OZHonda Photocomp 2008!

Well it's finally back! The OZHonda Photo-Comp!

Here are the rules and submission requirements that you MUST follow in order to be eligible to win.

Photocomp Rules/Conditions
1. Photo must be taken by you as a member of Ozhonda.com
1a. The photo subject must be of a Honda manufactured vehicle or part.
1b. If the car(s)/part(s) you have taken the picture of do not belong to you, please gain permission from the owner of the car before submission. By submitting, you confirm that the proper permission has been received by the vehicle owner.
2. Submissions are to be via email to photo-comp AT ozhonda.com (see below for the "Submission Requirements")
2a. Submission email must be time-stamped no later than the closing date for submissions.
3. Members on the panel of judges selecting the final images to be voted on will not be eligible to enter.
4. Submissions will close at Midnight Monday 14 April 2008.
5. Voting duration shall be 1 week from the date of announcement of the the finalists (please reffer back to this thread for information on the voting date).
6. All entries can or will be used by Ozhonda for promotional/design purposes.
7. The Photocomp judges will select the best 5 images from all those submitted and voting will commence on these 5 images.
8. Only post processing allowed is resizing, sharpening, levels and/or brightness/contrast adjustments. If Ozhonda suspects a heavy digital component, we reserve the right to refuse entry.
9. Ozhonda takes no responsibility for pictures that are published of cars where the owner has not been notified/permission received. It is the responsibilty of the person submiting the image(s) to get prior permission.
10. Limit of 2 pictures per user. (Ie only the first 2 images will be accepted.)
11. The competition is open to people residing in Australia only as prizes cannot and will not be shipped overseas.

Submission requirements
Failure to follow these requirements will prevent entry into the competition
1. Email entries to photo-comp AT ozhonda.com
2. Subject must contain your username and the entry number ONLY.
For example: 'wynode 1'
3. Images must be re-sized to 1280x1024.
4. Only 1 JPEG formatted image per email
5. Submissions received after the closing date will not be accepted.


Prizes

1st Prize - A Set Of four (4) Brand New 215/45/15 TOYO T1S Tyres thanks to Taleb Tyres
2nd Prize - Mu Secret GT HID kit thanks to Mu Secret
3rd Prize - $150 JDM Hut voucher thanks to JDM Hut

Prizes are provided purely as a donation by the Photo Comp sponsors. Ozhonda reserves the right to vary the prizes depending on availability.

Winner notification
1. Winners will be notified via their registered Ozhonda email address.
2. The winning photographs will be published on the main News page of the site.

GET SNAPPING PEOPLE!

Awesome, time to grab the camera.

so wheres the email address i gotta send it to ?

It says it twice in the post.

photo-comp AT ozhonda.com

the email is there, its not linked for spam reasons.
just type it in when you email :)

get at it peoples!

go u pro photographers =D ahaah

i will snap something n send away lol

Might sound stupid, but just to clarify
1a. The photo subject must be of a Honda manufactured vehicle or part.
So if i take a picture of a Honda vehicle and has aftermarket rims, will that be allowed since the rims are not a honda part?

I think it would depend on whether you made the car the subject, or the wheels the subject.

there are no rules regarding full frontal nudity?

bring it on!

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Originally Posted by kn1ghtm4r3

go u pro photographers =D ahaah

i will snap something n send away lol

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make sure you get your racing doona cover in it too knightmarezzzzzz

Shimian

as ~Sp33~ said.

if the wheels are on the car and the car is the subject of the shot etc then its fine, same goes for any other modifications, but if the aftermarket part is the subject of the photo then it isnt considered.

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Originally Posted by panda[cRx]

there are no rules regarding full frontal nudity?

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Hope not, I've already submitted mine! lol.

Okay..so what is the main purpose/aim/objective of the competition?
And what do you win?

you can win wheels or tyres!!!

prizes should be finalised by the end of the week and updated next week

we might extend the comp a couple weeks also to give people more time to get their photos.

the purpose/objective? to get members creative juices flowing to take an interesting and original photograph, to show off their pride and joy and to win some great prizes from ozhonda's many sponsors. :)

deciding wether i should go get my lens back for this..

Awaits announcement of prizes!

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Originally Posted by 95civic

you can win wheels or tyres!!!

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To be confirmed by this weekend. But most probably!

See here to indicate any preference: http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=86110

Does the winner get to choose? Or is it chosen by the majority?

What if it is the tyres and the winner doesnt want or need tyres?

hrms i don't know any good location to take good shots of my car =[

i wouldn't mind joining this comp seeing there's nothing better to do on the weekends =]

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Originally Posted by Lukey

Does the winner get to choose? Or is it chosen by the majority?

What if it is the tyres and the winner doesnt want or need tyres?

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If you want to have an influence in whether you want tyres / wheels then vote in this thread.

Once the prize is announced that is it. If you win (and don't want the prize) it's up to you to do whatever you want with it. Prizes are subject to availability and may change during the competition.

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Originally Posted by wynode

If you want to have an influence in whether you want tyres / wheels then vote in this thread.

Once the prize is announced that is it. If you win (and don't want the prize) it's up to you to do whatever you want with it. Prizes are subject to availability and may change during the competition.

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I've already voted in that thread. I was just thinking, that if I did win the comp, highly unlikely though, I'd be in more need of the wheels and not the tyres.

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Originally Posted by Lukey

I've already voted in that thread. I was just thinking, that if I did win the comp, highly unlikely though, I'd be in more need of the wheels and not the tyres.

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Whats all the commotion about haha,

whoever ends up winning, if you dont want the prize, dont worry we can alyays work something out!

