Photo Contest - A River Runs Through It (11/30-12/6)

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Discussion Overview

This thread centers around a photo contest themed "A River Runs Through It," inviting participants to submit digital photographs of rivers. The discussion includes contest rules, submission guidelines, and various entries from participants.

Discussion Character

  • Contest-related
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Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares the contest theme and rules, emphasizing the importance of originality and specific submission guidelines.
  • Another participant submits a photo of the Chicago River as their entry.
  • A different participant shares a photo of Château de Chenonceau in France, noting its relevance to the theme.
  • One participant comments on the literal interpretation of the theme and mentions having pictures from Chenonceau but not readily available.
  • Another participant expresses a preference for thematic fit over the quality of the photograph, sharing a photo of the River Adige and its historical significance.
  • A participant provides a link to a photo of an unknown river taken from 20,000 feet, contributing to the contest entries.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and theme, but there is no consensus on the best approach to selecting photos, as some prioritize theme fit while others focus on the quality of the images.

Contextual Notes

Participants have varying access to their photo archives, which may affect their ability to submit entries. Some entries may reflect personal interpretations of the contest theme.

Who May Find This Useful

Members interested in photography, contests, or the theme of rivers may find this discussion relevant.

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This week's contest is on rivers.

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 Chicago River.

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Zz.
 
Very literal.

I have pictures from Chenonceau somewhere, but definitely not on a disk.
 
Often I go for theme fit rather than nicest pic.



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River Adige, not much wider than you see, powered a mill here for about six centuries.
 
Unknown river at 20k feet:

http://imageshack.us/a/img513/7238/9l8c.jpg
 
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