October Photo Contest DISCUSSION

[alessia55]

All discussion of photos and chit-chat about the August photo contest should go here.

The photo contest theme for October is "Fall/Halloween" as decided by our September winner, Pareeeee :)

Backdrops can include pumpkins, fall leaves, halloween decorations, etc. Be creative!

Enter your submission here: http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/ssnakess-contests/95426-october-photo-contest.html#post773605

As a special treat this month's winner will receive a PE-2 laser temp gun with padded metal case courtesy of tempgun.com.

[Kingsnakechris]

Oh man, this should be a good one!

[infernalis]

As a special treat this month's winner will receive a PE-2 laser temp gun with padded metal case courtesy of tempgun.com.

So give it your best!!

[Kaetlinv]

Dangit Alessia you gave an awesome photo already! :P

Gotta find something to put Val or Ashanti in. With two squirmy snakes (Romeo and Ashanti) I can't have more than one of them out for pictures, haha.

[moshirimon]

We're guna get a lot of entries this time.

Snakes and halloween? How much more perfect could it get! :D

[BarelyBreathing]

Is there still a no editing rule? What about water marks?

[Gungirl]

I would think that you can put your water marks on the picture seeing as that is not changing the picture itself.

[BarelyBreathing]

Thanks, Kat. I believe that's what Wayne told me a few months ago, but I just want to be sure. :)

[Kingsnakechris]

My snakes just ate but ill be adding my entry very soon. I love halloween!

[shaunyboy]

As a special treat this month's winner will receive a PE-2 laser temp gun with padded metal case courtesy of tempgun.com.

So give it your best!!

very generous of the company Wayne

it looks like a great wee temp gun

i may even dig my camera out...

you know us scots,if its for free...then we're in

cheers shaun

[Kaetlinv]

wish i was able to >.< no good ideas for me. We don't decorate and i'm not about to go spend money on decorations that'll never get used again, lol. Also, it doesn't look like fall at the house the snakes are in, just looks like washington. lol

[alessia55]

wish i was able to >.< no good ideas for me. We don't decorate and i'm not about to go spend money on decorations that'll never get used again, lol. Also, it doesn't look like fall at the house the snakes are in, just looks like washington. lol
you don't buy pumpkins to make pumpkin desserts? pumpkins make for a great backdrop :) Also, I buy most of my props at the dollar store. I've often paid 50 cents for some great backdrops. Or you could print out a photo from the internet and use that as a backdrop! There are lots of options :)

[Kaetlinv]

Part of my problem is that I'm 2 hours away from my snakes. I come home at least every other weekend, if not every weekend and tend to them (my brother who has a corn snake has been minding their day to day care whilst i'm gone.), but I don't exactly have the means to set up for a perfect photo shoot anymore! Just a lot of pressure. Besides, so many lovely photos already. I'm more creative with natural pictures than set up ones. :)
I'll let other folks enjoy it :D

[alessia55]

Ok Kaetlin :) Be sure to vote though!!

[Kaetlinv]

I always do ;)

[Jay]

BB for the win!!

[Kaetlinv]

Got to submit a picture <3

Such a lovely surprise to come home this morning to halloween decorations all over the place, took about 5 minutes to take a pretty sweet shot of Valentine squeezing a little skeleton ghoul decoration haha. She didn't want to let go of it (not a feeding squeeze, but it was still funny). Didn't have her out for long, it wasn't chilly for me but no doubt it was for her. she's now back in her warm home. :)

[Platinumxero]

Hehe. I really am liking all of these photos. I cannot wait to see more! Very cute! =D

[shaunyboy]

I always do ;)

is the ball python you entered that blue colour in the flesh ?

or is it something to do with the way the pictures was taken ?

sorry for all the questions,i'm just curious to find out if you get ball pythons with that blue colour ? (i only keep carpet pythons)

cheers shaun

[Ragnar]

Oh baby Im in on this!

[Kaetlinv]

Shaunyboy,

I tweaked the saturation a little bit because it was overcast, to try and make her colors look more like they do in person, but some computers show pictures different. It looks natural on mine, because she does have a slight blue hue to her black - but I can tone it down / post the original version. I didn't do much. Is it that obvious on your screen? :o

[Ragnar]

Posted my entry! I'm no good at setting up shoots and the sun was already pretty low but ah well, it was fun!

[blindfireak40]

As a ghost corn, I can't help but feel like Vermicelli is cut out for spooky business!! :yes:

That said, I've made my ssubmission! ;)

[Gungirl]

Shaunyboy,

I tweaked the saturation a little bit because it was overcast, to try and make her colors look more like they do in person, but some computers show pictures different. It looks natural on mine, because she does have a slight blue hue to her black - but I can tone it down / post the original version. I didn't do much. Is it that obvious on your screen? :o

You are not suppose to alter your picture at all for the contests...

[Kaetlinv]

I thought I had read somewhere that we were allowed to do slight alterations, If I misread, my mistake. I'll message Alessia and ask her if we were allowed to or not - either way I would like her to change the image as I realize now that the one I posted wasn't very natural, and it is too late for me to edit the image myself.

It's not like I went into photoshop and added objects to the image.


I went back and found the post i had read, as in the August contest Wildside asked about editing photos. I'll still shoot Alessia a message to see if she can put in the replacement (toned down) image and if it is appropriate.

To keep things fair among all participants, we don't allow photos that have been manipulated/altered, etc. :) Basic editing (adding a little contrast) should be fine, but nothing fancy.

[alessia55]

I have changed Kaetlinv's photo for a fairer submission :) All the photos look great! Only a week left to enter!!!

[shaunyboy]

Shaunyboy,

I tweaked the saturation a little bit because it was overcast, to try and make her colors look more like they do in person, but some computers show pictures different. It looks natural on mine, because she does have a slight blue hue to her black - but I can tone it down / post the original version. I didn't do much. Is it that obvious on your screen? :o

i'm on an old banger of a computer,its a hand me down from my oldest son,so its not the most up to date,but your ball python is really blue on my monitor

cheers shaun:)

P.S.i've just looked at your picture again and now it looks 100% normal now

[alessia55]

3 more days to submit!! :)

[RoseyFox09]

Missster Snake I think you take the cake, that cobra is awesome!

[alessia55]

You have until midnight tonight (US EST) to submit!! :)

Post your entry here: http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/ssnakess-contests/95426-october-photo-contest.html !

[blindfireak40]

Are contestants allowed to vote as well?

[infernalis]

Are contestants allowed to vote as well?

Yes.. everyone is allowed one vote.

[jaleely]

The poll closed. I just got online! dang it.
Well hubby and i voted for alessia's, actually, though gungirl was a close second.

[marvelfreak]

So what is Nov. theme going to be

[MoreliAddict]

So what is Nov. theme going to be
We need an October winner first!

Winner decides the next theme..

[infernalis]

tie breaker closes at midnight EST (GMT-5)