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11/25/2002 12:32:52 PM · #1 |
Just thought i would give a few defenitions of the word "Blue" to help people out with their pics and their voting.
DPC says:
'Take a picture in the theme of the color blue. Your photo need not have anything blue in it, but it should evoke the color in the mind of a viewer.
The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 490 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation, whose hue is that of a clear daytime sky; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
A pigment or dye imparting this hue.
Bluing.
An object having this hue.
Dress or clothing of this hue: The ushers wore blue.
A person who wears a blue uniform.
blues A dress blue uniform, especially that of the U.S. Army.
often Blue
A member of the Union Army in the Civil War.
The Union Army.
A bluefish.
A small blue butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.
The sky.
The sea.
adj. blu·er, blu·est
Of the color blue.
Bluish or having parts that are blue or bluish, as the blue spruce and the blue whale.
Having a gray or purplish color, as from cold or contusion.
Wearing blue.
Gloomy; depressed. See Synonyms at depressed.
Dismal; dreary: a blue day.
Puritanical; strict.
Aristocratic; patrician.
Indecent; risqué: a blue joke; a blue movie.
tr. & intr.v. blued, blu·ing, blues
To make or become blue.
Idioms:
blue in the face
At the point of extreme exasperation: I argued with them until I was blue in the face.
into the blue
At a far distance; into the unknown: spontaneously take a trip into the blue.
out of the blue
From an unexpected or unforeseen source: criticism that came out of the blue.
At a completely unexpected time: a long-unseen friend who appeared out of the blue.
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[Middle English blue, bleu, from Old French bleu, of Germanic origin. See bhel-1 in Indo-European Roots.]
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bluely adv.
blueness n.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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blue
Blue, a. [Compar. Bluer; superl. Bluest.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl?, D. blauw, OHG. bl?o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[=a]o.] 1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. ``The blue firmament.'' --Milton.
2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths.
3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]
5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws.
6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking. [Colloq.]
The ladies were very blue and well informed. --Thackeray.
Blue asbestus. See Crocidolite.
Blue black, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost black.
Blue blood. See under Blood.
Blue buck (Zo["o]l.), a small South African antelope (Cephalophus pygm[ae]us); also applied to a larger species ([AE]goceras leucoph[ae]us); the blaubok.
Blue cod (Zo["o]l.), the buffalo cod.
Blue crab (Zo["o]l.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic coast of the United States (Callinectes hastatus).
Blue curls (Bot.), a common plant (Trichostema dichotomum), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also bastard pennyroyal.
Blue devils, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons suffering with delirium tremens; hence, very low spirits. ``Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?'' --Thackeray.
Blue gage. See under Gage, a plum.
Blue gum, an Australian myrtaceous tree (Eucalyptus globulus), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as a protection against malaria. The essential oil is beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very useful. See Eucalyptus.
Blue jack, Blue stone, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
Blue jacket, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval uniform.
Blue jaundice. See under Jaundice.
Blue laws, a name first used in the eighteenth century to describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any puritanical laws. [U. S.]
Blue light, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea, and in military operations.
Blue mantle (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms; -- so called from the color of his official robes.
Blue mass, a preparation of mercury from which is formed the blue pill. --McElrath.
Blue mold, or mould, the blue fungus (Aspergillus glaucus) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.
Blue Monday, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).
Blue ointment (Med.), mercurial ointment.
Blue Peter (British Marine), a blue flag with a white square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater, one of the British signal flags.
Blue pill. (Med.) (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc. (b) Blue mass.
Blue ribbon. (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter; -- hence, a member of that order. (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great ambition; a distinction; a prize. ``These [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college.'' --Farrar. (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon Army.
Blue ruin, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.
Blue spar (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See Lazulite.
Blue thrush (Zo["o]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush (Petrocossyphus cyaneas).
Blue verditer. See Verditer.
Blue vitriol (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico printing, etc.
Blue water, the open ocean.
To look blue, to look disheartened or dejected.
True blue, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed; not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the Covenanters.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
blue
Blue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blued; p. pr. & vb. n. Bluing.] To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
blue
Blue (bl[=u]), n. 1. One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky.
2. A pedantic woman; a bluestocking. [Colloq.]
3. pl. [Short for blue devils.] Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy. [Colloq.]
Berlin blue, Prussian blue.
