The monthly photo contest organized by the ComputerBase community is entering its next round with a new theme for December 2025. Photographers are invited to submit images related to the topic 'Tips' until December 20th, after which community voting will begin.
The November competition concluded with a thrilling finish as community member K P K secured victory with a narrow margin of 69 to 67 votes. Approximately 43 percent of voting participants gave one of their three votes to K P K's winning photograph. The award-winning image featured three colored pencils alongside three corresponding pencil shavings arranged on a black acrylic glass plate, creating a striking visual composition.
As the contest winner, K P K has earned the traditional right to select the theme for the following month's competition. The chosen theme 'Tips' comes with deliberate openness, as K P K explained: 'Tips - I am intentionally not giving any further specifications so that everyone can give free rein to their interpretation of the topic.' This approach allows participating photographers maximum creative freedom in interpreting the subject matter.
Interested community members have until December 20, 2025, at 11:59 PM to submit one photograph in JPEG or PNG format via email to contest organizer lowrider20. Submissions must include the participant's ComputerBase forum username and adhere to specific guidelines designed to maintain contest integrity.
The competition operates under strict participation rules to ensure fairness and quality. Each registered community member may submit only one personally captured photograph of any age, provided it has not been entered in previous photo contests or published elsewhere in the ComputerBase forum. Images featuring the same subject as previously published photos, even from slightly different perspectives, are not permitted. The contest explicitly prohibits drawings, painted works, AI-generated images, and digital renderings.
Once the submission deadline passes, a nine-day voting period will commence featuring all submitted entries, with a maximum of 40 photographs if submissions exceed that number. All readers with forum accounts are eligible to participate in the voting process. To preserve photographer anonymity during voting, images are resized to a maximum of 3,840 pixels in height and width, and all EXIF data is removed before display.
The winner, determined at the end of the month, will receive the honor of selecting the theme for the subsequent month's competition, continuing the community-driven tradition. The editorial team extends best wishes to all participants in the upcoming December contest.
