Welcome to Travel Photo Roulette 30: Silhouettes
The last round of Travel Photo Roulette was hosted by Hart at Scene With A Hart with the theme of “Framing”. An excellent theme, and we are honoured to win that round. Thank you so much, Hart! This round 30 coincides with the first anniversary of this travel photo roulette series. Jeremy at Living the Dream started this game back in November 4th, 2010. Thanks for this fun game, Jeremy!
This Week’s Theme: Silhouettes
This week’s theme is silhouettes. If you’ve been at the beach around sunset or sunrise with your camera, good chance you have some silhouette shots. But of course it’s not limited to that. Silhouettes of city skylines, people, animals, tree branches against the blue sky, sunsets in the desert, silhouettes of activities or sports, anything! Silhouettes that are beautiful, or funny, or tell stories, or evoke emotions, or that are unusual to be seen in silhouette, we would love to see the variation! Here’s an example. A silhouette of an old dog that was resting after swimming in the beach. He was sitting on the top of the rock pile, looking at a distance. His hair was still wet by the salty water, and you can see the funny hair shape hanging from its chin. What was he looking at? The sunset? The water? The kids he was just playing with? Or he was in a dreamy state?
Contest Rules
The rules are simple. The hosting blogger is the chosen winner of the previous week’s (7 days) game. The new host chooses a generic keyword or phrase that other travelers submit photos to during the course of the week. Phrases can be as generic as ‘signs’ all the way to abstract thoughts like ‘religion’ and everything in between. At the end of the week, the hosting blogger chooses their favorite photo that fits the chosen phrase and moves it to the top of the post as the winning entry with direction to the new host’s site for the next round. Readers can attempt to sway the author into picking a certain photo via comments, but the author can ignore comments as they see fit. The game is repeated with the winner hosting the following week’s game and choosing a phrase for new photo submissions.
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Extra Criteria to Keep in Mind When Submitting a Photo:
- One submission per Blog (so sites that have 2+ authors only get one entry).
- In this round, light photoshopping is permitted. I want all submissions to look natural.
- Abstract submissions welcomed as long as it fits within the interpretation of the chosen phrase. Remember, the hosting blogger chooses the winner, so if they cannot understand the submission, you might not win!
- If you win, keep these in mind when choosing a new theme:
- Keep phrases general so that all bloggers can participate. Specific items like ‘Eiffel Tower’ should be avoided but rather made open-ended like ‘monuments.’ For variety, it is ok to say focused things such as ‘monuments at night’ in which most of us have pictures of.
- Abstract thoughts are appreciated, but keep it within the realm that all readers will understand. No ‘Kafka-esque’, but ‘Overlooking Creation’ is able to be interpreted by all.
- *NEW* After 1 year, phrases can be reused, however new photos must be submitted.
- No obscene pictures or phrases allowed. Suggestive phrases and photography can be accepted, but please keep it within reason.
- Keep the ideas and photos fresh!
- Pictures from your entire portfolio are fair to submit. You do not have to take the photo within the week of the contest period to submit it.
- Most importantly, ALL PHOTOS MUST BE YOUR OWN.
- One last rule, since this is a competition for bloggers, we need you to be a blogger to be declared a winner. Sorry!
To Submit An Image
To enter in the Photo Roulette competition simply leave a comment below with a link to the image (whether Flickr, Picasa or your own site) and I’ll upload it to this post. Don-t forget to provide a brief description or caption for the photo so the viewers can get a little background as to what’s happening. Check back here through the week to see all the entries as they come in – feel free to comment on them. The contest runs for 7 days from now, with the submission date being November 9-16, 2011 (Wednesday to Wednesday). I’ll announce the winner within the next few days after the deadline, and he or she will host round 31. A little note: Medium size pictures is preferred (around 600 px). Large pictures might slow down downloading time for everybody.
