Photo Contest - Food Preparation (3/16 - 3/22)

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Discussion Overview

The thread discusses a photo contest centered around the theme of food preparation, inviting participants to submit images that depict various aspects of preparing food. The scope includes cooking, ingredient preparation, and food decoration, while explicitly excluding drinks and their preparation.

Discussion Character

  • Contest-related
  • Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • Participants are encouraged to submit digital photos relevant to the theme, with specific rules regarding size and editing.
  • One participant questions whether animals, such as spiders, preparing food would be acceptable, but this is clarified as not counting.
  • Another participant shares a photo inspired by the TV series 'Dexter', drawing parallels between food preparation and burial rituals, highlighting emotional and physical similarities.
  • There are humorous comments regarding the state of a 'patient' in the context of food preparation, suggesting a playful tone in the discussion.
  • One participant mentions making Murtabak, a Malaysian dish, as part of their submission.
  • A reminder is given about the final day for submissions, encouraging participation from those who cook regularly.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and theme, but there is a disagreement regarding the inclusion of animal food preparation, which is ultimately ruled out. The discussion remains open with various interpretations of the theme being explored.

Contextual Notes

The discussion includes specific rules for photo submissions, such as size limitations and editing restrictions, which may affect participants' approaches to their entries.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in photography, food preparation, or contest participation may find this thread useful.

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We love food, and we love contests on food. This time, the theme is on food preparation. Your photo must show, as its main subject, something depicting food preparations. This could be food being cooked, food being prepared to be cooked, ingredients being prepared for presentation or for cooking, food being decorated (example: cakes being decorated), etc. Please note that this excludes drinks and drinks preparation.

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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Just wondering- what about animals preparing food? Spiders seem to be active now...
 
Andy Resnick said:
Just wondering- what about animals preparing food? Spiders seem to be active now...

No, that doesn't count.

Zz.
 
Inspiration was immediate, execution was tricky:

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Inspired by the opening title sequence to the tv series 'Dexter', I became struck by the deep physical and emotional similarities between preparing food and preparing the dead for burial. Both can be highly ritualized processes, or performed simply and efficiently. The instruments and equipment are similar and often identical (knives, refrigerated storage, ovens,..). The emotions expressed ('honoring the ingredients', 'prepared with love') are often similar. And obviously, preparing food usually proceeds from the death of something, be it animal or plant.

The tough part was how to convey this in a photo. The dearly departed fowl lies in repose, swaddled in a white shroud; canopic bowls hold the offal.

Best. Contest. Yet!
 
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I'm no doctor, Andy, nor am I a veterinarian, but I don't think your patient is going to make it.
 
You could have given ...

Davis Laboratory said:
... accepts AVIAN, LIVESTOCK, and HORSE submissions. Carcasses may be submitted for necropsy. Submissions for livestock and horse biopsies, serology, bacterial cultures and electron microscopy are also accepted.
 
Making Murtabak in Malaysia

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Final day to submit your food preparation photo for this contest. If you cook for meals, or if you've made peanut-butter sandwiches, you have no excuse!

Zz.
 
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