What Qualifies as a Winning Entry in This Week's Running-Themed Photo Contest?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the criteria and rules for a running-themed photo contest. Participants explore what qualifies as a winning entry, focusing on the depiction of running in photographs, and clarify the submission guidelines and restrictions.

Discussion Character

  • Contest-related
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Main Points Raised

  • One participant emphasizes that the main subject of the photo must depict the act of running, whether it be a person or an animal.
  • Another participant notes the challenge of capturing images of people running, as they do not remain still for photographs.
  • Specific rules for photo submissions are outlined, including size restrictions, editing limitations, and the requirement that photos must be original works of the participants.
  • Participants are reminded that only one photo per member is allowed, and once submitted, it cannot be changed unless withdrawn from the contest.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and the theme but express varying opinions on the challenges of capturing suitable images of running.

Contextual Notes

The discussion includes specific limitations regarding photo editing and submission processes, which may affect participants' ability to comply with the contest rules.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in photography contests, particularly those focused on themes related to movement or sports, may find this discussion relevant.

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The theme this week should be easy enough. Your photo must have, as its main subject, a depiction of the act of running. This can be a person or persons in the middle of running, or it could be an animal or animals.

Please note that a statue of a figure in the act of running does not qualify.

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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(Can be hard to take pics of people running because they don't stand still for them.)

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Final day to submit your photo for this contest. Run for it now before you get left behind!

Zz.
 

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