Contest Categories
Below apply to all Categories
With the exception of the Digital Art Category; Excessive Digital Manipulation, Selective Desaturation, Digitally added Frames (a 2px maximum border on edge of photo is allowed) and/or Text not allowed. Selective Blurring of items such as names and identifying marks for security and privacy purposes is allowed.
NOTE: No Watermarks or Signatures are permitted on ANY POTD submissions!
Though there is a separate category for B&W photography, members may enter a B&W or IR photo in any category as long as the content fits the subject guideline for that category.
You may submit photographic multi-framed entries, such as diptychs, triptychs, etc. to any category to which the subject matter applies. These entries must still comply with the Panorama upload sizing guidelines (see upload page for those details). Each photographic component contained must also meet the 2 pixels frame maximum as already outlined above. The entire non-photo background of the entry must be white, black or any shade of gray. The background may not contain any graphic element(s) except for optional non-stylized text below each framed component titling purposes only. All other rules will still apply for the contained components and if any or all of them do not comply with the category guidelines, the entire entry will be disqualified.
HDR processing, RAW processing, and global processes on the entire photo; do not constitute it being a Digital Art entry. The image must appear natural, otherwise it may be considered DA.
Entries must still appear natural otherwise they may be considered DA.
Photo of the Day selections are final with the exception of, but not limited to, copyright infringements and duplicate wins at the sole discretion of Digital Image Cafe. See Terms of Use for overall Member Content Restrictions.
Please remember that the entire judging process is done manually by real human beings, mistakes will be made from time to time. Digital Image Cafe will not respond to any inquiries or challenges in regard to winning images. All winning images are final with the exception of copyright infringement and/or content that violates our Terms of Use at our sole discretion.
Still Life/Other
Still Life is the type of work in which an arrangement of diverse inanimate objects, including items of food, plants and artifacts is depicted. This arrangement is often apparently random and is usually within a domestic setting. A “Still Life” is an arrangement of anything that does not move or is dead. Anything still living is not a “Still Life”.
Other Photography is an entry that does not appear to fit in any other category.
Scenic
Scenic Photography is Landscapes, Cityscapes, Seascapes and Skies. Broad or wide-angle views in which the main subject is the environment. Architecture is best suited, but not limited to this category.
People
People Photography contains people or a person. Can be Portraiture, Journalism or Candid, as long as there is a person or persons presented.
Digital Art
Digital Art, contemporary art in which computer technology is used in a wide variety of ways to make distinctive works. All components of the entry must be the entrants own photography and/or artwork. No base photography is required for Digital Art. Public Domain imagery is NOT allowed.
For entries in the Digital Art (DA) category, the image MUST be your own creation but may also contain elements of which you own the rights. However, these elements should not comprise the entire image. Elements that are considered Public Domain are not allowed in whole or part in any category. For filters and elements that are supplied with software, consult that software manufacturers End User License Agreement (EULA).
Macro/Abstract
Macro photography refers to close-up photography. Entries should be 1:1 or larger but not required. General Close-up photography will suit this category. Subject matter is not limited to anything in particular. You need not specifically use your Macro feature.
Abstract photography is having only basic or essential form with little or no pictorial representation or narrative content. Generally, if it is immediately recognizable as an object - it is not always considered an abstract.
Abstract in this category refers to the abstract quality of the photograph composition, not the abstract quality of the subject matter.
Black & White
Black & White Photography depicts any subject matter in a grayscale, sepia or monotone manner.
Animal
Animal Photography depicts Animals and Insects.
Theme
Rules and guidelines will be outlined within a week of the 1st of every month.
Panos
Panos can be submitted in any category, provided they fit the category content. |