July Photo Assignment

““The next subject for a photo assigment was chosen by Songbyrd601, the participant who received the most thumbs up from our previous assignment.
She has assigned us the challenge of shooting "FLORA".

Submissions will be accepted until Tuesday, July 31st, at which time the gallery will be turned on for comments.
Don't post your entries in this thread, rather, send your submissions as email attachments to: thebackpacker.photos@frontiernet.net

Rules, as before are; Photo must have been taken after June 30th, 2007 (The date of this posting). If you can't resize it, I'll resize it for you, but they will be displayed at a maximum size of 600 pixels along the longest axis. Please don't send any files larger than 1 or 2 mb in size at the largest. Only one submission per person, please.
Send your photos along with your Trailtalk name, date photo was taken, a caption, and any other information you would like to include. I will post them in a new gallery on my web site, the same as before, with only the caption displayed until after the comment period is over with.””

“bump”

“I have our first entry. You can see it here

Nice work by the way.
last edited: 7/04/07 9:10:14 AM”

“bump”

“purdy.
I like the colors.”

“I just took a bunch on trip out West. Now to sort through them.... (a happy problem to have! :-)”

“Lizs comes out west, and doesn't bother to look me up. How far west?

The month is half over, and I only have one legitimate entry. (The second one is my own). Let's get out shooting.

Round 4 gallery”

“hahahhaa... Greybull, WYO was the farthest point west.”

“what's the rule for this one?”

“““The next subject for a photo assigment was chosen by Songbyrd601, the participant who received the most thumbs up from our previous assignment.
She has assigned us the challenge of shooting "FLORA".

Submissions will be accepted until Tuesday, July 31st, at which time the gallery will be turned on for comments.
Don't post your entries in this thread, rather, send your submissions as email attachments to: thebackpacker.photos@frontiernet.net


Rules, as before are; Photo must have been taken after June 30th, 2007 (The date of this posting). If you can't resize it, I'll resize it for you, but they will be displayed at a maximum size of 600 pixels along the longest axis. Please don't send any files larger than 1 or 2 mb in size at the largest. Only one submission per person, please.
Send your photos along with your Trailtalk name, date photo was taken, a caption, and any other information you would like to include. I will post them in a new gallery on my web site, the same as before, with only the caption displayed until after the comment period is over with.”””

“Those purple flowers are cool. They look like puple monarda. I hope there are more pics than that by the end of the month. I couldn't possibly choose between the two.”

“Purty stuff folks... keep 'em coming.”

“Nice entrys so far. So colorful.
Heading out this weekend and won't return till the 30th. Maybe I'll get something on this trip to submit?”

“I have some from the Yosemite Loops trip. Can we submit more than one?”

“Yeah, like maybe up to three each? You're killing me, making me choose. And I have different styles of flower shots, too...”

“Maybe you can photoshop them all into one garden pic. Ha!”

“hey Hobbit long time no see!!”

“I've always wanted to put my flower and water photos on silk scarves. Anyone know how?”

“wannabp, how about putting one into the July contest? Only one more week to submit your entries folks.

I've got another entry for your pleasure. See it in the July gallery.”

“Hobbit, did you see my question and Lizs comment? Are we limited to one entry? It's really hard to decide.”

“The next subject for a photo assigment was chosen by Songbyrd601, the participant who received the most thumbs up from our previous assignment.

She has assigned us the challenge of shooting "FLORA".


Submissions will be accepted until Tuesday, July 31st, at which time the gallery will be turned on for comments.

Don't post your entries in this thread, rather, send your submissions as email attachments to: thebackpacker.photos@frontiernet.net




Rules, as before are; Photo must have been taken after June 30th, 2007 (The date of this posting). If you can't resize it, I'll resize it for you, but they will be displayed at a maximum size of 600 pixels along the longest axis. Please don't send any files larger than 1 or 2 mb in size at the largest. Only one submission per person, please.

Send your photos along with your Trailtalk name, date photo was taken, a caption, and any other information you would like to include. I will post them in a new gallery on my web site, the same as before, with only the caption displayed until after the comment period is over with.
last edited: 7/25/07 4:31:42 PM”

“hobbit, what about what lizs brought up last time? (and i sorta chimed in as well)


Just wondering what others thought/found out.

