This is our first contest on the blog and I am very excited about it. A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about my appreciation and love of Picnik and today I am very excited that the fabulous Picnik team, who provide this service photo editing website online, have offered 3 generous prizes for this contest. Please read the contest rules and guidelines and participate in the fun!
What is the objective of this contest?
Well, I can explain it best by showing you. In my first Picnik post, I talk about the fun and unique features of Picnik, and how creative yet simple it makes it for us to edit our photos. In this contest, I want to encourage you to submit your most improved, creative, enhanced photo using Picnik, and Picnik only!!!! (No need to submit the before photo, just the finished photo will suffice)
To kick start things off, while I am obviously not participating in the contest, I will share with you a before and after photo, improved entirely using Picnik. While the free version of Picnik is more than generous, there are some amazing fun features in the paid area, and that is what makes this contest so enticing!
Here is my Before:
And After fun editing with Picnik:
Participation: Open to everyone. You must provide a valid email address and abide by photo rules below.
Rules about the photo: I have 2 rules and I trust that you will exercise good ethics to observe them:
Rule 1. Do not submit offensive or otherwise risqué photos . I would like to continue sharing this site with my mother and someday perhaps with my children! Seriously, use common sense and we will get along just fine.
Rule 2. I am a fanatic about respecting Copyright Laws for photos. If it is not your work – that means if you did not take the photo - then do not submit the photo. Please know that the prizes can be reversed, and your membership will expire immediately with Picnik if that is the case.
How to submit photos: This is entirely up to you as long as you post a comment below so you count as a contestant. I would prefer if you could submit the photo embedded in html with the comments. If your photo is already on Flickr, super easy: Just go to All Sizes on your photo, pick Medium size, and Copy&Paste the HTML code in the comments below. Otherwise, just enter a comment specifying link to your photo’s location, and we will go check it out! If still no good, just email me the photo after your comment. Keep photo size to no larger than 500 x 375 to fit the width of post column and preferably no larger than 1Mb.
Contest Start and End time: The contest will start as of publication of this post, on Thursday, October 1st, and run for 10 days, to close on Saturday, October 10th.
Judging: The judging of our 3 winners will be determined by a panel of 3. Prolific Living is the first judge. A dear friend of mine who is an avid videographer and entrepreneur, Naomi Takeuchi is second judge. Another dear friend of mine and a magnificent professional photographer, Pascal Monmoine (See both Site 1 and Site 2 for Pascal) is our third judge.
Winning Criteria: We will select the top 3 most creative and commendable edited photos using Picnik. We will use our eyes and our heart to pick out the photos that best speak to Picnik’s editing features and your spark of creativity!
Announce Winners: We will announce winners no later than 3 days after closing of contest, by Tuesday, October 13th. Announcements will be made as an update to this post and also on all the Flickr forums for Picnik and my Twitter updates.
Prize: Each of our top 3 winners will receive gift cards for 6-months of Picnik’s fabulous membership (valued at $19.95). Needless to say, after the 6-months, you can simply go back to using free Picnik or renew your membership. Sweet and Simple!
That’s about it! Bring out your best, we can’t wait to see it. Good luck and have heaps of fun playing!
This is Prolific Living’s Picnik Post Series #2.
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title=”mirror by jwarrenfells, on Flickr”
I put the small version because the med version is 500 x 418 too big still. I used Picnik to make this while it was still a beta program.
title=”Eye am puzzled by Dancing Deer Photography II, on Flickr”
Welcome to the contest Jessica and Tammoura!!! Thank you for your submissions!
title=”Black and Green Dragonfly Squam Lake01 by wings4me1, on Flickr”
Here is one of my favorite Picnik creations:
title=”Poipu Beach by Asiunka, on Flickr”
title=”Time UP – Morning Alarm – 1 by m I m, on Flickr”
i really like this one.
title=”near the rainbows by fences1, on Flickr”
This is probably my favorite one of my creations that I’ve done on Picnik, but considering my entire photostream on Flickr has been done on Picnik, I had a very hard time choosing one. I hope you enjoy it…
title=”If all the raindrops were lemondrops and gumdrops… by fortheloveofFiona, on Flickr”
Submitting this photo from my photography. The first time I used Picnik *smile*
title=” Pastel Whispers by marymrevis EMPRESS OF EXPLORE!, on Flickr”
Just another night of me staying awake playing with pictures
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2541345&id=511147161
here’s my pic
title=”Cameilia by ~Miss Talky luvs the ocean~, on Flickr”
Hi! This is a fun photo of my friends
title=”star on Flickr”
title=”Bowling Balls by ducksgoquack3, on Flickr”
I really like this picture. Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
well… this is prolific living for me… in terms of feeding the soul…
title=”blessing on Flickr”
title=”Untitled by raleighdaddyDOTwordpressDOTcom on Flickr”
Awesome! We have 14 wonderful entries. Such creativity abounds! Keep it up! We have 7 more days to the end of the contest!
