Ryan, that is fantastic - did you post the photo you submitted here?? would that violate the rules of the contest if you did?
Hope they are not super sticklers at the contest... on that topic, who was it that was making the list of "real" photo contests (like this one) on line? annsan Now I really gotta stop reading this stuff and clean the house Ryan Lee wrote: > I just want to be the same as all the other entries! You know how authority > deals with upstarts! ;) But yes, I think the scan should be adequate. I > guess I've been coasting along happily for a while now- I needed this mess > to keep me on my toes. > > Thanks much! > > Cheers, > Ryan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 1:04 AM > Subject: Re: UNEP Intl Photo Comp Finals! YAY!!!! ........Oh CRAP!! > > > How big is that scan? 300dpi at 8x10 or larger? If so, that should be > adequate. Copy it to a CD and send it. For insurance, you could send a nice > 8x10 or larger inkjet pring along with the CD. > > Oh, and congratulations! > > Paul > > > > > > > I checked my mail today only to come across one which started like this: > > > > > > -snip- > > > Dear Mr Ryan Lee; > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you very much for your entry to the UNEP International > Photographic > > > Competition on the Environment 2004-2005. We are pleased to inform you > that > > > out of entries received from 169 countries all over the world, we have > > > selected your photograph(s) as a candidate for final judging. > > > > > > > > > > > > -snip- > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok. Ration one minute for hyperventilation- now compose yourself Ryan. > > > > > > > > > > > > Apparently it's a pre-letter email giving me a heads up on what -is- > coming > > > in the mail. Good news right?? I don't know at the moment. Apparently > they > > > want the highest quality source of the image sent back to them by > Christmas > > > Eve, and they want me to verify that the photocopy they send me is > indeed my > > > work. Insert problem. Ryan doesn't live at the address he used to in > > > Australia because he's had to move out; all of his mail now goes to a PO > > > Box. Ryan's original image was on film- the negative is back in > Australia, > > > in a box in a friend's house. Ryan's currently in the UK with, > fortunately, > > > his laptop, which should have a 300dpi Noritsue scan somewhere in there- > but > > > practically this means that will be the only thing I can send back, sans > the > > > photocopy they send me. > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, the photo contest is judged, amongst others, by Sebastiao Salgado > and > > > Raghu Rai. Insert two minutes of hyperventilation. > > > > > > > > > > > > Insert another problem, Ryan is still having an intermittent out of body > > > experience. Whatever shall I do!! > > > > > > > > > > > > Discombobulatedness! > > > > > > Ryan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
