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matthyaouw

Nov1-09, 05:37 PM

Something different

Let's see your creative side. What do you consider your most different, unusual or original photographs?.

Contest Rules:

1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest period. In case there's a gray area, or you're not sure if the picture is suitable, check with me first.

2. Please resize your digital photo to no more than 650 x 490 or 490 x 650 pixels. You may also crop your picture if you wish. You are also allowed to adjust the brightness and contrast of your picture but these should not dramatically alter the look of the picture. But other than those, any form of picture editing or modification is not allowed. This is a photo contest, not a picture editing/special effect contest. You may add a watermark or your name/nickname to the photo for identification purposes.

3. Upload your photos to any of the photo servers such as imageshack or photobucket. Then post it the relevant contest thread and link your picture using the img command. PM me if you do not know how.

4. Only ONE picture per member per contest. Once a picture is posted, it cannot be changed other than a total withdrawl by that member from that week's photo contest. Exceptions will be made for modification to comply with the rules, such as resizing.

5. At the end of the contest period, I will open a poll and every PF member can vote for the picture they like best.

6. Note that in case we have a large number of entries, I will do the polling in more than one thread. If that's the case, you can vote in each of the polling threads. The photos will be assigned in the polling threads in the order they were submitted.

7. These pictures must be something that you took, not something taken off someone else's photo albums or taken by someone else. I have no way of checking if you did this, so we'll go by the honor system.

8. You can use a picture only once. Once it is used in a contest, it cannot be reused in another contest.

9. Please post only pictures meant for submission in this thread

Lacy33

Nov1-09, 07:10 PM

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff109/Lacy33_2007/R1-41.jpg

Never can be too careful. Most fires start in the shower. :biggrin:

lisab

Nov1-09, 07:15 PM

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff109/Lacy33_2007/R1-41.jpg

Never can be too careful. Most fires start in the shower. :biggrin:

:rofl: That's really funny!

Sorry!

Nov1-09, 09:21 PM

Ahhh damn scan lines :P Took this with an old school SLR camera.

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5460/scan0001oq.jpg

sciler

Nov2-09, 04:27 AM

cool, I try and round up some photos soon

SELFMADE

Nov2-09, 05:43 AM

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff109/Lacy33_2007/R1-41.jpg

Never can be too careful. Most fires start in the shower. :biggrin:

Reminds of first scene in Debbie Does Dallas.

drizzle

Nov2-09, 11:10 AM

ehim,

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4870/54748817.jpg

Lacy33

Nov2-09, 11:20 AM

ehim,

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4870/54748817.jpg
Do Mr & Mrs Bear know Mr & Mrs Moose? :!!)

ZapperZ

Nov6-09, 05:39 AM

I certainly thought this was unusual....

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7728/img3257xg.jpg

Zz.

Andre

Nov6-09, 02:08 PM

the title of this picture is "no idea"

http://i35.tinypic.com/2ng7v2t.jpg

I may explain sometimes.

turbo

Nov6-09, 02:12 PM

the title of this picture is "no idea"

http://i35.tinypic.com/2ng7v2t.jpg

I may explain sometimes.I have an idea. Murano. Somebody has been to Venice...

drizzle

Nov6-09, 02:17 PM

Andre :confused: whatever that is, you definitely got my vote :bugeye:

Lacy33

Nov6-09, 03:05 PM

Andre :confused: whatever that is, you definitely got my vote :bugeye:

I think I know what that is, but I agree, another vote.
And a big plus is that the kids can't make jokes about some nice girl from Dallas and your photo :rolleyes:.

drizzle

Nov6-09, 03:19 PM

I think I know what that is, but I agree, another vote.
And a big plus is that the kids can't make jokes about some nice girl from Dallas and your photo :rolleyes:.

that's because they don't dare to :cool:
they are well aware of the consequences :biggrin:

turbo

Nov6-09, 03:26 PM

Not my most creative, but could be interesting to see what people think is going on here.
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x318/turbo-1/guess.jpg

lisab

Nov6-09, 03:38 PM

Not my most creative, but could be interesting to see what people think is going on here.
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x318/turbo-1/guess.jpg

If you rotated that counter clockwise 90 degrees, it would be the sad face friend to Boreks' happy face pic.

