Photo Contest - You Don't Bring Me Flowers (6/29-7/5)

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Discussion Overview

The thread revolves around a photo contest themed on flowers, inviting participants to submit their digital photographs of real flowers. The discussion includes contest rules, submission guidelines, and various participant interactions regarding their entries and flower identification.

Discussion Character

  • Contest-related
  • Informal sharing of personal photography
  • Technical clarification
  • Community engagement

Main Points Raised

  • The contest theme is focused on real flowers, either still attached to their plants or as cut flowers, with specific submission rules outlined by the organizer.
  • Participants express excitement and acknowledge the challenge of the contest, indicating a competitive atmosphere.
  • One participant shares a link to a location where they took their photo, contributing to the context of their submission.
  • There are discussions about the identification of flowers, with one participant asking about a unique flower and another providing a tentative identification as a species of Columbine.
  • A correction is made regarding the use of the term "specie," clarifying that the correct term in a biological context is "species." This correction is acknowledged by the original poster.
  • Another participant expresses their limited knowledge of flower identification but shares their recognition of certain flowers, suggesting a collaborative learning aspect among participants.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and the theme, but there are differing levels of confidence in flower identification and photography skills. The discussion remains open-ended regarding specific flower identifications and personal capabilities in the contest.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about their photographic skills and knowledge of flowers, indicating a range of expertise among the group. The discussion includes informal corrections and clarifications without reaching a consensus on all points raised.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in photography, particularly floral photography, as well as those looking to engage in community contests and learn more about flower identification.

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You Don't Bring Me Flowers

We have this theme almost every year, usually in Spring or Summer. So here it is again. The theme is on flowers, real flowers. They may still be attached to the plant/tree, or they may be fresh, cut flowers.

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.

Zz.
 
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This is definitely going to be a tough contest.
 
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Well I am certainly outclassed on this one. Beautiful ^^^^^
 
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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

Zz.
 
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ZapperZ said:
Wow, what kind of flower is that, Zz? I've never seen a 2-sided flower like that...
 
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berkeman said:
Wow, what kind of flower is that, Zz? I've never seen a 2-sided flower like that...

It is a specie of Columbine. I can't tell you the exact specie, though.

Zz.
 
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ZapperZ said:
It is a specie of Columbine. I can't tell you the exact specie, though.

Zz.
ZZ, just so you know, the word "specie" means money (specifically, coins). It never refers to anything biological. The word you want is "species" which is both singular and plural and is what is used to discuss living things.
 
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phinds said:
ZZ, just so you know, the word "specie" means money (specifically, coins). It never refers to anything biological. The word you want is "species" which is both singular and plural and is what is used to discuss living things.

Gracias.

Zz.
 
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Hey, I could recognise rose there, and also a, I think, pansy. That's as far as I go, but now I also know what is a columbine.
How about competitors told us their candidates names?
 

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