Photo competition
Relevant
Thanks
for the feast of photos!
SA GRAAN/GRAIN EDITORIAL TEAM
The new photo competition with the theme
“Modern agriculture in action” started on a
particularly high note with a great variety of
entries. We are very excited about all the new
entries – we also received quite a few first time
entries.
The judges look forward to all the creative
photos over the next few months portraying
the new theme “Modern agriculture in action”.
We would like to help our budding photo-
graphers with a tip this month on digital photo-
graphy composition.
Perhaps the most well-known principle of
photographic composition is the “Rule of
Thirds”. The rule of thirds is one of the first
things that photographers learn about in
photography training and rightly so as it is the
basis for well-balanced and interesting shots.
What is the rule of thirds? The basic principle
behind the rule of thirds is to imagine breaking
an image down into thirds (both horizontally
and vertically) so that you have nine parts – see
Figure 1
. As you’re taking an image, you would
have done this in your mind through your
viewfinder or in the LCD display that you use
to frame your shot.
With this grid in mind, the rule of thirds now
identifies four important parts of the image
that you should consider placing points of
interest in as you frame your image.
Not only this, it also gives you four “lines” that
are useful positions for elements in your photo
(
Figure 2
).
The theory is that if you place points of interest
in the intersections or along the lines of the
frame, your photo becomes more balanced
and will enable a viewer of the image to interact
with it more naturally. Studies have shown that
when viewing images, people’s eyes usually go
to one of the intersection points more naturally
rather than to the centre of the shot – using
the rule of thirds works with this natural way
of viewing an image rather than working
against it.
Source:
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thirds/
Modern agriculture in action
Are you an amateur photographer who likes to roam the farm in
search of a good photo? This year we want to see how our readers
interpret “
modern agriculture in action
” through their camera lenses.
What do you view as “modern agriculture”? Precision agriculture?
The latest conservation tillage practices? That brand spanking new
tractor that Dad is so proud of? Solar energy panels ensuring that
water is available for the herd? Come now; surprise us with your
unique interpretation! Send your photos now for the
SA Grain
/
Sasol Nitro photo competition 2014.
WHAT CAN YOU WIN?
This year’s prizes will again be sponsored by Sasol Nitro. As from
January 2014 a winner for each of the twelve monthly editions will
be announced by a panel of judges. The monthly winner will walk
away with a cash prize of R1 000 and the twelve finalists will all stand
a chance to win
R10 000 (winner)
,
R7 000 (second runner-up)
and a
third runner-up prize of R3 000
.
Send photos to
or to Elmien Bosch, Postnet Suite 32, Private Bag X10, Flamwood, 2572.
SA GRAIN
/SASOL NITRO
PHOTO COMPETITION 2014
Prize money to the value of R32 000 can be won!
COMPETITION RULES
1. Only amateur photographers (in other words people who do not make a living from taking photos)
may enter the competition.
2. Entries must portray the theme “modern agriculture in action”.
3. Persons on the photographs must be identified (provide a name and surname).
4. The photographer must provide a caption for the photo as well as their postal address and
telephone number(s).
5. Participants may enter a maximum of three photos (with varying subjects) per edition. If more than
three photos are entered, only the first three photos received will be considered for the competition.
6. Photos that are entered must be unique and should not portray the same theme as photos entered
into other competitions. Photos entered must not have been published previously.
7. If a participant is announced as the monthly winner, he/she may not enter the competition for the
following three editions.
8. Photographers may enter their photographs up until the cut-off date each month. Entries received
after this date will be entered into the following month’s competition.
9. Only emailed entries or entries provided on a CD will be accepted. The photos must be in electronic
format and no bigger than 3 MB each, in JPG format and no smaller than 10 cm x 15 cm. If photos
are taken with a film camera, it must be scanned at 300 dpi.
10. Digitally manipulated photos will not be accepted. To crop a photo is however not considered to be
digital manipulation.
11. A panel consisting of two professional photographers, a representative of
SA Graan/Grain
as well
as Sasol Nitro, will judge the photos monthly.
12.
SA Graan/Grain
reserves the right to reject photos that are blurry and that do not adhere to the
competition rules.
13. All entries become the property of
SA Graan/Grain
– this includes the CD’s containing the photos.
The photos will be stored in a data bank and
SA Graan/Grain
and Sasol Nitro may use it for future
promotion, marketing and publication purposes. By entering the competition, the entrant agrees to
this and no third party claims for copy right violation may be submitted.
14. Employees of Sasol Nitro, Grain SA and Infoworks may not enter the competition.
CLOSING DATES:
March 2014: 12 March
April 2014: 2 April
Figure 1: Rule of thirds.
Figure 2: The rule of thirds gives you four “lines” that
are also useful positions for elements in your photo.
