Photo Contest - World Culture 2-Japan (9/17-9/23)

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The "Photo Contest - World Culture 2-Japan" invites participants to submit digital photographs that capture elements of Japanese culture, history, food, or people. Contest rules stipulate that each member may submit only one photo, which must be resized to 800 x 600 or 600 x 800 pixels. Photos must be original works taken by the participant and cannot be edited beyond basic adjustments in brightness and contrast. A poll will determine the winner at the end of the contest period, with voting open to all members.

PREREQUISITES
  • Understanding of digital photography and image resizing techniques.
  • Familiarity with photo hosting services like ImageShack or Photobucket.
  • Knowledge of basic photo editing tools for brightness and contrast adjustments.
  • Awareness of copyright and originality in photography.
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  • Research techniques for capturing authentic cultural photographs.
  • Learn about effective composition in photography to enhance visual storytelling.
  • Explore guidelines for ethical photography and copyright considerations.
  • Investigate popular photo editing software for basic adjustments.
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Photographers, cultural enthusiasts, and anyone interested in participating in photography contests or improving their skills in capturing cultural themes.

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This is the second in the series of our World Culture theme. We had Norway previously, and now we go to the other side of the world and focus on the elegant culture of Japan.

Your photo must have, as its main subject, something identifiable with Japan, the Japanese culture and history, food, or the people.

Good luck!

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. 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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Of course, with Japan, the first thing that comes to my mind is the food!

Here's one of my typical Bento box with Chicken Teriyaki.
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I offer this composition of petals which like most of those that year (2013) is actually Japanese from the 'Infiorata di Noto' I previously wrote about here #9 though pics I posted seem to have become invisible. :oldfrown:

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