Photo Contest - Photo Association (11/4-11/10)

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Discussion Overview

The thread discusses a photo contest themed around photo associations, where each submitted photo must relate to the one posted before it. Participants share their entries and engage in a playful exploration of themes such as reflection and refraction.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Contest-related

Main Points Raised

  • The contest rules specify that each photo must have a clear association with the previous one, and only one photo per member is allowed.
  • One participant shares a photo titled "my blue reflection," indicating it is related to the entrance of the Volga oil tanker company.
  • Another participant suggests playing off the "reflection" theme, indicating a continuation of the thematic exploration.
  • A different participant proposes to explore the theme of "refraction," introducing a new angle to the ongoing theme.
  • One participant mentions caustics and relates them to singularities, referencing Michael Berry's work, which adds a layer of complexity to the discussion.
  • A reminder is posted about the final day to submit photos for the contest, emphasizing the time-sensitive nature of the event.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants appear to be engaging collaboratively with the theme, but there are multiple interpretations of how to relate their photos, indicating a variety of perspectives without a consensus on a singular approach.

Contextual Notes

The discussion is limited by the specific rules of the contest, which dictate the nature of submissions and the thematic associations required. There may be ambiguity in how participants interpret the theme of association.

Who May Find This Useful

Members interested in photography, thematic contests, or those looking to engage creatively within a community setting may find this discussion relevant.

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Photo Association

We had great responses and a lot of fun the last time we ran this theme. So here it is again, back by popular demand.

The rules are the same. Each photo must have a clear association with the photo immediately before. So once a photo is posted, the next photo must have a clear association with the previous photo.

The first person to post a photo gets to set the tone.

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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my blue reflection
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- it's the entrance of the Volga oil tanker company.
 

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I'll play off the "reflection" theme:
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I will go for refraction then.

marcin_refraction.jpg
 

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This may seem oblique, but the caustics above are singularities, much like these:

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(google 'Michael Berry' and "square root of zero" for some interesting physics...)
 

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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

Zz.
 

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