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    March 2011 Photo & Captions Comment Thread

    Comments about this month's photo and caption contest get posted here, so that we keep the contest threads free of clutter.

    Before submitting any pictures, please read the rules.
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    Re: March 2011 Photo & Captions Comment Thread

    Thanks everyone who voted for my photo last month. i appreciate it and I am glad that you enjoyed that photo. It is easily in one of my top 10 favorite photos of all time!

    I thought of the contest topic over my morning coffee today. I was like... hmmm... topic, think shannon think! Snakes on a plane! No. That's the worst movie in the world... Ahhhhh... snakes on a PLAIN... now THAT's clever
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    Re: March 2011 Photo & Captions Comment Thread

    Would be a flagstone plain enough,
    even if its of granite, greywacke, porphyry...
    Allready waiting for the sommer
    best wishes bis bald Udo
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    Re: March 2011 Photo & Captions Comment Thread

    Can the background be created as in a Glaussian Blur?
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    Re: March 2011 Photo & Captions Comment Thread

    Sure guys, why not! Im not picky
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    Re: March 2011 Photo & Captions Comment Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by guidofatherof5 View Post
    Can the background be created as in a Glaussian Blur?
    Steve I think you mean gaussian blur, derived from the famous german mathmetician/scientist Carl Gauss, most noted for the Gaussian distribution in statistics aka "the bell curve", his equation for that function allows the computer to make the necessary computations to "blur" the image.

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    Re: March 2011 Photo & Captions Comment Thread

    These contests are starting to look less like photo contests and more like photoshop contests.

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    Re: March 2011 Photo & Captions Comment Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Stefan-A View Post
    These contests are starting to look less like photo contests and more like photoshop contests.

    If there were any sort of prizes involved, I personally would see a lot more reason to be concerned about whether or not the person used photo editing effects or not. But the monthly photo contest to me is just a way for everyone here to share pictures of our lovely snakes regardless of what was done to it. It's not like we are actually in any sort of judged competition where there are things at stake. Basically all of the photos on this website have been edited to some degree, even if it's just cropping. where does one draw the line? If we get too serious about it, no one will even want to participate... and then it's not even fun. Clicking the shutter at the right moment is often times only half the battle, how you compose the image after the fact, is equally important. The only things I generally use PS for, is cropping, straightening crooked photos, and correcting any off-colored hues that the camera incorrectly picked up. As long as people aren'y photoshopping top hats and glowing eyes onto their snakes... i don't really have a problem with altering photos to get a desired look. For some people who can't afford the really nice cameras that take stock pictures as nice as the one I posted as my example, it may be their only option.

    I should probably point out that I am not trying to argue with you, Stefan... and that I respect your point of view.
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    Re: March 2011 Photo & Captions Comment Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by aSnakeLovinBabe View Post
    where does one draw the line?
    At Loki's wager.

    As long as people aren'y photoshopping top hats and glowing eyes onto their snakes... i don't really have a problem with altering photos to get a desired look.
    Where does one draw the line?

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    Re: March 2011 Photo & Captions Comment Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Stefan-A View Post
    These contests are starting to look less like photo contests and more like photoshop contests.
    NO, NO, NO Stefan:

    ... GIMP contest from my point of view

    But seriously: You can´t turn a blury picture into a brilliant,
    and it would be a lot of work to turn a grey snake into a coloured one, without wasting the picture.
    Some can use expensive cameras and excellent flashlights, some can spend time and use GIMP.

    BTW: My finger was in the mouth of that snake and I´m happy I´ve got those "feed" back for meant usage.
    Allready waiting for the sommer
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