The 5th Annual Tortoise Calendar Photo Contest is HERE!

[Josh]

Time for our fifth Annual Tortoise Forum Calendar Photo Contest and the 2013 Edition of our much sought after Tortoise Forum Calendar! For those who are not familiar with this annual tradition, toward the end of the year we hold a contest where all members are encouraged to submit their best tortoise photo. Then we all vote for our favorites, which are then published in a Tortoise Forum Calendar.

This year we will be doing photo submissions differently, and we'll tell you how at the bottom of this message.

You must have been a member for the previous 30 days (from Sept. 12) to enter this contest.
Please, only ONE entry per household.

Entries should be submitted until September 30, 2012 @ 11:59PM PST after which the voting will begin.

The top 12 voted photos will be printed in the 2013 Tortoise Forum Calendar (12 months and one cover) along with a collage of ALL of this year's entries.

The photo with the most TOTAL votes will receive a $100 gift card to LLLReptile.com!

- Your photo must be of a living tortoise, any species will do.

- You must be the sole copyright owner of the photo you submit.

- Only one submission per member. Choose your photo carefully - you may not change it once it's submitted.

- Photo placement in the calendar will be prioritized according to how many votes each photo gets (ex. the top voted photo gets first choice on which month they want their photo with)

- The photo original must be at least 5 megapixels so that it can be printed at an 8.5"x11" size. Your photo will be thrown out if it does not meet this requirement. (To find megapixels, multiply the length of your image, in pixels, by the height. ex. an 2592x1936 pixel image is roughly 5 megapixels.) This is important because small digital photos cannot be blown up and still look nice.

- All photos must be submitted by September 30, 2012 @ 11:59PM PST.

We will not be publishing the submitted photos until the submission date has passed and it is time to vote.


To enter, mail your 5 megapixel (or larger) photo to:

Contests@tortoiseforum.org

Please use the following format when submitting your photo:
Tortoise Name: [Your Tort's Name Here]
Tortoise Species: [Your Tort's Species Here]
Taken by: [Your Name Here]
[Your Photo Here]

Thanks for your participation and enthusiasm in continuing this great tradition! May the best photos win!

[ALDABRAMAN]

The photo with the most TOTAL votes will receive a $100 gift card

I have a question, last year to the best of my knowledge my photo entry had the most votes. I never received any form of notification or information regarding the advertised gift card?

[DrewsLife727]

Aww man. I joined too late. I got some killer pics too! oh well ill still buy the calendar =]

[taytay3391]

Okay I'm an idiot when it comes to computers.. How the heck do I make my picture 5megapixels???

[Q'sTortie]

taytay3391 Wrote:Okay I'm an idiot when it comes to computers.. How the heck do I make my picture 5megapixels???

You need a nice camera most smart phone cameras are 5 and 8 megapixel but better to borrow a digital camera to get all those fine details on your tort

[taytay3391]

Q'sTortie Wrote:You need a nice camera most smart phone cameras are 5 and 8 megapixel but better to borrow a digital camera to get all those fine details on your tort

Gooootttcha. Cool thanks

[laney]

Aww I want to enter my beautiful babies for the calendar but think I joined too late

[dmmj]

No entries yet guys? that makes me a sad panda

[laney]

Wait maybe I didn't join too late..?
My profile just says august... Can I enter? Pleeeease

[dmmj]

(09-13-2012 12:07 PM)laney Wrote:  Wait maybe I didn't join too late..?
My profile just says august... Can I enter? Pleeeease

Auguat 12 or earlier

[Josh]

David, the entries are being emailed in this year

[Mky2k]

Can I submit a photo of my boxy?

[dmmj]

(09-13-2012 12:24 PM)Mky2k Wrote:  Can I submit a photo of my boxy?

Sorry tortoises only.

[Reptile_Rapunzel]

What date are the calendars able to be purchased; November or December sometime? Can’t wait for the calendars 8)

[Laurie]

Only one submission allowed, ugh this will be hard for me to choose . Any rules for or against an informal poll in the photo section. In other words , can I post a few different ones and ask for a vote before I pick the one to submit?