Photo Contest - Larger Than A House (8/17 - 8/23)

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Discussion Overview

The thread discusses a photo contest themed "Larger Than A House," where participants are invited to submit photos of subjects that exceed the size of a typical house. The discussion includes contest rules, submissions, and participant interactions regarding the appropriateness of entries.

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Main Points Raised

  • Participants are reminded of the contest rules, including photo size limitations and submission guidelines.
  • Some participants suggest potential subjects for their photos, such as the ISS and NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building.
  • One participant questions the authenticity of a submitted photo, prompting a verification request.
  • A participant humorously submits a photo of the sky, interpreting the theme in a creative way.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

There is no consensus on the appropriateness of certain submissions, with some participants questioning the validity of others' entries. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the authenticity of specific photos.

Contextual Notes

Participants express uncertainty about the interpretation of the contest rules and the authenticity of submissions, highlighting the subjective nature of the contest theme.

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Larger Than A House[/color][/size]

The main subject in your photo must be something that is larger than a "typical" house.

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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The ISS is larger than my house:

 
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NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building at Cape Canaveral, FL. It is WAY bigger than a house, by a lot!

IMG_6470_zps0883f9dd.jpg


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

Zz.
 
Doesn't look like a picture that you took by yourself, but perhaps I am underestimating you.
 
blokpoi: please verify that you took this photo.

Edit: Photo appears to have been removed.

As a reminder, please read the contest RULES before participating for the first time.

Zz.
 
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Whoops, I do apologize for that, I had only skimmed over the rules, here is a picture I just took:

jCKIGQO.jpg


The sky is bigger than a house.

(Yes perhaps a bit odd but I came up with it on the spot :P)
 
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