***SUBMISSIONS*** thread for July Photo Group Contest*****PORTALS*****

[Immad2]

Please submit all photos for the July Photo Contest Portals here. All comments should be posted on the SUBMISSIONS thread here

JULY PHOTO CONTEST *****PORTALS***** (A view through windows, doors, openings, etc.)

BASIC CONTEST/CHALLENGE RULES:

Only one entry per person. You need to post your entry in the submission thread started by the Host of a contest/challenge. Please be sure to include a "Title" for your photograph in the Subject line of your post. The submission thread is for photo entries only, no comments. The Host will usually start a separate thread just for comments.

Please try to keep your photograph entry no larger than 800 pixels in its longest dimension and under 200K in file size. If you need help posting a photograph or with image sizing just ask.

The winner of the contest agrees to host the next month's contest (or recruit someone else to host the contest), and pick the next month's theme. Typically the winners have not been able to enter a photograph in the next contest. Be sure to read the following before you enter a photograph.

CONTEST LICENSE:

An entrant to this contest, by submitting a photograph, is giving permission for that photograph to be copied to Demopedia and/or to a linked Gallery that will display the photographs entered for this contest for the purpose of publicizing future contests and/or commemorating current and past contests. The entrant retains all other rights to the photograph being submitted. Neither Demopedia and/or a linked Gallery may use any photograph submitted for any purpose other than to display the photograph being submitted by the entrant, and neither gains any real or implied ownership rights to the photograph.

An entrant can disclaim this Contest License and retain all rights to the photograph. If an entrant wishes to disclaim the Contest License they must include the following statement in the post containing their photograph; "I disclaim the Contest License, and reserve all rights to my photograph" Any photograph submitted by an entrant with this disclaimer statement will not be copied and displayed in Demopedia and/or any linked Gallery.

THE JULY PHOTO CONTEST*****PORTALS***** TIME-LINE WILL BE:

July 15th - A photo submissions thread will be opened and all photos should be posted there. The submissions thread will remain open until July 21st or until there are 30 entries, which ever comes first.

July 21st - Three preliminary polls with all submissions will be posted in the Lounge until July 24th where they will be voted on. The top ten(10) vote getters from these three polls will be posted in a final poll.

July 24th - A Final poll will be posted in the lounge and will remain until July 28th to determine the WINNER!

[Immad2]

1. French Quarter Archway - submitted for intheflow

- submitted for intheflow by Immad2

[bikebloke]

2. Dome of the Rock

[Gregorian]

3. Inside out.

[Samurai_Writer]

4. Looking out on Winter

[F.Gordon]

5. Church and State

For Bvar22 --- Taken 7/1/2006 : Canon 20D : Tamron 28-300mm f3.5-6.3 XR Di LD : Focal Length 28mm : ISO-200 : f/13 : 1/250 sec. : Exp Comp -2/3

I decided not to enter my cleaned up extreme version. First; because I’ll probably not have it finished before the contest cutoff and secondly; because I know that some here aren’t fond of the use of “extreme processing”. So, it is what it is. At least I got a pixie in the contest.
:hi:

[Blue_In_AK]

6. Little portals in the woods...

[JeffR]

7. Banking Hall

[priller]

8. Curious lemur

Nikon D70s, Sigma 100-300 f/4 lens, Focal length 280mm, 1/2000 sec, f/6.3, ISO 640.

[babylonsister]

9. Entrance to old temple area, Bali

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. Amorous Birds

[RoyGBiv]

11. Valley of Death : Devil's Den

[NV Whino]

12. From the Barn

[CC]

13. Tunnel Taunting

[alfredo]

14. Work Space

[momophile]

15. Frank Lloyd Wright's View

[regnaD kciN]

16. Resurrexi

April 1976 - Minolta SR-T200 - 50mm 1.8 - 1/125 sec - unknown aperture - Kodachrome 64

[RagingInMiami]

17. The Wrath of God

[MissHoneychurch]

18. Archway in Wrozlaw, Poland

[insane_cratic_gal]

19. Seer's Cabin

[lakemonster11]

20. Welcome to Paradise

[Ms. Toad]

21. On a Clear Day

[Cobalt Violet]

22. Feathered Friends

[bvar22]

23. Broken Portals

Nikon D200 18-200mm VR @112mm
ISO=400 1/5sec F/13
July 17, 2006

[Immad2]

24. This submissions thread is closed -July 21st 6:15 pacific time

[varkam]

25. Locked.

Per original author's request.