Photo Contest - Merry Christmas (12/17-12/23)

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The "Merry Christmas" photo contest runs from December 17 to December 23, allowing participants to submit one digital photo that embodies the Christmas theme. Photos must be resized to 800 x 600 or 600 x 800 pixels, with minimal adjustments allowed for brightness and contrast. Participants are required to upload their images to photo hosting services like Imageshack or Photobucket and link them in the contest thread. Voting will occur at the end of the contest, and all submissions must be original works by the participants.

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  • Understanding of digital photo formats and resizing techniques
  • Familiarity with photo hosting services such as Imageshack or Photobucket
  • Basic knowledge of photo editing tools for brightness and contrast adjustments
  • Awareness of contest rules and submission guidelines
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  • Research best practices for resizing images without losing quality
  • Explore different photo hosting platforms and their features
  • Learn about basic photo editing techniques for enhancing images
  • Investigate community guidelines for online photo contests
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Photographers, hobbyists, and community members interested in participating in online photo contests, as well as those looking to improve their photography skills and engage with a creative community.

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With Christmas barely a week away, it is time to have our yearly contest with the Christmas theme. So any photos that clearly shows a Christmas theme qualifies for this contest.

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 800 x 600 or 600 x 800 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. Photos not meant for submission must not be posted in the contest thread. Posting of more than one photos by a member may result in an automatic disqualification from the week's contest.

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Wow! I was expecting a lot of entries for this contest, considering the time of the year. Everyone must be on a holiday mode already.

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Two week contest?
 
KrisOhn said:
Two week contest?

Not sure why. Aren't Christmas decorations up already for a while?

Zz.
 
Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

Zz.
 
ZapperZ said:
Not sure why. Aren't Christmas decorations up already for a while?
There are more things to take pictures of than Christmas decorations. In any case, if all goes as planned, I should have a submission in the next couple hours.
 
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