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: 27th May 2011
• Who can enter: Open to all who are 18 years old and above, worldwide.

Theme: The Silhouette (of any object)

By definition a silhouette is the shape of an object or person. Try to convey a general form, outline rather than details, leaving something to the imagination.

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 should be in 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