Photo Of The Month Nominations - September 2008

[zoolander]

Hey guys I'm not sure how to post a link but if someone could post the link to Ragga Mons Texas Kush pix . Thanx

 

[FiveLeggedGoat]

For Zoo....

For Zoo....

RAGGA MON

Strain: Texas Kush

From the thread Texas Kush:http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=100073

 

[hippie hill]

Tonatiuh bubbleberry with square stock

Tonatiuh bubbleberry with square stock



Tonatiuh

bubbleberry with square stock

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=99999&page=1&pp=15

 

[cellardweller]

Tonatiuh

bubbleberry with square stock

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=99999&page=1&pp=15

AYE! I second that nomination!

 

[CC Rider]

Dr.snow......jilly bean.....http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=100484

http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/15942jb3.jpg

(i cant figure out how to post the actual pic...humm)

 

[kallenavndk]

It's been talked about before,

I guess as long as it's not stated against in the POTM rules it's okay to do what you want to do.

I brought it up because I want to know how a specific picture has been altered.

I've said it before. I've got nothing against people working their photographs (sharpness, highlighting details that disappear in obscurity, etc), but working the plants (adding color, blowing up colas, adding sparkle to trichs, etc) is another story.

It's no different to siliconed boobies, I suppose.

There's no law against it, but you might just go for another pair of titties if you know they're the real thing.

Wtf ????? dont u like silicone then some must be wrong hehe i think if breast are nice i dont give a f about it is silicone hehe just keep it pretty!
its a nomination of the best picture not the best fotograf

 

[MaFFe]

ups nomiate old pics sorry

 

[inflorescence]

its a nomination of the best picture not the best fotograf

PHOTO of the Month. It's right there in the title.
I guess if your too blind to read a title, the ART of photography would be a bit out of reach.

 

[BiG H3rB Tr3E]

Thats what i say, look at the difference:

Well, just my 2 cent....Sure it make look ike it as a loot of trichomes, but it also look unreal to me. And its not directed to you mate, but i see a lot of photos that are retouched that way.

IMO photography is an art form just like any other, painting, sculpture etc...Putting limitations on the way it should be portrayed is stifling, and is not in the best interest . Why shouldn't people be able to use every available option they have to create their art form?

honestly::::i got no problem with that,,,but when you are making all the alterations>>>>its NOT what you grew is it??? that picture above is perfect example. yea it LOOKS amazing,,,,but prior to alterations,,,it looks like some commersh. i have taken many great pictures,,,and i know next to nothing about cameras. never altered any picture to make it look better than it is,,, and i think it is decietful to act like a shopped image is a real one.

i guess they finally found a way to polish a turd gold.....

the true art of cannabis photography is capturing something that existed and not creating something that doesnt exist at all

my last wording::::the picture should look like the plant. recreating and altering it to make it LOOK better in order to win seeds,,,,seeems pathetic. if your smoke doesnt look up to par with many others,,, why dont you work on your GROWING techniques and methods,,, rather than your photo tehcniques and methods,,,,comprende??

 

[organic1]

You assume an awful lot. First up, my original pic looked a LOT better than that example. I simply sharpened slightly by clicking on the sharpening control ONCE. Do you know anything about macro photography? Also, my final result looks NOTHING like the example above. Open your eyes.

I do not submit pictures here online to win seeds. I have all the seeds I need...That is ridiculous. Another assumption you make. You seem to make quite a few, no?

On OG I won 2nd place to Tugs Tarantula pic in the 2002 OG Awards... It was a macro of an X13 bud that I grew with no alterations, just unique lighting. I was voted on by my peers.

Quite honestly I am sick of having to defend myself for taking a simple macro pic of a nice bud I grew. So much hatred going around...

I'll take my golden turds any day...LOL

 

[BiG H3rB Tr3E]

yo that sux you got to use special lighting and sharpining to get yer buds to look decent,,,,

you wouldnt need to defend yer self 365 if you wernt using shopped images,,,but you is>>>and

my question is ::::: if your NOT trying to win seeds,,, why go through so much trouble trying to get your plants to look better than they really are???

is yer ego hurting???? need some people to complement you on a strain that is non exsistant??

not simply macro,,,when you adding special lights,,,and working the image on photoshop>>>>simple macro is ::: sit the nug down on a table:::take a picture of it:::upload and post picture>>>>but we both know your taking a few extra steps ther,,,,



^^^no tripod,,,no macro lens,,,no photoshop:::100% pure

im really suprised they wouldnt have already implemented a no worked picture rule,,,,caus iv seen pics on here ,,, I KNOW AINT REAL,,but whatever:: if you guys THAT desperate for beans,,, than sally forth and get back to your photoshop. maybe you can get that pot of gold to look like shire HAHAHHAHH

 

[bounty29]

The only thing that should be done to pictures is cropping, and maybe adjusting the levels to adjust for the HPS glow or something. Sharpening? That alters the image, and is misleading. What is the point?

 

[nycdfan042]

i think we can see thru the bull shit after all were the creme of the crop...i can see photo shop garbage a mile away. Also some pics are to god damned fancy, i like a good old closet shot, what ever happened to those? lotta bickering with the excellent improvements in POTM, lets not make MIAG work harder than he has to.

 

[BiG H3rB Tr3E]

least im not only one that feels this way,,, im not trying to put anyones weed down,,, but if we growers,,, than we should take pride in our smoke,, and if you dont have pride,,, then you should work harder to grow quality. it just seems quite ridiculous to be working pictures to make them look better than they really are>>>someone made a point about them being similar to silicone boobies,,,only diffrence is:::them boobies look as good in person as they do on photo,,,i have a pretty good feeling that some of you CANT say that about your weed

 

[The Iceman]

i second that, photos should be presented as they were taken in the first original shot. post-production tricks should not be considered for nominations imo.
it is ok to do some post-production of the pics for your grow diaries, but for nominations they seem to take away the art from photo-taking.
peace

Well said!! I couldnt agree more!

 

[MyAssIsGrass]

It has already been said before that enhanced (photoshopped) pics don’t get into the poll if we can help it. Like someone has already said in this thread, it is a photo contest, not a photoshop contest. A contest to judge your skills at cannabis cultivation and photography, not computer graphics.

New poll & nominations posted Very difficult to narrow it down to just 10 this month