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

ZapperZ

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]

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Jonathan Scott

Andy Resnick

Question- is there a distinction between a sign, a label, or an inscription? If so, what is the criteria?

MacLaddy

dlgoff

Just curious. Are your kid on the right side of the fence?

Jonathan Scott

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.

turbo

Good one, Don!!

Jonathan Scott

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

Very sweet kids, and very funny, Jonathan!

Marzena

dlgoff

I love those kids. You too Jonathan.

turbo

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!

dlgoff

Are you sure that's not the entrance door? Good shot though.

turbo

Maybe that's how they can offer senior discounts at lunch-time.

edward

Lacy33

Turbo? Is that a no-snow day door for the school?

Lacy33

Is this the 1,500 mile warning sign for the Grand Canyon?