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By Sweetwater Camera Club
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2007 Monthly Competition Topics
January, 2007 - February, 2008
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Month |
Topic |
Description |
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January |
Macro Photo |
Images of things not normally visible with the naked eye. |
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February |
Children |
Portraits and activities of Children |
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March |
Elderly People |
Get a picture of the people who have history written on their faces, outlined on their hands, with the weight of the world on their backs. Your picture should tell a story with a lot of depth and drama. |
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April |
Transportation |
Any means of transportation; plane, train, boat, ship, car, scooter, skate board, etc. It must represent a means of traveling from one place to another whether currently usable or retired (antique). |
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May |
Cultural Icon |
Remember the Alamo! Or the Big Chicken, Varsity, Fox Theater, Empire State Building, Seattle Needle, St. Louis Arch, "an important and enduring symbol." |
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June |
Self Portrait |
This is NOT a picture of yourself! This is a picture of something that represents who you are. It must be of an inanimate object or objects: no children, grandchildren or pets. Who are you? Show us in a picture. |
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July |
Abstract |
Use your imagination. Take a picture and let everyone guess what it really is. |
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August |
Birds |
All birds are eligible, from giant leg waders and birds of prey to chubby little baby ducks and the smallest hummingbirds |
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September |
Macro |
Something VERY small in which the details are lost to the naked eye. Take a picture of those details! Itsy bitsy, teeny weenie. |
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October |
Color |
The topic or topics must be of bright color(s) and dominate the picture without question. |
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November |
Holidays |
Any celebrated holiday within the past 12 months from last Thanksgiving to this Halloween |
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December |
Favorite Photo |
Must have been taken within the current year and is limited to one entry per person per category (slide, color print, monochrome print) |
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January |
Photoshop Fun |
Altered Images must begin with an original photograph. Sorry, but that's the rules. Let's have fun. |
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February |
Forces of Nature |
This is anything that reflects nature's incredible force in action: blowing winds, torrential rains, flood waters, lightening, a raging river, a forest fire. This one is going to be hard, so I'm giving you a year to capture Mother Nature at her best or worst. |
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