Photo Contest - Annoyingly Irritating (8/10-8/16)

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Discussion Overview

The thread revolves around a photo contest themed "Annoyingly Irritating," inviting participants to submit digital photos that capture something they find annoying or irritating. The discussion includes contest rules, submission guidelines, and personal anecdotes related to the theme.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses annoyance at photo threads lacking images, sharing a picture of their computer screen as an example.
  • Another participant recounts a frustrating experience during a fireworks show where someone obstructed their shot, highlighting the irritation of missed photographic opportunities.
  • Contest rules are outlined, emphasizing submission guidelines, photo editing restrictions, and the honor system regarding original photography.
  • A reminder is issued about the impending deadline for photo submissions, indicating a competitive aspect to the contest.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and the theme, but individual experiences of annoyance vary, leading to different interpretations of what constitutes an irritating photo.

Contextual Notes

Limitations include the subjective nature of what is considered annoying, as well as the potential for varying interpretations of the contest theme among participants.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in photography contests, those who enjoy sharing personal experiences related to annoyance, and members of the community looking to engage in light-hearted competition may find this thread useful.

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Do you have something, or have you snapped a photo of something that you find annoying and/or irritating? That's what we want to see!

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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I just took this picture of my computer screen which shows an example of how I find it really annoying when people start photo threads that I can't find any images for.

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Final day to submit your photo for this contest, or phinds will win this by default!

Zz.
 
OK, this annoyed the heck out of me because I almost got one of the best, most perfect shot of the fireworks. But this guy walked right in front of me during the show and ruined the shot!

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Zz.
 
Zapper, I'm glad you posted something because it would annoy me to win by default. :-p
 

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