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07-05-2013, 01:48 PM
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POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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~July 2013 POM Entry Thread~
This is the place to enter FIVE of your best shots taken in July! We are really into summer now! Show us what you are seeing in your neck of the woods!
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07-05-2013, 03:42 PM
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WG's Mr. Tomato Head
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Let’s try relaxing the POM rules for July-
For July; contest entries may be processed to achieve a more perfect and presentable photo by correcting the exposure, cropping, straightening, sharpening or subtle enhancing. Photos will not be disqualified unless they are judged to be altered beyond a reasonable point, such as the use of extreme filters found on Instagram and numerous other apps or programs for artistic effects. We recognize it is rare to have perfect conditions in nature! Give us your best shot!
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07-05-2013, 09:02 PM
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Sounds good to me...cropping, exposure adjustments, and such were done by photographers who developed their own film. I remember being taught such techniques in the one photography class I took. I think Sage has always been okay with minor adjustments.
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07-07-2013, 09:32 AM
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Official Plant Nerd
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Sounds good to me too but.... I have to admit I've been cropping all along... was I not supposed to be doing that? I don't know how to straighten or sharpen but I've got a button that lightens or darkens that I've been using too. I think I better go run and hide now since maybe I shouldn't have been doing that either!!!
-- Hey!!! Can we have free moths this month>>>>? I liked the free frogs last month even though I didn't get any photos of any.
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07-07-2013, 09:40 AM
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Quote:
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"If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~ |
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07-07-2013, 09:46 AM
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Official Plant Nerd
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Hmmmm..... I'm thinking it's gonna get real crowded real fast if everyone cropping and lightening and darkening using an exposure button has to run off and hide!!! No filters or anything like that for me because I don't know what they are. I do have a few more buttons that I've tried but they turn the photos into black and white and line drawing cartoons mostly. Are those buttons filters? Just curious.
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07-07-2013, 12:50 PM
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I'm sorting through the last couple of days of photos, and I thought I'd start us off with this:
 It just seems like July to me. Not a native to the East Coast, but the sunflowers did make their way east once the pioneers cleared a way for them. I tried planting tons of black-oil sunflower seeds this year, but not too many made it to maturity...what with the deer eating them down and all. By the way, this was obviously cropped. 
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07-07-2013, 04:35 PM
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POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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Good idea, FREE MOTHS THIS MONTH!
Buttons usually are essentially filters of some sort, but if they are automatic changes without offering you a way to control them, they can be scary! Like PicAsa has automatic exposure button, but it has sliders to let you adjust the result. Btw, I'm still away staying with my son, visiting with rest of family and without the laptop so I haven't judged June yet, but soon, so please hang on! We're leaving in the morning! Did stop at Trader Joes today and got some good stuff to tide us over til our new one opens this fall I think! |
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07-10-2013, 04:56 PM
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Heron
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Lower Pioneer Valley
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Pawpaw with Enchanters Nightshade
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07-13-2013, 07:48 PM
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Heron
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Lower Pioneer Valley
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Bee Drinking Water.
Was on my window drinking water from a water bubble it had on its body.
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