photo contest Definition and 532 Threads

Illuminated The topic this week involves photos of object/s being illuminated by an external light source. However, this light source must not be from the sun AND the light source itself must not appear in the photo. For example, any photo taken at night, and illuminated by household lights...

In The Movies This week, the subject of your photo must be something that has appeared in at least one movie. This subject may be a person, a specific object, or a location. For this contest, please include the name of the movie that the subject appeared in, especially if it is an obscure...

Pardon Our Dust The focus this week is on things under construction or being built. Zz. 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...

Things That Make You Go "Huh?" Your photos must depict something that is puzzling, or something that you don't quite understand. Zz. 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...

Going Green This week, the main object of your photo must be something green, or your photo must have a predominantly green color. While there are many different shades of green, please ensure that there is no ambiguity in the dominant color in your photo. Zz. Contest Rules: 1. Any digital...

Bad Picture This topic has always been one of the more popular and hilarious topics we have. Since it has been a long time since we had one, we will once again have a contest where you can be proud of the bad photos that you have snapped. As before, this must be a photo that didn't turn out...

Fried Eggs Can we have amazing, jaw-dropping photos with a theme such as "Fried Eggs"? We will find out, won't we? So fry some eggs, and take your most artistic, amazing photo out of such a neglected, mundane thing. You may also snap a photo of fried eggs you get at a restaurant. And now, all...

How Does Your Garden Grow? This week, we will use the theme of a long-running and popular thread in the General Discussion forum. Your photo must consist of scenes from your own garden, something you and/or your spouse/significant others/family members grew or take care of. This can be indoors...

Back To School Summer vacation is drawing to a close, at least in the northern hemisphere. This means that it is time to go back to school! So your photo this week should be clearly related to schooling or schools. Zz. Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant...

Ewwww, Gross! OK, this might easily turn ugly. In fact, I expect it to. Your photos this week should invoke that kind of a reaction. However, you should use your own judgment if your photo might be too gross to be shown in this forum. Zz. Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or...

Salute Pluto! In honor of New Horizons' encounter with Pluto, we will look up for this week's contest. The sky is the limit, so any photo of our wide-open sky will do. This includes clouds, sun, moon, planets, etc... Zz. Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo...

The Birds And The Bees The contest theme this week is on the birds and/or the bees. Any photos of birds and/or bees will be accepted. Birds also include geese, ducks, chickens, etc. Zz. Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted...

What Is It? This week, we will try something a bit different, and there will be a greater involvement of the voting members. Your task this week is to take a photo of an ordinary object, but in such a way that it is unusual and unrecognizable. You may, for instance, take an extreme close-up of...

Tranquility Your photo must reflect images, sensation, or emotion directly related to that word. Zz. 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...

It Raining Men ... Hallelujah, It's Raining Men, Amen! Since we had a theme devoted entirely to women last week, this week it is the turn of the men. Similar to last week, your photo must have only men/boys. No females allowed, as the sign on the messy pre-teen boy's room says. Zz...

I Am Woman ... hear me roar! This week, your photo must have ONLY WOMEN! It must be more than one woman, and must not have any men or boys, i.e. no male/s in the picture. Zz.Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the...

Urban Living We had "Country Living" as the theme for last week. So this week, we go to the opposite end and focus on "Urban Living". Your photo must have, as its main subject, life in a big city. Zz.Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be...

Country Living Your photo this week must focus on rural life and scene. Zz.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...

Cuts Like A Knife Our subject this week is on cutting implements. Knives, scissors, axes, etc. that cut or chop or slice all qualify. Zz.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...

What Time Is It? The focus this week is on time-measuring devices. Any devices that measures time, such as watches, clocks, egg-timer, etc. will qualify. Zz.Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest period. In case...

Sunrise, Sunset Hanging on to our them on the sun from last week, this week's contest is about two of my favorite time of the day: sunrise and sunset. Your photo must be taken during one of those times of the day. It must clearly show or indicate that it was during a sunrise or a sunset, i.e...

Walking On Sunshine This week's contest is pretty simple. Your photo must have, as its main subject, people walking! How difficult that can that be? Zz.Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest period. In case...

The Flag of Our Fathers Your photo must contain at least one official flag of a country. And just so we can all learn something, please indicate the country/countries represented by the flag/s. Zz.Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be...

He Makes Me Laugh One of the most memorable lines in the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" was at the end when Detective Eddie Valiant asked the curvaceous Jessica Rabbit what she saw in the scrawny Roger Rabbit. Her answer was "He makes me laugh". So this week, we want to see photos of what...

Spring Flowers It is Spring time in the Northern Hemisphere. So we want your photos of flowers! These must be live flowers, i.e. they are still attached to the plants, not cut flowers. Zz.Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted...

Of Rabbits And Eggs For this Easter Weekend, we will focus on Rabbits and Eggs. Your photo must have, as its main subject, either rabbits, eggs, or both. These rabbits and eggs need not be the "real" thing. They could be chocolate rabbits, eggs, a sculpture, a stuff animal, etc.They may also be...

