Photo Contest - Captain Hook (2/16-2/22)

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The discussion centers around a photo contest themed around "hooks," allowing participants to submit digital photos that prominently feature any type of hook, from fishing hooks to crane hooks. Contest rules stipulate that each member can submit only one photo, which must be original and taken by the member. Photos should be resized to specific dimensions and can be slightly adjusted for brightness and contrast, but extensive editing is prohibited. Participants must upload their images to a photo server or directly to the forum and link them appropriately. At the end of the contest, a poll will determine the favorite photo among members. The conversation also includes anecdotes about finding hooks in various contexts, such as cranes and props used in humorous situations.
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How much more innocuous can a topic be to focus on something so mundane as a hook? But that is the theme of our contest this week. The hook can be of any size. It can be a grappling hook of a crane, all the way down to a hook on a fishing line. It must be clearly and prominently displayed (i.e. you can't show a fish at the end of a fishing line and say there's a hook in there).

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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The prop hook I gave this girl to hold had her and some other fish sellers rolling in the aisles
 

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The prop hook I gave this girl to hold had her and some other fish sellers rolling in the aisles
Ohhh, I struggled to find the hook
 
A 30 metre high crane went up across the road from home last weekend as part of a new huge apartment block complex construction

The hook of said crane ...

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- are these adhesive hooks or pegs? They are holding the 4G modem that has just transmitted this picture. A piece of a PET bottle is used.
 

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A slow afternoon in the dressing room at the college's fitness center:

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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

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