Post by Rachael Kellett on Jan 2, 2012 23:07:32 GMT
Hello, my name is Rachael and I am your contest organiser for the first Budgerigar contest of the month 2012!
Happy new year everyone!
Happy new year everyone!
This contest begins today and you can submit your entries to me, until no later than midnight on the 25th January. Then a voting poll or polls will be created so you, the members, can vote for their favorites.
You can send in your entries by private messaging me on here or by emailling them to rachaelkellett@hotmail.com
As the contest will be judged by all forum members by a voting poll everyone can enter, staff and admin included.
You can send in your entries by private messaging me on here or by emailling them to rachaelkellett@hotmail.com
As the contest will be judged by all forum members by a voting poll everyone can enter, staff and admin included.
Now for the RULES:
Only one entry is allowed per member so make your choice carefully as once you have submitted your entry it cannot be exchanged.
Photographs entered must be of budgerigars and be of good quality, which means no unfocused, blurry, or grainy shots. Other species of birds may be allowed in the photo as long as the budgerigar is the main focus.
Each month there will be a theme so any entry that the contest organiser does not feel matches the theme will not be accepted. If, for any reason, you disagree with the organisers decision then another member will be brought in to give a second opinion although I doubt that will ever be needed ;D
Your entry must not have any enhancements such as sparkly emoticons, exposure correcting, or text, although cropping within reason will be allowed.
Only one entry is allowed per member so make your choice carefully as once you have submitted your entry it cannot be exchanged.
Photographs entered must be of budgerigars and be of good quality, which means no unfocused, blurry, or grainy shots. Other species of birds may be allowed in the photo as long as the budgerigar is the main focus.
Each month there will be a theme so any entry that the contest organiser does not feel matches the theme will not be accepted. If, for any reason, you disagree with the organisers decision then another member will be brought in to give a second opinion although I doubt that will ever be needed ;D
Your entry must not have any enhancements such as sparkly emoticons, exposure correcting, or text, although cropping within reason will be allowed.
The winner of this months contest will get to choose the theme for Februarys' contest.
Novembers winner was Bobby and his owner Lorena ;D Here is the winning photograph.
So Lorena gets to choose the theme for January and she has chosen:
*drum roll please!*
"Budgies and their favourites!"
I love this theme because it covers a wide variety of things. All you need is to enter a photo of your budgie with, or doing their favourite thing. They can be sleeping in their favourite spot, playing with their favourite toys, even hanging upside down if that is their favourite thing to do. Or it could be your budgie and their favourite human, or budgie friend. It is yours to interpret how you want. All you need to do is when submitting your entry is to tell me what your budgie is doing. For example "Ozzie and his favourite swing" or "Lola and her favourite sleeping spot"
Now this month we are having the contest as a "just for fun contest" as we have no sponsor for January. However the winner this month will recieve a special budgerigar of the month badge that they can display proudly in their signature under all their posts. Their winning photo will also be on the Budgerigars forum facebook page here: www.facebook.com/#!/budgerigarsforum Plus it will be displayed on our new 2012 winners thread that will be created.