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November Photography Contest!

Postby Scribs » Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:39 pm

Yes, it is that time again, time for the start of a new photo contest. (Could a mod please move this to the contest area? Thanks)

What is this month’s theme? Water.
It covers the majority of the earth’s surface, 2/3 of your body consists of it and you need to consume large quantities of it in order to survive, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to get a picture of it, now should it?

Deadline? The 22nd should do nicely. So sometime on the 23rd I will attempt to get it judged.

Rules? You must take the picture yourself. You must not use any photo editing software to touch it up or crop it (proper centering of the subject is important for good photography.) You are allowed to use photos that you have taken prior to the start of the contest, so long as they follow the other rules.

What are the criteria for judging? I am not sure actually. I am going to try and find someone who is somewhat qualified in the field of photography to judge it. If not I will find a competent unbiased source to judge. Just try to get a good, clear, well focused picture.

Ok, that’s about it! Enjoy the contest!

Edit: Sorry, forgot to mention, you are allowed to have 2 entries per person.
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Postby White Raven » Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:17 pm

Gasp! Scribs what have you done with Olorc?
Do you need help with your evil plot?
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Postby Scribs » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:24 pm

Yes, Olorc is very busy nowadays, and he has handed the contest off to me. He does however still run the coloring contest, which I urge you all to enter if you can.
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Postby Yeshua-Knight » Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:22 pm

well, i guess i should stop by my local beach then, i just hope my mom won't mind givin' me a ride out there, count me in!!
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Postby glitch1501 » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:12 pm

sounds good :) i kinda got lazy last contest and didnt submit anything

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Postby Yumie » Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:31 pm

OK, question: Is the main focus of the picture supposed to be the water? Or can it just be an awesome pic so long as it has a noticeable amount of water in it?
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Postby Reba » Fri Nov 04, 2005 4:22 pm

i think im gonna try to do it
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Postby Scribs » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:12 pm

The focus does not have to be on the water, as long as there is water in the picture.
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Postby indyrocker » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:09 pm

well I guess that this is where I make my first submision.

so here it is!
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Postby soul alive » Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:39 pm

Ooh, this should be interresting. Question, though: water in any form? As in, does snow count? ^^;;; (It snowed a foot last night and I took some pictures that I would love to use if snow counts... )
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Postby Scribs » Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:50 pm

Yeah, snow is water based so that would count. Glad to have you in the contest again.
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Postby soul alive » Tue Nov 08, 2005 4:27 pm

^^ Glad to be back. The photography contest I actually have time to participate in. And yes! Snow counts. *runs off to get pictures*
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Postby olorc » Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:56 am

thanks for taking this thread scribs. ya college is taking it's toll on what i have time for. actually i think i will enjoy being a participant in this contest more than running it.
btw, are you still upholding the 2 entries per person rule? or is it just one per person now?
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Postby olorc » Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:59 am

here is an entry
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Postby VashTheStampede » Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:01 pm

oo oo, snow counts? yes! I'm gonna dig up one soon!
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Postby Scribs » Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:19 pm

Oh, forgot to mention that, thanks Olorc, you still are allowed two entries a piece.
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Postby Roy Mustang » Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:09 pm

You must take the picture yourself. You must not use any photo editing software to touch it up or crop it (proper centering of the subject is important for good photography.)


I have a question. You can't use editing software to resize the pic right. My pics are over 2 to 3 MB long and I haven't been able to post them on the board or get them on photo web pages, because the files are so long.


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Postby Linksquest » Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:35 pm

olorc wrote:here is an entry
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Postby Scribs » Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:40 pm

I have a question. You can't use editing software to resize the pic right. My pics are over 2 to 3 MB long and I haven't been able to post them on the board or get them on photo web pages, because the files are so long.


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Resising for the sake of making it small enough to post is fine. It doesnt change the picture, it simply makes it smaller.
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Entry 1

Postby Linksquest » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:48 pm

Here is my first entry!!!
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LINKSQUEST's PASSIONS are: READING (especially books by authors: Lois Lowry, L.M. Montgomery, Ray Bradbury, C.S. Lewis) WRITING, SINGING, ACTING, COMPOSING, PIANO, PHOTOGRAPHY, ART, COOKING, MYST series, ZELDA series,OLD TIME RADIO , New Time Radio, SPANISH, LANGUAGES, and the list goes on.
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Postby soul alive » Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:53 pm

Alrighty, here are my two submissions. It snowed a foot tuesday morning, so I ran around my building taking pictures, I ended up taking about 80 in all, but these were two of my favorites.

Good luck everyone in the contest.
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Postby Linksquest » Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:07 pm

soul alive wrote:Alrighty, here are my two submissions. It snowed a foot tuesday morning, so I ran around my building taking pictures, I ended up taking about 80 in all, but these were two of my favorites.

Good luck everyone in the contest.


I really like the berry one!

do you have a digital camera?
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LINKSQUEST's PASSIONS are: READING (especially books by authors: Lois Lowry, L.M. Montgomery, Ray Bradbury, C.S. Lewis) WRITING, SINGING, ACTING, COMPOSING, PIANO, PHOTOGRAPHY, ART, COOKING, MYST series, ZELDA series,OLD TIME RADIO , New Time Radio, SPANISH, LANGUAGES, and the list goes on.
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Postby indyrocker » Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:00 pm

I cam across another good one that I shall submit actualy from the same area as my other one. Gota love mornings befor all the boats get out on hte water.
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Postby soul alive » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:54 pm

Yeah, I have a digital camera. I loves it, it's a lot of fun to play around with. And I can take 80 pictures and only have 10 turn out and spend nothing to figure that out. ^^. My picture last month was taken with a Vivitar SLR that is now dead T_T I miss it.
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Postby Scribs » Sun Nov 13, 2005 3:14 pm

Very nice pics everyone! Keep those entrys coming!
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Postby Roy Mustang » Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:50 pm

Scribs wrote:Resising for the sake of making it small enough to post is fine. It doesnt change the picture, it simply makes it smaller.


Now if I can remember how to resize pics in photo shop, I will be all set. :shady:


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Postby soul alive » Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:16 pm

In photoshop, click 'Image', then 'Image Size'; then a window should pop up, in it switch the upper boxes that say 'pixels' to 'percentage' and resize the picture from there. Should work... that's what I do.
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Postby kaji » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:56 am

Wow, LQ, that was a simply amazing picture. The color, the action... Just wow. Great job!
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Postby MyrrhLynn » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:32 pm

For some reason I feel slightly evil entering this pic. :grin: I was just looking to see if I had any photos with water in them and I found this one. I took it this past weekend at the St. Louis zoo, because I had never seen a polar bear sit like that. I'm happy it turned out as clear as it did since I had it zoomed quite a bit. ;)
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Postby Roy Mustang » Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:22 pm

This is a pic taking from River Street in Savannah, Ga


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