Photo Contest - If You Steal My Sunshine (6/16-6/23)

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Discussion Overview

This thread discusses a photo contest themed around capturing scenes in bright sunshine. Participants share their submissions and engage with the contest rules and requirements.

Discussion Character

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Main Points Raised

  • The contest requires photos to be taken in bright sunshine, with specific rules regarding photo editing and submission.
  • One participant submitted a photo of a green sea turtle basking in the sun.
  • Another participant shared a photo of mustard fields in West Bengal, taken during a train journey.
  • Some participants noted adjustments made to their photos, such as cropping, while expressing uncertainty about the camera settings used during the shoot.
  • There is a playful comment about the existence of dogs in Heaven, which may reflect a light-hearted engagement with the contest theme.
  • One participant mentioned that they have a winner and indicated readiness for the next contest.
  • Final reminders were issued regarding the submission deadline for photos.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and submission requirements, but there is a mix of engagement with the theme and varying levels of certainty regarding photo adjustments and interpretations.

Contextual Notes

Participants express different levels of confidence in their submissions and the technical aspects of their photos, which may not be fully resolved within the discussion.

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If You Steal My Sunshine

Your photo must show a scene in bright sunshine. The photo must also be taken in bright sunshine (i.e. you can't snap a photo of the outside from inside a room).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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Green Sea turtle warming himself in the sun.
 

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We have our winner. Next contest.
 
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Mustard fields of West Bengal, taken on the way to Murshidabad (by train) on a winter morning:

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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

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Just cropped.
My camera was apparently very confused at that moment on that day.​
 

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So there really are dogs in Heaven? I always wondered...
 
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Forms revealed - sculpted by sunlight.

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