(I'll now have to go look for that one....)

Here it is. (http://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=2353538&postcount=760)

drizzle

Nov6-09, 04:22 PM

If you rotated that counter clockwise 90 degrees, it would be the sad face friend to Boreks' happy face pic.

(I'll now have to go look for that one....)

Here it is. (http://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=2353538&postcount=760)

:rofl: sure it's an upset female friend, I wonder why? :biggrin:

mmmmm, is it the inside of a vase turbo-1??

Kronos5253

Nov6-09, 04:40 PM

Not my most creative, but could be interesting to see what people think is going on here.
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x318/turbo-1/guess.jpg

Looks like a top-down view of a martini glass

Lacy33

Nov6-09, 04:52 PM

is it a new born baby girl black hole?

Moonbear

Nov6-09, 04:58 PM

is it a new born baby girl black hole?

:rofl: Looks awfully pink for a black hole. :biggrin:

I really like your photo though. A sprinkler in the shower is definitely different!

turbo

Nov6-09, 05:10 PM

mmmmm, is it the inside of a vase turbo-1??You got it! It's the inside of a tiny hand-blown bud vase. I thought the tiny bit of vegetable matter on the bottom (and dirt) might give it away.

BTW, I bought that little vase at a flea market for $3 and it was appraised by a well-known art glass expert at $250-300 (auction estimate).

Lacy33

Nov6-09, 05:12 PM

:rofl: Looks awfully pink for a black hole. :biggrin:

I really like your photo though. A sprinkler in the shower is definitely different!

Thank you.
Being the mother of a female black hole, trust me that is not too pink. Give this little one time and she will show her true black. She will erase memory, she will stretch out time, she will have a major event horizon.
I think it's a new born black hole. :rofl:

Borek

Nov6-09, 05:23 PM

I have already posted it last year, but somehow I can't think about anything better.

http://www.bpp.com.pl/IMG/laser_globe.jpg

sciler

Nov6-09, 05:28 PM

Borek, that is awesome. Where did you get this or did you create it? Cool pic

Lacy33

Nov6-09, 05:38 PM

I have already posted it last year, but somehow I can't think about anything better.

http://www.bpp.com.pl/IMG/laser_globe.jpg

I know! That's the geomagnetic field reversal that will finally kill the cock roaches!!!! :grumpy:

Marzena

Nov6-09, 06:08 PM

http://www.bpp.com.pl/IMG/marzena_Something_diff2.jpg

Borek

Nov6-09, 06:39 PM

I was playing with a laser pointer.

All that talk about black holes in pink context reminded me of something.

My Dad died in 1991, several years later I meet son of his close friend - Peter. Peter told me, that one day he heard our Dads talking about us (we were both in our early teens at the time). His dad said something about us being older and older, and starting to look after girls or shifting interests towards girls - something like that. My Dad replied "You must be right, Marcin asked me yesterday what a black hole is".

Lacy33

Nov6-09, 06:50 PM

Lacy33

Nov6-09, 06:51 PM

http://www.bpp.com.pl/IMG/marzena_Something_diff2.jpg

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!~ :surprised

Equate

Nov6-09, 07:11 PM

Fish

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/2954/fishg.jpg

turbo

Nov6-09, 07:13 PM

Here is a full-length view of the little vase. It's shaped like a spittoon.

http://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=2428954&postcount=241

edward

Nov6-09, 09:10 PM

Easy one

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2736/copyofcopyof1001501jpgm.jpg (http://img43.imageshack.us/i/copyofcopyof1001501jpgm.jpg/)

sganesh88

Nov6-09, 10:45 PM

"In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists." ~~Gandhi

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8992/flower1j.jpg (http://img14.imageshack.us/i/flower1j.jpg/) http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/flower1j.jpg/1/w640.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img14/flower1j.jpg/1/)

lisab

Nov6-09, 10:47 PM

matthyaouw

Nov6-09, 11:02 PM

only a few hours left! really interesting set of photos so far

sganesh88

Nov6-09, 11:26 PM

That's very nice, sganesh :smile:.

