PF PHOTO CONTEST - Going 'Round In Circles (9/20-9/26)

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Discussion Overview

The thread centers around a photo contest with the theme "Going 'Round In Circles," inviting participants to submit photos that fit this concept. The discussion includes contest rules, participant interpretations, and various contributions related to the theme.

Discussion Character

  • Contest-related, Exploratory, Technical explanation

Main Points Raised

  • Participants discuss the theme of the contest, with some expressing curiosity about how others will interpret it.
  • One participant mentions a personal challenge in finding suitable subjects for the theme.
  • There are multiple mentions of technical issues with image hosting services, particularly ImageShack, affecting photo submissions.
  • Some participants share their photo submissions, including a picture of twirling napkins and a rock crusher.
  • A participant withdraws their submission due to uncertainty about the authorship of the photo.
  • Discussions arise about the reliability of different photo hosting services, with some favoring Photobucket over ImageShack.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express various interpretations of the contest theme, and while some share their submissions, there is no consensus on specific subjects or approaches. Technical issues with image hosting services also lead to differing opinions on which service is preferable.

Contextual Notes

Participants note the limitations of certain image hosting services, which may affect the visibility of submitted photos. There is also a mention of the honor system regarding photo submissions, emphasizing the importance of originality.

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Individuals interested in photography contests, those looking for creative inspiration, and members of the Physics Forums community may find this discussion relevant.

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Going 'Round In Circles

This week, your photos must be on things that goes 'round and 'round in circles.

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 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.

Zz.
 
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ZapperZ said:
This week, your photos must be on things that goes 'round and 'round in circles.

Hmm...how does one photograph conversations with university administrators? :rolleyes: :biggrin:

This sounds like a fun contest. I'm waiting to see how people interpret this one and what they find!
 
[Photo withdrawn]

Nascar, M & M's spare tires.
 
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Should be easy for Lisa B, with the turning circle near her place and all...
 
binzing said:
Should be easy for Lisa B, with the turning circle near her place and all...

That was my first thought too, binzing - a bit of PF telepathy! Unfortunately it's been a rainy day here...after all, I live in the Pacific Northwest...you know how it is here... :smile: !
 
lisab said:
I live in the Pacific Northwest...

Is there something like Pacific Northeast?
 
Hum... must be a challenge to find things going 'round and 'round... :)

Zz.
 
I'm workin on it...

Now I just need to remember to come here when I am at HOME. I have one or two I believe.
 
I was up there exactly a year and a week ago for my cousin's wedding and it was still fine.
 
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ZapperZ said:
Hum... must be a challenge to find things going 'round and 'round... :)

Zz.

My brain was going around and around recently when I had to go to a birthday party at Chucky Cheese. I couldn't get a picture of it though.

I did get a picture of Mr Cheese.:biggrin:
 
  • #11
Borek said:
Is there something like Pacific Northeast?

Sorry :redface: - Pacific Northwest is such a common term in my little corner of the world! I should clarify - Pacific Northwest of the US!

And no, I haven't heard the terms Atlantic Northeast, Atlantic Southeast, or Pacific Southwest to describe those regions of the US. But of course you will hear Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest...just not with the ocean names.
 
  • #12
lisab said:
Sorry :redface: - Pacific Northwest is such a common term in my little corner of the world! I should clarify - Pacific Northwest of the US!

That was obvious, it is just sometimes funny when you look closely at illogicality of such terms and names. I am looking from the outside so I can see them, to some extent like a 3 years old kid that just learns to speak :biggrin:
 
  • #13
How about

spider-circles-2.JPG
 
  • #14
Twirling napkins 'round and 'round in circles.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7073/img1653oh6.jpg

Zz.
 
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ZapperZ said:
Twirling napkins 'round and 'round in circles.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7073/img1653oh6.jpg

Zz.

Zz, your link doesn't seem to work
 
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  • #16
Hm, worked for me earlier. Perhaps that's temporary.
 
  • #17
ImageShack is down (as usual). All the photos from there are not displaying either right now in the Tree of Life contest.

I'm ready to dump that stupid server.

Zz.
 
  • #18
Looks like ImageShack is back.

Zz.
 
  • #19
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An old rock crusher for extracting gold. Or at least a small part of it. :cool:
 
  • #20
You have less than 2 days left to submit a photo for this contest.

Zz.
 
  • #21
ZapperZ said:
Twirling napkins 'round and 'round in circles.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7073/img1653oh6.jpg

Zz.

Nice picture. What's with the twirling of the napkins?
 
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  • #22
cristo said:
Nice picture. What's with the twirling of the napkins?

That's what the performers got the audience to do during this part of the show. This was the Hoop Dee Doo Revue at Disney's Wilderness Resort and Campgrounds. Audience participation was definitely part of the show.

Zz.
 
  • #23
pics0071.jpg
 
  • #24
DVDs go around and around.

DVD.jpg
 
  • #25
After a 2 day debate, I half to ask for my submission to be removed. I really can not say for certain, if I took the photo, or if my Husband did{ he says he remembers taking it}.
 
  • #26
hypatia said:
After a 2 day debate, I half to ask for my submission to be removed. I really can not say for certain, if I took the photo, or if my Husband did{ he says he remembers taking it}.

Done. Thanks for the notice, hypatia. Wish it could have stayed. It was a good picture.

Zz.
 
  • #27
1 word...PHOTOBUCKET...
 
  • #29
"Spinnin' wheel got to go 'round..."

http://home.earthlink.net/~jparvey/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/spinning_wheel.jpg
 
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  • #30
ZapperZ said:
ImageShack is down (as usual). All the photos from there are not displaying either right now in the Tree of Life contest.

I'm ready to dump that stupid server.

Zz.
Zz, Photobucket is not only up almost all the time, they seem to be offering all kinds of flexibility to users. I dumped Image Shack a couple of years ago and never looked back.
 

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