PF PHOTO CONTEST - Give Me A Sign (2/19-2/25)

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Give Me A Sign

This week, our contest theme is on SIGNS. These are signs, be it in words, symbols, or combination of both, that you read everywhere.

Note that these must be "official" signs, produced by either a government entity, businesses, or institutions. It cannot be "handmade" or temporary signs. So for example, business name signs are OK, but business name sign handwritten on a piece of paper and taped to a door is not OK.

Good luck!

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[/QUOTE]

Zz.
 
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Question- is there a distinction between a sign, a label, or an inscription? If so, what is the criteria?
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
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Just curious. Are your kid on the right side of the fence? :bugeye:
 
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dlgoff said:
Just curious. Are your kid on the right side of the fence? :bugeye:

That's the meerkat enclosure at Marwell Zoo; the sign is within the enclosure and I was taking a quick picture of my kids who were on the other side.
 
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dlgoff said:
Just curious. Are your kid on the right side of the fence? :bugeye:
Good one, Don!
 
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My son was awaiting some more front teeth at the time, which somehow makes him look even more likely to give a nasty bite.
 
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Very sweet kids, and very funny, Jonathan! :smile:
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
My son was awaiting some more front teeth at the time, which somehow makes him look even more likely to give a nasty bite.

fuzzyfelt said:
Very sweet kids, and very funny, Jonathan! :smile:

I love those kids. You too Jonathan.
 
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Local restaurant that was renovated and re-opened by an immigrant and his wife. The Golden Eagle is a snappy name, but choice of graphics was unfortunate. I should have concentrated only on the sign, but I couldn't resist including the "emergency exit" on the 2nd floor. Watch that first step!

GoldenEagle_cont.jpg
 
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turbo-1 said:
...I should have concentrated only on the sign, but I couldn't resist including the "emergency exit" on the 2nd floor. Watch that first step!

GoldenEagle_cont.jpg

Are you sure that's not the entrance door? Good shot though.
 
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dlgoff said:
Are you sure that's not the entrance door?
Maybe that's how they can offer senior discounts at lunch-time. :devil:
 
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Turbo? Is that a no-snow day door for the school?
 
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MacLaddy said:
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:rofl: Is this the 1,500 mile warning sign for the Grand Canyon?
 
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Lacy33 said:
:rofl: Is this the 1,500 mile warning sign for the Grand Canyon?

Not quite that big of a drop, but close enough to count.

http://www.stateparks.com/malad_gorge.html
 
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You have to look down for this one:

[URL]http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/images/LetGo.jpg[/URL]
 
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Don't even try to read it.
 
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From the pictures I see here, I can't imagine making a single choice. And there's two days left in the contest. :(
 
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Rural Alberta.
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
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Lolz, take after their father I assume :P

Agree with dlgoff, it's hard to pick just one as your favorite.
 
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On a bus in Shanghai.

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Last day to submit a photo for this contest.

Zz.
 
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(Not clever or funny.)
 
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redpenguin said:
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This wouldn't be the

Washburn "A" Mill, the producer of Gold Medal Flour, now the Minnesota Historical Society Mill City Museum

would it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Medal_Flour"
 
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Yep. I took that picture the day after the 35W bridge fell down. All the roads were closed down but I was able to snag a shot of a section still standing right by the mill. I'll post up some shots from that day in the PF photography thread.
 
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[PLAIN]http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2346/p1020274h.jpg
 
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redpenguin said:
Yep. I took that picture the day after the 35W bridge fell down. All the roads were closed down but I was able to snag a shot of a section still standing right by the mill. I'll post up some shots from that day in the PF photography thread.

Beautiful Sign. I love it.

Living in Kansas, I know how tall those grain bins are.
 
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drizzle said:
[PLAIN]http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2346/p1020274h.jpg[/QUOTE]Fantastic! Is that the piano-dance from the movie Big?
 
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I should have taken a picture of the water, then you'll understand why I took a picture of this sign.
 
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Haha! Thanks turbo, if you mean the right side of the pic, I believe it's a stairway to the metro.
 

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