Mechanical

The Rules:

* The competition is open now and will close on 31st Jan at midnight.
* Competition may be extended depending on number of entries.
* PM me your submissions.
* ONE photo per user, however you may CHANGE your submitted photo at any time up to the due date by sending me a PM.
* There is no maximum or minimum image dimensions, we are not here to discriminate against hardware.
* Only very light editing is allowed. Adjustment of Levels, Colour Correction, Contrast, Sharpening and Cropping is allowed.
* This thread will be closed at the specified time (end of the month). No extra entries will be accepted, except under special circumstances.
* Entries breaking these rules will not be entered.
* The forum policy on images and content must be followed.
* If you wish to remain anonymous even after voting has finished, then please let me know when you are submitting your image.
* Ensure you enclose a title and please make sure whatever host you use I can download the pic.

The Process:

* Please keep the image size to something reasonable, i.e. no RAW images.

* Go out and take a photo, fitting in the theme and rules.
* Post your entry to me by PM, I will host it and post it.
* When the due date passes, the entries thread will be closed, and a voting thread created to determine the favourite.
* You will not be able to vote for your own entry.

The Tips:

* Think laterally, not literally. Makes for an interesting piece.
* Try to make everyone think about what they're looking at.
* Do what YOU think is right. Art is very subjective. What's great to you, sucks to someone else, etc.
* Title your work, it will make your choices more obvious
* This is nothing serious, have fun while you're doing it.

Voting:

* Voting occurs for one week from the 1st Feb until midnight on 7th Feb
* After voting has finished the winner chooses the next theme within a couple of days.
* Once the new theme has been chosen entries may be submitted at any time up to midnight on the last day of the month.

Good luck


The Entries:

D major blues


Mechanical Shells



El Loco


Bean Opener


For Your Baking Needs

I could take an excellent photo for this.
However given the subject would be R&D equipment that hasn't been patented yet, I'm pretty sure I'd be fired if I did.

D major blues

Apologies, imageshack has done something funky and I don't know how to use it yet. B@stards! I was still using the Classic style, and I guess they'll now call it the vintage one.

Can't find how to create thumbnails.
Image from URL is automatically uploaded as 800x600 before you can find an option to upload full size, I think. And then you have to delete the duplicate.

Edit - Making a bit more sense now, it's all there in many sizes automatically by the looks of it, just needs more clicking, so a lot less friendly for my purposes. Idiots!

Mechanical Shells

With two entries so far I think we may need to rollover again. Thoughts and comments on this always welcome.

Looks like I've made progress with the thumbnails/links, but I still think it is long-winded compared to the old classic version. [/luddite]

El Loco

Bean Opener

For Your Baking Needs


A flurry of last minute entries means we can avoid a rollover this month.