Photo Contest - Wallpaper (6/30-7/6)

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around a photo contest focused on submissions for wallpapers suitable for mobile devices or walls. Participants share their thoughts on the contest rules, ask questions about specifications, and discuss their personal wallpaper choices.

Discussion Character

  • Contest-related
  • Personal sharing
  • Clarification of rules

Main Points Raised

  • Participants can submit any digital photo relevant to the theme, provided it adheres to the contest rules regarding size and editing.
  • Some participants inquire about the specifications for the subject of the photos, seeking clarification on what is acceptable.
  • One participant shares a personal story about a photo they would like to use, emphasizing its sentimental value and the context of its capture.
  • Another participant mentions their long-term use of a specific wallpaper, indicating a personal attachment to it.
  • Discussion includes reflections on the suitability of certain images for wallpaper, with one participant noting that their current wallpaper does not qualify for the contest due to it being a scan of a postcard.
  • Participants express their preferences for wallpaper aesthetics, such as the need for light-colored areas to accommodate icons on devices.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and the types of photos that can be submitted, but there are varying opinions on what makes a photo suitable for wallpaper, particularly regarding personal preferences and the impact of icons on visibility.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about the appropriateness of certain images and the subjective nature of what constitutes a suitable wallpaper.

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Find a photo that will be suitable as a wallpaper for your mobile devices, or even for an actual wall!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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Is there any other specifications on the subject? We can post any photo?
 
Wrichik Basu said:
Is there any other specifications on the subject? We can post any photo?

No other specification. Unless the photo is clearly inappropriate, I will leave it up to the voters to not only judge the quality of the photo, but whether it would make a suitable wallpaper.

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There are some photos that are really close to your heart. Given an opportunity to decorate the walls of my house with a wallpaper of my choice, besides many other pictures, this would surely adorn one of the walls:

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I did not make an endeavour to remove the small logo at the bottom right of the photo. In case anyone wants to view the rest of the photos, head here. It was taken at Munsiyari, Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India. The glacier that I captured with a 60x zoom camera stole the day.
 

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my wallpaper since 2008
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My wallpaper photo reminds me of a screensaver. :)
IMG_7453.JPG

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I just changed my work PC's wallpaper yesterday to a photo from a hike last weekend at Coyote Hills Regional Park -- the colors in the wetlands have been pretty nice the last couple of weeks... :smile:

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This one IS my mobile wallpaper.

marcin_mobile_wallpaper.jpg
 

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I haven't tried to use custom wallpaper on my iPhone because the icons would obscure too much of it for my taste. However, most of the other posts here seem to be for desktop wallpaper, so...

My current wallpaper doesn't qualify for this contest because it's an enlarged scan of a postcard, not one of my own photos. Also, it's not really ideally suited for use as wallpaper because it's a very cluttered image. Icons can be somewhat difficult to find on it.

In the past, I've used this image which is better suited: lots of light-colored sky at the top for icons of files that I'm currently using, and a strip of light-colored sand/gravel at the bottom, which is where I keep my MacOS icon dock.

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Final day to submit your wallpaper photos for this contest.

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