Contest Definition and 467 Threads

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]Cloud Nine This week's theme is simple - it is on clouds in the sky. Zz. [SIZE="4"]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...

This week's voting is going to be tough because of all the gorgeous pictures submitted. Still, you have to vote for one. Please choose a picture that best represents our feathered friends. 1. Janus http://home.earthlink.net/~jparvey/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/seagulls.jpg 2...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]In A Fowl Mood Our theme this week focuses on our feathered friends. This includes birds, chickens, geese, ducks, ostritches, penguins, storks, cranes, seagulls, ... well, I think you know what I mean. Please note that these should be the main subject of your...

We have a set of rather interesting pictures of unusual objects. So this ought to be fun. Please vote for the picture that best represents our theme. 1. Math Jeans 2. hypatia 3. Moonbear 4. Janus...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]What Is That? This week, your photos must be on something that is unfamiliar or unusual. It should tend to evoke a response of "What is that?" from a viewer. Any unfamiliar or unusual object qualifies. Note however that pictures of familiar objects but taken...

A surprisingly small number of photos submitted for a theme that is right smack in the middle of the summer months here in the northern hemisphere. Still, we have a good group of photos. Please choose a photo that best depicts the spirit of having fun in the sun. 1. matthyaouw 2...

We have a group of amazing fireworks pictures this week. So please vote for the one you like the most. 1. Borek 2. hypatia 3. neutrino 4. binzing 5. ZapperZ 6. dragon2200 https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=242418". Zz.

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]Fun in the Sun This week's theme involves all the fun activities we do during the warm days of summer. Zz. [SIZE="4"]Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest period. In...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]I Love Fireworks! With the 4th of July looming this coming week, I thought it would be timely to have our theme on fireworks. While the spectacular show in the sky certainly is the main candidate for the theme, smaller "fireworks" such as sparklers, etc. also...

We have a group of very strong pictures for this week's contest. Still, please vote for the best picture that conveys to you the sense of peace and tranquility. 1. Moonbear 2. BryanP 3. waht http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1008/glacier3kg4.jpg 4. turbo-1 5. larkspur...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]Peace And Tranquility This week's picture must invoke the feeling of peace and tranquility to the viewers. Zz. [SIZE="4"]Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest period. In...

An interesting collection of pictures this week. Please vote for the picture that best represents our theme, which is on merchandise and atmosphere at shopping establishments. So let's go voting! 1. Alex:) http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/5743/sesameix9.jpg 2. fuzzyfelt...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]Let's Go Shopping! This week, the theme is shopping, or more specifically, on merchandise and "atmosphere" that one can find in a shopping store, mall, or department store. These must be the main subject of your photo. Zz. [SIZE="4"]Contest Rules: 1...

[SIZE="4"]PLEASE VOTE IN THIS THREAD: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=240439 ************************************ This is Group 2 for this contest. Again, as instructed for Group 1, please vote for the picture that best represents or interpret the theme of this contest...

[SIZE="4"]PLEASE VOTE IN THIS THREAD: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=240439 ********************* There were a lot of amazing pictures for this contest. HOWEVER, please keep in mind that the THEME for this week's contest. You should selected a picture that best represents or...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]The Path Of Least Resistance You are allowed to interpret the theme this week any way you please. However, keep in mind that in the voting process, those who will be voting will be asked to make sure that the picture and the theme clearly match each other. Good...

The contest started slow, but picked out steam later. We have a set of amazing pictures for this contest. Please vote for a picture that best represents our theme, which is something you'd find in the month of June. 1. Mech_Engineer 2. BryanP...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]June Is Bustin' Out All Over! I may have dated myself by identifying this week's theme title with a tune from the musical "Carousel" :) Still... This week's theme is on all about things that you can see in the month of June - warm weather, sunshine, flowers...

Whoa! With a few technical difficulties, we got through this first contest since I came back. Phew! Please vote for the picture that best represents our theme, which is on children! 1. Chi Meson 2. Integral 3. edward...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]I Kid You Not Administrative note: Thanks to Mk for running the contest while I was away! This week, the theme will be on one of our most favorite subject: kids! Your picture must have, as its main subject, a child or many children. Zz...

These are some really amazing photos! Vote for your favorite! 1. ~christina~ http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/5167/imgp0634gy3.jpg 2. Janus 3. binzing http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/5408/image0vw0.jpg 4. Mech_Engineer 5. larkspur...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]PF Photo Contest Champions It has been exactly TWO YEARS since our weekly photo contest has started, and it comes the time to pit our best photos against each other in a single thread to celebrate and conclude. There is one week to select your best photo from any...

What makes you feel better when you are sick?. Vote for our photo contest winner this week. 1. Andre 2. matthyaouw 3. robphy http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1986/pfphotosickasadogmz2.jpg <https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=232956"> Thanks to each of you that...

Sorry MIH, I've been under the weather and I stink when I'm under the weather. To make it up, here is the winner of a doggie costume contest. Just look at those flippers!

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]Sick as a Dog Sorry to everybody for bombing my first photo contest, maybe this one will be simpler. I've been quite sick recently, what is something that helps you feel better when you are sick? Submit your photo to the PF Photo Contest! :biggrin...

