Photo Contest - Purple People Eater (9/30-10/6)

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Discussion Overview

The thread centers around a photo contest themed "Purple People Eater," inviting participants to submit digital photos that prominently feature the color purple. The discussion includes contest rules, submission guidelines, and various participant entries related to the theme.

Discussion Character

  • Contest-related, Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • Participants are encouraged to submit photos that are generally considered to be of the purple color, with a reference to the character Barney for clarity.
  • Contest rules specify that only one photo per member is allowed, and it must be an original photo taken by the member.
  • Some participants share their photo submissions, such as "Lilacs in the churchyard" and "Amethyst Crystals."
  • One participant humorously engages with the theme by likening their photo to "a mouthful of purple teeth."
  • A participant mentions the challenge of balancing color filters for even illumination in their photo submission.
  • There is a reminder about the final day for photo submissions.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and theme, but there is playful banter and humor regarding the theme itself. No significant disagreements are noted regarding the contest structure.

Contextual Notes

Participants express varying levels of difficulty in capturing the theme, indicating that the interpretation of "purple" may vary. Some entries may reflect personal interpretations of the color and theme.

Who May Find This Useful

Members interested in photography contests, color-themed challenges, or those who enjoy engaging with creative community activities may find this discussion relevant.

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Purple People Eater

No, no, no... don't even hum that tune or you'll never get it out of your head.

This week, your main subject is the color Purple!

Certainly there can be variations to this color, and computer displays can change the color from one display to another. So try as much as you can to select something that one would generally considers to be of the purple color. Think Barney!

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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Lilacs in the churchyard
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From my collection - Amethyst Crystals

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ZapperZ said:
No, no, no... don't even hum that tune or you'll never get it out of your head.

too late ... hahahaha
ZapperZ said:
Purple People Eater

and keeping in the theme "Purple People Eater" my pic could almost be imagined as a mouthful of purple teeth :biggrin:
 
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davenn said:
too late ... hahahaha
Indeed. For two days now ... :mad:
and keeping in the theme "Purple People Eater" my pic could almost be imagined as a mouthful of purple teeth :biggrin:
I saw the one-horned one-eyed part in it. But I hope for you it's not flying.
 
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Over here in the US, this is what is known as "Sicilian eggplant".
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This was trickier than I thought- spent a lot of time 'balancing' the two color filters to get even illumination.

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(Edit: accidentally uploaded wrong photo first time...)
 

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Final day to submit your purple photos.

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I like people

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Yummy yummy