2015 Cuda-Challenger Calendar Submissions & Rules
NOTE: There's a new e-mail address for submissions. I've had to step aside, at least for this year. Since Dave is working this as available, please cut him some slack on getting back to you about submissions.
Take a new picture of your Barracuda, 'Cuda or Challenger. This can be an A-body Barracuda/'Cuda, an E-body Barracuda/'Cuda or Challenger, or a current design Challenger.
• Submit only one image per vehicle can be submitted. You can send as image of each Barracuda, 'Cuda or Challenger you own, however.
• The car must belong to you. You don't have to be the photographer, but you must be the owner.
• Use of image editing tools (such as Photoshop) to correct color and contrast is fine. (Please don't put your car at the Eiffel Tower, however. If you want that shot, ship your car to Paris and get it that way
). If you don't feel comfortable with image editing, the calendar team will take care of that for you.
• "New" means taken after last year's competition deadline for entries.
Include the following information with your submission:
• Your first name (e.g., David)
• Your cuda-challenger.com username (e.g., ChallengerHK)
• The model year(s) of the car(s) (e.g. 1973)
• Any special model designations (e.g., RT, Gran Coupe)
• Your preferred month if you have one (no guarantees, but we'll try)
Camera Settings
• Use your camera's highest resolution. Shoot for a pixel count of at least 3000 on the longest side of the image; this is roughly the equivalent of 6-7 megapixels. If you don't know how to do this, check with me (David, e-mail below) or send me a test image.
The resolution issue really can't be stressed enough. Several people in the past have submitted low resolution images with suggestions to use Photoshop to enlarge them. While this can be done, the final image is very blurry, as shown below:
So, if you don't learn anything else about your camera, know what its highest resolution is, and how to set it for that resolution.
• If you use Microsoft Outlook to submit, it may ask if you want to resize the image when you send it. This is almost always making the image smaller so it will transmit more quickly. If you see a pop-up asking what image size you want to send, then select "original size".
• If your camera has a date/time stamp, please turn it off.
Image Settings
• If you have an HDR setting on your camera...probably turn it off. Aside from looking somewhat fake, HDR images also sometimes play havoc with the printing process.
• Please don't crop the image. If you want the final image to be cropped, either tell us how you would like it cropped or send a separate cropped image. We sometimes need all the resolution we can get, and cropping an image will reduce the pixel count, as well as throwing off the aspect ratio (and you thought that term only applied to tires, didn't you?).
• Speaking of aspect ratios, some cell phones take very wide images; some newer cameras can do the same. If you're shooting with a cell phone or a newer model camera that takes a wide image, leave plenty of space on both ends of the image, because there will be parts of the image that are cut off to fit the calendar page. See the example below.
Submit your picture by midnight, Sunday
OCTOBER 5th, 2014 in order to enter the contest.
• I will confirm receipt of every image. If there are problems, like low resolution, I'll let you know.
• If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail from me within 48 hours:
- First, check your spam folder
- Second, send me an e-mail asking me to verify that I have received your image
• If I'm going to be unavailable to confirm receipt, I'll post a note about when I'll be unavailable. (I know that I'll be on the road during most on the entry period, which is why I increased the response time to 48 hours
)
Voting will start on Sunday
OCTOBER 12th for the 12 main photos (1 for each month). We will have voting open for 14 days (through
OCTOBER 26th).
I've had to step down from operating the contest for at least this year. Send submissions and/or questions to 4Cruizn at:
davewitt at earthlink dot net
We also need other shots for the fun stuff on each page: works-in-progress, engines, details, etc. These are not voted on, and used at the production team's discretion, but I think they really make the final product a lot nicer.
If you know of a car show which would like to be listed, send that information as well.
Judy will open a separate topic with ordering information, including a cost per calendar. Since we've now gone to print-on-demand, we don't really have to do pre-ordering any more the way we used to.
Good luck and have fun
