The March 2008 Photo & Captions Comments Thread

[adamanteus]

Let's make general comments about this month's photo and caption competitions here, to keep the competition threads free of general talk.:)

[adamanteus]

Great choice of theme for this months' competition, Roy! I expect we'll see some outstanding photos this time.:D

[CrazyHedgehog]

what a cool theme! this should be really interesting! (James - are you putting his pic up on front page?)

[adamanteus]

(James - are you putting his pic up on front page?)

I don't have the technology.... Jason does that.:)

[drache]

very cool theme

[GarterGuy]

Cool...glad everyone likes it. Was really wrecking my brain trying to think of something different.

[enigma200316]

I think its kool, its a change, and I already have pic up for it..........:)

[adamanteus]

Some really good entries already. I must try to get round to taking a suitable photo this month.... it's a great topic.

[Josh]

Im a fraid my camera wont cut it soo close

[GarterGuy]

Im a fraid my camera wont cut it soo close

What you can actually do Josh, is just take a really good pic from a distance and then get on your PC and zoom in on it. The example that I put up is of a snake that was like 2ft. away. It's just that I took it at maximum size (8 megapixel) and then when I put the pic on the PC, I had it go on at actual size...which was pretty big. I just then used an image program to select a section and then saved that to a different file. You can even use the normal old Microsoft Paint program to do it. Just make sure you get a good section of the snake in really good focus, so that when you zoom in, it's still a crisp image.

[stonyloam]

[quote=GarterGuy;44213]What you can actually do Josh, is just take a really good pic from a distance and then get on your PC and zoom in on it.....

Me too. Just make sure that you have the best lighting and focus that you can get. Good luck.

[Stefan-A]

Im a fraid my camera wont cut it soo close
From what distance can you still get sharp photos?

My camera can officially do about 2", but I've taken a lot of pictures at less than that. My entry this month was taken from a distance of about 2'. Didn't even have to zoom.

[Josh]

it says anything below 28

[Lori P]

GREG-- ROFLMAO-- your caption is AWESOME!!!!!!! LOLOL

[Stefan-A]

Indeed. It also raises the question how much editing can be done in the caption contest. :)

[enigma200316]

I think it would be better if it said: "follow the yellow scale row"....:D

[Stefan-A]

Good one, Justin. But I think it might have been lost on those that aren't familiar with The Wizard Of Oz. ;)

Then again, last time I won, I used a translated quote from Das Boot, that I can pretty much guarantee that nobody actually recognized. :D

[gregmonsta]

Indeed. It also raises the question how much editing can be done in the caption contest. :)
It was the only thing I could think of ;) ... talking scales wouldn't work out quite the same lol :D

[CrazyHedgehog]

Kuno, What a brilliant picture for this month!

[adamanteus]

last time I won, I used a translated quote from Das Boot, that I can pretty much guarantee that nobody actually recognized. :D

Actually, at least one of us picked up on that reference.;)
My Dad's favourite film!

[adamanteus]

Great caption, Stefan.:D You're right, it's surprising no one picked up on that before. I guess it's only obvious once it's been pointed out!;)

[Stefan-A]

I had been sitting on that idea the whole month. :) Wasn't sure I should use it, but I couldn't let Greg run unopposed. ;)

[zooplan]

It was so easy do dicide for a "Caption" but I´ll have to look again for the photos.
Can I get more than one vote?

[gregmonsta]

Congrats to the multi-snake pic :) .... oooooo a caption draw!!!! touchee!!!

[adamanteus]

Congratulations to our joint winners of the caption contest, Stefan and Greg. Do you want a tie break, or are you happy to share the glory?;)
Congratulations to Shannon on her winning photo. If you'd like to PM me your choice for next month contest, I'll set up the new threads.:)

[enigma200316]

Great job you guys and Shannon, can't wait to see whats next.......;)

[Stefan-A]

Sure, I'll share. :) If that's okay with Greg. :)

Congratulations to the winner of the other contest. Sadly, I forgot to vote, but it wouldn't have made a difference anyway.

[anji1971]

Congrats to all the winners!! :)
I took pics of Deejay's scales, and then completely forgot about it:o........oh well!!

[zooplan]

congratulations Shanon.
hope you have an Idea for this month yet so we can start to struggle soon.

[gregmonsta]

I'm up for sharing :) ... we is gold medallers!!!!

[GartersRock]

Yeah! Dons pic is my soon to be baby red spotted. lol! So I posted vice versa. lol!

[GartersRock]

Ooops. Wrong month.. lol!