Photo Challenge Chat

Abandoned

Challenge Description
This challenge is looking for anything that has been Abandoned, subjects could include a boarded up house or factory, a cooker left in a roadside layby, a sweet wrapper left in the street or anything that has just been abandoned.


Challenge Dates
Open for entries on: 25/06/2009
Judging start on: 6th July 2009
Judging and challenge ends: 09/07/2009 (Midnight)

General Rules

• 1. All images submitted must be your own work
• 2. Manipulation of an image is perfectly acceptable as is compositing.
• 3. By entering this challenge, you agree to a limited release to PhotoTopix to use your image in any media they see fit, for the sole purposes of promoting the site. If your image is chosen for site promotion, PhotoTopix will contact you to make you aware of the intentions and to obtain final agreement for your image to be used. As the photographer, you retain any copyright to your image.
• 4. Entrants under 16 must obtain written permission from a parent or guardian before entering.
• 5. It is the entrant`s responsibility to ensure that all the necessary permissions are obtained from people featured in a photograph where necessary
• 6. Entrants will be deemed to have understood the above rules and accepted them and agree to be bound to them when entering the challenge.
• 7. Phototopix reserves the right to cancel this challenge at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, and if circumstances arise outside its control.
• 8. If a winning entrant is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made to do so when a prize is available, Phototopix reserves the right to either offer the prize to the next best entry, or to re-offer the prize in any future challenge on phototopix.co.uk.

Challenge Details Page:
http://www.phototopix.co.uk/ptcomp_d...php?compid=123

You are extremely welcome to discuss this challenge here either before, during or after the challenge has finished.

is there a timescale on when the photo had/has to be taken?

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No, so you can use images from your library .

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Looks like you all liked this subject, with a good turnout and still a few days to go .

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If I knew this was going to be the challenge, I would have posted a photo of my shop on this Saturday afternoon...LOL

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Regards....Phil

If it moves shoot it. If it doesn't move, still shoot it.

Darn it ..wish I had spent some time reading this .. I thought that the things abandoned had to be in a certain time frame .. lol .. and thought I had time to do it today ... well .. missed it by a few hours ... .. Will have to be more observant and not skip read .. lol .. ... I will make sure I don't miss the next challenge .. Had a look through the Abandoned Challenge photos, it's going to be difficult to choose .. excellent images ..
Cheers
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A great selection of images here, makes for hard judging, but made my choices.

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Congrats, Dave, Marie and Mary .... all the images entered are wonderful .. very difficult choices to make.
Cheers
Else

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well done Dave, Mary, Ravenhunter and our own Rocking Magpie! some good entries there.

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it's been a hard slog; but getting a 'third' in such a magnificent competition this month is very gratifying. (that's a happy smiley btw!)
There were some excellent entries way down the feild - hard luck guys.

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