| Copyright | You authorise Gosnap to use your photo(s) submitted to the competitions for any publicity or promotional purposes of Gosnap and it's services |
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| Eligibility | Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to enter Gosnaps competitions. |
| Finish | 28 February 2009 |
| Entry fee | Free |
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This months photography competition is on the theme of ‘CANDID‘. Candid photogrpahy is sincere not posed photos capturing true emotions of people. Over recent years this has become a very popular portrait style as it paints a true picture of the subject.
The subject can be processed as you wish, it can be digitally manipulated, black & white, mono tone, full colour and even arty.
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- Submitted images must be no larger than 1000 pixels width & 720 pixels in height and a maximum of 500kb
- In order to maintain your anonymity you must ensure that your entry does not contain any reference to yourself, such as but not limited to a watermark with your name in it. You must also ensure that your entry, or a similar image that could potentially identify it as yours, has not been or, is not currently used or posted anywhere else until completion of the competition
- You may only enter one photo into each competition. Additional entries will result in all entries being removed.
Official web page: www.gosnap.co.uk/photography-competitions/monthly-competitions/february-competition-candid.html
Submit your photos: www.gosnap.co.uk/photographycompetitions/uploadphoto.php
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