PF PHOTO CONTEST - fly me away (Jul 4-11)

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Discussion Overview

The thread centers around a photo contest themed "Fly me away," inviting participants to submit digital photos that interpret this theme. The discussion includes contest rules, submissions, and participant interactions regarding their entries and experiences related to photography.

Discussion Character

  • Contest-related
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  • Technical explanation

Main Points Raised

  • The contest allows any digital photo relevant to the theme, with specific rules regarding size and editing.
  • Some participants express nostalgia or regret about missed opportunities to submit their photos.
  • Participants share their entries, including photos taken from airplane windows and while parasailing.
  • There are discussions about the quality of photos, including comments on angles and shutter speed.
  • One participant mentions technical issues with their computer that delayed their submission.
  • Expressions of appreciation for other participants' entries are noted.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and express enthusiasm for each other's submissions. However, there is no consensus on the best photo, as each participant shares personal experiences and preferences without a definitive ranking.

Contextual Notes

Some participants mention technical challenges and personal circumstances that may affect their ability to participate fully in the contest.

Who May Find This Useful

Photography enthusiasts, contest participants, and those interested in community-driven creative projects may find this discussion engaging.

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Interpret as you will
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.

Ideas for competitions you'd like to see? Submit them here
 
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Oh man! This was the contest for my hot air balloon pic! Win some lose some. :frown:
 
I shall begin...with another "out the window" picture,

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/9237/flyo.jpg
 
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Oh that's gorgeous Junglebeast
 
How did you get that shot, junglebeast?
 
Still got more. Juvenile American Bald Eagle, less than a year old.

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GeorginaS said:
How did you get that shot, junglebeast?

Taken out of the little airplane window on one of those long flights :P

(actually, you can just see the tip of the wing on the right hand side)

Andre, that's a great shot..just the right angle and shutter speed
 
Parasailing several hundred feet above Bay Lake at WDW.

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Zz.
 
ZapperZ said:
Parasailing several hundred feet above Bay Lake at WDW.

That looks pretty scary!
 
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junglebeast said:
Taken out of the little airplane window on one of those long flights :P

(actually, you can just see the tip of the wing on the right hand side)

Andre, that's a great shot..just the right angle and shutter speed

Nifty. I don't think I've ever sat next to an airplane window that was that clear or not scratched up to get such a great shot.
 
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http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/3856/p3110203.jpg

The very expensive firewood delivery in Haleakala National Park, Maui.
 
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Nice entries everyone. I had hoped to get one in before now, but my computer came down with an attack of the spywares and has been out of action for a couple of days. Now that it's mended I'm off on holiday for a couple of weeks!
Thanks to Evo who has kindly agreed to run the contests while I'm away.
See you in a bit :smile:
 

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