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!

Friday, September 24, 2010

Entry Thread: Miniature

Time to get down and dirty with the small things in life. This week's theme is Miniature!

Schedule reminder:
Wednesday September 29, 12:00pm (PST): submissions deadline (enter as a comment to this thread)
Wednesday September 29, 2:00pm (PST): all entries will be posted on/around 2pm. voting will commence
Thursday September 30, 11:59pm (PST): voting closed
Friday October 1: 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. Remember to post your SN as well, and ensure its a public permanent link of your photo (ends in .jpg, not set to private viewing only on flickr. must be clickable/downloadable I believe).

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.)

Viewer's Choice: Golden

Here are your results for GOLDEN!

3rd Place:
Jenhum

2nd Place:
SuperstarAUD

and 1st place bragging rights go to:

Kristinp36!

thanks to everyone who participated and/or voted, and congratulations to this week's top spot winners!

Next up: MINIATURE. Voting thread will be posted later today.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Voting Thread: Golden

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

1. Voting will be open from 2:15pm Wednesday September 22 - 11:59pm  Thursday September 23 (PST). (later voting to accommodate the delay in posting).
2. Please do not vote for your own photo (honour system here).
3. Yu may 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.(also honour system here)
5. The top 3 vote getters will receive bragging rights for the week.

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: Golden

1. AFWells:

2. Amberwaves:

3. Amy(lizlemon)

4. Aotm345:

5. Becki:

6. Care:

7. Christina:

8. Datagirl:

9. DiAnne82:

10. EBCanon110:

11. Hailey'sMom:

12. Janine:

13. Jen (justj)

14. Jenhum

15. Jules08

16. Kendra:

17. kristinp36:

18. Laura:

19. Leslie:

20. Litosmena:

21. littlemaybaby:

22. miniko:

23. Pin:

24. skinnursemandee:

25. superstaraud:

26. Tara:

27. Tilden2:

28. Tiffany:

fantastic job ladies. Love all the different interpretations this brought out! I feel sun kissed and ready for fall now.
voting post will be posted separately.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Entry Thread: Golden

Break out your halos and grills. Let's see what photo ops you have had that were "Golden".

Schedule reminder:
Wednesday September 22, 12:00pm (PST): submissions deadline (enter as a comment to this thread)
Wednesday September 22, 2:00pm (PST): all entries will be posted on/around 2pm. voting will commence
Thursday September 23, 11:59pm (PST): voting closed
Friday September 24: 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. Remember to post your SN as well, and ensure its a public permanent link of your photo (ends in .jpg, not set to private viewing only on flickr. must be clickable/downloadable I believe).

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.)

Viewer's Choice Results: Wish/Dream

Here are your choices for the theme of Wish/Dream:

3rd Place (tie)

Care

AND

Mommyhd

2nd Place:

Becki


and your 1st place choice is....

AFWells!

thanks to everyone who participated and congratulations to our top selections!

Next up: Golden. Entry thread will be posted shortly.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Voting Thread: Wish/Dream

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

1. Voting will be open from 2:45pm Wednesday September 15 - 11:59pm  Thursday September 16 (PST). (later voting to accommodate the delay in posting).
2. Please do not vote for your own photo (honour system here).
3. Yu may 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.(also honour system here)
5. The top 3 vote getters will receive bragging rights for the week.

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: Wish/Dream

Kudos to everyone who thought outside the box for this one! Love seeing where you went with this
Everyone is up for voting this week too, which is great :)

1. AFWells:

2. AmberWaves:

3. Asummersett:
"This is my son, Harvey. I wish for all of his dreams to come true"

4. Barbara M:


5. Becki:


6. Care:

7. Christina:

8. DiAnne82:

9. iheartgden:

10. Janine

11. Jen (JustJ):
"Dreaming of swimming with the big kids"

12. Laceysmom:

13. Laura:

14. littlemaybaby

15. LitosMena. 
"Looking at the Sky, wishing HE could draw on the clouds"

16. Luckystar2:

17. mommyhd
"Relay for Life luminaries. Wishing and Dreaming for a cure"

18. Momtotnc

19. mrs.magoo:

20. MrsMag2005:

21. N@photo:
"I always dreamed of going to Paris and we finally did it 2/2008!"

22. Tara:

23. Techsan:

24. tilden2:

25. tripps:
"I wish this was ice cream"

Great job everyone! voting thread will be posted separately for ease of viewing.

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