Photo taken by me @derangedvisions
Seeing the World in Miniature
Seeing the world in miniature is all about getting up close and personal with your subject. Macro photography gives you the opportunity to see the world through a different perspective.
So grab your cameras and go out there. Find something cool to shoot and you will be surprised how it turns out. Everything looks different when magnified.
NOTE - We have had a lot of newcomers to the contest recently and some have not been reading the rules in their entirety. Only ONE submission per contest is allowed. Please do not enter more than once. If you see other people doing it, feel free to comment to them and inform them of the rules.
Photo taken by @bil.prag
How is the Deranged Photography Contest set up?
The contest will be broken up into three different tiers. Each will have a different payout for the winners based on what tier you enter into. Here is a breakdown of the winning based on the tiers:
| Place | Professional | Amateur | Beginner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1.25 SBD | 1 SBD | 1 SBD |
| 2nd | 0.75 SBD | 0.5 SBD | 0.5 SBD |
| 3rd | 0.5 SBD | 0.25 SBD | 0.25 SBD |
Each contest will be open for submissions for 5 days after the post is made and then closes at 0100 UTC (1800 MST) on the 5th day.
This will give me and any guest judges time to judge the submissions and create the post announcing the winners.
How to enter
When you enter a photo in the competition, you will state what tier you want to be judged in and locked in for the month at that level.
For example if you enter a photo, you drop the photo in the comment section, state what level of photographer you are, and then give a description of the photograph.
If you want to make your own post and reference the contest in your post, that would be awesome, just remember to post your picture in the comment section along with your post link. Who knows, you may get a visit and an upvote on your post as well as an upvote on the picture. Use the tag #derangedphotography to make it easy to find your posts.
NEW FOR MAY!!
There will be a prize pool of 5 SBD for each tier for the photo of the month. At after the final contest results are posted, I will create an additional post for everyone to cast their votes for their top photo of the month.
Each 1st place winner throughout the month will be tagged in the post as notification to drop their photo in comment section and the photo from each tier that receives the highest number of votes, number not value, will win the 5 SBD, plus they get all the rewards of the upvotes on their comment too, so win win for them.
I am hoping that this is incentive for everyone to continue to go out and shoot amazing photographs. You are all doing great.
Additional Notes
This contest is in its early stages and as time goes it things may need to be tweaked to benefit the group as a whole to make it a more fun experience for everyone.
Contestants can only win 1st or 2nd place once a week.
Only one submission per contest. Extra submissions will be ignored.
You can switch your tier ONE time per month, but only if you are moving up into a higher tier, for example if you are currently in the amateur tier, but you think that you have a photograph that you want to enter in the professional tier, you can state that you are changing your tier to professional. You will then be locked into the new tier for the remainder of the month. You are not able to move down to a lower tier, like going from amateur to the beginner tier.
If you do not state wish tier you want to be judged in for the month, I will leave a comment to remind you to do so, but if you don't respond, you will be assigned to a tier and locked in for that month.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated in any form. All submissions must be your own work. I will investigate every entry and one of the main sponsors is the @steemcleaners team, so if you are caught plagiarizing, not only will you be blacklisted from competing from any future contests, but you will be reported to Steemcleaners as well. It is not worth it to try and cheat, especially with the 3 tier set up where everyone has an equal shot of winning.
Deranged Photography Contests also has a discord channel that you can meet fellow photographers and keep up to date with all of the latest news that is going on with the contest. You can join at this link:
Who are the amazing sponsors?
One major sponsor to the contests is @pfunk. For those that don't know @pfunk is a very active witness on the platform that is doing a lot behind the scenes to ensure that your user experience is a smooth one.
@pfunk aids in the process of new account set ups, a big part of Steemit Chat, and a part of the @steemcleaners team. @pfunk also is a huge supporter of the Open Mic contests run by @luzcypher.
You should seriously consider casting a witness vote for @pfunk.
Another major sponsor is @czechglobalhosts. For those that don't know, @czechglobalhosts puts on two daily photo contests that are open to anyone to enter. His contests cover the entire globe so that anyone can enter. The days and themes are:
- Australian Monday
- Antarctica and World's Oceans Tuesday
- African Wednesday
- European Thursday
- North American Friday
- South American Saturday
- Asian Sunday
On top of the themed daily continent contests, he hosts a daily travel contests specific to the beautiful country of the Czech Republic. So make sure to follow @czechglobalhosts and participate in his contests because he is offering two daily photography contests that you can enter to win.
vote for @guiltyparties, vote for @patrice, vote for @anyx, vote for @pfunk, and vote for @arcange. Your votes for these great witnesses go a long way in ensuring the platform continues to thrive.The other sponsors I have are @guiltyparties and the @steemcleaners team. @guiltyparties and everyone else behind @steemcleaners does so much for the platform as a whole, trying to reduce the spammers, phishing and plagiarism that goes on here. If you have any free slots for witness votes you should consider casting a
vote for @ats-witnessI would also like to welcome @ats-david as another amazing sponsor to the contests. He is an awesome photographer himself and runs several of his daily own contests over on @brospn-contests. If you are a sports fan, you definitely need to check out those contests. He is also the brains behind @brospn where you can stay up to date with anything sports related. He works tirelessly to make sure everyone is informed with what is going on in the sports universe. On top of all of that, He is a witness for the Steem blockchain. So if you have free witness votes you can vote for @ats-witness here
In keeping with my mission for humanitarian work, I have partnered with @youarehope and will be sending a portion of the proceeds to help with their global humanitarian efforts. They have been helping people all over the world using the Steemit platform.
If you would like to become a sponsor and delegate SP to the Deranged Photography Contests you can do so by clicking on the following links:
50 SP, 100SP, 250SP, 500SP, 1000SP,5000SP.
Now get out and start shooting
I hope you are all excited about this new contest. The contest themes will be different than what you are used to seeing on Steemit, and I am doing this to encourage everyone to get out and shoot new pictures. If you are a life long professional nature photographer, some of the themes may push you to try and learn something new. If you are just a beginner photographer, this is a great place to have fun shooting all sorts of exciting styles and learn in the process.
Photo taken by me @derangedvisions
I am looking forward to seeing all of your great submissions. Have fun taking those pictures!!
Beginner submission. This is the ugliest flower owned by my wife (hald dead heather), taken up from really close . Picture taken with old school SMC Takumar 1.8 on M42 converter on 3d printed macro converter :D
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Here you can find some photos of the "combo" mounted on my camera and the model itself :)
Awesome shot. I am going to move you up out of the beginner tier though. I think you will do well competiting in at least the amateur tier from now on.
hah ok ! I hope I can handle the Amateur rank :)
I've considered myself beginner as this is my first "real" camera after shooting with smartphone or a compact .
Thanks for the kind words ! 📷
Here's my Amateur entry. I guess you all know what it is? =)
My first submission as beginner.
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New to steemit so can't understand the posting system.
Hope this will ok.
Here's my entry into the Amateur level.
https://steemit.com/derangedphotography/@jayclar30/deranged-photography-contest-seeing-the-world-in-miniature
Great theme this week, I've just recently been challenging myself to use my macro, I've never really used it much till now. I've had a few days where I have gone out and only taken my macro to force me to use it. It was really fun... makes you look at everything very differently! : )
Very beautiful! Great job :)
Thank you!! : )
I'm going with the Amateur tier again with this shot where I may have interrupted something for sure, but I got the picture and left those little friends alone with their stuff. I made a little post because I've always loved this image for what it reminds me.
Awesome shot. Definitely seeing the guys in miniature. They are so small that their legs are almost see through. Great job.
Sony A77
f/16; 1/250; ISO 100
Tier: Professional.Hey @derangedvisions, this is my entry to Photography Contest - Seeing the World in Miniature. This picture was taken at the Botanical Garden of Caracas in Venezuela.
Amazing detail in this shot. Beautifully done. These are the ones that I like to do as well. I like to get really close to the ones that can turn on you at any second and sting you.
You're right, they can sting, but if you approach with confidence and tranquility, you can go unnoticed. Thank you so much.
This weekend I will publish a tutorial about water drops photography.
Isn’t macro photography great?
I took this shot a couple of weeks ago and the result really took my by surprise.
If you can’t tell what is this, the answer is at my post!
It looks like a bunch of jelly beans. I love the colors. Now I am going to go check out post to see if I was right. lol.
as an amateur photographer.
https://steemit.com/derangedphotography/@ashikstd/like-a-fighter-aircraft-derangedphotography-submission-as-seeing-the-world-in-miniature
Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 70D
F-stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/80 sec
ISO Speed: ISO 800
Focal Length: 135 mm
this is my attempt into the Contest again.
My Butterfly shot mad in german alpines on about 1000m
D3000 with 18-55 objective
im still an Amateur so i go into this part of the content again ;)
Hope you like this shot- its not edited or shopped
Great shot. I love the color of the butterfly against the green background.
thx i love this kind of feedback ;)
I'm not strong in the macro World, but you should have seen these drops!
https://steemit.com/derangedphotography/@helena-malaja/deranged-photography-contest-seeing-the-world-in-miniature
hola, esta es mi entrada
Foto tomada por mi @natymen
Hola esta es mi entrada:
Quiero participar en la categoría principiante (beginner)
Este es un pequeño insecto bebe, le decimos saltamonte, se posó en el mango de una carretilla.
Greetings from Moldova! I am an amateur photographer. Depressive-looking tree bark. I wanted to shoot it in black and white.
as far as I understand I cant change the tier so I will go with beginner again until I can change.
Usually I don´t like these creatures but this photo has become quite good.
If you want, you can go up to amateur, but you will be locked in that tier for the remainder of the month. You can move up, but you can not move to a lower tier once you choose your tier.
so if I also can change into the next tier beginning of June, I´ll stay Beginner till then.
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It is a small plant that my mom bought recently because she liked it and we have it in the whole entrance of our house.
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Photography: Micro crystals embedded in a metamorphic rock. They are crystals of the mineral: epidote. This rock, I got it at the edge of a river, at 3500 meters above sea level, in Merida, Venezuela.
Camera: FUJIFILMS JX-200 Series 12 Mpx
Level: Beginner
Thanks to @fotostef for pointing me to this contest :)
This is my entry for this week, tier Amateur.
I definitely had fun, experimenting with macro :)
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Hi!! my Entry:
Category: Beginer
smartphone camera:samsung galaxy J1 ace
https://steemit.com/derangedphotography/@betzy/deranged-photography-contest-seeing-the-world-in-miniature