Photo Contest - January Photo of the Month "Open"

[bearpaw]

PHOTO OF THE MONTH CONTEST - JANUARY 2012
Sponsored by Hunting-Washington and Bearpaw Outfitters.


This month's theme:
"Open"
Any photo that meets the contest rules!


CONTEST RULES!  (major changes highlighted in red)
  -First 50 Entries Any photo can be disqualified if moderators determine it does not match the monthly theme or violates contest rules.
  -Photo Size 800x600 Pixels or LESS  Most violated rule, you must resize or talk someone into helping. (resizing info below)
  -Entries Submitted As-Is  The judges will not enhance or alter images for you, you are responsible for the photo you submit.
  -Current Photos Only  Photo must have been taken within the last calendar year.
  -Who Can Enter  Photo must have been taken by the person submitting it or that person must be in the photo.
  -ONE Entry Per Contestant  MAKE IT COUNT.  Your first entry will be your only eligible photo.
  -Entry Deadline is midnite of the last day of the month in order to qualify for that month's contest.
  -Washington Preference  Photos of Washington material will receive preference in judging. 
  -Previously Entered Photos are not eligible for this months contest.
  -Waiting Period  The winner of the previous months contest is not eligible for the next months contest.
  -Judging  Photos will be evaluated by member poll or by moderators.  If there is a tie, the moderators will decide on one (1) final winner.
  -Winning Photo will be posted on the FRONT PAGE and you'll recieve a cap or shirt from our sponsor "BEARPAW OUTFITTERS".
  -Collect Your Prize The Winner must send a message (pm) to "bearpaw" with your name, mailing address, and your choice of cap or shirt.
  -Photo Of The Year Contest All monthly winners will be entered in the "Photo Of The Year" CONTEST.




There are numerous ways to resize photos, if you have Windows XP or Windows 7 it only takes a minute:
1.   Copy the file of the photo you want to resize. (so you don't resize the original)
2.   Right click on your new photo file
3.   Mouse over "Open With"
4.   Click "Microsoft Office Picture Manager"
5.   From the menu at the top click "Edit Picture"
6.   From the menu on the right click "Resize"
7.   Find option marked "Percentage of original heigth and size" use the down arrow to reduce the photo size.
8.   Click "OK"
10. Click "File" on the top menu and choose "Save"


Possible monthly themes....may vary
January......photo of the year contest/open
February.....Winter Predator hunting
March.........open
April...........Shed antlers
May............Turkey Hunting & Fishing
June...........Little Critters & Water Wonders
July............open
August........Velvet bucks or bulls
September...Bowhunting/Archery
October.......open
November....Fall Success
December....Winter scenes (wildlife and scenery acceptable...anything winter)

[longknife]

My first Bubble King!

[Encore 280]

Here's another fish one. A happy girl in her place!

[denali]

my favorite photo last summer

[Skyvalhunter]

what level did you resize it to 800 X 600?

[Skyvalhunter]

Summer hike

[Bob33]

This is my ten year old son hunting pheasants with a good friend and his dog in December.

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[washingtonmuley]

My son's first duck hunt.

[JJB11B]

Right on guys great pics I need to get a disc of the pics I took this year to submit one

[grandpawrichard]

Here's my entry:



Dick

[RadSav]

NWT sheep camp

[hunting4sanity]

washingtonmuley, please tell me you got that thing mounted, those are the coolest looking duck.

[washingtonmuley]

Sanity,
It will be mounted for sure. I have been fortunate to harvest quite a few over the years from Alaska to washington and they are still one of my favorites.

[CoryTDF]

Here is one of my favorite pictures from this year.

[NWBREW]

Very nice Bob.