The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007

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Yes, that's right fellow Seibertronians! The Photocontest has returned after a short absence. The judges are proud to announce the first Photocontest of 2007! And we have another theme for you to show your photograpic skills

History Class

Trying to learn more of our culture, the Transformers research Earth's history. Learning about the events that shaped our world.

Goal: Recreate an historical event using your Transformers.

Post your entries here and give your comments here.

Contest Starts today Monday February 12, 2007. The deadline has been set on March 5, 2007.

Credit(s): SEIBERTRON.com Panel of Judges

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Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (19485)
Posted by Calenatarion on February 12th, 2007 @ 3:07pm CST

Ninja Sixshot wrote:too bad my collection and photoshopping skills suck

You're not even allowed to use Photoshop

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (19487)
Posted by Mxprime on February 12th, 2007 @ 3:09pm CST

man I have such a great idea on how to implement mine =D let's just say it involves some oil.......

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (19499)
Posted by --B-- on February 12th, 2007 @ 3:35pm CST

Oh, my idea!

I will have to do something!

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (19593)
Posted by osiricon on February 12th, 2007 @ 5:18pm CST

What are the rules? I seen no photoshop but what else is there? My kids want to do this. Do you have an archive of past contests? If so where do I find it?

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (19631)
Posted by Overcracker on February 12th, 2007 @ 5:46pm CST

The official Photocontest thread has been posted, and stickied. You can find it at the top of the Thread list in this forum.
but here's the link:

Seibertron.com's 2007's Official Photocontest #1: The History Class

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (19753)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on February 12th, 2007 @ 7:40pm CST

Oh I have so many good Ideas, why are my figures boxed up right now :cry:

Stupid moving :sad:

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (19758)
Posted by Flint on February 12th, 2007 @ 7:51pm CST

great topic.. The wheels are turning.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (19801)
Posted by 1337W422102 on February 12th, 2007 @ 8:36pm CST

I like it, and I have an idea... Canadian History FTW!
EDIT:
Woah, hold the phone, mates. When I click on the link to go the the entries page, I get this error:
Information
The topic or post you requested does not exist

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (19882)
Posted by HybridHero on February 12th, 2007 @ 10:00pm CST

Hooray for Photo Challenge! I just got a new camera from my girlfriend for Valentines Day (apparently I'm spoiled now!), so I can finally start contributing again.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (20126)
Posted by bobpiecheese on February 13th, 2007 @ 2:33am CST

Alright. Now if I can just think of a historical scene...and pinch my brother's camera... :grin:

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (20242)
Posted by Duke of Luns on February 13th, 2007 @ 7:49am CST

Whoa, that's a topic I didn't expect to see. I hope we get a lot of entries. Guess I'll have to dig up some history stuff.

Cheers for the return ;)^

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (20281)
Posted by jgilkinson on February 13th, 2007 @ 8:53am CST

being a history major, my gears are turning... think ill enter this one

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (20432)
Posted by Barricade on February 13th, 2007 @ 12:11pm CST

stupid rules i wanted to use one of my zoids in my pic :oops:

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (20436)
Posted by Overcracker on February 13th, 2007 @ 12:16pm CST

You can, as long as the main focus of your Pic is on a TF.

I'm getting a feeling your not reading the rules all the way through.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (20478)
Posted by Bubbatep on February 13th, 2007 @ 12:44pm CST

jgilkinson wrote:being a history major, my gears are turning... think ill enter this one

]

Unfair advantage!

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (20541)
Posted by Barricade on February 13th, 2007 @ 1:32pm CST

does my entry count?????? :oops:

it's a historical event...... :oops:

... but i'll understand if it doesnt count..... atleast i gave it a try

oh and the meteor is a transformer.... it's a huddled up cybertron optimus prime with a crumpled magazine page sticking out of his a**

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (20559)
Posted by Duke of Luns on February 13th, 2007 @ 1:44pm CST

I like it Cujo. Very interesting, very good. Dang, when I get my idea, I'm gonna have to work hard.

Oh yeah, remember guys, remove your sigs.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (20598)
Posted by Barricade on February 13th, 2007 @ 2:24pm CST

Duke of Luns wrote:I like it Cujo. Very interesting, very good. Dang, when I get my idea, I'm gonna have to work hard.

Oh yeah, remember guys, remove your sigs.

thank you very much it's my first entry ever and it was one of those "spur of the moment/ took 2 minutes for me to put it together" kind of ideas.... i wish i had a digi-cam..... i had to use my web cam :oops:

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (20633)
Posted by Samsonator on February 13th, 2007 @ 2:53pm CST

three cheers for cujo's entry, love it! Caption's pretty good on it, too...

Just means I gotta work that much harder on mine...