All of the pictures submitted this week follow a sporting event theme. Well done to everyone who participated. And congratulations to the future winners, to be archived for all history in the PF Photo Contest Winners thread. Vote for the picture that best represents our theme this week. 1...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]Presidential Doppelgänger Hunt Hi, Zz will be away for a few weeks and I will be managing the photo contest while he is gone. For our picture contest this week, I was thinking, whose picture do I see over and over? Every time I turn around in the magazines...

An interesting Contest! I found this one interesting & easy; [PLAIN]www.ploysiam-gems.blogspot.com[/URL] comments welcomed.

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]Take Me Out To A Ball Game This week, all your pictures must be on sports and/or sporting events. Administrative update: I have selected MK to run the PF Photo Contest for the few weeks that I had mentioned earlier in another thread (4/26-5/17). I am sure he...

All of the pictures submitted this week are sights for sore eyes. So well done to everyone who participated. Please vote for the picture that best represents our theme this week. Administrative update: I have selected MK to run the PF Photo Contest for the few weeks that I had mentioned earlier...

A fun and imaginative volunteer is needed to run the PF Photo Contest starting on April 26, with the last contest being run on May 17. This person is responsible for coming up with the appropriate themes, posting the contest on the Saturdays during that period, setting up the voting rounds, and...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]A Sight For Sore Eyes Do you think you have a picture that, when someone sees it, he/she would say "Now that's a sight for sore eyes!"? If you do, then that picture fits our theme this week. Zz. [SIZE="4"]Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or...

This promises to be another difficult contest to vote on. It is filled with very strong and amazing pictures. So well done to everyone who participated. However, since we have so many strong pictures, voters are urged to put extra emphasis on how well each photo fit the theme. Our theme this...

Sound Intensity "pig calling contest" In a pig-calling contest, a caller produces a sound with an intensity level of 110db. How many such callers would be required to reach the pain level of 120db? The equation I think I have to use is (db_1 - db_2)=10*log(power_1 / power_2) The...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]Things Are Looking Up This week, it will be all about things that you can typically see only by looking up! Zz. [SIZE="4"]Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest period...

It appears that this was a difficult theme. The picture this week must clearly reflect a particular culture, and that seems to be a rather difficult task. Still, we have 4 contenders this week, so we'll see what happens. Again, please vote for the picture that best represents, and clearly...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]Culture Club Your picture this week must have, as its main subject, something that represents a particular ethnic culture. This could be an architectural element, costumes, activities, etc. The cultural elements must be clear and distinct. Note that ethnic...

Another group of strong pictures for this contest. Please vote for the picture that best represents our theme, which is on signs. 1. hypatia 2. alex_caps http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/6237/signckqx9.png 3. matthyaouw 4. Mech_Engineer 5. ZapperZ...

How much does high school contest skill improve your grades in university math courses? Currently I find that all the contest tricks that I've learned play almost no role in my university courses, and studying my textbooks is all that matters now. Any clever thinking I had for those contests...

I'll work on it, and I'll show my time.

As someone I know said "Holy crap! This is going to be a difficult contest to vote on!" :) Please vote for the best picture that represents something in black and white. 1. larkspur 2. glondor 3. alex_caps http://bikeflat.com/albums/BayArea/DSC_5346.sized.jpg 4...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]Black and White This week's theme focuses on black and while. Your picture must have, as its central subject, something that is in black AND white. Note that your photo must be in color and there must be evidence that it isn't a black and white photo. Zz...

This week, people are free to interpret the theme as they wish, although some has taken it into a direction that I never thought of. So please vote for the picture that best represents our theme : Green Acres 1. larkspur 2. turbo-1 3. hypatia 4. BobG...

I'm writing the Euclid contest this April so i went to their http://www.cmc.uwaterloo.ca/english/contests/euclid.shtml" and downloaded the 2007 version. I don't know how to solve problems similar to questions 7. b), 8. b), and 10. I have never been taught how to do these problem so I'm asking...

No matter which photo we all vote for, I think we all can agree that this will be a very tough choice for the final round. So a round of applause to all those who made it this far. Please vote for your favorite dog photo. 1. _MayDay_ http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8972/pie5ho1.jpg...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="5"]Green Acres Green acres is the place for me. Farm livin' is the life for me. Land spreadin' out so far and wide Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside. New York is where I'd rather stay. I get allergic smelling hay. I just adore a penthouse view...

This is the second group in this contest. 1. lisab http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/843/maxwellwf4.jpg 2. Mech_Engineer 3. hypatia 4. Integral 5. alex_caps http://bikeflat.com/albums/uther/img039.sized.jpg 6. ZapperZ 7. Ivan Seeking...

PF has gone to the dogs! Not only that, this could be a very difficult contest to vote on. So thanks to everyone who submitted a photo. You have 1 vote in each of the group. 1. ManDay 2. _MayDay_ http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8972/pie5ho1.jpg 3. larkspur 4. binzing...

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Dog Day Afternoon PF Photo Contest has gone to the Dogs! This time, our canine friends will be the main subject of the photos for this contest. Please note that this theme is only on domesticated dogs. It does not include wild dogs, coyotes, wolfs, etc... Have fun...

As GeorginaS said in the thread, this is going to a challenge to selected just one picture for this contest. Everyone one of them is gorgeous. Still, you will have to select one that best represents our theme, which is on water as the main subject. Good luck to all! 1. _Mayday_...