August 2008 Photo & Caption 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.:)

[reptileparadise]

ohoh...I'm missing a tailtip in the picture...

This is going to be a great contest this month!

[adamanteus]

Sorry, mine isn't the best picture I've ever taken, but I don't have many 'full body' shots, and I know I won't get the chance to take one this month!

[reptileparadise]

Its a good picture James! It shows the snake, it shows his/her true colors and the setting is natural! What more could you wish for? :D

[adamanteus]

It would be better if it were in focus!:D

[reptileparadise]

True, but as you know, practice makes perfect! And it could always have been worse :D
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s285/reptile-paradise/Kousebanden/2007_08111checkered0042.jpg

[adamanteus]

Thank you, Sjoerd. I think that's an improvement!:D

[reptileparadise]

lol, I'm just showing people what its like to need glasses :D
I tried sharpening it a bit, but the result was horrible (I really need to get a hang of photofiltre)

[adamanteus]

Wow, Kevin.... that's a good photo for a first ever competition entry!

[crzy_kevo]

thanks james i took that pic on my floor just took out a couple plant stuff and one of the rocks then put george under an ashtray to calm down :D and took like 10 pics as fast as i could :D

[Stefan-A]

There is no sample photo this month, but I'm sure you get the idea!Not really. How much is supposed to be visible?

[adamanteus]

The title is 'The Whole Snake'.... there's a bit of a clue, I guess, Stefan.:D
Obviously, there will be many shots where one part of the body is obscured by another part, I daresay that would be acceptable. But not if the snake is partly hidden by plants etc. It seems clear enough to me, should we ask Shannon for clarification?

[Stefan-A]

I think it would be good get some form of clarification. I assume, though, that the point is that the whole snake should at least be in frame.

[Garter_Gertie]

'Ster, your snakey is cut off. Not all the snake is in the pic! :(

Engima, same for you. :(

Kevie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GEORGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GartersRock]

Really? It's so little I didn't even notice. lol! It's not like the tip of the head or tail or anything. Doesn't it count?? ;)

[zooplan]

This theme seems to be made for my poster projekt.
So I hope you´ll gonna post a lot of differnet species.;)
Come on ladies and gentlemen!

[reptileparadise]

Lulu, is that one of this years babies? Looks very good!

[Lulu Bennett]

Hahaha Sjoerd, that was kia last year. Before she got big and had 30odd babies :D

[reptileparadise]

Oops :o

(textfiller, message to short)

[Lexa]

Does everyone have wonderfully natural-looking habitats for their snakes, or is there a way of training your garter NOT to run away as soon as you put it down on the ground?

I'm having enough trouble getting Archie not to strike at the camera...

[Snake lover 3-25]

mine run when i put them down too!!!!!!!
(lol right up my leg!!!!!!!!)

[crzy_kevo]

let them calm down in your hands first
then when you put them down cover them with your hand until you feel that they have stopped moving get your camera ready then take as many as you can b4 they get away

[Lexa]

Thanks, Kevo! I'll bear that in mind - although I may have to wait until my little worm gets big enough to find again before I risk losing him, hehe...

[reptileparadise]

Yup, mine also take a run for it!
Grass it something special. They dive in it! :D

[count dewclaw]

I'm always surprised at how quickly the wild garters in my yard can totally disappear in the grass (well the smaller ones at least).

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Okay guys, I missed this thread....

but here's the deal. The title is the whole snake, so all that means is that the whole snake needs to be in the picture. If a tiny tailtip is cut off, that's okay, if the snake is coiled that's certainly fine, if the snake is half covered by grass or substrate, that's no good. my point was to observe their beauty as a whole snake and not just their front halves like so many of the photo's that we take. I felt that the whole snake is a little more of a challenge, anyone can hold their garter still to take a picture of their top half, anyone can zoom in to get a shot of half the snake peeking over a log, but to get the whole snake takes more patience! I only saw one photo that does not fit the criteria, it was a snake that was half buried in some grass.

I hope that makes things a little more clear!!! My goal was to keep it extremely simple so that EVERYONE can participate, no matter what camera you have!

[KITKAT]

When will the winning photo be up on the home page?;)

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

yea?!?!:rolleyes:

[crzy_kevo]

maybe you should pm boots about that since all the mods are no shows right now

[crzy_kevo]

nice pic don thats when the tumor was just starting to form eh?
either way she was a very pretty snake

[Elliot]

Nice pictures everyone, I think I need more colorful snakes to win any of these contests though. :o

[zooplan]

The photo theme for the
poster is like the theme of
the contest this month.

There is still the chance to use five more photos
and I´m still looking for these (sub-)species

sauritus ____ nitae ____ fitchi
gigas ____ godmani ____ proximus
orarius ____ rufipunctatus ____ pulchrilatus
exul ____ scalaris ____ sepentrionalis
annectens ____ dorsalis ____ pallidulus
semifasciatus ____ sumichrasti ____ validus
celaeno ____ scaliger ____ rutiloris
diabolicus ____ postremus ____ mendax
chihuahuaensis _____ preacularis ____ bovalli
megalops ____ virgataenius ____ errans
collaris ____ elegans

[GartersRock]

Why did my pic get so small?? Ugh! Can I repost?

[ssssnakeluvr]

nice pic don thats when the tumor was just starting to form eh?
either way she was a very pretty snake
yea, that was back when it started to show....

[Stefan-A]

I think we're going to need a poll.

[gregmonsta]

Must have poll!!! Cravings to vote are overpowering!!! Save us o mighty admins!!!!

:eek:

[crzy_kevo]

i PMed boots for a poll but i guess he hasn't been on lately either so i dunno i think we need an admin that can be on everyday to handle this stuff at least until james is able to again

[Snaky]

Thanks everybody who voted on me last month!!:D