Photo Contest-One Door Closes, Another Opens (6/18-6/24)

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The thread discusses a photo contest themed around doors and doorways, inviting participants to submit creative photographs that fit the theme. The scope includes contest rules, submission guidelines, and participant interactions regarding acceptable photo content.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant inquires whether a part of a door is acceptable for submission, noting it is from an actual door but may not be easily recognizable as such.
  • Another participant confirms that a part of a door is acceptable for the contest.
  • A participant shares a photo found at CERN with unclear instructions, asking for guidance on what to do with it.
  • Another participant humorously suggests keeping it in superposition, referencing Schrödinger's cat.
  • A participant mentions finding "Schrödinger's door," humorously linking it to the theme of the contest, but notes that it is out of contest.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the acceptability of parts of doors for submission, but there are humorous and unclear interactions regarding specific submissions and instructions.

Contextual Notes

Participants express uncertainty about the interpretation of contest rules and the nature of acceptable submissions, particularly regarding the recognition of door parts.

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One Door Closes, Another Opens

The challenge this week is for you to turn something as boring and common as a door and doorway into something interesting for us to vote on. This can be a regular door, a cabinet door, a cellar door, a trap door, a car door, etc.

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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Is a part of a door acceptable? It is from an actual door, although you don't recognize it clearly as door.
 
mfb said:
Is a part of a door acceptable? It is from an actual door, although you don't recognize it clearly as door.

Sure, it is acceptable.

Zz.
 
Found at CERN. Instructions unclear, what shall I do?

"NE PAS FERMER" = "DO NOT CLOSE" in French.

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mfb said:
Found at CERN. Instructions unclear, what shall I do?
Keep it in superposition?
 
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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

Zz.
 
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Finally found: Schrödinger's door which keeps his cat locked up!

Edit: Out of contest: The missing link, ... umm part:
 
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