No distracting elements in background
Distracting elements in background.
Why does the contest require RGB color space for my entries?
Images submitted in different color spaces such as sRBG and RGB will show up on a monitor differently. Certainly colors will appear more vibrant in one color space than the other color space. To assure all contest entries are judged fairly, it is important that all entries are in the same color space. Some photographers change their camera setting to photograph in RGB while other photographers accept camera default settings of sRGB so Wild Amelia could potential receive contest entries in both color spaces.
For those photographers who do not understand color spaces, submit your entries as photographed and we will change the color space for you. We do, however, ask that everyone who can submit images in RBG, please do so to help us process contest entries quickly.
The instructions state that images should be submitted as JPEG at the highest quality settings. What does this mean and why is it important?
This is important because when you save a file as a JPEG you normally have choices as to how large a file you which to save. When you are entering a photography contest, if you save your file at a very small size, data from your image will be discarded and your image will not look as good as other images submitted with more data. An otherwise great image may not win because it did not show up well for the judges. Be sure to do the following steps when you save an image. These steps may vary depending on the software you use and unfortunately we can’t possible cover all the available software menus.
- Select File
- Select Save As
- Under the next screen choose the folder you want to save your image in as you would normally do. This is no different than how you usually save your images. Under file name please do the following: Dawna Moore(Your name)_ Great Blue Heron (Name of your Picture). It will look like this, Dawna Moore_Great Blue Heron. The next field you see should be format. Be sure that field contains JPEG, then click save.
- JPEG Option will now show up: select the largest file size you can then click OK.
That’s it. If you still have questions, please email Dawna at dawnamoorephoto@yahoo.com and she will try to answer your questions.
Tips for getting the best image.
Photograph in the morning or evenings when possible. If you photograph flowers, consider photographing on cloudy days.
If you are photographing a flower, bird or other individual subject, move around and select the composition that isolates the subject from the background. Eliminate distracting branches, poles, and other objects. See Examples:
No distracting elements in background
Distracting elements in background.
Photograph birds from eye level if possible.