Photo Tournament 2 Round 3 - Photography Contest [17 entries]

Winning entry, with a score of:

67.8%

Contest goal:

This tournament runs for 4 weeks, week 1 is 'open for all', which means everyone can enter. Week 2 only the top 16 members of week 1 will be able to participate, week 3 the top 8 members of week 2 and in week 4 the top 4 members of week 3. The winner of round 4 will be crowned king or queen of Pxleyes! This final round's winner will be awarded with $100!

Week 2, 3 and 4 will be posted on Thursdays but will be opened for entries on Sundays after the previous round is closed, when the next participants are known. If you participate, be aware you might have to re-enter next rounds too!

This weeks theme is: national emblems 2
Upload artistic images of your own national or state emblems. Either national animals, flowers, fruits, trees, inanimate objects, patriotic symbols or patron saints. State which country, region or state is represented. Sorry but NO flags allowed.

Please take in consideration that there's a different between a symbol and an emblem! Emblems are official choosen items like trees, animals and so on.
Look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_emblem

Members allowed to enter this contest are:
alexx.files
audreyj
BeSea
captgeo
dem90
itsmymoment
friiskiwi
Karol

Reserve 1: filantrop
Reserve 2: karaflazz
Reserves are allowed to enter their entry at any point in this round, if at closing time one or more qualified members did not enter, the entries of the reserves will be allowed to go into the voting period. Reserve 1 will be allowed to stay when 1 qualified member does not enter, reserve 2 will also be allowed to stay if 2 qualified members do not enter.

Congrats for making this 3rd round to you all and good luck.

Status: finished. Check out the winners below!

karaflazz: I don't know if i'll make it to the next round but this theme has nothing to do with photography.This is all about making an electronic circuit!!! ( 5 years and 2516 days ago )

captgeo: I agree with Karaflazz... Not happy with this choice for a tournament. ( 5 years and 2516 days ago )

BeSea: Likewise ( 5 years and 2516 days ago )

audreyj: Agreed ( 5 years and 2516 days ago )

alexx.files: Do I need to build a ring light or I can use a reflection of one source light to get a ring light? ( 5 years and 2516 days ago )

UncleJimmy: According to the goal "One more catch and this is important: you'll have to post a photo of the device you made as a ring light in the SBS. " so the answer would be yes...you have to build some type of ring-light... ( 5 years and 2516 days ago )

alexx.files: it's not clear for me that "made as" means build. ( 5 years and 2516 days ago )

alexx.files: "In this contest you're going to have to be creative, do some DIY and build your own ring light simulation" ( 5 years and 2516 days ago )

alexx.files: I'll reformulate my question. Do I need to use a ring light as a source or I can you any device that's result in a ring light effect? ( 5 years and 2516 days ago )

karaflazz: What i mean is that IF we had to take photo of something USING the ring would be fine,but to make a ring JUST to capture it's reflection...
It doesn't make sense!!!
I might be wrong but we all are here to learn photography not study for electricians.
Sorry if i sound bad. ( 5 years and 2516 days ago )

Contest Moderator: This round has been updated with another contest, the previous 'ring lights 2' has been replaced with 'National Emblems 2'. This new contest fits better in this tournament type of contest.
Sorry for the confusion. ( 5 years and 2516 days ago )

Contest Moderator: Be aware that off theme entries will be removed. Also your entry should show an official emblem of a country and not a symbol representing a country, there's a difference!
Before entering please check if your entry is an emblem or a symbol. Like stated in the description emblems are officially chosen. Please also post a link to for instance a wiki page where it is states that your entry is a official emblem. ( 5 years and 2513 days ago )

BeSea: We can only use the national emblems of the country that we live in? ( 5 years and 2512 days ago )

BeSea: Please explain the conflict between the title which states "national" emblems, then goes on to include "state" emblems. Symbols are not allowed, but then goes on to include patriotic "symbols". We are told that the emblems must be "official", but then includes inanimate objects, which are not "official". Clarification, please!! ( 5 years and 2512 days ago )

Contest Moderator: @Besea: The title of a contest is just a title, this also goes for the thumbnail, it is the description that counts. Both national as regional (including states) emblems are allowed. You can choose to upload an object which represents these emblems like coins and statues.
As long as the item you show (animate or inanimate) is on the given Wiki page you are OK, if it is not on that page: show us an official page (government for instance, in English) which states the object you show actually is official.
Be aware that emblems are officially chosen and symbols are not. ( 5 years and 2512 days ago )

dem90: Also, just so you know, by saying you can not enter symbols is counter intuitive, since emblems are symbols. The difference between them is that emblems we created for that purpose specifically and are meant to represent only that idea, symbols can change over time ( 5 years and 2511 days ago )

Contest Moderator: Contest is closed, new entries will be removed. ( 5 years and 2508 days ago )

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Silver Fern - created by friiskiwi

Favs: 2

SBS: n/a

Hi-res

Rank: 1/17

Score: 67.8% (38)

15204 views

From the link given under National trees;
New Zealand â€“ Silver fern

Cyathea dealbata, or the silver tree fern or silver fern (kaponga or ponga in the MÄori language), is a species of medium-sized tree fern, endemic to New Zealand.It is a symbol commonly associated with the country both overseas and by New Zealanders themselves. (5 years and 2512 days ago)

7 Comments

Fern, Silver

Sampaguita - created by Karol

Favs: 1

SBS: n/a

Hi-res

Rank: 2/17

Score: 66.5% (32)

11208 views

national flower of the Philippines

Sampaguita is a Spanish term, which comes from the Filipino words sumpa kita meaning 'I promise you'. Like every flower signifies its own flower meaning, Sampaguita is a symbol of purity, devotion, dedication, fidelity and strength.

(5 years and 2511 days ago)

4 Comments

Sampaguita

Kiwi - created by friiskiwi

Favs: 0

SBS: n/a

Hi-res

Rank: 3/17

Score: 66.3% (27)

8757 views

The kiwi is a national symbol of New Zealand, and the association is so strong that the term Kiwi is used all over the world as the colloquial demonym for New Zealanders.

Kiwi are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand, in the genus Apteryx and family Apterygidae. At around the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are by far the smallest living ratites and lay the largest egg in relation to their body size of any species of bird in the world. There are five recognised species, two of which are currently vulnerable, one of which is endangered, and one of which is critically endangered. All species have been adversely affected by historic deforestation but currently large areas of their forest habitat are well protected in reserves and national parks. At present, the greatest threat to their survival is predation by invasive mammalian predators.

As they are not only rare but also nocturnal, most of us haven't seen a live one, and certainly not in the wild. (5 years and 2511 days ago)

2 Comments

Kiwi

Rose - created by captgeo

Favs: 0

SBS: n/a

Hi-res

Rank: 4/17

Score: 65.4% (21)

6713 views

http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/National_Symbols/National_flower.html (5 years and 2508 days ago)

1 Comment

Rose

American Bison - created by UncleJimmy

Favs: 0

SBS: n/a

Hi-res

Rank: 5/17

Score: 64.5% (15)

8005 views

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_emblem (5 years and 2509 days ago)

1 Comment

American, Bison

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