This is my first picnik attempt, and I’m loving the site. Have done a few more, but this still is my fave for now:
title=”White Rhododendron enhanced by yahzmin on Flickr”
title=”Flames on Flickr”
http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o382/supergir1997/jakeandmisa.jpg?t=1254693347
I have always used Picnik! Such a great site!! This is my fav
title=”Shea on Flickr”
Picnik is AWESOME!! Hope you like it!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2440/3971348134_441ed36297.jpg
Hi..I just realized that i just did the picture…here is the link to flickr! Sorry about that!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photographybynicolelynne/3971348134/
Whoo hoo! Cool contest!
title=”IMG_0445 by jweant, on Flickr”
I love picnik and had a lot of fun with my picture. Thank you for starting this contest, I always get such great ideas from these. So here is mine I hope you like it.
title=”Untitled by photopassion123, on Flickr”
I am so sorry I did not see a limit on entries and well I have s0 much fun with them. I will choose the second one. Thank you for explaining nicely to me.
Carol
Not an ounce of worry, Carol. I will pick the 2nd choice and delete the first comment with your permission. Best of luck! Picnik rocks, no kidding!
I LOVE picnik…
title=”textured graffiti dreams by ukreal1, on Flickr”
How many pictures are we allowed to enter?
I’ll post my favorite 3:
Hi Marlon: Please enter one photo per contestant only! So if you can post your *most* favorite, we’re set. Can’t wait to see it! Best of luck!
title=”Prowler by L o n, on Flickr”
title=”Where dreams come true by jensspark74 on Flickr”
Hope you like it. It was really hard to pick just one….
title=”Trash the Dress Shoot by lsmphotos, on Flickr”
Got it working with your title and link. I have been editing all because from Flickr, the HTML is not coming through right, so no worry!
Good luck!!
title=”New Zealand Landscape by thebeatjackson, on Flickr”
A really cool idea Farnoosh, so thanks for giving us the chance to enter.
Now this pic I am submitted was actually a bit of a mess, because I’d taken a whole batch of pics that day with exposure compensation accidentally set to -2EV, so with the aid of Picnik I was at least able to make most of the pics I took presentable.
title=”St. Johns Churchyard, Thaxted, Essex on Flickr”
title=”Surfers at Sunset by on Flickr”
title=”Riley by nswe2002, on Flickr”
Question..if someone already has an account, can this contest count for when their account expires? Thanks
Hi Noel,
First: Important–>Please make the photo PUBLIC so the judges can see it. Second: Yes, I believe Picnik will just extend your membership so it won’t expire for another 6 months!
Ok Thank you!
This is one of my favorites. Hope you like it too.
title=”Not My Scooter by pmf1852, on Flickr”
title=”sh by betty crafty, on Flickr”
Picnik is Amazing. I have never felt so comfortable with a program like this. Also, this is a picture I took of my dad for the contest.
I sent you an email of the picture. Thanks for having this contest.
http://www.viewbug.com/photo/393525/
Hope its a Winner!
This is one of my favorite photos…its very simply but I think it sets the right mood for my daughter’s First Holy Communion…Which is the title. Thanks for the contest!!
title=”126. twilight. by meghuff, on Flickr”
Thank you ALL for the beautiful and creative submissions to the Picnik Contest. I am closing submissions but you are welcome to comment here about the contest or the beautiful photos submitted. Winners to be announced by October 14th Wed at the latest!!!! I will be writing up a new post here to show case the winners and you will receive an email with the Picnik membership code if you are one of the 3 winners! Thank you again for playing here…..
I cannot believe I missed this!!!
..so who won?
Hi there, sorry I thought he “Picnik Series” box led you to the next post in the series. So sorry. Here is the post on winners:
http://www.prolificliving.com/blog/2009/10/12/showcasing-picnik-contest-winners-with-gratitude-to-all/
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