Thaivisa Photography Competition (June 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.

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....

Photos with 10 likes or more will be placed in monthly Competition's Best Photograph Gallery.... included in the thread will then be sent to sponsors bizpaye.com who will judge the competition and choose the three winners.

The final winners will not necessarily picked by the photos with the most member "likes" .

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 ...

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 June 30 2016

How to post images - See Posting Images - Guidelines

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

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

Please note the way the final judging has changed.

Photos with more than 10 likes, will be added to the monthly Competition Gallery and that will be submitted to the judges for final choice of winners.

OK get out and try your best at getting a great shot!

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Ron and I are not eligible to win just so people know!

The Saphan-Mon bridge.

Khao Toh Sae (Monkey Hill), Phuket Town.

Rawai, Phuket

Rice field near my home..

Chiang Dao market - Chiang Mai province - 2012 february 28th

Olympus TG 610 - f/3.9 - 1/50* - iso 100 - 28 mm

Auto Show Pretty (and dangerous)

Nikon D5000 1/60 sec @ f/4.5 ISO 800

Ban Rak_Thai - Mae Hong Son province - border with Myanmar

Olympus TG 610 - f/11 - 1/60* - Iso 100 - 28 mm

Launch of a 12 metre diameter ta lai at the Bun Bang Fai Ta Lai Festival, Kut Wa, Kuchinarai, Kalasin.

Young Phu Thai girl getting ready for the Bang Fai Ta Lai Festival, Kut Wa, Kuchinarai, Kalasin.

Emerald Cove Koh Chang

Nikon D610 1/500 sec @ f/10 ISO 100

»Call it day – I need overtime pay, if you need more nuts«

Canon EOS 600D

Exposure time: 1/125s

F-number: 7.1

Aperture value: 5.625

Focal length: 45mm

Samui sunrise

Canon EOS 600D

Exposure time: 1/200s

F-number: 8

Aperture value: 6

Focal length: 55mm

Fishermen. Lake Bueng Khong Long, Bueng Kan. Background, Lao Mountains.

Long boat practice. Lake Bueng Khong Long. Bueng Kan. North Thailand. Background Lao Mountains.

Son of Godzilla

Sisaket Bun Bang Fai - Morlam Dancer - May 2016

Roi et Buddha - May - 2016

Lam Pao sunrise

Sony ILCE-6000 E, 16-70mm F4 ZA OSS, ƒ/4.0, 16.0 mm, 1/80, ISO 125

Sony ILCE-6000 E, 16-70mm F4 ZA OSS, ƒ/4.0, 16.0 mm, 1/80, ISO 125

Chiang Saen Lake

Here they come again - Chinese Herons arriving

The lady of the Lam Pao.

F1.8 50mm 1/2000

Ordination of young monks at Wat That Thong, Bangkok

Camera: iPhone 6s

My wife gives our dog a bath.

Nikon D3000

Tamron 70 - 300mm

1/200 sek f 7,1

ISO 100

From my garden

Nikon D3000

Tamron 70-300mm

1/25srk

f 4,2

ISO 360