The Grey Arrows Drone Club are pleased to announce the next in a series of Challenges!
Here’s your chance to win a super rare, exclusive badge to grace your Profile page! Haven’t heard of GADC’s awesome awards? Check out our announcement regarding Badges, Awards and Challenges.
Welcome to the ‘2019 Mixed Theme Challenge’.
The objective is simple: Enter one Photograph, Pano or Video for each of the 4 themes during the allotted time window (for each theme).
During this eight-week challenge, your themes are:
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Week 1 & 2 - Water
– From 19/04/19 to 03/05/19
— Lakes, reservoirs, ponds, canals, the sea, etc -
Week 3 & 4 - Industrial
– From 03/05/19 to 17/05/19
— Solar farms, cooling towers, railways, ports, etc -
Week 5 & 6 - Golden Hour
– From 17/05/19 to 31/05/19
— Sunrises and sunsets -
Week 7 & 8 - Monochrome
– From 31/05/19 to 16/06/19
— Wildcard theme! Any subject, as long as your entry is submitted in black and white
The winner will be the person who’s entries are judged (by the Grey Arrows Drone Club Committee) to be the best.
We have three awards available for you to win in our challenge. They are:
1st Place Winner - Gold Trophy
2nd Place Winner - Silver Trophy
3rd Place Winner - Bronze Trophy
The rules and small print for this challenge are as follows:
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You must post your entries to this thread in order for them to be eligible (feel free to also post / duplicate them in the Photos by Drone or Videos by Drone categories if you wish)
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This challenge is open from from 19/04/19 to 16/06/19, the closing date. Media posted to this thread outside of these dates will not be eligible. Your entries must have been captured between these dates
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You must tell us when and where (geographically) the photo/video was taken and provide some information about any significant items included in the view (what it’s called: a church name, for example)
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All media must have been captured in the UK (For our overseas members, all media must have been captured in your home country)
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You must only insert one photo or video per post / reply (so we can link directly to it)
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Once your entry has been confirmed as eligible and/or added to the Leaderboard it may not be replaced or substituted for another entry at a later date
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Media must be shot using your drone while it is flying
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Videos must be a maximum of 30 seconds and may contain time-lapse and/or hyper-lapse
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Entries must be taken within the guidelines of the Drone Code
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The judges will rank all the challenge submissions (without reference to one another) and the judges rankings for each entry will be added together, and these totals themselves will be ranked
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Where an entrant submits more than one entry, only their highest scoring entry will progress and be considered to determine final positions in the challenge. Only their highest scoring entry will be eligible for being awarded a badge
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The winner will be the entry with the highest total rank
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The member whose entry ranks highest will be deemed the winner and that member will be awarded the exclusive 1st Place Gold Trophy. The member whose entry ranks the second highest will be awarded the 2nd Place Silver Trophy and the member whose entry ranks third highest will be awarded the 3rd Place Bronze Trophy
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In the event of a tie at any position the Grey Arrows Drone Club Committee reserve the right to declare an outright winner at that position
Brilliant!