Photo Contests & Opinions

Beauty

In 2010, it'll be photo contests, and opinions. Alternating monthly. See list below.

Don't forget to visit our Auction. The first two weeks of every month, over 20 items for your viewing and bidding pleasure. Every penny helps hounds. You get super gifts for yourself and the people you love, and more hounds are helped.

Tales

In February we're looking for Cover Photos for our 2nd edition of Greyhound Tales. We're reprinting it, and updating it with the still fantastic stories inside, and a new front and back cover. Your photo could adorn this cover.

To Submit:

Please put Greyhound Tales - (your dog's name with your last name) in subject.

Please send low resolution files - 350px is fine - but you must have a large resolution file if you win. You can also have a hard copy of the photo which can be rescanned at a higher resolution.

Please only send photos without a lot of background 'stuff'. (leashes, couches, hats, hands holding dogs - for the most part will probably not be chosen) I'm looking for poignant pictures of hounds that will grab a potential reader.

I will do the choosing. I will let you know pretty quickly if you're in the running for the cover. My decision will not be based on whether you have the best hound - you ALL have the best hounds :), but rather the composition of the photo.

Each person can send up to five photos.

Winner(s) will get $50 Gift Certificate for Greyhound Gang items.

Send in those photos. I love to see all these happy hounds so well loved.

SEND A PHOTO - GUIDELINES

Here's how it works. You email pertinent photos to me during the first two weeks of the month. Greyhound pictures only. (Please read the guidelines below, as I cannot accept photos unless sent correctly) Then, the last two weeks of the month, photos will be voted on by other greyhound lovers. The winning photo will be displayed on the Contest Page the following month, and the hound will win a prize from Greyhound Gang.

Email your digital photos to Claudia. Please follow these rules:
1. Your email subject line says - Contest Name, with the dog's name also.
2. One photo per family, at this time, please. Submitter's name must be in the email.
3. CLEAR & In Focus. No weird eyes. No fuzzy pictures. Etc.
4. JPG or GIF only
5. Photos will be displayed exactly as sent. So crop before you send if needed.
6. Reasonably big, but not too big (i.e. too big is 1 MB or larger. ) 400 by XXX is the smallest size to send.
7. Best if subject is distinct from background. i.e. mostly dog in picture without lots of background disturbance
8. Picture must fit contest. For instance, Bedroom Eyes means close-ups of a dog's face so eyes are featured. See Logan in this month's contest. PERFECT. Hound pictures that didn't feature eyes should be sent in for another contest. Another for instance: Black is Beautiful. Guess what - only pictures of beautiful black greyhounds. :)

VOTE FOR A HOUND

At the end of every auction, contest voting will happen. Photos will be displayed from those you have sent. Those photos will be voted on by your peers for the last two weeks of each month. Voting usually begins on a Monday at 9 pm MT, and ends on a subsequent Monday at 9 pm MT. Contest dates for voting appear in the table below, and on the front page of the web site. The winning photo will appear on the Gang's web site the following month. A prize will be awarded to the human that loves the most voted hound.

2010 Photo Contests & Opinions

Vacuum Opinions	1/4 - 2/1
Cover Photos	2/1 - 3/1	2/1 - 3/1
Vacation Spots Opinions	3/1 - 3/29
Sleeping Beauty Photos	3/29 - 4/10	4/12 - 5/3
Food Opinions	5/3 - 5/31
So Kissable Photos	5/31 - 6/11	6/14 - 6/28
Car Opinions	6/28 - 8/2
Living is Easy Photos	8/2 - 8/13	8/16 - 8/30
Yard Opinions	8/30 - 10/4
They Made Me Photos	10/4 - 10/15	10/18 - 11/1
Flooring Opinions	11/1 - 11/29
Holiday Photos	11/29 - 12/10	12/13 - 1/3

Most Admired - Contest Redux - Beau

Contest Winner

Beau 30% of the vote. 4999 votes out of 16,344
Submitted by Jim & Priscilla McLeod of Canada

Zekeroni (13.96% of vote) and Idol (10.84%) were in this race too. Contest Winner

Contest Winner