Maggot Photo Contest - Volume Two - WINTER - January 1st through Feb 28th, 2020

Alright, there's been some buzz around starting the Maggot Photo Contest back up. For the new people, or anyone who doesn't remember, the MPC was a series of photo contests all run around a theme. We ran 176 of them before they sort of died out a couple years ago.

So let's give this another shot.

The theme for this one is Winter. Let's keep it broad and keep it easy. Any photo taken within the time frame is eligible.

RULES:

1. Photos must be taken within the time period of the contest.
2. You may submit 3 photos during the competition.
3. The contest moderator will choose 5 (or 6) photos to be voted on.
4. The winner will get a happy feeling in his/her pants. (That is a rule by the way, not an option.)
5. In the event of a tie, the contest moderator will have the deciding vote.
6. Winner will be the contest starter/moderator for the next comp.
7. The winner has 3 days to start a new contest or 2nd place becomes the new winner.
8. And have fun.

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Past MPCs:
176 Nature in Macro
#175 Winter Sports
#174 Red and White
#173-Wide Angle
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...Dogs-7-28-8-19#172-Dogs
#171-Summer Adventures
#170 New Life
#169-In Bloom
#168-Night
#167-Apres
#166-Black and White Minimalism
#165-Bokeh
#164-WOOD
#163-Blue
#162 Forests #161 Flowers #160 Railroad tracks #159 STOPPED ACTION
#158 - Resolution #157 - Winter Solstice #156 - Custom Composition #155 - MINIMALIST
#154 Photography gear #153-Close-Up
#152 Portrait #151-Complimentary Colors #150-Sunshine #149-Rivers
#148-Love#147 Abstract#146 Symmetry #145 Black and White #144 Splash of color #143 Transition #142 Long exposure #141 WIDE OPEN, #140 FREEDOM

#139 STILL LIFE #138 ELEMENTS OF SPRING
#137 DOORS-WINDOWS #136 Wes Anderson #135 Cell Phone #134 Eyes #133 Roadscapes #132 Flight #131 Alpenglow #130 Urban/Street #129 CHANGE #128 Autumn Fog#127 Depth of Field #126 The Trail

#125 Renewal #124 Sky #123 Blue-Jeans #122 Las Montanas / Vertical Relief #121 Shopping Cart #120 Journey #119 Out of Your Comfort Zone #118 Water #117 Opposites#116 Resolutions #115 Celebration #114 Santa #113 Leading Lines part Deux #112 Story #111 Sunstars #110 Noise #109 Structure #108 Vast #107 Reflections #106 Monochrome #104 Your Beach #103 Relationship #102 Decay #101 Juxtaposition

#100 Tilt-Shift #99 Zoom #98 Signs #97 Artificial Light #96 Portrait as pertains to orientation #95 MACRO #94 Framed #93 October #92 White Line #91 Harvest #90 Where you live #89 Geological #88 Big Machinery #87 Hot/Heat #86 Stress Relief #85 Dirty #84 Transportation #83 Of Yourself By Yourself In Context #82 Long Exposure: Urban Edition

MPC #81 Old School
MPC #80 Energy
MPC #79 Need
MPC #78 Weather
MPC #77 Action Sports
MPC #76 Stress
MPC #75 Anticipation
MPC #74 Foliage
MPC #73 Unreal
MPC #72 Speed
MPC #70 Old Technology
MPC #69 Plan B
MPC #68 Atmosphere POLL
MPC #67 Plants
MPC #66 Patterns
MPC #65 Weathered
MPC #64 WINNING
MPC #63 The End
MPC #62 Food
MPC #61 Seeing Double
MPC #60 Normal
MPC #59 Tranquility
MPC #58 Silhouette
MPC #57 Waiting
MPC #56 Night
MPC #55 Fire
MPC #54 Wheels
MPC #53 Small Sensors
MPC #52 Blur
MPC #51 Found Faces
MPC #50 Portraits
MPC #49 Panoramic
MPC #48 Light & Shadow
MPC #47 Timing
MPC #46 Coffee & Beer
MPC #45 Community
MPC #44 Potential
MPC #43 Solitude
MPC #42 Holidays
MPC #41 Ominous
MPC #40 Imbalance
MPC #39 Transition
MPC #38 Unsightly
MPC #37 Self Portrait
MPC #36 Music
MPC #35 Summer
MPC #34 Passion
MPC #33 Home
MPC #32 Electricity
MPC #31 Bridges
MPC #30 Old & New
MPC #29 BW
MPC #28 Winter
MPC #27 HDR
MPC #26 Shadows
MPC #25 Circles
MPC #24 Bars
MPC #23 People
MPC #22 Architecture
MPC #21 Wild Beasts
MPC #20 Water
MPC #19 Bulb
MPC #18 Celebration
MPC #17 Sunrise & Sunset
MPC #16 Out of Place
MPC #15 Altered
MPC #14 Angles
MPC #13 Pain & Suffering
MPC #12 Unusual Perspective
MPC #11 Depth
MPC #10 Contrast
MPC #9 Festive
MPC #8 Reflection
MPC #7 Leading Lines
MPC #6 Minimal
MPC #5 Abandoned
MPC #4 Perspective
MPC #3 Airborne
MPC #2 Straylight
MPC #1 Motion

