Photocompete

• Copyright: Photographer retains full copyright of material. Profotio reserves the right to use certain selected images for the promotion of contests and Profotio website.
• Entry fee: US$20
• Entry deadline: 31st January 2011
• Who can enter: Open to all who are 18 years old and above, worldwide.

Sunsets are most often golden as are the autumn leaves. Gold can be a regal color seen in palaces or a very subtle color seen in children’s hair. Gold can represent wealth as in the color of coins themselves. Profotio is looking for not just the brilliance of the color but also for images that project the "feeling" of gold. Please submit up to four of your best representations of this most brilliant hue. Only color images should be submitted.

Prizes:

• First Place prize: $400 cash
• Second Place prize: $200 cash
• Third Place prize: $100 cash
• All three places and 3 Honorable Mentions:
  • Featuring on the Profotio.com homepage slideshow
  • "Featured Photographer" Listing

You may submit up to 4 color photos. Only JPG files will be accepted. No watermarks, captions and/or borders please. The size of the images should be 800 pixels as the largest dimension (width or height.) All layers should be flattened and have a jpg compression quality of 7 or 8. Images should be saved with a resolution of 72ppi. Images will be viewed as sRGB profiles.

Judging criteria:
25% credit to adherence to theme of contest
25% credit to originality of thought
25% to artistic interpretation
25% to photographic skills.

Official website: profotio.com/contest.php