Summer 2012 photo competition.

I enjoyed the spring 2012 photo contest so much that I've decided to do another!
The rules are very simple. All you have to do is upload up to two pictures of your ferrets with a 'SUMMER theme' to the Ferret Dook Facebook page before the 1st September, labelling them as 'summer photo comp' or similar with the ferret's name. I will transfer them to the competition album to be judged after the closing date. (Photographs that are not deemed as fitting the competition theme will sadly not be included in the contest so please think carefully before uploading!)
As with the last contest this is just for FUN-the winner and two runners up will be featured here on the Ferret Dook blog, and the winning photograph will also be used as the Facebook page's cover photograph for a period of time subject to the owner's consent.
Please note that there is no prize for the winners of this contest, as it's just a little bit of fun, but I'm hoping to have some more serious competitions in the future!

Here's what I'm looking for....

• Reasonably good quality photographs (i.e no small specks in the distance that are supposed to be ferrets!)
• Photographs matching the 'Summer' theme.
• Photographs focusing solely on the ferrets. Props can be used as well as natural surroundings, e.g flowers, grass etc but please no humans or other animals in the shot!
• Creativity! Now we have some glorious summer weather (in the UK at least) there's no excuse not to take your fuzzies outside in the cooler evenings and let your creativity flow!

The competition closes on the 1st September at 12 noon (UK time) and I will announce the winner on my blog and the Facebook page at a later date. To go straight to the Ferret Dook Facebook page please click here. 

Good luck! I can't wait to see your entries!

Spring 2012 photo competition results

I recently ran a photo competition through the Ferret dook Facebook page, which closed on the 9th April. All the entries were just fantastic, so it was so hard to pick a winner and two runners up!
You can take a look at all the entrants here http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.404827692878048.105273.343843032309848&type=3
The competition winner was 'Casper out on a limb' by Scott Sexsmith from Calgary, Alberta in Canada. Here is Scott's entry.

Casper is the first ferret that Scott has ever had and has had him since he was nine weeks old. He will be three years old this month, so this will be a nice birthday present for him! Casper is now the alpha ferret of a gang of four. His favourite treats are n-bones and raw chicken eggs, yum! He loves playing in his ball pit, playing with plastic bags and tunnels. Casper's favourite thing to do has to be going on adventures with Scott into the wild parts around their city and will happily trot along beside him.

Isn't Casper adorable? 

The runners up are Gillian Patterson from Scotland with 'Frankie' and Scott Funk from North Carolina with 'Tony, Bandi and Lucy'. Here they are.

Frankie.

Tony, Bandi and Lucy.

Frankie is described as a 'very naughty little boy' who has perfected the 'butter wouldn't melt face'. Frankie (along with her other ferret Benny) is Gillian's first ferret and is nearly two years old. He was about one when the picture was taken. He loves coming up with schemes to get what he wants, and isn't afraid to be rough if you interfere in his plans! Gillian thinks that he must have a ferret trampoline hidden somewhere as Frankie will often come flying through the air at her when playing! Although Frankie seemed to pose quite nicely for this picture he apparently isn't that fond of his little raincoat, maybe yellow isn't his colour?

Tony is the newest member of the Funk household and is 4 months old.  He is a bit of a rascal and likes to taunt Scott with his toys, but never lets him have them, if he tries to take them away Tony will start to cry! He is deaf and likes to dunk his head underwater while drinking!

Bandi (full name Bandita) is around 3 and a half years old. She loves to play with special crocheted egg toys that aren't available in the shops. She has a slight wobble when she walks thought to be caused by an injury from when she was a baby (before being adopted).

Lucy is about 21 months old and belongs to Scott's son Tyler. She won't let anyone but Tyler hold her!  Her favourite game is to hide underneath the covers and attack anything from above and her favourite chew toy is Scott's hand!

Congratulations to the winners and to everyone else who entered, your ferrets are adorable and you should be very proud of them!

I'm hoping to do a summer competition with a theme (yet to be decided) so look out for it! Enjoy the rest of spring!

My Spring 2012 photo competition!

I'm now running a ferret photography competition through my blog's Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/2ferrets You don't have to be a professional photographer to enter, all you need  to do is enter your favourite pictures of your ferrets (max. of two entries per person).  I've had some fantastic entries so far, I can already tell how hard it's going to be to make that final decision!
The contest runs from Friday the 30th March until Monday 9th April (12 noon UK time). So to enter please upload your photos to the ferretdook facebook page http://www.facebook.com/2ferrets and I will move them into the contest folder to be judged.
This is my first competition and is 'just for fun', so there are no prizes to be won, but the winner and two runners up will be featured here on my blog.
So start selecting those pictures, or get your camera out and start snapping! Have fun!