Photo Contest - Things Are Looking Up (2/1-2/7)

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Discussion Overview

The thread discusses a photo contest themed "Things Are Looking Up," inviting participants to submit images that depict views from looking upwards. The conversation includes contest rules, submissions, and various participants sharing their entries and thoughts related to the theme.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Contest-related

Main Points Raised

  • One participant outlines the contest rules, emphasizing the need for clear upward views and restrictions on photo submissions.
  • Several participants share their photo entries, including images of the Hearst Building, a chandelier in a theater, Table Mountain, and the Ely Cathedral.
  • Some participants express interest in future contests, specifically mentioning a theme titled "Grass Roots."
  • One participant notes the historical significance of Ely Cathedral and its architectural features, while also discussing the challenges of sourcing materials for restoration.
  • Another participant shares a photo of a seagull above a bridge, connecting it to a previous contest theme.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and the theme, but there is no consensus on specific photo submissions or interpretations of the theme, as multiple entries and perspectives are presented.

Contextual Notes

Participants mention various locations and historical contexts related to their photo submissions, but no specific technical details or criteria for judging the photos are discussed beyond the initial rules.

Who May Find This Useful

Photography enthusiasts, contest participants, and those interested in architectural history or scenic views may find this discussion relevant.

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Things Are Looking

A couple of weeks ago, we had a contest on views that one can see when you look down. Now it is the opposite. These are the views that you see when you look UP. As before, please ensure that there is a clear indication that this is a view that one sees from looking up. A solid photo of clear blue sky cannot be distinguished from a photo of a solid blue wall without any other point of references.

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. Size limitations: Your photo is only limited to the file size limitation set by PhysicsForums. However, your may want to consider reducing the size of your photo if the file size exceeds 1 Mb. If your file is being hosted elsewhere, I will have to see how it is being displayed here, and I may ask you to resize and resubmit if it causes problems.

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 withdrawal 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.

Zz.
 
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The Hearst Building in NYC when it was getting its makeover:
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The chandelier and painted ceiling of the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Ulan-Ude, capital of the autonomous Republic of Buryatia, Russian Federation (Siberia). The likeness of Vladimir Lenin can be seen on the red banner, a bit below center of the picture.

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Last entry was "looking down" from top, this one is "looking up".

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davenn said:
Last entry was "looking down" from top, this one is "looking up".
Do you have an image for next week's contest "Grass Roots", too? :smile:
 
fresh_42 said:
Do you have an image for next week's contest "Grass Roots", too? :smile:

nothing springs to mind :)
 
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It seemed like an obvious thing to do since I happened to be here anyway!
 
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Looking up to - it doesn't get any higher. :oldwink:
If the sight doesn't convert you, some days those windows can be opened and you hear a choir sing.

(Celebrated octagon in Ely Cathedral. The whole is a structure in Timber, quite discussed by engineers. engineering times structure ely octagon - Google Search Apparently you could not make it today because you can't get the wood, you know, there are now no trees big enough.

Ely is some 85 miles from London, but only a small fraction visitors to London ever go there - that is still a lot of people. Ely is a not very important town nowadays but in Norman times it was quite insignificant. Later on it went into decline! What was important was originally an abbey (founded 672) refounded and reconstructed as cathedral by Normans - complex architectural history as well as political history - area at the time of fens (marshlands) where the last Anglo-Saxon resistance to the Norman conquest held out for a time. )
 
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Looking up at a seagull above the Crescent City Connection bridge over the Mississippi River from the Holocaust Memorial in New Orleans.
 
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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

Zz.
 

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