ZRoadster.net 2013 Calendar - your forum needs YOU!

Post by **Robert T** » Mon 29 Oct, 2012 21:08

Well, the elves and Xmas trees are in the shops, so it must be that time of year again... yes, indeed, time for me to ask for your photos for the annual ZRoadster.net Calendar.

We will again be offering a professionally printed and bound A3 calendar created using your photos. The calendar will be priced to cover the costs of printing plus small donation to go towards covering the hosting costs for the site.

As a reminder, here are a couple of the pages from last year's calendar.

In order to qualify for entry, all photos must be either your own pictures or you must obtain permission from the person that took them. They must be in LANDSCAPE format (HORIZONTAL orientation) and have an unedited original available which is a minimum of 5 (five) megapixels (about 2700x1900 pixels). Sticking to this will ensure that we can once again maintain the quality of the calendar.

As always, we are looking for photographs of ALL zeds (Z1, Z3, Z4 and Z8 inclusive) to put into the calendar. We have seen some really great photos posted up throughout the year, so please enter them for the calendar. For those of you who have been hiding your pics, please do consider entering, as we like to include a variety of shots. I would like to ask you to post just your best ones in this thread for consideration for the calendar. As the government still hasn't added any more months to the year, sadly we only pick 12. There is no set theme, so feel free to submit a mix of photos of single cars, groups of cars, abstracts and detail shots, meets, or just plain spectacular settings for zeds to be seen in - the only mandatory element is that the pictures must be zed related.

Please post your entries in this thread, resized to around 800x600, for us all to see. Assuming your entry is selected, I will ask for the original image later (this is important as I really cannot make a calendar from cropped/resized photos). If you post an image which you do not own the copyright, then please contact the owner of the copyright and find out whether it will be possible to use it in the calendar - if you need assistance in this, then please let me know.

The closing date for entries is Saturday 1st December 2011.

Can't wait to see all your pictures and I will update this thread with more information as we go along. Ordering details will be posted in a separate thread when we get nearer publication.

I can hear the postman groaning already.

Thanks R.

Z3cade · Post by **Z3cade** » Mon 29 Oct, 2012 21:50

PCSAM · Post by **PCSAM** » Mon 29 Oct, 2012 23:08

your welcome to any I posted about my trip to sky .....if you think they are worthy that is

Ian_C · Post by **Ian_C** » Thu 01 Nov, 2012 22:25

Here's one from me:

Post by **Robert T** » Thu 01 Nov, 2012 22:42

Might as well put in one from me.

Cheers R.

Southernboy · Post by **Southernboy** » Fri 02 Nov, 2012 06:34

You're welcome to my pics if you think they're acceptable..

si-forks · Post by **si-forks** » Fri 02 Nov, 2012 07:34

Ok one for the Old M44 boys

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Ravo · Post by **Ravo** » Fri 02 Nov, 2012 14:03

Got to try, i guess

Originals are between 7-9 meg.

Brian H · Post by **Brian H** » Sat 03 Nov, 2012 11:12

3888 x 2592

4000 x 2565

2804 x 1869

Ragtop · Post by **Ragtop** » Sat 03 Nov, 2012 13:07

Silverstone photo by kind permission of Chris Teagles

Olly2012 · Post by **Olly2012** » Sun 04 Nov, 2012 16:19

Can you help here? I try to upload my 800x600 image and I get the fllowing error...

"Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached."

Post by **Robert T** » Sun 04 Nov, 2012 16:23

@Olly - full details of how to post pics are given in this thread: Posting Photos on ZRoadster.net. Give me a shout if you get stuck - looking forward to seeing your photos.

Cheers R.

Olly2012 · Post by **Olly2012** » Mon 05 Nov, 2012 07:43

Thanks Robert. I guess you get fed up with pointing people to that thread. Presumably I could use Picassa'a web album also?

Post by **Robert T** » Mon 05 Nov, 2012 09:48

Yes, you can use any photo sharing service that allows you to link directly to images you have uploaded to it.

I don't get fed up, just wondering what more I can do so that people see that thread - I've made it a sticky on every forum - does it need a 3ft high neon sign as well.

Cheers R.

Daz3 · Post by **Daz3** » Sun 11 Nov, 2012 15:54

Here's my go

Daz3 · Post by **Daz3** » Sun 11 Nov, 2012 16:14

How come my pics are coming up rubbish quality they look loads better on photobucket?

