PF PHOTO CONTEST - Holiday Lights (12/15-12/21)

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SUMMARY

The PF Photo Contest for Holiday Lights runs from December 15 to December 21, inviting participants to submit digital photos of holiday lighting decorations. Contest rules stipulate that photos must be resized to 650 x 490 or 490 x 650 pixels, with minimal editing allowed. Each member is limited to one submission, which cannot be altered once posted, except for resizing. Voting will occur at the end of the contest period, with potential multiple polling threads if entries exceed a certain number.

PREREQUISITES
  • Understanding of digital photo formats and resizing techniques
  • Familiarity with photo hosting services like ImageShack
  • Basic knowledge of photo editing tools for brightness and contrast adjustments
  • Awareness of contest rules and submission guidelines
NEXT STEPS
  • Research digital photo resizing techniques using software like Adobe Photoshop or GIMP
  • Explore how to upload images to photo hosting services such as ImageShack
  • Learn about basic photo editing principles, focusing on brightness and contrast adjustments
  • Investigate best practices for participating in online photo contests
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Photographers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in participating in online photo contests, particularly those focused on holiday themes and decorations.

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Holiday Lights

The theme this week is self-explanatory. Your pictures must be on lights and lighting decorations during the holidays. This holiday is not confined only to the Christmas/New Year season.

Zz.

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. 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.

Zz.
 
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I will kik off with a pic of last christmas. The tree is made of coconuts

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Whoa! I didn't realize that holiday lights pictures are difficult to come by at this time of the year! :)

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6417/img1954va0.jpg

Zz.
 
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Well, the only lights I have are on the christmas tree. So I'm thinking that I'll put the cats in the tree, and take a picture.
 
My parent's house last weekend.

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Last day to submit a photo for this contest!

Zz.
 

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