September is over, get ready for October...


Thanks to all who have participated so far in the September PM competition, however photos can still be sent in, until October 3rd. 
So far the participation for September was roughly half of the July/August competition (participatns and photos), which was somewhat expected. Therefore, if you have some September photos that you haven't processed yet, now is the time, please send them to us!


Voting will start on October 4th and last for one week, like last time. There will be another annoucement here when it's open.


Photo gallery: September Photos
Photo submission: pbrgreece@gmail.com


Καλή τύχη στις φωτογραφίες του Οκτώβρη!

6 days left to take September photos!


Just a short reminder, this is the last September weekend - if you haven't been out yet this month for photo shooting, this is the time to go... the biggest heat is over, and the light is as good as it gets most of the day! We only have 11 submissions so far for this month, so we are waiting for your entries! If you want to participate, please send us your photos until October 3rd at the latest.


Here is a short reminder of some important rules:
- A maximum of 5 photos can be sumbitted per person per month.
- Photos should not exceed 1200 pixels width, or 900 pixels hight.
- Please do not include any names or watermarks in the photos or the EXIF-data.
- The main subject of the photo should be wildlife (a non-domestic wild animal).
- Any wildlife (wild animal) is allowed, as long as it has been photographed within the borders of Greece.


Happy shooting!

Winner Photo of the Month July-August 2011: Nikos Boukas-Anestis

We are happy to announce the winner of the first Photo of the Month competition, Nikos Boukas-Anestis, for his great shot of a Wood-Sandpiper: Congratulations!

1st Place: Nikos Boukas-Anestis

The second place went to Nikos Fokas, known already as the winner of two categories of the last annual Photo Bird Race, for his exellent shot of the two Pallid Swifts: Congratulations here, too!

2nd Place: Nikos Fokas

Well, I'm not going to congratulate myself, but thanks to all who voted for my photo anyway!

3rd Place: Felix Rehsteiner

First of all, we'd like to say a big THANK YOU to all the people who have participated, with their great wildlife photos, their votes, their friendly comments, or with all together!!!

It was the first edition of the Photo of the Month for everybody, so things did not always go as smoothly as wished with the voting, but finally I think we managed to come through with a fair system - which focuses on electing the best photos instead of the photographer who has the most friends. Our voting system needs to be refined still in the future, but in general it has worked well this first time.

We are also thinking of introducing animal categories in the future, but need to see first how the participation will be in the next two month. If there are enough animals for categories such as reptiles and insects, we might split the photos up into catgories, in order to make the voting easier.

Therefore: we need your participation, not only now, but in the future, too!

Thanks to all, and happy shooting for Semptember!

The full classement according to the photo numbers as well as the full voting sheet can be looked up under the links here below. The photo gallery has been updated with the photographer's names now.

Full classment according to the photo numbers: Full Results

Voting sheet: Votes

One day left for voting...

For those who haven't voted yet, the voting sheet for the PM July-August will be open until tomorrow night, and results will be published on monday or tuesday. So far we have around 20 valid votes, but we would like to see more, so if you have 5 minutes to spare please vote!

To remind you, voting is allowed for members of the EOE, members of the Greek Nature Photography forum, or for people who have participated in at least one of the competitions.

Meanwhile the competition for September is going on, so feel free to submit photos if you have some already!

Link to photo gallery for July-August: Photos July-August

The photo gallery for September: Photos September

Submission for September: pbrgreece@gmail.com

Thanks for participating, all!

PM: Voting for July/August open, photos for September can be submitted


Submission for the frist edition of the Photo of the Month competition has ended, while photos for September can be submitted already.


The final numbers: 
25 photographers have submitted 84 photos, of which 56 are of birds, followed by 18 insects, 4 reptiles, 5 aquatic animals, and 1 mammal. Although I'd sure like to see more mammals in the future (not easy here in Greece), I am glad we were able to cover all major animal categories. 
The quality of the photos is generally very high, so it will be extremely difficult to make a choice. Nevertheless we ask you to look carefully through them, and to vote for your 5 favorites through the voting sheet!


Once more, we would like to thank all photographers who have participated, and hope to get even more photos this month!!!


A few reminders for the voting system:
- The voting is allowed for all members of the HOS/EOE, members of the Greek Nature Photography Forum (see special links on the right side), or for persons who have themselves participated at least once in the "Photo of the Month" competition (can be the current one).

- Each voter can give 5 votes: 5 points for the best, 4 points for the second, and 3 point for the third, 2 points for the fourth, and 1 point for the fifth best photo.

- Voting for your own photos is strictly prohibited. Each voter can vote only once!

Photo Gallery (best viewed with the "Sliedeshow" button): Photo Gallery July/August

Submission for September here: pbrgreece@gmail.com

Photo of the Month, first edtition: THANKS TO ALL!


