Welcome to the first #BlackCatBrigade Photo Contest with a Twist!
This will hopefully be a repeating contest. Each time around there will be a theme/challenge for you to photograph, with a twist to it!
This month’s theme is… Black cats!
There are two ways to enter this contest, please read the entire post.
You don’t have a black cat you can photograph? That’s fine! You don’t need your own!
The challenge for this contest is to go to a local shelter/rescue/sanctuary. Do they have a black cat there? Good! Ask if you can take a photograph of the black kitty! (They may be much more willing to let you photograph the cat if you let them know that you'll be promoting that that cat is up for adoption, shelters/rescues/sanctuaries need all the help they can get!)
In your photograph, include a card with your Steemit name, the cat’s name, and the name of the shelter/rescue/sanctuary where the cat resides. (If the cat is up for adoption, make sure to include that, as well!)
Ask the facility about the cat you photograph. Include information you learned about the cat, along with the website and contact information for the shelter/rescue/sanctuary. If there is information about the cat on their website, you must provide information about the cat that is not on their website. No cheating!
Other rules:
*Cat must be black.
*No black and white photography
*No photoshop
*No excessive filters.
*Photo MUST contain a card with your Steemit name handwritten and legible, the cat’s name, and the name of the rescue/shelter/sanctuary on it, as well as #BlackCatBrigade
*Upvote this post.
*You may submit your entry by either leaving it in a comment on this post or by making a post of it using #BlackCatBrigade as the first tag and #BlackCatBrigadeTwist as the second tag, as well as a link back to this post.
Because this contest requires you to venture out into the world in search of a black cat, you have until July 31st to submit your entry.
Let’s go out there, take some cool photos, and promote some awesome animals that need forever homes and the organizations caring for them!
Due to this being a new contest, the prize pool will be determined by the payout of this post.
ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF ENTRY
Do you have your own black cat, or does a friend have a black cat that you can snap a picture of? Awesome! You may submit a photograph of that cat (with a card containing your Steemit name and #BlackCatBrigade), and then find an online adoption profile for a black cat that needs a forever home and link that with your entry.
Good luck everyone!
Please consider resteeming this post to get more entries and to increase the prize pool.
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