Photo Contest - Holiday Wallpaper (12/14-12/20)

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Discussion Overview

The thread discusses a photo contest themed around holidays, inviting participants to submit digital photos suitable for use as wallpaper. The scope includes contest rules, submission guidelines, and the types of holidays that can be represented.

Discussion Character

  • Contest-related

Main Points Raised

  • The contest allows for any holiday-themed photo, not limited to Christmas, but must be recognizable to most people.
  • Participants are instructed to adhere to specific rules regarding photo submission, including size limitations and the requirement that photos must be original works taken by the submitter.
  • Only one photo per member is allowed, and once submitted, it cannot be changed unless withdrawn from the contest.
  • Photos must be uploaded to a photo server or directly to PhysicsForums, and improper submissions may lead to disqualification.
  • A poll will be conducted at the end of the contest for members to vote on their favorite submission.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and theme, with no significant disagreements noted in the discussion.

Contextual Notes

The discussion does not address potential ambiguities in the definition of "recognizable" holidays or the implications of the size limitations on photo quality.

Who May Find This Useful

Members interested in photography, holiday themes, or participating in community contests may find this thread useful.

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Holiday Wallpaper

Continuing with our holiday theme, this week, your photo should be something that has a holiday theme, and must also be suitable for the background wallpaper for computers, tablets, smartphone displays, etc.

The holiday is not restricted to just Christmas. It can be any religious or major holidays, but it must clearly be clearly recognizable by most people (i.e. it isn't an obscure holiday that most people do not know about).

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. Size limitations: Your photo is only limited to the file size limitation set by PhysicsForums. However, your may want to consider reducing the size of your photo if the file size exceeds 1 Mb. If your file is being hosted elsewhere, I will have to see how it is being displayed here, and I may ask you to resize and resubmit if it causes problems.

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 withdrawal 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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Currently on my iPhone. Believe it or not this is inside a restaurant.

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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

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