Photo Contest - Our House, In The Middle Of The Street (5/10-5/16)

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The discussion centers around a photo contest themed "Our House, In The Middle Of The Street," where participants are invited to submit photos of occupied houses. The conversation touches on the rules of the contest, the lack of entries, and opinions about the frequency of such contests.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant notes that there have been no entries yet, suggesting a possible housing market crash as a reason.
  • Another participant speculates that the frequency of the contests may be causing boredom among potential entrants.
  • A participant expresses willingness to end the contests if they are deemed uninteresting by the community.
  • There is a reminder about the final day to submit photos for the contest.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing opinions on the lack of entries, with some attributing it to external factors like the housing market and others suggesting it may be due to the frequency of contests. No consensus is reached on the underlying cause.

Contextual Notes

The discussion reflects uncertainty regarding participant engagement and interest in the contest format, as well as the implications of frequent contests on participation.

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The subject this week is a house, or houses. This can be a single-family dwelling, multi-family dwelling, etc. The main criteria is that the house IS still occupied at the time the photo is snapped, i.e. this is not an abandoned building, or that it has not been converted into other uses.

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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. These pictures must be something that you took, not something taken off someone else's photo albums or taken by someone else. I have no way of checking if you did this, so we'll go by the honor system.

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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Wow! There must still be a housing market crash! We don't have a single entry yet!

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ZapperZ said:
Wow! There must still be a housing market crash! We don't have a single entry yet!

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Or it could be that these photo contests are being put up so often that they are getting boring. Just sayin' ...

Come on gang, let's prove me wrong !
 
phinds said:
Or it could be that these photo contests are being put up so often that they are getting boring. Just sayin' ...
You think?

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phinds said:
Or it could be that these photo contests are being put up so often that they are getting boring. Just sayin' ...

That's easy to solve. If people think they are boring and don't care for it anymore, I'll end it!

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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

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