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (20943)
Posted by 1337W422102 on February 13th, 2007 @ 6:38pm CST

Can someone please provide a link to the Entries page? The link in the News story doesn't work; I made a post about it but I guess it was ignored.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (20965)
Posted by Barricade on February 13th, 2007 @ 6:45pm CST

83457W422102 wrote:Can someone please provide a link to the Entries page? The link in the News story doesn't work; I made a post about it but I guess it was ignored.

it's stickied at the top of the toys forum

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (20979)
Posted by 1337W422102 on February 13th, 2007 @ 6:51pm CST

Cujo wrote:
83457W422102 wrote:Can someone please provide a link to the Entries page? The link in the News story doesn't work; I made a post about it but I guess it was ignored.
it's stickied at the top of the toys forum

Alright! Thanks, Cujo.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (21000)
Posted by Barricade on February 13th, 2007 @ 7:09pm CST

83457W422102 wrote:
Cujo wrote:
83457W422102 wrote:Can someone please provide a link to the Entries page? The link in the News story doesn't work; I made a post about it but I guess it was ignored.
it's stickied at the top of the toys forum

Alright! Thanks, Cujo.

no problem anytime

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (21050)
Posted by Sunstar on February 13th, 2007 @ 7:50pm CST

Hey the canadian flag works... I don't mind rewriting history in favour of canada :grin:

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (21057)
Posted by 1337W422102 on February 13th, 2007 @ 7:56pm CST

My idea is Canadian-theme, too. Now if only I can find a way to make realistic-looking fire without actually starting a fire...

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (21289)
Posted by Omega-1 on February 13th, 2007 @ 10:51pm CST

Because the theme is recreate a historical scene and not recreate a historical photo, I've reversed the angle of the scene to create a better photo (so that we are looking at the front of the toys rather than their backs).

Also, why use fake fire when you can use real fire.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (21397)
Posted by Barricade on February 14th, 2007 @ 1:38am CST

83457W422102 wrote:My idea is Canadian-theme, too. Now if only I can find a way to make realistic-looking fire without actually starting a fire...

i used a crumpled up magazine add for my fire.... and it came out ok

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (21552)
Posted by Samsonator on February 14th, 2007 @ 7:31am CST

mine's up... more recent on the historical scale, but still a memorable shot

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (21555)
Posted by Calenatarion on February 14th, 2007 @ 7:35am CST

Great so see everyone being so positive about this theme. We thought it was pretty hard to come up with a nice one. We hope we can continue with a large number of participants, just like the 2nd or 3rd contest.

So if you have any friends who might think this is interesting, just tell them to come to SEIBERTRON.com! Also, tell other members about this contest, maybe you know some people who have entered before.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (21571)
Posted by General Magnus on February 14th, 2007 @ 8:00am CST

crap, my tianamen ideas was alread done

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (21674)
Posted by Dr. Caelus on February 14th, 2007 @ 10:56am CST

Cujo wrote:does my entry count?????? it's a historical event...... ... but i'll understand if it doesnt count..... atleast i gave it a try oh and the meteor is a transformer.... it's a huddled up cybertron optimus prime with a crumpled magazine page sticking out of his a**

But... you put a mammoth in the picture!

To bad you didn't have one of the movie preview figs. :lol:

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (21761)
Posted by 1337W422102 on February 14th, 2007 @ 12:18pm CST

Omega-1 wrote:Also, why use fake fire when you can use real fire.

I dunno, possible damage to the toys, set, background, my house, etc? :lol:

Your fire looks really good, Cujo, I'll have to do some experimenting.

I'll be sure to tell TheTouch about the Contest later this week.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (21951)
Posted by Calenatarion on February 14th, 2007 @ 3:02pm CST

Cujo, check your PMs please.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (22096)
Posted by Overcracker on February 14th, 2007 @ 5:16pm CST

Rules People, read the Rules.

All entries, should be 640*480px.

General Magnus if you would be so kind as to reduce your entry image, we would appreciate it.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (22103)
Posted by General Magnus on February 14th, 2007 @ 5:19pm CST

Overcracker wrote:Rules People, read the Rules.

All entries, should be 640*480px.

General Magnus if you would be so kind as to reduce your entry image, we would appreciate it.

sorry

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (22113)
Posted by Overcracker on February 14th, 2007 @ 5:23pm CST

Wow that was fast General Magnus. Thank You.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (23334)
Posted by Barricade on February 15th, 2007 @ 2:01pm CST

Caelus wrote:
Cujo wrote:does my entry count?????? it's a historical event...... ... but i'll understand if it doesnt count..... atleast i gave it a try oh and the meteor is a transformer.... it's a huddled up cybertron optimus prime with a crumpled magazine page sticking out of his a**

But... you put a mammoth in the picture!

