Photo Challenge

Circle

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).
2. no modelling please..

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image
6. HDR

Rain

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image
6. HDR

Democracy

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).
2. no modelling please..

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1.   Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image

Kitchenware

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. High Dynamic Range (HDR) processing
6. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image

Fireworks

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).
2. no modelling please..

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image

Beauty Me III

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image
6. HDR

Play With Fire

Indonesia Heritage

Beauty Me II

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image
6. HDR

Where In The World

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).
2. no modelling please..

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image
6. HDR

Glass

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image

Bokeh

This photo challenge is submitted by Indra Budi

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).
2. no modelling..

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image

Beauty Me

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image
6. HDR

Airport

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).
2. no modelling please..

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image
6. HDR

Low Light

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image
6. HDR

Chain Of Moments

Basic Rules:

1. don't use framing or space between shots!
2. post-process allowed to merge multi shot from digital camera

Product

Hint:

1. use creative lighting effect
2. shot in hi/low-key
3. combine with water splash/drops, fire, hi-speed to make your shot diffrent

Portraiture

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping

Iconic Place

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).
2. no modelling please..

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image
6. HDR

Reborn

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).
2. no modelling please..

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image
6. HDR

1. Winners will be selected by profesional photographer and printed on

1. 1st Winner selected by ayofoto.com member's annonymous voting
2. 2nd Winner selected by TheLightMagazine
3. 3rd Winner selected by ayofoto.com member's annonymous voting
4. 1st Runner-up selected by ayofoto.com member's annonymous voting
5. 2nd Runner-up selected by ayofoto.com member's annonymous voting
6. 3rd Runner-up selected by ayofoto.com member's annonymous voting

Balance

Empty

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).
2. no modelling please..

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image
6. HDR

1. Winners will be selected by profesional photographer and printed on

1. 1st Winner selected by TheLightMagazine
2. 2nd Winner selected by TheLightMagazine
3. 3rd Winner selected by ayofoto.com member's annonymous voting
4. 1st Runner-up selected by ayofoto.com member's annonymous voting
5. 2nd Runner-up selected by ayofoto.com member's annonymous voting
6. 3rd Runner-up selected by ayofoto.com member's annonymous voting

Speed Of Light

Basic Rules:

1. using High Speed Photography technique
2. no modelling (human posing)

Fairy Tales

Basic Rules:

1. using advanced post-process to create your fairy, except if you're able to capture it :)

Element Of Water

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image

Religious Moment

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions.
2. no modelling please..

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image

Boat

Basic rules:

1. natural photography means photo with natural view as possible.. digital manipulation is allowed with some conditions (see below).
2. no modelling please..

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image
6. HDR

JAZZY Tunes

Shadow

Basic Rules:

1. we mean shadow NOT silhouette!
2. no post-process to create artificial shadow :)

Bridge

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image

Sport

To celebrate the Indonesian PON XVII and the upcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, we think the sport photography should have more popularity until the end of this year. This photo challenge is all about sport photography

Sponshorship: available

General rules:

1. natural color, natural presentation
2. no digital manipulation
3. it's all about moment

Foodism

Dedicated to all food photography lover..
Bon Appétit!

General rules:

1. natural photography
2. no digital manipulation, digital correction is allowed (level, contrast, crop, etc)

New Life

this theme dedicated to AYOFOTO! new life in 2008.. relaunch to be better to server all of you photography lovers from around the world

Prizes:
There're 3 VISICO Multi Coated UV 67 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd winner.

Basic Rules:

1. natural photography

Traditional Dance

Digital manipulation of image is limited to the following:

1. Tonal and colour corrections
2. Moderate sharpening and saturation
3. Removal of dust specks and digital noise
4. Image cropping
5. Panoramic image stitching from more than one original image

Million Of Colors

Basic Rules:

1. create High Dynamic Range (HDR) image from several shots using exposure bracketing
2. any object allowed

Long Exposure

Prizes:
There're 3 VISICO Multi Coated ND4 77 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd winner.

Lines & Curves

Perspective

Prizes:
There're 3 VISICO Multi Coated CPL 67 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd winner.

Alone..

Monochromatic

try to shrink the world view from million of color to just one or two color.. you will see a new world arise..
if each of million color represent a new world than we will saw million of new worlds..

Black & White Portrait

Basic Rules:

1. post-process is allowed to convert to B/W
2. black and white only
3. NO MODELING!

Mirror Effect

Basic Rules:

1. capture object reflection without using mirror
2. no modeling allowed!
3. not using post process to generate artificial reflection effect

Amazing Pet

Basic Rules:

1. we mean pet, not wildlife (except if you really have a lion in your backyard :))
2. natural photographic (digital color correction and B/W convertion is allowed)
3. be unique, if everybody else shot in front angle than why you do the samething?

Zero Gravity