Photo Contest - Back To School (8/1-8/7)

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Discussion Overview

The thread discusses a photo contest themed "Back To School," inviting participants to submit photos related to schooling or schools. The conversation includes contest rules, submission guidelines, and personal reflections on school experiences.

Discussion Character

  • Contest-related
  • Personal reflection

Main Points Raised

  • One participant outlines the contest rules, emphasizing the theme of schooling and the technical requirements for photo submissions.
  • Another participant shares an image related to the theme, specifically a detail of a school gymnasium.
  • A reminder is issued about the final day for photo submissions, indicating a competitive aspect where one participant may win by default if others do not submit.
  • A participant reflects on their school experience, expressing nostalgia and uncertainty about the history of the building they wish to submit a photo of, noting its possible past as a church hall and describing its features.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and theme, but there is no consensus on the historical context of the school building mentioned by one participant, as they express uncertainty about its origins.

Contextual Notes

The discussion includes personal anecdotes that may not directly relate to the contest theme, and some participants express uncertainty about their submissions and the historical significance of the locations they are referencing.

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Back To School

Summer vacation is drawing to a close, at least in the northern hemisphere. This means that it is time to go back to school! So your photo this week should be clearly related to schooling or schools.

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. 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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Image: A detail of this school (a gymnasium).
 
Final day to submit your photo for this contest. Otherwise, DennisN will win by default!

Zz.
 
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OK warning of last day of competition has not been given yet, and I hae been separated from my archive.
I was torn on which to put for this one, but I was actually at school for a season here. I am not sure I noticed at the time the nice tiling pattern (not best revealed at angle shot) - or maybe I did but not as anything slightly remarkable, as I did seeing it again next time nearly... well you might not believe how many decades later. :redface::oldcry:.

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It is no longer a school. Maybe it was not in origin either, more like a Church Hall, perhaps the school was improvised, but it looks like a village school anyway. Maybe some stained glass. Three classes at same time in one hall with no separations. Very high roof - or else I was small. Up high on wall my right beyond the other class, inspirational picture I can now identify as 'Boyhood of Raleigh' - I did understand the message and challenge though. :cry:

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