Photo Contest - Bring Me A Flower (4/22-5/5)

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Discussion Overview

The thread discusses a photo contest themed "Bring Me A Flower," where participants are required to submit a photo featuring only one flower as the main subject. The discussion includes contest rules, participant entries, and clarifications regarding photo eligibility.

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Main Points Raised

  • Participants must submit a photo of only one flower, with no other flowers or parts of flowers allowed in the image.
  • Some participants express uncertainty about whether their submissions qualify under the contest rules.
  • One participant mentions a photo of a flower that has gone to seed, questioning its eligibility.
  • Another participant shares a photo of a crystal with an etched image, humorously acknowledging that it likely does not meet the contest criteria.
  • There are discussions about the interpretation of the contest rules and the literalness of submissions.
  • Several participants comment on the enjoyment of flowers and the theme of the contest.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

There is no consensus on the eligibility of certain photos, with multiple participants questioning whether their submissions meet the contest rules. The discussion remains unresolved regarding some entries.

Contextual Notes

Participants express varying interpretations of the contest rules, particularly concerning what constitutes a valid flower photo. There are also mentions of past contest practices that may not apply to the current rules.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in photography contests, particularly those focused on nature and floral themes, may find this discussion relevant.

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{Administrative Note: I'm about 5 hours away from flying off for my vacation. So the contest this week will run for 2 weeks instead of just 1.}

Bring Me A Flower

Flowers have been a very popular contest theme. We have had many glorious photos over the years whenever we touched on this topic. So why not do it again now, especially when a lot of things are blooming in the Northern Hemisphere.

However, for this topic, notice the singular name in the title. Your photo must have, as its main subject, ONLY ONE FLOWER! In fact, there must not be any other flower anywhere in the photo, not even an unfocused petal in the background. So not even parts of other flowers can be in the photo.

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.

Zz.
 
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ZapperZ said:
However, for this topic, notice the singular name in the title. Your photo must have, as its main subject, ONLY ONE FLOWER! In fact, there must not be any other flower anywhere in the photo, not even an unfocused petal in the background. So not even parts of other flowers can be in the photo.
Darn, these contests are getting harder! :nb) But I think I have a photo..
 
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"A rose by any other name ..."

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Dave
 
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I have a freak twin eggplant bloom, but wasn't sure if you would disqualify it, so I decided to post this instead.

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Technically not a flower (up to Zz to decide).
 
Borek said:
Technically not a flower (up to Zz to decide).
It's a flower that's gone to seed, so maybe, looks cool.
 
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I'll accept Andy's photo.

Oh, hi from the Most Magical Place on Earth, btw.

Zz.
 
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I have no problem with the fact it is not a flower, close enough. It was just my first thought when I saw the picture.
 
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OmCheeto said:
Oh Om, I heard the screams, this spot was covered with flowers before OM came in with his clippers... :biggrin:
 
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TomHart said:
Tom, You might want to re-read the rules. Zz will be the judge. Just a heads up. Beautiful picture though. We used to have an alternative picture thread for photos that didn't qualify.
 
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jim hardy said:
Denver, this morning...

Unfortunately, this photo does not qualify. There are more than one single flower in the photo.

Zz.
 
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TomHart said:

Please verify if this photo has been modified. Per our photo contest rules, anything other than resizing and cropping is not allowed.

Zz.
 
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Hmmm I'm perhaps too literal.

So far I'm the only entrant to incorporate the transitive active verb 'Bring" from thread title.
 
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ZapperZ said:
Please verify if this photo has been modified. Per our photo contest rules, anything other than resizing and cropping is not allowed.

I didn't really think this picture would be accepted. But it is kind of pretty so I thought I would post it just for fun. Here's the history. It's a photo of one of those crystals that has an image etched inside of it that rotates above some color-changing LED lights. It changes from green to blue to pink to orange . . . or whatever all the colors are. This photo was originally green in color. I wanted to post a photo that was blue, but none of the blue-flower photos were as well-focused as this one. And since I like the color blue better than green, I modified it (temperature, tint, etc.) to turn it blue. But since blue is one of the actual colors in the rotating LED-illuminated crystal, maybe it's still valid? Just kidding. Rules are rules. I think I'm probably also eligible for disqualification based on rule 7 - the intermediary rule.
 
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jim hardy said:
Hmmm I'm perhaps too literal.

So far I'm the only entrant to incorporate the transitive active verb 'Bring" from thread title.

My intro post elaborates the intent of the theme. That is what you should focus on.

Zz.
 
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ZapperZ said:
Unfortunately, this photo does not qualify. There are more than one single flower in the photo.
Fair 'Nuff.

old jim
 
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I was walking today and met this flower
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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

Zz.
 
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Is this contest going to be fortnightly now, or were you just skiving off exercising your well-earned entitlement on the occasion of a public holiday? :oldbiggrin:
 
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He's been on vacation, traveling to the Kingdom of the Mouse. :cool:
 
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Evo said:
Oh Om, I heard the screams, this spot was covered with flowers before OM came in with his clippers... :biggrin:
Nah. ZZ just seems to know when my flowers are going to bloom.
 

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