Photo Contest - Seeing Red (8/31-9/6)

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The thread centers around a photo contest themed "Seeing Red," where participants are invited to submit photos featuring the color red as the main subject. The discussion includes contest rules, submissions, and interactions among participants regarding their entries and the theme.

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Main Points Raised

  • Participants discuss the contest rules, including photo submission guidelines and restrictions on editing.
  • One participant shares a photo of the red State Historical Museum in Moscow, noting the cultural significance of "red" in Russian.
  • Another participant mentions berry picking and the temperature conditions affecting the flavor of high bush cranberries.
  • There are humorous exchanges about dogs and shoes, indicating a light-hearted tone among some participants.
  • Some participants engage in a discussion about the phrase "Red sky at night, shepherds delight," with variations and interpretations being shared.
  • One participant mentions a filter used in their photo, leading to a playful exchange about the nature of the image.
  • A participant notes a disqualification of a photo due to size exceeding the contest limits, prompting a clarification of the rules.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and the theme but express differing views on specific interpretations of the theme and the cultural context of the color red. There is no consensus on the interpretations of the phrases discussed.

Contextual Notes

Some participants reference external sources, such as Wikipedia, to clarify historical context, but these references do not resolve the ongoing discussions about the museum's history or the phrases mentioned.

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Seeing Red

This week's contest is easy. Your photo must have, as its main subject, something with the color red. The color red is our theme.

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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Hard to get any redder than this:

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The red State Historical Museum on Moscow's Red Square with tourist in red jacket turning her back to it. Note: "Red" in Russian and in the context of the square is used to mean "beautiful". The square itself is not red.

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It is berry picking time, High bush Cranberries require a modest freeze for proper flavor. 33 F a few days ago.
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Torbert said:
33 F a few days ago.
Aaaahhhh :cool:. It's been more like 33 C here for the past three months. :H
 
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kuruman said:
My dog asked me to "like" this, so I did.
That reminds me... I'd better clean my shoes.
 
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Our red bird feeder...
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Zz.
 
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(no post-processing/Photoshop).
 
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Andy Resnick said:
(no post-processing/Photoshop)
Filter or nuclear explosion?
 
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fresh_42 said:
Filter or nuclear explosion?

I can't divulge my secrets!

(I used a Cokin Red/Blue Varicolor filter:
https://cokinfilter.com/products/varicolor-red-blue-polarizer)
 
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" Red sky at night, shepherds delight ". Trying to remember what that means, I think means it's not likely to rain.
 
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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

Zz.
 
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kuruman said:
The red State Historical Museum on Moscow's Red Square with tourist in red jacket turning her back to it. Note: "Red" in Russian and in the context of the square is used to mean "beautiful". The square itself is not red.

This is a museum now? What of? Didn't it use to be the headquarters of the official Trades Unions?
 
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epenguin said:
This is a museum now? What of? Didn't it use to be the headquarters of the official Trades Unions?
According to the Wikipedia article it has always been a museum.
 
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Torbert said:
It is berry picking time, High bush Cranberries require a modest freeze for proper flavor. 33 F a few days ago.View attachment 248971

Unfortunately, I only discovered that the size of your photo exceeded our limits as stated in the rules when I'm setting up the poll. So this photo is disqualified.

Zz.
 
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