October Photo of the Month

[boneaddict]

Hunting/Washington.com
PHOTO OF THE MONTH CONTEST  October 2009
Please enter your favorite photo into our photo of the month contest.

TOPIC this month.   OPEN   ANything outdoors goes!  From scenery to chipmunks to grunting Bull moose.  Let it rip.  November is Field photo month, so you may want to save your best filed photos until then.  
-Photo size MUST be 800x600 pixels or LESS  Most violated rule
-Photos need to have been taken within the last calendar year.
-Photo must have been taken by the person submitting it, or of that person in the case of a field photo.
-2 entries per contestant are allowed per month. If more than 2 entries are submitted the first two elegible ones will be the ones accepted for the contest.
-Entries must be submitted by midnite of the 26th of the current month in order to qualify for that Months contest.
-Photos of Washington material will receive preference in judging as the winner will be posted on the front of a Washington site.  
-Previous Photo of the month entries will not be eligible for this months contest
-The winner of the previous months contest is not eligible for the next months contest.
-Entries will be accepted or rejected as is, meaning the judges will no longer enhance, or alter images. Resizing is legal if you can talk a moderator into doing it for you.
The photos will be evaluated by a panel of Judges made up of  all the moderators.  The winner (NO TIES) will be announced as soon as we come to a majority decision.  

The Winner will have their photo posted on the front page

  
    

New Ideas for the contest:
We are going to start having themes for some of our Photo of the month Contests.  These are not in concrete, but as outlined for now.  Get out there and get those PICS.
January....photo of the year contest/open
February....Winter Predator hunting
March....Hunting buddies
April.....Shed antlers
May.....Fishing (combo this year...Turkey/Fishing)
June......Trailcam pics
July....Landscapes, spring flowers summer hiking trips etc.(wildlife or scenery can be included)
August.......Velvet bucks or bulls
September ...bowhunting/Archery
October....open
November.... Field photos
December.... Winter scenes (wildlife and scenery acceptable...anything winter)

 

[xXx Archery]

pics

[NWBREW]

Just wondering....You have a month dedicated to bowhunting/archery....why not one for rifle/muzzy? Not bitching..just wondering?  (although I am a rifle hunter )

[shanevg]

I'm having a hard time choosing pictures.  Here are my two pictures for now (who knows, I might change one of them before the month is done):

I originally had a mountain goat picture from Glacier National Park, (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,34123.0.html) but considering this is a WA photo contest I figured I'd change it to a WA picture.  I haven't posted pics from this trip but this is from camp last weekend on my bear hunting/mountain goat scouting trip.  I wanted to scout out the mountain goats in the new Lake Ann unit in Mt. Baker.

[denali]

GMU 342   Grave ... "a white Woman's grave"  - site maintained by snowmobile club

[wamuleysniper4x4]

heres a pic i took on the north cascades highway canon40D 70-200mm F.4

[huntnphool]

A couple to look at.

[Austrian Hunter]

Oh well, I put one in.  I really like this pic and had great satisfaction taking it!  

[Austrian Hunter]

One more, not really a hunting pic, but I like it.  

[shanevg]

heres a pic i took on the north cascades highway canon40D 70-200mm F.4

Awesome picture wamuleysniper!

[wamuleysniper4x4]

thanks shane, it was a little nerve racking taking the pick because my glock was in the truck behind me 15 feet

[burrheadcountry]

Here's a photo I took while looking for mushrooms this weekend.

[Seaslave]

I haven't done alot of picture taking above the water, other than of my kids, but since the topic is open this month here are a couple of my fav's from this summer. First one is a shot of an Opalescent Nudibranch with a Kelp Greenling in the background. Taken at Gull Rock in the San Juans. The second is a Mossheaded Warbonnet taken at Salt Creek just West of Port Angeles.


-Mathue

[NWBREW]

Wow those are cool seaslave

[Ray]

This is a great month.