Ohhh Yeahhhh!!! I'll have to get some shots

yeah I'd like to participate as well... lurked sometimes before but never submitted a shot

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Originally Posted by Norseman

yeah I'd like to participate as well... lurked sometimes before but never submitted a shot

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Hell yeah! Do it!

2021?

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Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained

2021?

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Haha. yeah. 2021. Can a mod change my thread title?

I just really really really wanna put the kibosh on the 20:FIREdevil20.

Nice, thanks for starting it up again.

It’s 55F and sunny but let’s see if I can come up with anything

Let's do this thing. Phone shot for my first one, but this should give me a reason to get out and shoot with some.purpose again. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...26d2414dfe.jpg

fkna! i'll have to get some shots. thanks for starting this up again.

Phone shot, but loved the color on this one from last night. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...eeee9cd507.jpg

Nice! Love these first two. Phone shot can definitely compete!

Another phone snap.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...1890da87b1.jpg

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Here are my 3. All from my phone. Used to have a great fuji camera.

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iPhone pic, snapped it real quick at work the other day...the struggle to upload this one was real.
I tried different browsers, reducing the file size, cropping the photo. It was a "live" photo, so I think that was screwing with it. Finally a screen shot of the photo, and cropped was what it took to get it to upload and also to show up vertical. ​

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Phone shot, but loved the color on this one from last night. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...eeee9cd507.jpg

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That's a winner in my book. The lack of sharpness imparts a dreamy quality which is very cool.

Submission 1

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That's a winner in my book. The lack of sharpness imparts a dreamy quality which is very cool.

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Thanks! It's my favorite from the last couple years.

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That's sick! Love the angle looking up. The air looks huge.

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Bonus photo...
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Yeah, I got my shot as seen above but before taking it, I may have done a poor job pulling off the side of the road a bit too far! :nonono2:

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Bokehlicious.

Second submission... posted in a regional thread but was too good of a day not to repost here. Skier is sirvicsmasher.

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Wolf Moon. First full moon of the decade for the purists.

Loving all the submissions here!

from yesterday:

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^^^ FUCK YEAH

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Second submission... posted in a regional thread but was too good of a day not to repost here. Skier is sirvicsmasher.

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love this one!

it’s all potential energy

Damn some great shots already!

Added my #3 entry. See page 1.

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Added my #3 entry. See page 1.

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sure but no reason not to get it to the current page!

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https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...551201&thumb=1

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noice

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3c6b8426_b.jpg

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I'll add a couple to the mix. Making the most of a quick blast of winter in Glasgow last week.

A few of the dogs playing in the back yard this morning, after 6-7" of snow overnight:


https://photos.smugmug.com/Personal/...1Snow-4-XL.jpg


https://photos.smugmug.com/Personal/...1Snow-9-XL.jpg


https://photos.smugmug.com/Personal/...Snow-11-XL.jpg

Glad this got back up and running! We've been getting hammered lately, so lots of flat light and lots of B/W... Shots all taken from different days over the last few weeks

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#2:
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...3&d=1613957154

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Phone shot, but loved the color on this one from last night. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...eeee9cd507.jpg

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Used a promo code at Walgreens for a large print for my office. Must have gotten lucky as the print turned out awesome. Crazy what you can get out of a phone these days. Now just need to get a good frame.

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Champagne of pows, PNW, USA