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Sun 11 Nov, 2012 17:35

from me........

Post by **Robert T** » Sun 11 Nov, 2012 22:24

Daz3 wrote:How come my pics are coming up rubbish quality they look loads better on photobucket?

They look fine to me - I take it your edit was to fix something with the links?

Cheers R.

Daz3 · Post by **Daz3** » Mon 12 Nov, 2012 20:40

Robert T wrote:
Daz3 wrote:How come my pics are coming up rubbish quality they look loads better on photobucket?
They look fine to me - I take it your edit was to fix something with the links?

Cheers R.

Yeah plus I forgot to resize and added a couple more pics

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Tue 13 Nov, 2012 21:50

A few from me:

seasurfer · Post by **seasurfer** » Sat 17 Nov, 2012 21:35

Here are a few pics from me too - photo 3 does have the complete nose on the photo but for some reason it has transfered as chopped - fingers crossed

Post by **Robert T** » Sun 18 Nov, 2012 10:25

Pics all look fine, Gill. The clipping is down to the poster details on the right overlapping the picture. I still don't have a fix for that, but rest assured, they look great.

Cheers R.

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seasurfer · Post by **seasurfer** » Sun 18 Nov, 2012 14:48

Thanks Robert, pic 3 is ok now, on the preview a couple of inches of the nose was missing

Daz3 · Post by **Daz3** » Sun 18 Nov, 2012 21:39

Robert T wrote:

What ever happened to rob aka w4tkins? Is he still about?

Deano1712 · Post by **Deano1712** » Sun 18 Nov, 2012 21:48

PCSAM · Post by **PCSAM** » Wed 21 Nov, 2012 16:55

one from my trip to the isle of Skye in my old 1.9

leach62 · Post by **leach62** » Sun 25 Nov, 2012 09:06

Here are a few I have taken over the years

('_')Z3 · Post by **('_')Z3** » Sun 25 Nov, 2012 11:25

A couple from me

chrisp_1 · Post by **chrisp_1** » Sun 25 Nov, 2012 11:31

Absolutely superb image

Post by **Robert T** » Sun 25 Nov, 2012 13:02

Some great pictures so far. Looks like it should be a good year. It's still not too late to submit your photos, so please do keep them coming.

A word regarding the professional photos - I will need permission from the photographer to use any of these - it is not usually too hard to get as we have a limited print run, so please do start checking now, as in the past this have often taken a while to do and has at least once taken past my printing deadline and meant I have had to go with other images.

Cheers R.

zibomb · Post by **zibomb** » Sun 25 Nov, 2012 23:29

thought i'd add a couple more

gookah · Post by **gookah** » Sun 25 Nov, 2012 23:46

some from me:

PCSAM · Post by **PCSAM** » Mon 26 Nov, 2012 13:22

another from me

EnthuZiaZT · Post by **EnthuZiaZT** » Tue 27 Nov, 2012 00:29

Sorry Robert, Didn't realise that you had to post your picture on the thread.

chrisp_1 · Post by **chrisp_1** » Tue 27 Nov, 2012 17:40

Love it

Robert - let me know if you'd prefer I don't comment + repost all my favourites

g8jka · Post by **g8jka** » Sat 01 Dec, 2012 11:36

I have a few last minute entries

gookah · Post by **gookah** » Sat 01 Dec, 2012 19:29

g8jka wrote:I have a few last minute entries

wow

chrisp_1 · Post by **chrisp_1** » Sat 01 Dec, 2012 23:55

Love it Gookah, that must be one of the best viewing angles

Post by **Robert T** » Tue 18 Dec, 2012 14:33

Just a quick update on where we are with the calendar. I am still waiting on permission to use one of the images, but otherwise have everything I need. Artwork is almost complete and should be finished later today. I will put up an order thread hopefully later this week after we have done our exact costings. It does look good on the screen and I have managed to get a good selection of cars in there, so there should be something for everybody (Z1s, Z3s and Z4s, ///Ms).

Cheers R.

Post by **Robert T** » Thu 20 Dec, 2012 21:00

Another quick update. Artwork finished and sent to the printers. I'll post up the order thread as soon as I have the exact prices.

Cheers R.