Thanks a ton.! A compliment can do wonders believe me. :)

Moonbear

Nov7-09, 12:32 AM

Ooh, I like that one sganesh! One "different" flower. Very cool. I like the quote you put with it too.

Lacy33

Nov7-09, 05:22 AM

sganesh,
Your photo really speaks out at this time in our history, (not putting a number on that time line.)
Purity of hope surrounded by so many exhausted and beaten down, mixed in with the darkness.
This photo seems to simply define what "different" is like Moonbear seems to say.

Against the opposing force. Thank you for bringing Gandhi's memory and wisdom here to share.

sganesh88

Nov7-09, 07:34 AM

Thanks Lacy.. Gandhi's words struck me when i saw those flowers.
Persistence and determination aren't reserved for the humans alone, i feel..
Thank you for bringing Gandhi's memory and wisdom here to share.
The quote was a part of his article "On God". You can read the full article and listen to his voice in this page.
http://www.gandhiserve.org/information/listen_to_gandhi/lec_1_on_god/augven_spiritual_message.html

Much of his ideas in this article are relevant to physics.
"The Law and Law Giver are One"
Gandhi's God is much akin to the God of the Celestial Religion proposed by Einstein. Its stunning how people in such different fields come to the same conclusion on these matters. :-o

Borek

Nov7-09, 11:30 AM

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8992/flower1j.jpg (http://img14.imageshack.us/i/flower1j.jpg/)

Not sure if the size is OK.

Lacy33

Nov7-09, 01:18 PM

testing

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff109/Lacy33_2007/flower1j.jpg

is this the right size please?

GeorginaS

Nov7-09, 01:27 PM

testing

is this the right size please?

It's 640 x 621 and it should be no more than 650 x 490

And, Marzena, what is that in your picture? It's very creepy looking. Cool, but creepy looking.

Lacy33

Nov7-09, 01:40 PM

It's 640 x 621 and it should be no more than 650 x 490

And, Marzena, what is that in your picture? It's very creepy looking. Cool, but creepy looking.

OK, Thank you. I was trying to help size it with photo bucket but if this is not the correct size then I don't know how to re size it.

Marzena

Nov7-09, 02:03 PM

And, Marzena, what is that in your picture? It's very creepy looking. Cool, but creepy looking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceropegia

Equate

Nov7-09, 03:09 PM

OK, Thank you. I was trying to help size it with photo bucket but if this is not the correct size then I don't know how to re size it.

Here you go:

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/8992/flower1j.jpg

Lacy33

Nov7-09, 04:24 PM

Here you go:

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/8992/flower1j.jpg

BIG thank you for little picture :biggrin:

GeorginaS

Nov7-09, 07:24 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceropegia

Very neat! Thanks, Marzena. :smile:

Ivan Seeking

Nov7-09, 08:11 PM

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6538/limaflutemod.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/i/limaflutemod.jpg/)

matthyaouw

Nov7-09, 10:43 PM

Thanks for the resize guys.

Ivan, I'm afraid you're too late. voting has started

Lacy33

Nov7-09, 11:51 PM

Ivan Seeking

Nov8-09, 11:16 AM

Thanks for the resize guys.

Ivan, I'm afraid you're too late. voting has started

Yes, I noticed that right after I posted. What is the official cutoff time?

Ivan Seeking

Nov8-09, 11:25 AM

Ivan,
I'm sure that if I were there and was left to navigate only by what is shown in your photo, I would be totally confounded. There are so many "different" and confusing things in the the picture that it almost makes me feel as if I were from Mars.
I can't say it's a real "feel good" picture, but I think you might have gotten a lot of votes on it including mine.

Thanks. I think you are seeing the Presidential Palace in the background, in Lima, Peru. The boy with the flute was not only interesting, but also representive of the Peru experience, from my pov.

Europe is certainly different than the US, but when you land in Lima, you know you aren't in Kansas anymore. :biggrin:

matthyaouw

Nov8-09, 12:19 PM

Yes, I noticed that right after I posted. What is the official cutoff time?

No official time I'm afraid. As late in the day as I am able to get online, but sometimes that ends up beeing before I go to work in the morning.