Past Photo Roulette Winners and Hosts
The following is a list of the previously played rounds of the game and the hosting blogger for each. This list also doubles as a winner’s table as each topic host won the preceding round! Click the host’s link to go directly to that entry to see some stunning photographs from the chosen term/phrase!
Dates: | Website: | Theme: | |
1. | Nov-10, 2010 | Living the Dream | Animals |
2. | Nov 17-2, 2010 | Skinny Backpacker | Road Signs |
3. | Nov 2-Dec 6, 2010 | Dream a Little Dream | Street Art |
4. | Dec 8-15, 2010 | Flashpacker HQ | Festival |
5. | Dec 17-24, 2010 | Over Yonderlust | Landmarks |
6. | Dec 26-Jan 2, 2011 | Don’t Ever Look Back | Beaches |
7. | Jan 5-12, 2011 | ThePlanetD | Portraits |
8. | Jan 15-22, 2011 | Travel with a Mate | Motion |
9. | Jan 26-Feb 3, 2011 | Johnny Vagabond | Water |
10. | Feb 8-15, 2011 | Ken Kaminesky | Urban |
11. | Feb 21-27, 2011 | Travels of Adam | Friday Night |
12. | Mar 7-13, 2011 | Itchy Feet Chronicles | The Journey |
13. | Mar 19-25, 2011 | Brendan’s Adventures | Changing Seasons |
14. | Apr 4-10, 2011 | Shutterfeet | Storytelling |
15. | Apr 13-21, 2011 | 10timesOne | Piousness |
16. | Apr 26-May 4, 2011 | Beached Eskimo | Learning |
17. | May 21-27, 2011 | Travel Junkies | Architecture |
18. | Jun 1-7, 2011 | Destination World | Transportation |
19. | Jun 8-15, 2011 | Living the Dream | Paradise |
20. | Jun 21-28, 2011 | Vagabond Quest | Clothes |
21. | Jul 4-11, 2011 | The Unframed World | Symmetry |
22. | Jul 16-25, 2011 | Beached Eskimo | Home |
23. | July 31 – Aug 7, 2011 | BackPackerBanter | Inspiration |
24. | Aug 14 – 21, 2011 | WanderingTrader | Darkness |
25. | Aug 28- Sep 4, 2011 | Finding the Universe | Tranquillity |
26. | Sep 12 – 19, 2011 | Fearful Adventurer | Food |
27. | Sep 23 – 30, 2011 | Adventures of a GoodMan | City |
28. | Oct 06 – 13, 2011 | Globe-Trekking.com | Reflections |
29. | Oct 17 – 24, 2011 | Scene With A Hart | Framing |
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And…. Here are the submissions! Send us yours before Nov the 17th!
#1 Christy from Ordinary Traveler
#2 Veronica from Gypsy Nester
#3 Dustin Main the Skinny Backpacker
#4 Amy and Kieron from Don’t Ever Look Back
#5 Nico from Ten Times One
#6 Stephen from Bohemian Traveler
#7 Sebastian from Off The Path
#8 Jaime from Breakaway Backpacker
#9 Jeremy from Living the Dream
#10 Juno from Runaway Juno
#11 Lilliane from Wanderlass
#12 Lisa from Chickybus
#13 Michael Hodson from Go See Write
#14 Claire from Two 4 Travel
#15 Heather from 2Summers
#16 Rebecca from Travels at 88mph
#17 Dani and Jess from Globetrotter Girls
#18 Pete and Dalene from Hecktic Travels
#19 Ashley from No Onions Extra Pickles
#20 Andrew from Grounded Traveler
#21 Rachel from Miss Travel Girl
#22 Gerard from GQ Trippin
#23 Natasha from Wandering Kiwi
#24 Manyu from ShutterFeet
#25 Christina from My View from the Middle Seat
#26 Tintin of the Adventures of Tin
#27 Deidra from Dream a Little Dream
#28 Nisha from Le Monde
#29 Claire from Beached Eskimo
#30 Cole from Four Jandals
Thank you all, for the awesome silhouette photos!
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