Goodluck!!!

Cash Refund lol

=(
15/16 inch wheels/tyres

generous prize from TT though.

this might be a stupid question but what are the rules for including photoshopping?

8. Only post processing allowed is resizing, sharpening, levels and/or brightness/contrast adjustments. If Ozhonda suspects a heavy digital component, we reserve the right to refuse entry.

it's in the rules son...

what happens if its a portrait style photo? whats the required size for it?

1280x1024= landscape
1024x1280= portrait

we will extend the photocomp by a few weeks as it hasnt been enough time for a lot of people to get photos, will update this week.

Update.

Extended the closing date till Midnight April 14 2008 and also announced the prizes in the first post.

Enjoy :)

EDIT: Apologies to the users who received the email regarding this 3 or so times. Had some problems with the mail script timing out!

i reakon 2nd prize should be the 1st prize !

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Originally Posted by mr crex

8. Only post processing allowed is resizing, sharpening, levels and/or brightness/contrast adjustments. If Ozhonda suspects a heavy digital component, we reserve the right to refuse entry.

it's in the rules son...

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So pretty much anything you can do in Adobe Lightroom (not PHOTOSHOP!) is legal!?

what about black and white with colour car etc...? to much?

How you will send me the prize to Peru??? jejejeje, what ever ill send the pics of mi powerful accord SIR

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Originally Posted by Mitchman

what about black and white with colour car etc...? to much?

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Most digital cameras and SLRs have the facility to process photos normally or adjust it to be black and white. Hence the reason why I said Lightroom (lots of photographers use this program to do resizing, sharpening, levels and/or brightness/contrast adjustments) is allowed to do the image adjustments because you cannot heavily photoshop a picture. For example, you cannot remove backgrounds etc on Lightroom where as photoshop you can.

a good example of lightroom editing is this (using a Top Gear style filter setting i have)
http://in2events.com/galleries/20071...bourne_138.jpg

compare this to the original photo (slight lightroom editing)
http://in2events.com/galleries/20071...bourne_136.jpg

jdm kid - the prizes go by value, the tyres are worth a bit more then the HID kit.

albie - within reason yeah, not over the top though.

mitchman - we're focused on looking at the skill and technique involved when taking the photograph, not the skill or technique when post-processing, which is why we limit the amount of post-processing acceptible... so in other words, yeah too much man.

albie - that would be considered over the top hehe

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Originally Posted by jorgeaz2

How you will send me the prize to Peru??? jejejeje, what ever ill send the pics of mi powerful accord SIR

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11. The competition is open to people residing in Australia only as prizes cannot and will not be shipped overseas.

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motorcycles included in this competition or no?

1a. The photo subject must be of a Honda manufactured vehicle or part.
aslong as the motorbike is a Honda, yes

great!

gonna get pwned by the pros!

honda lawn mower ftw lol...

might get pwned by the pros but wat the hell bit of fun anyway. submitted 1 of mine already 2nd is time for thinking

I'm struggling with good locations..

most of the pro's on here are judges, and judges cant enter ;)

and remember 1280x1024 resolution ... anything smaller will not be accepted.

I have two questions re: Photoshopping..

1. Is the digital removal of plates considered acceptable?
2. Is colour change, ie - black and white photo with selective colour detail going too far?


Cheers.

plate removal is acceptable, colour selecting isnt...

we've had a few 1280x960 images, I understand that a lot of cameras produce in this ratio instead of 1280x1024... we've decided that 1280x960 will be acceptable aswell as 1280x1024

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Originally Posted by mr crex

plate removal is acceptable, colour selecting isnt...

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Cheers for the quick reply. Two entries coming up :p

Good stuff....let's get more entries in......spread the word!

Entered :)

Email Sent

Email sent away, what a good idea, awesome prizes out there, can't wait to see the other photos entered

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Originally Posted by mr crex

plate removal is acceptable, colour selecting isnt...

we've had a few 1280x960 images, I understand that a lot of cameras produce in this ratio instead of 1280x1024... we've decided that 1280x960 will be acceptable aswell as 1280x1024

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I can't seem to get my originals to down-size to 1280x1024 or 1280x960. I can only get it to reach 1280x853. Would that be okay?

that'll be fine, we've had a couple of entries that size which we've allowed

not long to go people! get your entries in while you car!

email sent!

Eeep, closes tomorrow will have to get some photos tomorrow.

Get em in before midnight today!

will only the 3 winning photos be put up on ozhonda?

i would like to see all of the good ones

the good ones will most likely be used for monthly wallpapers.

public voting for the winner will commence once the private voting from the judges is finished.

sent mine in!.. :)

I'm sending mine now, if the images dont work or attach for some reason, please let me know.

is it okay, if you're able to replace a photo that you already submitted in?

yes Chris I have replaced your submission

cheers !

So who Won the comp? can we see the final pics?

some sweet prizes
lolz

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Originally Posted by obsessionz

So who Won the comp? can we see the final pics?

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hold ya horses mate... the entry deadline was midnight... we havent started judging yet

FYI everyone......judges will start voting soon so please be patient!

I think in one of my entries for the subject i wrote vyet, insted of vyets
that should be fine yea? the filename is still vyets but

both of your entries are there.

still judging ? ...

obviously if we havent posted up the final 5 for public voting...

LOL relax, they`ll come no worries
im capped anyway so no worries here hahaha.

Hey all,

Apologies for the delay (my fault, been away the last week) but the final 5 have been selected and voting is now open in the folowing thread in the site discussion forum:

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89241

Post any comments in that thread.