August is over, so the photo-taking period for the first edition of the Photo of the Month -competition (I will use the shortage "PM" in the future) has ended. There are still three days left for submitting the photos, but one thing is already clear: it was a great success, thanks to all who have participated!

So far we have 25 photographers who submitted a stunning total of 81 photos! And what is the most pleasant thing to see, is that the quality of most photos is nothing short of outstanding ...μπράβο παιδιά!


Of course we don't stop here, after all there comes September after August... and with it the fall-migration of many bird-species! So we are already waiting for your next PM's submissions, keep on taking photos out there... we hope to increase the participation even furhter this time!


The voting sheet for July-August will be made available in around 4 days from now, around September 4th-5th. Meanwhile you can see the already submitted photos here: Photo Gallery  
If you use the "Slideshow" button, the photos look even better and can be seen at full-size.


Submission of photos here:pbrgreece@gmail.com


Happy shooting to all!
Felix

PM: 1 day left for July-August


For those who haven't submitted their photos yet, we remind you that tomorrow is the last day that photos can be taken for the current Photo of the Month competition. Submission is open until September 3rd, while the new competition starts on September 1st.


We'd also like to remind you a few important rules:
- Please do not embed your name into the EXIF-file, nor into the title of your photo.
- A maximum of 5 photos can be sumbitted per person per month.
- Photos should not exceed 1200 pixels width, or 900 pixels hight.
- The main subject of the photo should be wildlife (a non-domestic wild animal).
- Any wildlife (wild animal) is allowed, as long as it has been photographed within the borders of Greece.


All in all we are exremely pleased with the participation: 23 photographers sent in 68 photos so far! For a start, and considering the low-activity season (humans and animals) this is a very pleasing number, which we of course hope to even increase in the future.


The voting sheet will be made available around September 4-5th, so please keep on peeking in here!


Felix

Photo of the Month - August : 9 days left to take photos!


Please submit your outstanding wildlife photos from July and August until September 3rd, in order to win our first Photo of the Month competition! As announced previously, the best wildlife photos will be elected by public voting every month, and from the best ones a Photo of the Year will be voted by the end of the year.

One more thing: there has been somebody asking whether or not older photos are accepted, or whether they have to be taken during the actual competition month.

Well, they have to be taken during the month of the competition (except for the ongoing one, which exceptionnally includes photos from July). An additional submission time of 3 days after the end of the month is accepted (until the 3rd day of the following month), after that the public voting sheet will be made available and submission closed.

In short: think of it as an ongoing PBR (Photo Bird Race), with the categories being each month of the year!

Photos can be sent here: pbrgreece@gmail.com
Already accepted photos can be viewed here: PM Photo wiewing Page
Please read also the competition rules: PM Competition rules


Thanks for participating!

We are introducing the “Photo of the Month” competitions

We are pleased to introduce a new kind of repeated competition for wildlife photographers in Greece: the election of the "Photo of the Month"!

This monthly wildlife photo competition has the aim of drawing attention to the beauty and diversion of wildlife in Greece. In addition it shall promote the best photographers and their photographs, which will be published every month on our photography blog. At the end of the year a “Photo of the Year” will be elected from the best three photos of every month.

Why this photo competition? Because we feel that there is a need for promoting the natural diversity of wildlife in Greece, and to raise awareness about the treasure that it consists. What better way is there to do so, than to ask the most talented local photographers to publish their best photos every month?

The full competition rules can be read on the separated page listed also on the right side of the blog: Competition rules. Accepted photos can be seen on our Picasa photo page at all times, and can be voted by the public through the voting sheet that we will publish on this blog at the beginning of every new month for one week. Here is the link to the Picasa photo page, which will also be permanentnly displayed on the right side of the blog: Photo viewing Page
Photos for the competitions have to be sent to: pbrgreece@gmail.com

We hope you join in! Due to vacations and low summer activities, the first competition will exceptionally be retro-active for the month of July, meaning you can submit photos from July and and August until the end of August. The first voting and also the next month' competition will start by the beginning of September. 

Have fun taking photos, we are looking forward to see them!

Best regards,

Felix

Blog Language: English, Greek, or both.

As some of you have probably found out by now, my native language is not Greek (nor is it English), and the translations done by others into the Greek language take a lot of time and efforts, and sort of slow down the whole posting-process. Which is why I decided that, since all great Hellenic wildlife photographers are perfectly multilingual, I will post my texts in English only.


However, if anybody else wants to announce something on this blog, feel free to send me your text in Greek. The forum languages will simply be both, Greek or/and English, whatever is easier for the writer, which simplyfies some people's life enormously (mine), and hopefully does not make other people's life too difficult.

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