease of comparison.

Don't forget to look forward to next week, when your POTW theme is RED.

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