Photo Contest - In The Summertime (6/16-6/22)

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Discussion Overview

The thread revolves around a photo contest themed "In The Summertime," inviting participants to submit photographs that capture the essence of summer. The discussion includes contest rules, submissions, and various interpretations of the theme.

Discussion Character

  • Contest-related, Exploratory, Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • Participants are encouraged to submit one photo each that reflects the summer theme, with specific rules regarding photo size and editing.
  • Some participants share their summer-themed photos, such as beach scenes and mountain lake jumps.
  • There is a discussion about the appropriateness of certain photos in relation to the theme, with some participants questioning the relevance of specific submissions.
  • One participant expresses uncertainty about whether their BBQ photo fits the theme, indicating a willingness to withdraw it if deemed inappropriate.
  • Another participant comments on the perspective of a submitted photo, drawing a comparison to cliff diving.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the theme of summer, but there are differing interpretations of what constitutes a suitable submission. Some photos are questioned for their relevance, indicating a lack of consensus on certain entries.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about the connection of their photos to the theme, and there are discussions about the subjective nature of what represents summer.

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In The Summertime[/color][/size]

Besides being a catchy, Mungo Jerry tune, this is also our theme for this week. It's summer in the northern hemisphere! Your photo for this contest must depict summer.

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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Summer means a day at the beach!

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Zz.
 
Argh! you beat me by a few hours:

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7320/dsc9687j.jpg
 
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Summer mean thunder storms

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Final day to submit your summertime photos.

Zz.
 
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Summer is a jump in a mountain lake after a long hike

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22026080/summer-jump.jpg
 
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lolz epenguin picture.

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  • #11
sourlemon said:
lolz epenguin picture.

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Sourlemon, it is not obvious to me the connection of your picture to our theme. Please explain... And soon.

Zz.
 
  • #12
Summer is the theme right?

I don't know around the other area, but we usually have bbq in the summer around here. That was my thought. But you can remove it if you don't see that it fits or that I misunderstood the theme.
 
  • #13
sourlemon said:
Summer is the theme right?

I don't know around the other area, but we usually have bbq in the summer around here. That was my thought. But you can remove it if you don't see that it fits or that I misunderstood the theme.

Yea. And it goes with beer. :approve:
 
  • #14
sourlemon said:
Summer is the theme right?

I don't know around the other area, but we usually have bbq in the summer around here. That was my thought. But you can remove it if you don't see that it fits or that I misunderstood the theme.

Ah, ok. It can stay.

Zz.
 
  • #15
Andre said:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22026080/summer-jump.jpg


Andre, excellent photo.
 
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  • #16
Marzena said:
Andre, excellent photo.

Thanks, incidently, that's one of my my niece's, who is going to marry in August. I will be the resident photographer at the wedding. The picture was taken at Etang Long at 8 frames a second. Water temp was brrrrr.
 
  • #17
How high was she over the water? Perspective is such that it makes me think about cliff diving in Acapulco.
 
  • #18
2100m altitude. Brrrr
 
  • #19
Borek said:
How high was she over the water? Perspective is such that it makes me think about cliff diving in Acapulco.

A couple of meters. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22026080/the-jump.jpg
 
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  • #20
So not THAT high :wink:
 

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