Submissions will be closed tomorrow the 7th, as we informed you earlier and here too in the Rules of Submitting section [link]

We are backlogged with submissions. They will be accepted soon, so please be patient. Also, please slow it down with the submissions. We are considering allowing 1 submission per month only. We will see




4 days to go for the "Weather Contest"!

If you havent submitted, and you plan to submit, then please hurry !

Dont forget to read the rules first !






We are supposed to submit more submissions blogs, but ~Disco-Science is now very busy with her studies, so she wont feature the submissions anymore for a long period of time. Well, her hard work is appreciated


The problem is that we dont have any admin now to help with featuring the submissions Can any of YOU help ?





Artistic Assortments Issue Five by

`Kaz-D was so kind to feature the group and some of last week's submissions in this news article [link] ! It's really appreciated Please check this news article as you may be featured in it You might also be featured in her next news articles





Today, we choose another topic for our "Photography Tips".

Please read about below in this blog






It takes 2-4 days for a submission to be accepted. This is due to the big number of submissions, and because we dont want to accept them all in one day


If you are annoyed from the number of submissions you receive from the group, then please "remove" them, or simply "unwatch" our submissions.

Illustrations: [link] and [link]

We have alternatives which are the "Submissions blogs" !





If you received a DD this month, then please send it to us so we can feature it on our page, and then in a news article

Members Awarded with DDs in January 2010



Please submit only ONE deviation in this period: March 1st - 14th. Dont submit any work unless you've read the Submissions Rules blog !!






Nature:


Other:



Some of those groups are new, and they are looking for some members, so please join any of these groups Here is the full list of Affiliates.






Our tip today is: "Know your camera"

Here is a small description of the topic:

Now that you have the vision and the perspectives, its time to shoot! but the problem is that you dont know how to shoot Your photographs always look bad, what is the problem ?? Well, one of the problems is that you dont know how to use your camera well. You need to understand your camera.



I will start with writing what i know about the topic. It could give you examples of what we expect from you

Understand what "Aperture" and "Shutter-speed" mean. Those two are very important, and you need to adjust them well so you could get a great lighting and a great focus.

Aperture is the opening of the lens. The larger the diameter of the aperture, the more light your lens collects. Small "F-stop" values are equivalent to large diameters of aperture. For example, in "low-light" places, you will need to increase the aperture to a large value (eg: F2.8)

Shutter speed is the amount of time that the shutter is open. Obviously, if the shutter is kept open for a longer time, more light is collected in the lens. So, for "low-light" places, you will need a slow shutter speed to allow more light to be collected. of course you will need a tripod!

Aperture and Shutter speed work together. If you want to catch a moving object, increase the shutter speed (less light will enter), and increase the aperture (but this will then allow more light to enter).

That is all, so briefly.



It is now your turn. Write what you know about how to "know the camera".

I will remind you that the information here will be collected in a news article after a few days. Here is our previous news article [link]

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This contest is hosted by #SkyAndNatureClub and co-hosted by #Feature-Club and #dALinkSystem

The weather describes whatever is happening outdoors in a given place at a given time. Weather could be rainy, snowy, foggy, sunny, cloudy. The weather also includes tornadoes, thunderstorms, rainbows, etc..

Contest Blog (most updated)
News Article (Please spread the word)






's Weather Contest is sponsored by:



"Every day we will feature 1 of our members works and hopefully promote the member and their work. Our goal is to give people who may not get as much support for their work, the support they want and deserve!"

is a Group dedicated towards increasing artists exposure by helping others and themselves through a simple and effective "Linking" system. The idea:"Link another artists submission in your artist's comment box. It helps everyone's exposure and finds undiscovered art."

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Click this link for more information on the Weather Contest!







There has been an agreement between the two groups to work together on a project. In case you dont know, #ProjectComment is one of the greatest groups for guaranteed and constructive comments on the deviations. So, you might want to check it out

The idea is to choose 10 of our submissions, and 10 of their commenters to write constructive comments to those submissions. We will choose the submissions at the end of each week, and we will try to choose submissions from different members each time, so everyone can benefit

In return, we will feature the commenters on our page for one/two weeks.


This will hopefully strengthen the relationships between the two groups, and it will help the photographers and the commenters improve their skills