Photo Contest - Bridge Over Troubled Waters (5/27-6/2)

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Discussion Overview

The thread discusses a photo contest themed "Bridge Over Troubled Waters," inviting participants to submit photographs of bridges. The focus is on the rules for submission, the types of bridges that can be featured, and the context of the contest.

Discussion Character

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Main Points Raised

  • Participants are encouraged to submit any digital or digitally-scanned photo of a bridge, regardless of the water conditions beneath it.
  • Specific rules are outlined regarding photo dimensions, editing limitations, and submission processes.
  • Several participants share their photo locations, including a log bridge with Mt. Rainier, the ANZAC Bridge in Sydney, and a coal bridge in Ohio.
  • One participant mentions a bridge in Poland, while another describes an old rusty bridge across the Samara river.
  • There are observations about overhead wires for electric trolleybuses, with some participants reminiscing about their experiences with these systems.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and the theme, but there are varying interpretations and discussions about specific bridge types and the presence of trolleybus wires.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about the suitability of certain photos and the rules regarding photo modifications, indicating a need for clarification on these points.

Who May Find This Useful

Photography enthusiasts, participants in online contests, and those interested in bridges or urban infrastructure may find this discussion relevant.

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Bridge Over Troubled Waters

We haven't had this theme for a rather long time, so it is now back. The main subject of your photo must be on bridges. It doesn't matter if it is a small bridge, or a large bridge, and it doesn't matter if it is over troubled waters, or calm waters. The bridge is the focus.

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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Log bridge with Mt. Rainer in the background.
 
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The ANZAC Bridge, Sydney, Australia
(ANZAC = Australian and New Zealand Army Corp)

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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

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Somewhere in Poland

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The old rusty bridge across the Samara river (a mile before it joins Volga).
The white railway bridge is also seen.
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Those look like overhead wires for electric trolleybuses (the kind that run on rubber tires, not trams that run on rails).
 
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jtbell said:
Those look like overhead wires for electric trolleybuses (the kind that run on rubber tires, not trams that run on rails).
Too high. We had those buses when I was a kid. Guess they shouldn't have removed those wires considering our current trends towards electricity.

Edit: Sorry, not too high. I haven't seen the wires on the lower level.
 
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Yep there are plenty of trolleybuses here!

http://progorodsamara.ru/userfiles/picoriginal/img-20140808213441-880.jpg

The Number 6 is going across the river, to the remote district. It feels quite like traveling to another city.
 

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