Mineral blue. See under Mineral.
Prussian blue. See under Prussian.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
blue
Cod Cod, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L. gadus merlangus.] (Zo["o]l.) An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.
Note: There are several varieties; as shore cod, from shallow water; bank cod, from the distant banks; and rock cod, which is found among ledges, and is often dark brown or mottled with red. The tomcod is a distinct species of small size. The bastard, blue, buffalo, or cultus cod of the Pacific coast belongs to a distinct family. See Buffalo cod, under Buffalo.
Cod fishery, the business of fishing for cod.
Cod line, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. --McElrath.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
blue
adj 1: 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" [syn: bluish, blueish, light-blue, dark-blue] 2: used to signify the Union forces in the Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line" 3: wearing blue; "the painting is called `the blue boy'"; "the blue team" 4: 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" [syn: depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, low, low-spirited] 5: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" [syn: blasphemous, profane] 6: 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" [syn: gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy] 7: 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" [syn: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician] 8: morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" [syn: blue(a), puritan, puritanic, puritanical] 9: tinged with blue or purple from cold or contusion; "the children's lips are blue from cold"; "a blue bruise" [syn: bluish, blueish] 10: characterized by or marked with a bluish color; "a blue fox"; "the great blue whale"; "a blue spruce" 11: 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" [syn: dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim] n 1: the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue" [syn: blueness] 2: blue clothing; "she was wearing blue" 3: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue" 4: the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue" [syn: blue sky, blue air, wild blue yonder] 5: used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge [syn: bluing, blueing] 6: the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate used as a sedative and a hypnotic [syn: amobarbital sodium, blue angel, Amytal] 7: any of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae v : turn blue
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
blue
A language proposed by Softech to meet the DoD Ironman
requirements which led to Ada. ["On the BLUE Language
Submitted to the DoD", E.W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices
13(10):10-15 (Oct 1978)].
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2001 Denis Howe
blue, AZ
Zip code(s): 85922
Source: U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
blue
generally associated with purple (Ex. 25:4; 26:1, 31, 36, etc.). It is supposed
to have been obtained from a shellfish of the Mediterranean, the Helix ianthina
of Linnaeus. The robe of the high priest's ephod was to be all of this colour
(Ex. 28:31), also the loops of the curtains (26:4) and the ribbon of the
breastplate (28:28). Blue cloths were also made for various sacred purposes
(Num. 4:6, 7, 9, 11, 12). (See COLOUR.)
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11/25/2002 12:48:50 PM · #2 |
| Blue. Its not that complicated. |
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11/25/2002 12:57:30 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by marbo:
Blue. Its not that complicated.
Sure it is... I'm planning on taking a shot of a nanometer. |
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11/25/2002 01:21:13 PM · #4 |
These lists are all very fascinating but ... 90%+ of the voters here do NOT read the forums (I'm guessing at that, but fairly confident). That means if you do something in, say, red that REALLY means something in blue according to some obscure meaning, the average voter is going to give it a score of 2 or 3 just for not understanding. Not their fault at all.
Just a reasonable warning, I think, to stop people whining about their scores later :-) |
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11/25/2002 02:43:22 PM · #5 |
| wow that was the most complete list of blue ive ever seen... now all i have to do is shoot it... no pressure |
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11/25/2002 04:16:06 PM · #6 |
Hey Jab, Thanks for all the time you put into sharing that with the rest of us. Very thoughtful and downright neighborly!
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11/25/2002 04:57:45 PM · #7 |
| jab that list is awesome -thanks for taking the time and putting that together!!! that rocks! |
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11/25/2002 05:08:50 PM · #8 |
| I didn't make it past the word indigo. |
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11/25/2002 05:22:04 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by indigo997:
I didn't make it past the word indigo.
LOL
Perhaps a self portrait "on the edge" with a green tree on the other side would be "blue" ??
* This message has been edited by the author on 11/25/2002 5:19:50 PM.
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11/25/2002 05:27:17 PM · #10 |
| Good, through description of "blue"! Was very helpful indeed. =D |
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11/25/2002 05:36:31 PM · #11 |
Only problem I see with publishing lists like these is it makes it more likely that someone's otherwise "original" idea will be duplicated by someone inspired by the list rather than their own imagination.
