January 2007 Competition Theme - 'Blue'
 

Our January competition shall be themed 'Blue', please upload your best photos to the competition entries category in the gallery.

The competition will be open until Janaury 31st. At the end of January entries will go into a poll for voting for two weeks when a winner will be announced and transferred into the competition winners category. At the end of this year all competition winners will be entered into a poll for the photo of the year contest, held in January 2008.

One entry per member, photo must have been taken by a member but there is no time restriction on when the photo was taken.

In the event of an overwhelming number of entries Moderators and Admin will decide on a final short list, in this event any Moderators or Admin who entered the competition shall remove their own entry.

To help inspire I found the following defination of 'Blue' on thr web:-

Blue

• of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke"
• used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line"
• blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"
• blue clothing; "she was wearing blue"
• low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue"
• blasphemous: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"
• blue sky: the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue"
• suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"
• bluing: used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
• aristocratic: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"
• amobarbital sodium: the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
• blue(a): morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
• causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
• any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
• turn blue

Please remember this is a family site where some members are under 16, all entries are to comply the the usual gallery rules regarding decency.

You forgot the Band.

Correct Ollie, I understand there is/was a U.K. boy band named 'Blue' :p The definition is from Google and the full listing shown below. I thought it may be a little long so it was truncated in the original post. Please be aware that this definition is for ideas only and any photo that can be interpreted as 'Blue' shall be accepted in the competition.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...le+Search&meta

• of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke"
• used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line"
• blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"
• blue clothing; "she was wearing blue"
• low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue"
• blasphemous: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"
• blue sky: the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue"
• suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risqué story"; "spicy gossip"
• bluing: used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
• aristocratic: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"
• amobarbital sodium: the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
• blue(a): morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
• causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
• any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
• turn blue
  wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
  
• Blue (from Old High German "blao" shining) is one of the three primary additive colors; blue light has the shortest wavelength range (about 420-490 nm) of the three primary colors.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue
  
• Blue is the 1971 album of Canadian-born singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. A sad, poetic collection of intimate confessional songs, this album is one of, if not the best of Mitchell's early output. From exploring the various facets of relationships: from infatuation on "A Case of You" to insecurity on "This Flight Tonight", the songs, feature simple accompaniments on piano, guitar and Appalachian dulcimer. ...
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_(album)
  

Gosh Stephen,

No-one can say they were stuck for ideas on this theme! Well done for givng people something to think about.

Lots of ideas there. Im sure i can think of something now.

Looking forward to the best black and white shots this month:D

I guess I will be relaxing my own rules here,I feel some beautiful blue plumage will be just the ticket.
thanks ,Stephen,for the info re the colour blue,very interesting.Saxaphone blues,one of my fav music sounds.But we do not have any jazz groups in this area,pity,that would make a great pic,almost would adhere to Chris's(Daedal) b/w theme.Smoky club etc.

Saw the title of this month's comp and thought I'd bound to have got this one sorted out....a brill shot I took whilst diving in the Red sea....looking back up the guide line at fellow divers whilst resurfacing from the Thistlegorm wreck........then realised I'd shot it in black and white! LOL:rolleyes: