Animals of the World!!

I am back from vacation and the Deranged Photography Contests are in full swing. This contest theme is Animals of the World. Since this is an international photo contest and you all are from all over the globe, I want to see some of the your best shots of the animals that are local to your area or shots of animals that you capture while you were traveling.

Shots of dogs and cats are cool and everything but I want see shots of animals that people don't see every day. Things like alpacas, kinkajous, sloths (bonus points if you post awesome pictures of these because my daughter loves them), or jaguars. I am looking forward to to seeing the awesome pictures you all come up with. Hopefully we all can learn of some new animals from this contest.

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^{Photo taken by me Hive account@derangedvisions}

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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

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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.

Additional Notes

• 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 Hive account@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 Hive account@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.

Who are the amazing sponsors?

One major sponsor to the contests is Hive account@pfunk. For those that don't know Hive account@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.

Hive account@pfunk aids in the process of new account set ups, a big part of Steemit Chat, and a part of the Hive account@steemcleaners team. Hive account@pfunk also is a huge supporter of the Open Mic contests run by Hive account@luzcypher.

You should seriously consider casting a witness vote for @pfunk.

Another major sponsor is Hive account@czechglobalhosts. For those that don't know, Hive account@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 Hive account@czechglobalhosts and participate in his contests because he is offering two daily photography contests that you can enter to win.

The other sponsors I have are Hive account@guiltyparties and the Hive account@steemcleaners team. Hive account@guiltyparties and everyone else behind Hive account@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 @guiltyparties, vote for @patrice, vote for @anyx, vote for @pfunk, vote for @pjau, and vote for @arcange. Your votes for these great witnesses go a long way in ensuring the platform continues to thrive.

I would also like to welcome Hive account@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 Hive account@brospn-contests. If you are a sports fan, you definitely need to check out those contests. He is also the brains behind Hive account@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 Hive account@ats-witness here vote for @ats-witness

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 Hive account@derangedvisions}

I am looking forward to seeing all of your great submissions. Have fun taking those pictures!!