Photo Contest-World Culture 6-Mexico (8/5-8/11)

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The Photo Contest focused on World Culture 6 with a theme centered on Mexico, emphasizing the rich history and cultural heritage of the Aztec and Maya civilizations. Participants must submit a single digital photo that clearly represents aspects of Mexican culture, including food, people, or historical sites. Photos must adhere to specific size restrictions of 800 x 600 or 600 x 800 pixels and cannot undergo extensive editing beyond brightness and contrast adjustments. The contest will conclude with a member voting poll to determine the best submission.

PREREQUISITES
  • Understanding of digital photography and image resizing techniques.
  • Familiarity with photo hosting services like ImageShack or Photobucket.
  • Knowledge of contest rules and submission guidelines.
  • Basic skills in photo editing software for brightness and contrast adjustments.
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  • Research best practices for capturing cultural photography.
  • Learn about the historical significance of the Aztec and Maya civilizations.
  • Explore techniques for effective photo composition and storytelling.
  • Investigate online platforms for hosting and sharing digital images.
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This discussion is beneficial for photographers, cultural enthusiasts, and anyone interested in showcasing and understanding the heritage of Mexico through visual art.

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World Culture 6 - Mexico

Continuing our theme on major world culture, this time our focus is on Mexico. The ancient civilizations of the Aztec and the Maya of Mexico and Central America gave the world corn and chili peppers, among other things. So the influences of the culture of Mexico are far and wide.

Your photo must show a clear depiction of something clearly connected to the history, culture, food, people, and heritage of Mexico.

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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San Gervasio Mayan ruins on Cozumel, MX.

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Final few hours to submit a photo related to Mexico and Mexican culture and heritage.

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