PF PHOTO CONTEST - Cloud Nine (7/26-8/1)

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around a photo contest themed on clouds in the sky, where participants share their photographs and engage in conversations about the submissions, rules, and experiences related to cloud photography. The scope includes contest rules, photo submissions, and participant interactions regarding their entries.

Discussion Character

  • Contest-related
  • Exploratory
  • Technical explanation
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • Participants share various cloud photographs, with some expressing uncertainty about the quality of their submissions.
  • Some entries are disqualified due to prior use in other contests, leading to discussions about the rules and the honor system for submissions.
  • There are comments on the dramatic nature of certain cloud formations, with participants sharing personal anecdotes related to their photographs.
  • Several participants express feelings of embarrassment or inadequacy regarding their submissions compared to others' photos.
  • Participants discuss technical aspects such as resizing images to meet contest requirements and the challenges of capturing clouds in different conditions.
  • Some participants see faces or figures in the clouds, leading to light-hearted exchanges about the interpretations of their photos.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

There is no consensus on the quality of submissions, as participants express both pride and embarrassment about their entries. Disagreements arise regarding the eligibility of certain photos based on prior use, and technical discussions about resizing images continue without resolution.

Contextual Notes

Limitations include the need for participants to adhere to specific photo submission rules, such as size restrictions and originality, which some struggle to meet. The discussion reflects a mix of personal expression and adherence to contest guidelines.

Who May Find This Useful

Photography enthusiasts, particularly those interested in cloud photography, as well as participants in online contests may find this discussion relevant.

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Cloud Nine

This week's theme is simple - it is on clouds in the sky.

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 650 x 490 or 490 x 650 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.

Zz.
 
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Thin clouds in a sunny sky at Baltimore beacon tower, Ireland.
 
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Red sky at night, sailors delight
 
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Here is one of a long series of pictures that I shot during a dramatic sunset a number of years ago. Done with my old Olympus 3040 Zoom, no adjustments aside from cropping. The clouds aren't so hot, but I love the range of colors.
[photo disqualified]
 
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turbo-1 said:
Here is one of a long series of pictures that I shot during a dramatic sunset a number of years ago. Done with my old Olympus 3040 Zoom, no adjustments aside from cropping. The clouds aren't so hot, but I love the range of colors.

turbo, you used this picture already in a https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=1284985&postcount=66". So the picture does not qualify.

Zz.
 
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Are you sure? I have a series of these, taken over a very long sunset. This is the darkest of the series. Do you have a copy of the previous one?
 
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turbo-1 said:
Are you sure? I have a series of these, taken over a very long sunset. This is the darkest of the series. Do you have a copy of the previous one?

Look at the LINK that I gave in my previous post.

Zz.
 
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The only picture of clouds I have, which sucks.

Zz and matthyaouw, matthyaouw more so, damn... nice pics. Hypatia and turbo too, nice.

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/7963/pict0270mv9.jpg
 
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http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/5396/mousilaukecloudug1.jpg

New Hampshire
 
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  • #13
Damn you people, I unsubmit.
 
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Alex:) said:
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/5396/mousilaukecloudug1.jpg

New Hampshire

Are you on a big mountain or in a plane?
 
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rootX said:
Are you on a big mountain or in a plane?

http://www.mtmoosilauke.com/" . It's very weird: an hour before I took this picture you could see nothing already 30 ft away...
 
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  • #16
These are all so good I'm too embarrassed to submit mine.
 
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Okay, so? turbo really, really likes that picture. :smile: I don't blame him; it's very dramatic and pretty.
 
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Somewhere in Sonoma or Marin County on the 101 Fwy.

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A cold late afternoon January 2008, crop of a very nice panorama of the little village where I used to live, until last month

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Camera Panasonic FZ8, crisp but a bit noisy.
 
  • #20
ZapperZ said:
turbo, you used this picture already in a https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=1284985&postcount=66". So the picture does not qualify.

Zz.
Please delete my post Zz. I didn't have a downsized version of that particular image in that sunset subdirectory and didn't think I had used that really dark one before.
 
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  • #21
Beautiful shots people. I particularly like Alex's and Andre's. Very dramatic!
 
  • #22
You want something dramatic?

clouds.jpg
 
  • #23
That sure is dramatic, Borek! I assume it was a noisy cloud, too.
 
  • #24
turbo-1 said:
I assume it was a noisy cloud, too.

Could be, but honestly I don't know. Either it went other way or it only did its best to look scary, as following night was quiet where we were.
 
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sunsetstrips.jpg


I hadn't seen strips of clouds like this before covering the entire sky
 
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rewebster said:
sunsetstrips.jpg


I hadn't seen strips of clouds like this before covering the entire sky
We get that in Maine sometimes. It's called a "mackerel sky", though when it happens around sunset, salmon might be more appropriate. Nice colors!
 
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OrbitalPower said:
These are all so good I'm too embarrassed to submit mine.

I agree! There are so many stunning photos, I am embarrassed to submit my unicorn cloud...:rolleyes:

This will be a tough vote!

(ps to Zapper - have you ever considered a sub forum specifically for the photo contests? I have a hard time wading through the muck to find these photo contest threads...)
 
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  • #29
You better resize that picture before Zapper disqualifies it :wink:
 
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rewebster said:
I hadn't seen strips of clouds like this before covering the entire sky

As Borek has hinted, you need to resize the picture before the deadline, or it will be disqualified.

Zz.
 

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