I'm all for discussing the "meaning" of the challenge (see the current thread on Photojournalism), but not so much in favor of discussing specific photo ideas in the forums -- I suggest saving those for individual/private communications. |
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11/25/2002 06:09:53 PM · #12 |
yep... I was just trying to get a head start on the definition of "blue" since the photojournalism challenge is stirring up a lot of heat after the fact.
James |
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11/25/2002 06:21:10 PM · #13 |
| I'm so excited about this challenge -- I can do blue! |
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11/25/2002 07:04:36 PM · #14 |
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11/25/2002 07:29:16 PM · #15 |
| I think I am going to hold my breath until I turn blue... :oP |
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11/25/2002 07:30:04 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by lionelm:
sacrebleu !!!!
:-)
:)
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11/25/2002 08:38:51 PM · #17 |
Thanks for the information on the color blue, I found it very informative.
Averith |
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12/02/2002 04:01:29 AM · #18 |
there is an essence that is blue... it far surpasses the simple color... many missed that...
or maybe I just throught too hard... I do that a lot. |
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12/05/2002 07:42:08 AM · #19 |
| Hello...This is my first post to a forum...and I hope I'm in the right place. My question is this...I've noticed on my submission that it states my photo was validated for authenticity. Does that mean someone suggested that it be disqualified? I noticed another photo had the same message. This picture doesn't appear to have any reason to be questioned. Actually, "Forever in bluejeans...even when I sleep" is very "special"...as the quilt has a history. The person who entered this is disabled...and has been for many many years. In his day (baby boomer), he WAS forever in blue jeans. He was a cool dude. A few years ago, his daughter made him this quilt...out of blue jeans. It was her way of telling him she knew of his love for blue jeans...and now he'd have them...even as he slept. It took her months to do this...and it was done so that he'd be able to "keep the magic of his memories". I know this tale...because this person is my brother...AND, BY THE WAY....HE'S STILL A COOL DUDE. |
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12/05/2002 07:44:11 AM · #20 |
Hi mitzie9! Just to let you know, it's a general policy not to discuss your photo while the voting is still taking place, so you may want to edit your post to remove the references to it...
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12/05/2002 07:53:04 AM · #21 |
| Dear Manic...I am not discussing "MY" photo. I was asking about comments...and reasons for them. I did refer to my brother's photo because I've looked and looked and looked...and don't see any reason to need to have his photo challenged. |
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12/05/2002 08:01:50 AM · #22 |
Originally posted by mitzie9:
Dear Manic...I am not discussing "MY" photo. I was asking about comments...and reasons for them. I did refer to my brother's photo because I've looked and looked and looked...and don't see any reason to need to have his photo challenged. |
I've checked the photo you mentioned, and there isn't an admin note on it, so I'm not quite sure what you're referring to... unless might be confusing the link on each photo that anyone can use to request verification/DQ... In fact, there has been only one photo this challenge that as required an admin note upon it, and it isnt this one (nor yours, i don't think).
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12/05/2002 08:28:07 AM · #23 |
Dear Manic, I don't know how you know that there is only one admin note. I'm new and don't know how to find all of these things. But, this I do know...when I click on my brother's picture, I don't see the admin note either. But, when HE clicked on it, he saw admin note - which asked him to reply with the original photo. Coincidentally, after speaking to my brother, when I viewed my own submission, I also had an admin. note request.
This tells me that only the photographer can see this note. And, it seems to make perfect sense...as it is questioning HIS picture.
I can understand my photo being questioned because of the technique...but, I'm really puzzled as to why my brother's was challenged!
We are here to learn and have fun in this competion...neither my brother's photo or mine is close to being the winner. I am only wondering why this happened. Thanks for your info. |
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12/05/2002 08:36:10 AM · #24 |
Ahhh... I think I know what this is :o) On your own submission for each challenge, instead of a DQ request link, there is an optional link for the photographer to verify their own photo, should they think that i might get a DQ request against it. You can basically ignore this unless you want to have admin admin note against your image.
The reason I know how many photos have admin notes on them is because I'm one of the Site Council (AKA moderators) who help run the site :o)
Message edited by author 2002-12-05 08:36:24.
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12/05/2002 08:39:50 AM · #25 |
You can tell that Manic is a Site Council member because his icon is purple and has sunglasses ; )
Originally posted by Manic:
The reason I know how many photos have admin notes on them is because I'm one of the Site Council (AKA moderators) who help run the site :o) |
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