It's Super This week's contest is all about things that are super! The object of your photo must either have an official name with "super" in it, or is normally associated with the word. For example, you may show a picture of a SUPERmarket, or a picture of the Concord and have that associated...

Spinning Like A Top The focus this week is on something that is spinning. The object must be spinning when you capture the photo. Zz.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...

Pi Day Today is Pi Day. To commemorate this day, our theme this week is on pies! The pies can be of any type, savory or sweet, and includes hand-held pies such as empanadas, turnovers, etc. Zz.Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be...

Pencil Thin The subject of your photo this week must be something long and thin, or tall and thin. It can be anything that can be described as "pencil thin". Good luck! Zz.Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest...

Red Eye Gravy This week, we want your photos that have the annoying red eyes! While there are cameras now that can automatically remove red eyes, or photo software that can do some post-processing to remove such effects, this week's contest embraces these red eyes! So give us your best, fiery...

It's The Beatles! ... as in the iconic, legendary pop group of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. If you claim that you don't know who they are or have never heard of the Beatles, well, I think that is sufficient ground to have you banned from this forum! This week, we're not asking you to submit...

Hot And Spicy The topic this week is on food or food items/ingredients that are hot and spicy. Zz. 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...

Tropical Paradise Many of us are stuck in the middle of a very cold winter. So what better time to have this contest theme. Your photo must depict a scene of a "tropical paradise", something that we expect to see in a warm, tropical climate. Zz. Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or...

Life Is A Highway ... I want to ride it all night long. Your photos this week must focus on highways, expressways, byways, motor speedways, autobahn, etc. These are massive roads with multiple lanes designed to allow the movement of large number of vehicles at higher speeds. Good luck! Zz...

This Week's Purchases Your photos must be on something you purchase THIS WEEK, i.e. during the running of this contest. It can be on anything EXCEPT food items (this exception includes groceries, ingredients, cooked food, etc... i.e. anything edible). Obviously, there is no way for me to check...

Snow White Our contest this week will focus on the "white" part of Show White. Your photo must have, as its main subject, something that is normally considered to be white in color. Since it is still winter here in the northern hemisphere, this shouldn't be too difficult. Good luck! Zz...

Go Big, Or Go Home We are back from our short hiatus. This time, we are going BIG! Your photos must show something that is considered to be "big". Obviously, this is a relative term, so the object or subject in question must be considered big in reference to others of its kind. For example, a...

Food Holidays without food is like a Fleetwood Mac concert without Stevie Nicks, Lindsay Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood. So for this contest, food is our main focus. Your photo need not be food associated with holidays or any kind of festivities. Zz. Contest...

I have this camera, unopened in a box. "The DCS 500 series of 1998 was also based on the Canon EOS-1N, and comprised the 2-megapixel DCS 520 and the 6-megapixel DCS 560, which initially had a suggested retail price of $28,500." I have the DCS 520 6 megapixel. Of course, it's not that...

Holiday Decorations Since the Holiday Lights contest went so well <insert giggles here>, we will continue with our theme of holiday festivities. This time, show us photos of holiday decorations. This can be something as small as what you decorate in your room, or something as big and grand as...

Holiday Lights It is that time of the year when the themes of our contest focus on the holiday season. This time, it is on holiday lights. This can be for any major holidays around the world, and should focus on the lights decorations and adornments. Note that fireworks do not qualify...

Shoe Fetish No, you don't need to have a shoe fetish to participate in this photo contest. The theme this week will focus on ... SHOES! Shoes must be the main focus of your photos, so find creative ways to capture this feet accessory. Zz. Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or...

On A Clear Day, You Can See Forever (11/22 - 11/28) We have had this topic a long time ago, so it is time to bring it back. Your photo must have the visual image representing this phrase. To everyone celebrating it, Happy Thanksgiving! Zz. Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or...

We Have Cows! One of the most hilarious line in the movie "Twister" was when the beleaguered girlfriend announced that "We have cows" to the person she was talking on her phone when she saw cows flying around her vehicle. So this week, our focus is on our bovine friends who provide us with...

Empty Can you convey in a photo the word "Empty"? Is it a feeling of emptiness? Or is it simply a box with nothing in it? Please note that your photo cannot be of "nothing". A blank photo does not qualify. Zz. Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the...

A Sticky Situation You get to use your imagination to interpret this week's theme. Please make sure that there is a clear representation of the theme in your photo. Zz. Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest...

This Is Halloween It is that time of the year where ghouls and goblins emerge from the dead to scare the living daylights out of you. So this week's contest is all about Halloween. Your photo must have a clear display of or connection to this festivities. Zz. Contest Rules: 1. Any digital...

Autumn Leaves With the weather turning colder here in the Northern Hemisphere, the autumn colors are in full force. So this week, the focus is on the autumn leaves. Show us the vibrant colors during this time of the year. Zz. Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo...

Public Transportation This week, the focus is on those vehicles that the public use to get from one place to another. This can range from the megabig A380 airplane at Heathrow airport to the single-passenger rickshaw.on the streets of Hanoi. Zz. Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or...