All About Astro Photography Contest...

Jul 1, 2003

I’m proud to announce the “First All About Astro Photography Contest.” I am prepared to give away a prize (a used, but in good condition, 4mm Vixen Lanthanium eyepiece) to the first place winner in this very first Photography Contest.

Entries will be submitted to me via email (jay52@excite.com) beginning on July 5th until the entry cut-off date at noon on July 20th. All entries will be placed on my “Astro Showcase” Gallery page as they are received. And yes, the photo must be taken BY YOU!

Entries must be no larger than 200kb in size when emailed, in JPEG format. Be sure to write “Photography Contest” in the heading, otherwise I might think it’s spam and toss it out. Any processing done to the images must be done beforehand, though I will resize them as necessary for proper placement in the gallery.

You must include the following information with the picture:

• Full name of entrant
• Camera/Scope/Lens combination
• Film type (if applicable)
• F-stop setting, exposure length, and # of exposures, if necessary
• Date and time
• Any processing steps done to the image
• Image description

Once all entries are received I will post a web poll on the gallery page.  The best image will be voted on by you, the All About Astro.com reader.  Results will be tabulated at noon on July 25th and the winner will be announced the following day.

All About Astro.com employees and family are eligible to play, but may not receive a prize!

Only ONE entry per participant!

Images remain the sole ownership of the participant. In the event of a tie, All About Astro.com will cast the deciding vote.

Oh, and the subject matter of the contest would be…

FIREWORKS!!!

Participants will use their astrophotography skills on another aspect of the night sky…when man-made boomers light it up!  What better time with the Fourth of July just around the corner? Photographs must be taken from this year’s events only.

Those living near a big American city obviously have an advantage. Those in other countries, sorry, but perhaps you can fly to the U.S. for the big event. The most interesting composition will undoubtedly take the prize.

In the event no entries are received, ALL ABOUT ASTRO.COM will keep the eyepiece for future contests!

HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK!

P.S. No, I didn’t take that picture!