...Then again, you guys know I like to constructive critiques. It would seem that could be done here with the anonymous comments, in fact, it would seem to be the perfect way to do that if you don't want to leave a name. BUT... don't be nasty either! Just an idea I'm tossing Hobbit's way: To have us vote by name... but be able to leave comments/critiques anonymously.

Speak out if you might like to see that.”
lizs
3:16:34 PM
6/18/07

That's a good idea Lizs.
Too bad more photos aren't submitted as well.”
songbyrd601
9:29:01 PM

i'm totally on board for this concept. it's what i was thinking in the very beginning when liz proposed this whole gig. i'd really like to see more comments and critiques.
anybody who has a thin skin probably didn't make it past day one with this group, right?”
sacco
last edited: 7/25/07 4:58:48 PM”

“Thanks, Hobbit. Sorry I somehow missed that before.

Sheesh, it's good mental discipline to be able to make up one's own mind anyway. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.”

“Here's my take on the subject: I joined a photograhy club several years ago, and attended monthly meetings for quite some time. We would do/have projects similar to this one, and we would share our work with one another on a regular basis, with the object of critiqueing one another's work. If I have something to say about your photo, I will do it straight up, and stand behind my comments. My opinion is that type of forum encourages constructive criticism, as well as civility. The anonymity of the internet in my opinion fosters just the oposite. My two cents.”

“in my experience, hobbit, people can be civil only as long as the forum in which they participate is civil...TT, on the other hand, is more like a roast than a toast, so i don't think this is the place for constructive photographic criticism...

i don't know if you're familiar with the photo-sharing website, flickr, but there are a number of groups that encourage constructive criticism there. feel free to email me if you're interested.”

“It's been a very very very dry year here in San Diego. I do have one pic of a single trumpet flower with a backdrop of dried up foliage. It's a struggle to survive this drought. When I look at your photo, it's a very sad picture.”

“Hey guys..... lots of beautiful photos on display. Keep them coming. July Gallery”

“sooooooo many pretty pictures...”

“i mean, when i look at your photos, my poor photo is very sad. poor dried up san diego.”

“hobbit and happyclicker,
your points are valid, except that a contest such as this isn't very good bait for trolls. i'd be surprised if many of the fuegoish mean spirited trolls showed up.

really, i'm fine with critiques under usernames too. i just thought it be easier to count the votes from the critiques. my main thing is that i'd like to see more constructive criticism rather than just votes.

most importantly, thanks for putting your time and effort in to hosting this hobbit!”

“Sacco... you and I can send photos back and forth and critique to our merry, wicked hearts' contents. ;-) LOL!

Hey, I have now been to Slim Buttes! I will likely write you on that, see what part you were in. And I ***DO*** have photos and did not lose my camera! hahahahha...”

“There is really nothing preventing people from adding as many anonymous comments as they want to each photo. My only request was that we vote for one photo per person, and that we vote using our trail-talk names.... sort of to prevent "stuffing the ballet box".”

“By the way.... selecting one photo as the best from this group is going to be a very difficult task. So many good entries.”

“that we vote using our trail-talk names.... sort of to prevent "stuffing the ballet box".”
hobbit
7:26:30 AM
7/26/07

and how do you do that??”

“Damn! The page is blocked!

I spent last week in Traverse City MI, and have some killer pics. I will make an entry soon.

Could someone please specify one thing for me though? Is Flora any type of plant or are we just talking flowers here?”

“Flora is the girl down the road, at the diner, takes your order.

:-)”

“is she hot? I'll be glad to take pictures of her all day long. ;-)”

“Flora is any kind of plant I think. Your interpretation. As for how to leave comments or vote, it won't be available until all the entries are in, and the deadline is reached.”

“Thanks hobbit.

actually what needed narrowed down just got a little bigger... too bad my checking account doesn't grow like that.”

“More great stuff added in the last couple of days. Be sure to check out our July Gallery. YOU GUYS ROCK!”

“Oooohhh... I just saw this!! I'm gonna hafta look through my photos for this month. :)”

“hello?!”

“are you following me? LOL”

“LOL!
What do you think you were helping me with earlier? LOL!”

“I realize that NOW. :P”

“I did end up taking your advice though...”

“there's a scary thought! LOL”

“it was the advice of the majority, though I am still not sure that I wouldn't have been better off with the pink...”

“Last day for entries. Tomorrow will be open for comments/voting.”

“Wow, 10 entries so far. They're all so beautiful.
I just got back from my trip but don't think I can compete with the ones posted. Awesome.”