Photo Contest - Balloons (1/26-2/1)

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Discussion Overview

This thread discusses a photo contest centered around the theme of balloons, including traditional balloons, hot air balloons, and blimps. Participants are invited to submit their photographs while adhering to specific contest rules and guidelines.

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Main Points Raised

  • The contest theme is explicitly focused on balloons, excluding medical or experimental types.
  • Participants must submit only one photo, which must be original and taken by the member.
  • Photos must adhere to size restrictions and minimal editing guidelines.
  • One participant mentions a photo of a god-of-wealth balloon with gold ingots, prompting a humorous exchange about the value of gold.
  • Another participant shares an anecdote about a dragon balloon that ended up in a tree.
  • A reminder is issued about the final day for photo submissions.
  • A participant expresses curiosity about future contest themes and the types of photos ZapperZ might submit.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and theme, but there are light-hearted exchanges and questions regarding the value of the gold ingots depicted in one of the photos. No significant disagreements are present.

Contextual Notes

The discussion is limited to the context of the photo contest and does not delve into broader implications or interpretations of the theme.

Who May Find This Useful

Members interested in photography contests, balloon-themed photography, or community engagement through creative submissions may find this thread useful.

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Balloons

For a change, this week's theme is pretty straightforward. It is on balloons, a rather familiar object.

The main subject of your photo must be on a balloon, or balloons. This includes hot-air balloons and blimps. What is not included are medical/experimental equipment such as the balloon used in angioplasty, bladders, etc. For this contest, just stick to traditional balloons, hot air balloons, and blimps.

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. Alternatively, you may simply upload your image file to PF, and then have the full image displayed in your post.

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. The photo of the subject must be something that you took directly, not via in intermediary medium, and not taken by someone else. Unless otherwise noted, a photo of another photo, painting, print, etc. does not qualify.

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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An inflated god-of-wealth balloon with some inflated gold ingots in front of a store.
 

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YoungPhysicist said:
with some inflated gold ingots
So they are not worth as much as they used to be? :smile:
 
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DennisN said:
So they are not worth as much as they used to be? :smile:
Just a representation of money and wealth there.:smile:
 
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Within an hour or so this dragon found its way to home in the top of a tree.

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Zz.
 

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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

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I wonder what else ZapperZ has brilliant photos of, which could be subject of next week's competition? :oldbiggrin:
 
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