World Lupus Day – May 10th & Anything Butterfly Contest
World Lupus Day is a global awareness effort and is coming soon on May 10th, Malaysia is participating with a charity initiative driven by Shutter Asia in conjunction with Persatuan SLE Malaysia.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus) is a chronic autoimmune disease that can be fatal, though with recent medical advances, fatalities are becoming increasingly rare. As with other autoimmune diseases, the immune system attacks the body’s cells and tissue, resulting in inflammation and tissue damage. SLE can affect any part of the body, but most often harms the heart, joints, skin, lungs, blood vessels, liver, kidneys and nervous system. SOURCE
You can read more about Lupus here at Lupus Malaysia.
To raise money for we will be running a photography contest with the theme of "Anything Butterfly" - this is not limited to macro so go wild. It's up to your interpretation.
First Prize:
Nikon D60 DSLR Camera with kit valued at RM 2,588
Second Prize:
Nikon D40x DSLR Camera with kit valued at RM 1,888
Third Prize:
Coolpix P5100 camera valued at RM 1,048
Five Merit Prizes:
Nikon CF Sprint IV binoculars valued at RM 198 each
Fifteen Consolation Prizes
Download your entry form here: World Lupus Day Entry Form
You need to submit the entry form with a minimum donation of RM10 before April 30th.
Photographs for entry MUST be taken between May 1st and May 7th and entered by May 8th 5pm. An exhibition and prize giving ceremony will be on May 10th and the exhibition will continue until May 18th. More details here.
So do enter, and keep May 10th free to support Shutter Asia and Lupus!
If you don't mind please blog about this too, even if it's just an aside and forward this to any friends you have that are interested in photography.
Tags: anything butterfly, charity, lupus, Persatuan SLE Malaysia, photography-contest, shutter-asia, shutterasia, sle, Systemic lupus erythematosus
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Hiya...
How many photographs can we submit per entry?
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One entry one photo, unlimited entries.
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I want the 1st prize!!!
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Talk about great prizes.
The 1st price is belongs to me!!
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Thanks for the heads up!
If I were to find anything even near resembling a butterfly in my forsaken-ed area, I will definately take you to KIN KIN.
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First prize is mine yo!
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Interesting, correct me if I'm wrong, I think the theme butterfly is kinda abstract and can be anything which has a feel of a butterfly and not just having butterflies in the photo.
Maybe even a photo of real butter flying thru the air
and RM10 per entry seems a very good deal. Too bad I just don't have any means of a decent camera, or even good photography skills
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KY: Haha do it!
wombok: We shall see.
kevin: Haha ok for sure.
Renee: Looks like some competition!
moons: Correct, it's up to your interpretation, looks like a butterfly, shape, form anything. Butterfly tattoo, panties, human in a butterfly suite anything.
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[...] first part was getting the Anything Butterfly Photography Competition running, which we got going with the help of the large member base on Shutter Asia, fellow bloggers [...]