To bad you didn't have one of the movie preview figs.

i put nemesis prime in it cause i'm lacking in the dino transformers

i know when i was trying to figure out how to make the comet i said that to myself

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (26339)
Posted by Calenatarion on February 18th, 2007 @ 9:03am CST

Come on people, where are the entries? :grin:

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (26340)
Posted by Sunstar on February 18th, 2007 @ 9:04am CST

mine depends if I can play with astrotrain or nt... Ever since the idea of histoy acame around I had an idea. But I need astrotrain.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (26407)
Posted by 1337W422102 on February 18th, 2007 @ 11:01am CST

Calenatarion wrote:Come on people, where are the entries?

I'm working on it, I'm working on it...

Calenatarion wrote:Well, whatever you're doing, do it faster!

/endRaidersReference

I'll start work on mine as soon as I can, but I have some school stuff to get out of the way first. What's the deadline, again?

One more thing: Could we have the Photocontest story Stickied in the News? More people would enter if they knew about it, I'm sure.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (26519)
Posted by Duke of Luns on February 18th, 2007 @ 1:03pm CST

Come on people, where are the entries?

Mine'll hopefully be in later this week. I have the idea, but I'm only able to do it on Wednesdays. I'll get one in one way or the other before deadline, count on it.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (26762)
Posted by Overcracker on February 18th, 2007 @ 4:32pm CST

83457W422102 wrote:One more thing: Could we have the Photocontest story Stickied in the News? More people would enter if they knew about it, I'm sure.

That's odd, I though it got newsified back when we posted it? Well Can somebody from the News Crew please!!! Newsify it. Thank you.

Ohh and Newsify the Actual Contest thread, not this conmmentary one.
Thank you again.

However, It has been stickied to the top of the toy forum since it was posted. [url=http://www.seibertron.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1146&sid=15c6eff8c6d74c15cd47923eb19267f6"]Photocontest thread. Entries and Rules can be found here. [/link]

*EDIT* The Deadline is Monday March 5.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (26879)
Posted by 1337W422102 on February 18th, 2007 @ 6:10pm CST

Overcracker wrote:
83457W422102 wrote:One more thing: Could we have the Photocontest story Stickied in the News? More people would enter if they knew about it, I'm sure.

That's odd, I though it got newsified back when we posted it? Well Can somebody from the News Crew please!!! Newsify it. Thank you.

Ohh and Newsify the Actual Contest thread, not this conmmentary one.
Thank you again.

However, It has been stickied to the top of the toy forum since it was posted. [url=http://www.seibertron.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1146&sid=15c6eff8c6d74c15cd47923eb19267f6"]Photocontest thread. Entries and Rules can be found here. [/link]

*EDIT* The Deadline is Monday March 5.

Thanks, mate! But I meant to have it stickied on the News reel. News changes every day and very quickly, so it would be best if the Contest was stuck to the news, or at least Feature Highlighted on the front page. It'll spread the word better that way. If I hadn't logged on the day the Photocontest story was in the news, I probably wouldn't have known about it.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (30365)
Posted by Duke of Luns on February 21st, 2007 @ 11:18am CST

My entry's up! Questions, comments, anything?

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The general idea I thought was interesting, and I thought I pulled it off well enough. I used the first capital inaguration cause it looked like the easiest pic to replicate, while adding my own little touch.

The reason why Sparkplug is on Bumblebee's shoulder's is cause I thought it would be funny to have a Mini-con not being able to see well enough from the ground.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (30910)
Posted by 1337W422102 on February 21st, 2007 @ 7:29pm CST

I don't really understand the use of Sparkplug. Is there a kid in the drawing? I didn't really give it a good lookdown. I really like how Hot Shot is holding the rifle.

Holy crap, that Harry Defeats Truman one was awesome!

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (31095)
Posted by smallworm on February 21st, 2007 @ 9:30pm CST

I used photoshop to reduce the image size. Is that ok?

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (31167)
Posted by Dr. Caelus on February 21st, 2007 @ 10:05pm CST

Smallworm's 9/11 photo is very well thought out and executed, without a doubt, if the contest was reproducing a famous photo, I think he would have the contest so far in hand, just because of the attention to detail.

Nevertheless, my personal favorite so far is the Dewey-defeats-Truman one. One of the funniest historical events made funnier with Transformers. To be 100% though it needed to be rendered in black and white.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (31408)
Posted by Sunstar on February 22nd, 2007 @ 6:09am CST

I got mine up

I love black and white.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (31479)
Posted by Duke of Luns on February 22nd, 2007 @ 8:25am CST

83457W422102 wrote:I don't really understand the use of Sparkplug. Is there a kid in the drawing? I didn't really give it a good lookdown. I really like how Hot Shot is holding the rifle.

Holy crap, that Harry Defeats Truman one was awesome!

No kid in the drawing, but like I said, I took some liberties with it. There could have been a kid at the inaguration, and I just wanted to do something a little interesting.

And The 9/11, Truman, and Astrotrain pics are cool. I really like the Astrotrain one, really good representation.

Re: The First SEIBERTRON.com Photocontest of 2007 (31522)
Posted by Barricade on February 22nd, 2007 @ 9:39am CST

smallworm's is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

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