Photo Contest - Tropical Paradise (2/7-2/13)

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Discussion Overview

The thread discusses a photo contest themed "Tropical Paradise," inviting participants to submit digital photos that depict scenes typical of warm, tropical climates. The conversation includes contest rules, submission guidelines, and participant entries.

Discussion Character

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Main Points Raised

  • The contest theme is "Tropical Paradise," aimed at providing a warm escape during winter.
  • Contest rules specify that only one photo per member is allowed, and it must be an original image taken by the participant.
  • Photos must be resized to specific dimensions and cannot undergo significant editing beyond brightness and contrast adjustments.
  • Participants are encouraged to upload their photos to external servers and link them in the thread.
  • There is a mention of a submission deadline, with reminders for participants to submit their entries.
  • Some participants have begun sharing their entries, including a photo of the Atlantis resort in The Bahamas and a claim of a tropical scene in Europe.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

The discussion primarily revolves around the contest rules and submissions, with no significant disagreement noted among participants regarding the theme or rules. However, there is a variety of interpretations of what constitutes a "tropical paradise," as seen in the differing entries.

Contextual Notes

Participants are reminded to adhere to the contest rules, which include restrictions on photo editing and submission processes. The thread does not delve into the specifics of the photos submitted or their artistic merits.

Who May Find This Useful

Members interested in photography contests, particularly those focused on specific themes, may find this thread useful for understanding contest rules and viewing participant entries.

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Tropical Paradise

Many of us are stuck in the middle of a very cold winter. So what better time to have this contest theme. Your photo must depict a scene of a "tropical paradise", something that we expect to see in a warm, tropical climate.

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.

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The Atlantis resort in Nassau, The Bahamas.

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As tropical as it gets in Europe.

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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

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