Photo Contest - Science and Technology (9/26-10/4)

  • Thread starter Thread starter ZapperZ
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    photo contest
Click For Summary
SUMMARY

The forum discussion centers on a photo contest themed around science and technology, running from September 26 to October 4. Participants must submit a single digital photo that clearly represents the theme, adhering to specific rules regarding size (800 x 600 pixels), editing limitations, and originality. Photos must be uploaded to external servers like Imageshack or Photobucket, and only one submission per member is allowed. Voting will occur at the end of the contest period, with potential multiple threads for polling based on the number of entries.

PREREQUISITES
  • Understanding of digital photo formats and resizing techniques
  • Familiarity with photo hosting services such as Imageshack or Photobucket
  • Knowledge of basic photo editing tools for brightness and contrast adjustments
  • Awareness of copyright and originality in photography
NEXT STEPS
  • Research best practices for digital photography composition in science and technology
  • Explore advanced photo editing techniques while adhering to contest rules
  • Learn about the principles of photo hosting and sharing on platforms like Imageshack
  • Investigate the impact of photo contests on community engagement and creativity
USEFUL FOR

Amateur photographers, science enthusiasts, and anyone interested in participating in photography contests focused on science and technology themes.

ZapperZ
Staff Emeritus
Science Advisor
Homework Helper
Insights Author
Messages
32,812
Reaction score
4,723
Science and Technology[/color][/size]

This week's theme should be easy. Your photo must depict, as its main subject, something on science and/or technology. Since this give a very broad area and subject matter, please make sure that this depiction is clear and unambiguous, i.e. there's no question that this is something on science and/or technology. A too-obscure of a reference may not work.

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 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.

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. 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.
 
Computer science news on Phys.org
The piston that was a part of a 12-ft. bubble chamber at the old, long-gone, http://www.aps.anl.gov/AAI/history/project_pages/zgs_project.html facility.

IMG_6131_zps0998f0ad.jpg


Zz.
 
HERA tunnel and accelerator (protons in the yellow pipe, electrons in the red magnets):

x5z5sn.jpg
 
$0.03 5-axis MEMS accelerometer, found in a discarded Nintendo Wii controller:

http://imageshack.us/a/img96/8168/zz40.jpg
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Atrophysics Observatory Domes from the CIDA (Astronomy Investigation Center, in Spanish) from Mérida, Venezuela. I took this picture the 21st of September, 2013.

http://imageshack.com/scaled/800x600/30/achs.jpg
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

Zz.
 
It is Rocket science.

hvxgug.jpg
 

Similar threads

  • · Replies 26 ·
Replies
26
Views
3K
  • · Replies 30 ·
2
Replies
30
Views
4K
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Views
3K
  • · Replies 19 ·
Replies
19
Views
3K
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Views
2K
  • · Replies 12 ·
Replies
12
Views
2K
  • · Replies 19 ·
Replies
19
Views
3K
  • · Replies 13 ·
Replies
13
Views
2K
  • · Replies 23 ·
Replies
23
Views
3K
  • · Replies 31 ·
2
Replies
31
Views
5K