Thaivisa Photography Competition for May 2016

samuijimmy · April 30, 2016

Thaivisa Photography Competition (May 2016)

Sponsored by BizPaye

Thailand is awash with fantastic scenery and magic moments on every corner, it is a photographers dream. Thaivisa is looking to share your photos to the world and you could walk away with a wonderful prize each month in the process.

Just send your photos to us each month and we will pick the best 2 to share with the world. First prize, courtesy of BizPaye (bizpaye.com) is two nights at the picturesque Palm Grove Resort in Pattaya, worth 10k baht (more details below) and second prize is 1,000 baht mobile phone top up.

About Palm Grove Resort (First Prize):

Palm Grove Resort is ideally situated in the heart of the natural and cultural attractions on Thailand's Eastern Seaboard. Nestled between two quaint fishing villages, Ban Am Pur and Bang Saray and only a few hundred meters from a pristine white sand beach the location and ambiance could hardly be better.

Palm Grove has it own private sun chairs exclusively for the use of its guests on the adjacent beach where you can enjoy a foot massage, manicure or pedicure while sipping a an ice cold drink and letting the stress of the world melt away.

Only minutes from the resort are many stunning sites that must be visited when you summon the will to drag yourself from the chilled out ambiance of the Palm Grove pools, salas and gardens. These attractions include. The lake of temples, Golden Buddha mountain, Nong Nuch Tropical Gardens, Silver lake Vine Yard, Na Jomtien Floating Market, Underwater world, Phoenix Golf, Sai Kaew nature reserve beach( famous for its crystal clear waters and resident monkey population) Alankran Cultural show is a must while you are at Palm Grove as is the sampling of the seafood served in the local restaurants which are traditionally built out over the ocean and offer the freshest seafood picked live from tanks and cooked to your liking.

Rules of the competition are simple

Each member may submit up to two of their own photos per month.

Only one photo per post,multiple photos in the same post will be disqualified.

The photos must be Thailand related and also must comply with the ThaiVisa.com forum rules

A title, Basic Exif data, location and date may be added, but no extra comments to try and win more votes will be allowed.

Members must be a genuine contributing Thai Visa Member, and not just join to add votes for their friends... for the purpose of stacking the Likes.

Any photo found to have likes from non genuine or active members will be disqualified... It's not fair to other members....

All photos included in the thread will then be sent to sponsors bizpaye.com who will judge the competition and choose the three winners.

Please make sure that your images are no wider than 1024 pixels

Prizes will be awarded to the top three images in this competition.

1st prize Two nights at the picturesque Palm Grove Resort in Pattaya,valued at 10,000 Baht.

2nd Prize 1000 baht Phone card credit New and also good for 2nd prize winner for April...

3rd prize A Pattaya Channel TV/Inspire T-Shirt.

Note.......We will drop by the thread every day or so to remove the posts not containing images, so please don't be annoyed if you see

one of your posts is missing, thanks for your understanding.

This competition will run until May 31 2016

How to post images - See Posting Images - Guidelines

Please keep dropping by and give your support to the new images being posted.

Give us your 'Best Shots' and good luck to all.... and please contribute to the other photographic threads...

samuijimmy · April 30, 2016

I'll start ( I cannot win any prizes!) .... Last day of April, Ban Tai beach, Samui..

Camera: Canon Model: Canon EOS 7d ISO: 3200 Exposure: 1/1000 sec Aperture: 20.0 Focal Length: 18mm

Utley · April 30, 2016

camble · April 30, 2016

Mango Daiquiri Sunset at the Emerald Cove Koh Chang

Nikon D610 1/200 sec @ f/9 ISO 100

Utley · April 30, 2016

Philips · April 30, 2016

Hi everyone! Sunset at View point of Pattaya, panorama.

Gear: Canon 6D, 17-40 f4.

Edited April 30, 2016 by Philips

Philips · April 30, 2016

View from Adriatic Palace in Pattaya, sunset.

Edited April 30, 2016 by Philips

Ron19 · April 30, 2016

krobert6 · May 1, 2016

The Mekong

Edited May 1, 2016 by krobert6

krobert6 · May 1, 2016

Chiang Saen

Edited May 1, 2016 by krobert6

Paulp · May 1, 2016

View to Bali Hai Pier

Edited May 1, 2016 by Paulp

Paulp · May 1, 2016

Na Jomtien Fishing Camp

Beng · May 1, 2016

Beng · May 1, 2016

Assurancetourix · May 1, 2016

My village in Issan , one morning ....

Olympus TG 860 - f/4.9 - 1/80* - iso 125 - 34 mm

Assurancetourix · May 1, 2016

Around my village in the rubber plantations; on red roads, it's better to know how to read thai language

Olympus TG 860 - f/5.2 - 1/80* - iso 125 - 42 mm

hansiver · May 2, 2016

From Loy Kratong

Nikon d3000 Nikkor 18-55mm

1/15sek f 4,2 iso 1600

hansiver · May 2, 2016

Loy Kratong'

Nikon D 3000

Nikkor 15 - 55 mm

1/30 sek f/3,5

ISO 500

camble · May 2, 2016

Gunya

Nikon D610 1/60 @ f/5.6 ISO 900

Ron19 · May 3, 2016

WAT KIRIWONG - NAKHON SAWAN

khunPer · May 3, 2016

The infamous Samui traffic...

Canon EOS 600D

Exposure time: 1/80s

F-number: 5.6

ISO: 100

Focal length: 18mm

Edited May 3, 2016 by khunPer

khunPer · May 3, 2016

Pirates of Bandon Bay

Sony DSC-W150

Exposure time: 1/250s

F-number: 8

ISO: 100

Focal length: 5mm

Johntwo · May 3, 2016

Bangsaray

alofthailand · May 4, 2016

Pattaya Beach April 2016

alofthailand · May 4, 2016

St Patrick's Day Parade Pattaya, Beach Rd, 2016.

wrassell · May 4, 2016

Huay Yai area east of Pattaya, off on a side road that leads to another side road is this. For EXIF data click here https://www.flickr.com/photos/russellthorne/18202808466/in/dateposted/