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Scavenger Hunt 2022!
 
Come and join us for the 2022 Scavenger Hunt against the Palmerton Photo Club. 
 
Lets bring the Trophy back to Stroudsburg!!


Held jointly with the Palmerton Photo Club, this annual photo challenge will test your ingenuity to capture the essence of one to seven of the listed picture topics!

Bask in the glory of winning the Best Overall Set of Photos, Best Single Item PhotoJudge's Choice and possible Honorable Mentions.  In addition to the glory of individual honors, add your considerable photographic talents to help the Pocono Photo Club best the Palmerton Camera Club shooters in this annual [friendly] grudge match!

Unlike the WWYD contest where you are provided with photos and asked to creatively re-design them, here we are presented with interesting topics to find and capture with minimal processing beyond basic cropping and exposure adjustments, but with an additional requirement to the method of image capture (example requirements: bokeh, black and white, special lighting and image subject requirements) as detailed in the Guidelines & Rules instructions - see the link above to download a copy.

What you are to hunt for

Scavenger Hunt 2022 Image Topics Montage


Scavenger Hunt 2022

 

Topics:  

  1. A body of water
  2. Bokeh
  3. Gothic Architecture
  4. Rim Lighting
  5. Animals wild/domestic
  6. Black and White Landscape
  7. A table Set for One


The Rules:

  1. Only members of the Pocono Photo Club or Palmerton Camera Club may enter pictures in this contest.  For PPC membership information, use this link:  Member Signup / Information
  2. Members may enter only one image per picture topic. To compete, members may enter a maximum of one image for each of the seven picture topics and a minimum of just one image in any single category.
  3. No HDR, infrared, overlays, double exposure, photo stacking.
  4. Post processing must be limited to black and white conversion and basic editing with your software of choice.  You may remove SMALL distracting objects (dust spots).
  5. Label your photos with your initials and abbreviation of your club and number of category entry as a Jpg. File ex: jcs_pcc1 for Palmerton or jcs_ppc1 for Pocono 
  6. Send your photos to your club’s Scavenger Hunt spokesperson, Connie Rinehart.  Photos may be submitted via this link: Scavenger Hunt Pictures Here!, or via email: bcrein@ptd.net
  7. Photos must be taken from March 1st until the due date of May 26th of 2022
  8. All images must be submitted by May 26th, 2022. 

The Judge this year is Ron Gower a long-time photographer for the Times News.









What Would You Do?

Our latest “What Would You Do?” event provides PPC members a chance to practice their post-processing skills once again. We will be offering 10 black and white photos via a link that will be sent out to members, and you will be asked to manipulate, change, improve, colorize, and revise them in whatever way you see fit. In other words, make whatever additions or modifications you like on some or all of the photos offered.

 

All of the submissions by members will be presented at a future PPC meeting, and available for viewing on the PPC website. One of the modified images will also be selected for display alongside the original image at the Gamut Gallery in Stroudsburg beginning on or about May 7.

 

Please take part, and make an image we can all remember.




  • Download from one to ten of the numbered pictures from the link above to edit creatively
  • Crop, colorize, filter, composite additional images to the images as desired
  • Add things to or remove things from the images if you want,
  • Rotate, mirror, make translucent,
  • Change the sky, add weather, change the lighting.
  • The only editing rules are that there are no rules.
BUT:
  1. You may only enter one edited version for each of the selected original pictures.   
  2. All edited contest photos must be submitted no later than May 4th!
  3. All picture entries must be submitted in a .jpg or .png image format.
  4. Your image filename must include "WWYD", the original image "Number" and your "Name".



WWYD-3-Jennifer Shutterly.jpg
 
Return edited image files to:

Drop Contest Pictures Here






Scavenger Hunt 2019 Results

See the 2019 Scavenger Hunt Results Here!

 
2019 Scavenger Hunt

We decided to mix things up a little this year with the combination of random items from a traditional scavenger hunt with a creative twist. We hope you enjoy it! 

The competition will be judged by professional photographer Peter Gourniak.

 
Download the Hunt Guidelines & Rules:

2019 Scavenger Hunt Guidelines & Rules

2019 Scavenger Hunt Pictures!2019 Scavenger Hunt Pictures Slideshows



Held jointly with the Palmerton Photo Club, this annual photo challenge will test your ingenuity to capture the essence of one to eight of the listed items, each listed with an accompanying photo technique requirement!

Bask in the glory of winning the Best Overall Set of Photos, Best Single Item Photo, Judge's Choice and possible Honorable Mentions.  In addition to the glory of individual honors, add your considerable photographic talents to help the Pocono Photo Club best the Palmerton Club shooters in this annual [friendly] grudge match!

Unlike the WWYD contest where you are provided with photos and asked to creatively redesign them, here we are presented with interesting items to find and capture with minimal processing beyond basic cropping and exposure adjustments, but with an additional requirement to the method of image capture (example requirements: macro, sepia, black and white, special lighting and color requirements) as detailed in the Guidelines & Rules instructions - see the link above to download a copy.

Please note that the time allowed for this Hunt has been reduced from previous contest years so don't put off formulating your plan to own this competition! 

What You’re on the Hunt for:
1. A portrait of a statue
2. A macro or close-up of                  kitchenware
3. A landscape with a bridge
4. Streetlights in sepia
5. An abstract of a tree
6. An apple in high-key
7. A car in bold color
8. Shopping carts in black and          white

Please note the rules and requirements specified in this Hunt.  Compliance with the listed restrictions is part of the challenge!








The Pocono Photo Club would like to thank the Stroudsburg Foto Shop and
the Pocono Heritage Land Trust for their continued support and
participation in club events and programs.