Who is up for it? Should we do it ourselves or get Jan to organize it? Maybe it could become a weekly feature? Discuss....

I think it's a great idea. We might not want to have it so expansive as the title "Non-Urban Photo Contest" suggests. We could do rotations. One week it could be Nature Photos. The next week it could be Portraits. The next week Macro Photos. Etc, etc...

OH YEA! Im all for that! Ive tons of pics ready:) Lets get Jan to get this started.

We need Jan to give this a structure likt eh UPC. You are gonna have about 40-70 photos entered per week, maybe more. You wanna be counting up the averages for all those pic manually?

I dont know why ths idea hasnt been brought up before.

These are good ideas. It would be great to have non-urban photo contests with particular themes as Nick in Alatalta suggests.

I like the idea.

Themes are good but having no themes would be good too. If we choose themes they would have to be very broad themes.

im way up for it, i have tons of photos i could enter.

sounds good... maybe something like this www.digitalphotocontest.com

Most of my photos arent really the kind that UPC is about. Ive got tons of traditional temple stuff that people bitch about not being urban enough. Really this NUPC is a fantastic idea.


well, this is a skyscrapercity forum after all... :)

sounds good... maybe something like this www.digitalphotocontest.com


Most of my photos arent really the kind that UPC is about. Ive got tons of traditional temple stuff that people bitch about not being urban enough. Really this NUPC is a fantastic idea.

well, this is a skyscrapercity forum after all... :)

Yeah, but we have a general photography forum which isnt called the URBAN photography forum. Anyway, I want a contest where my photos will fit the theme:) Though thanks to the UPC Ive started to take more urban type of stuff. Though I still WAY prefer raditional oriental architecture. Tjough try explaining that a palace is more urban than a scraper since palaces and temples were part of cities for centuries and scrapers are new. But people dont follow that logic. :bash:

lol yer i always enter trains or like tracks in because i hardly ever take photos in the city or in Fremantle because when i go there i dont go for photography perpouses.

Good idea, we'll have a non urban spin in this section next week.

Sweet ;)

The themes concept is nice too. Then you get something of an assignment, that has to be made in that week or something. Check out www.fredmiranda.com and then go to the forums and check the weekly assignment sub-forum. That would be awesome.

Non-Urban Photo Contest

Who is up for it? Should we do it ourselves or get Jan to organize it? Maybe it could become a weekly feature? Discuss....

Sounds like a great idea. I've brought this subject up many, many times in the regular UPC, since there are so many people who submit non-urban scenes.

I'm against the idea of specific "themes" each week though - I think you'd rapidly run out of categories, and it would become a bit too restricting. Best to keep it opened as a "general" photo contest I think, then people are free to submit any photo on any theme they like.

Good idea, we'll have a non urban spin in this section next week.


Jan, yer the man! Good response, very quick and positive:)

Any theme? Im gonna have to start thinking about which photos I wanna submit so I want to be ready. I propose that the first week have no theme and we enter any 2 pics we wish.

I don't want to take credit for this idea! wjfox says he has mentioned it and I am sure many people have and there is a general photo contest at skyscraperpage.com. Thanks for the quick action Jan!

Sounds like a great idea. I've brought this subject up many, many times in the regular UPC, since there are so many people who submit non-urban scenes.

I'm against the idea of specific "themes" each week though - I think you'd rapidly run out of categories, and it would become a bit too restricting. Best to keep it opened as a "general" photo contest I think, then people are free to submit any photo on any theme they like.

@wjfox2002: If we chose four of the most popular type of different photographs, like Macro, Portrait, Nature and Black & White, and then rotated them on a four week cycle I think we'd get good results.

@wjfox2002: If we chose four of the most popular type of different photographs, like Macro, Portrait, Nature and Black & White, and then rotated them on a four week cycle I think we'd get good results.


I disagree. My photos dont fit those themes. How would you categorize photos of traditional architecture or things like lanterns? Too restricting. This should be a chance to enter all photos that dont fit the UPC. Why create another contest that excludes photos? If thats what you want, why bother?

No themes is the best idea.

Great! The constest just started! :)

Great idea, thanks Jan!!!!!

Excellent idea, I have lots of pictures of pigeons :yes: