****SPRING Photo Contest Comments****

[mnhtnbb]

Please post comments, questions about the contest in this thread.

Here's the link to the Submissions thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/103652935

[Shadowflash]

1. Just posted!

Thanks!

[alfredo]

3. eye min

[Solly Mack]

24. I love that fly.

[alfredo]

38. Thanks

[mnhtnbb]

4. Wow! Look at these entries already!

Yay!

[mnhtnbb]

5. Reminder: please check your photo size limits before submitting!

---1024 pixels for longest side and 675K for file size---


If you need help with resizing--currently we have one entry hosted by imgur--please ask.

I do not use imgur but perhaps someone who does can help Viva_ La_ Revolution with the entry, Hydrangea, for how to
resize on imgur?

Thanks!

[mnhtnbb]

7. We have a second one that also needs to be resized

Hartland Orchards

Please resize, justiceischeap.

Thanks!

[mnhtnbb]

11. Thank you, justiceischeap!

[justiceischeap]

13. Sorry, that was an upload from my iPhone and I didn't think about the size

when I uploaded. Thanks for letting me know I screwed up.

[Curmudgeoness]

6. I'm in.

Already so many great shots. But I will not be intimidated!

[Mira]

8. I'm intimidated

and not ashamed to admit it. This spring did not happen properly. It was spring for a weekend. Then it was summer, and then weirdness prevailed. My February and March were like May, and then May was like March.
Too damn weird.

[CC]

9. Sounds like our weather

only we had a tease of May once or twice now it seems to be July. My peonies finally started blooming Sunday. Took pics yesterday, upload today.

[Curmudgeoness]

18. Sounds familiar. Same here.

However, the things that happen in spring still happened.....the same flowers bloomed, the leaves leafed out, the grass greened up. But yes, the weather wasn't as nice as I would have liked to be out enjoying photography.

Just a few weeks ago, there was a week where I had a wool sweater on, and had to put shorts and a tank top on. Now that is a swing in temps.

[fizzgig]

40. i was thinking about entering this one until i saw yours (which i loved)

[Curmudgeoness]

42. Oh, glad you didn't!

Yours is much nicer than mine. Love the color you pulled out on it and the focus is spot on. There is no rule that you can't also have a bleeding heart...just name it something else.

The one you did submit is also lovely.

[fizzgig]

43. it just didn't feel right to post my bleeding heart

the one i used was one i considered for the contest last spring and i was just as happy to submit it.

[Solly Mack]

10. Beautiful entries!!

I'm hoping to get my shot tomorrow. Or hit the archives. Or something.

That fly is a killer shot.

[mnhtnbb]

12. Host has entered

but if we need space, I'll pull it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. I'm in!

One out of the archives, but I like it.

[NV Whino]

16. I believe those are coreopsis, not margaritas.

https://www.google.com/search?q=coreopsis&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjrp_GsrorNAhUOSFIKHYCiCmkQ_AUIBygB&biw=1383&bih=973#imgrc=_

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. Thanks for looking it up!

[NV Whino]

15. Ms. Pip, those hollyhocks against the glass encrusted wall are awesome.

[mnhtnbb]

17. Très magnifique!!!

[Curmudgeoness]

19. I agree.

So far, I expect that one to win. Not that I am good at calling the winner, and not that there will not be a more stunning photo show up. But the pastel of that shot doesn't even look real...like it is a watercolor.

[Mz Pip]

20. Thanks!

I've been thinking of France a lot today because of all of the horrendous flooding that's affecting so much of the country. It's such a beautiful country, the little towns with their cobblestone streets and old fashioned gardens. Makes me sad to see the photos of the streets underwater.

[Mira]

21. I saw that and almost cried. Emptying the basement of the Louvre for God's sake.

But I"m so glad they are doing it, and it's over water, not a war with the Krauts.
(you know I'm kidding, I'm a Kraut)

[womanofthehills]

39. Beautiful photo

I just planted a bunch of hollyhocks in different colors - but I love the drama of a bunch of red ones.

[Mira]

22. Ms Pip i love your photo with a passion

when I saw it I thought, OH GIRL, you be runnin' those contests and relievin' mnhtnbb for a while.

[mnhtnbb]

37. Yes!! Please!!

[Solly Mack]

23. I'm in with a Purslane.

[Solly Mack]

25. Truly, I am bowled over by the entries.

DitWL - wonderful shot!

I love bugs! and flowers! and goats! (Oh, my!)

[Solly Mack]

26. Yay! (a bird!)

I love birds!

[Mira]

27. I entered it

because you did not. Just kidding. I can't touch your work with birds.

[Quantess]

29. Question:

"submissions will be limited to 30 entries maximum" Do the hosts choose which ones to submit, pre-voting, or...? But it also says one entry per person.

[CC]

31. One entry per person

and no more than 30 submissions by 30 different people total. If there are less than 30 by the end date to submit it is up to the host if they want to close it or give it more time. I hope this helps and does not cause more confusion but it is late. The host is the final word on the contest they are running.

[CC]

32. That is pretty...

but I don't know how to do it with Imgur. Hopefully someone that does know will come along soon. Maybe try going through the whole thread on how to post a picture and see if someone else added it in the comments.

[Quantess]

33. Thanks for your help! What hosting do you use / how do you do it?

I just bought a camera and have been playing around. I think it's pretty too, but I have my doubts it'll make the cut, seeing all the other submissions so far! But I want to try at least.

[CC]

34. I use photobucket

It is free and has been easy for me. For it you sign up and that is easy enough, just follow their instructions. There is a how to post from there to here in the thread near the top. There is at least one other person that uses Imgur I think. I just cannot remember who. You might want to do a "start a discussion" post asking so they see it when they come in.

As for your photo, it is good enough to win but 2nd place is the real winner. They don't have to run the next contest. lol When it comes to voting it is anyone guess who will win. I think that is most of the fun of entering.


I am also off to start the day so need to shut down and get on the road. There will be others come along that will help and I'll check in tonight. Send a pm of you need anything else and I'll try to help.

[mnhtnbb]

35. I have been DU mailing both Quantess and ManiacJoe regarding Quantess submission

and getting it sized correctly. I've offered a link using my photobucket account for the entry.


Quantess photo will definitely be in the preliminaries since it is among the first 30 submissions.

[Quantess]

51. Thanks!

I appreciate not only your help, not just your patience in instructing me on the how-to's but also your patience in understanding that I have a lot of other things going on besides this

[mnhtnbb]

36. Attention imgur users among the photo group!

I don't use imgur. We have had two imgur users have difficulty trying to resize their photos
for submission using imgur. Would someone who uses imgur please post the steps to follow
for resizing on imgur to get a photo link for submission that has a photo sized to meet
our limits of 1024 px longest side and 675 K file size?

Thanks!

[CC]

44. It way late/early

when I was trying to help so it might be way later before they get one here. Good that you know the entry was there.

I'm hoping someone does to a step by step. Then I might redo the how to thread with just the different how toos.

[justiceischeap]

57. It depends whether you're using their mobile app or desktop

That was my problem, I saved an image in my iPhone from Flickr (that wasn't resized) and then uploaded to imgur. There doesn't seem to be resize tools in imgur for mobile.

On desktop, there are cropping tools in the upper left hand corner (or there used to be according to my memory)--I think you can also resize from there too.

[mnhtnbb]

58. There are people here who use flikr to manage their photos.

There are directions here to post photos from flikr

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1036&pid=36130

whether you can edit photos on flikr--resize, crop, etc, I don't know, but I imagine somebody who uses flikr could answer that question.

[justiceischeap]

59. When I'm on desktop, I use Flickr

because you can pick sizes, not so with their mobile app.

[fizzgig]

41. i'm in

dug into the archives since i didn't shoot much this spring.

[mnhtnbb]

45. PLEASE CHECK PHOTO SIZE LIMITS before submitting

Easiest way to do that is to preview your post before you post it. Right click on your photo
and select View Image Info. That will give you the pixel dimensions and the file size so you
can determine if you meet the rules.

Longest side not to exceed 1024 px and file size 675K.

Please check your photos. If people are viewing these entries on a classic screen set-up (go in My Account and look to see if you've checked
classic or standard for Preferred format for regular web browsers) then photos with larger pixel size appear to have an advantage. That's the reason for the rule.

Please check your photos before submitting.

Thanks!

[edhopper]

46. Sorry for the big pic

will double check next time.

[mnhtnbb]

47. You're cool and you're not alone!

I had no idea about the screen formats and the difference they made--classic or standard--since my settings were on standard
until after I hosted my first contest.

[edhopper]

48. I did size it at 1024

but I the resolution setting changed it. It went from 180 to 200, which increased the size.

Anyway, I enjoy seeing all those pictures.

I was just at an Iris Garden a few weeks ago, so I am glad i had something to post.

[a la izquierda]

66. Thanks for your message...I use IMGUR and it is a pain in the ass to resize

I used to use photo bucked and then got locked out of my account. I think I figured it out, but let me edit my submission and I'll see if it worked.

I'm still not 100% sure that I got the resizing right. I haven't a clue as to how to check it (so if someone could let me know, I'll report on what I did for Imgur resizing).
Thanks

[mnhtnbb]

49. We're up to 24 entries now! Room for more!

[astral]

50. I cant do it

I picked out an entry but cant figure out how to post it. Do you have To be a member of the photography group to post a picture?

[mnhtnbb]

52. No, you don't need to be a member of the photog group.

We love having new people join in the contests!

You do have to use something like photobucket or imgur or flikr to upload your photo, check to be sure it is sized
to meet our rules (no longer than 1024 px on longest side and preferably less than 675K file size)

then paste the IMG code in to the text of your post. (Put the title for your photo in the reply title line in the Submissions thread)

The directions for using photobucket are posted here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1036&pid=23797

[astral]

53. .

thanks, I am out of luck on this contest as photobucket doesnt allow mee to register today. may find another option in time for the next one, just took some great picturs last weekend ; (

Thee other pics are amazing, I sure wasn't planning to 'win,' just to share!

[handmade34]

74. hmmm

I think you have a "winner"!

[mnhtnbb]

75. Photos cannot be submitted on behalf of someone else.

Photos submitted are those taken by the photographer and the photographer agrees to certain contest rules when making
the submission.

I'd love to put "Wild Field" in the Spring Photo Contest, but I can't do it unless astral submits the photo.

[handmade34]

76. astral did submit the photograph

she took a lovely photo and it just happened to come through my Photobucket account... the photo is astral's and she deserves to enter

[astral]

77. thank you for getting me in!

to all concerned:
I accepted Handmaid34's gracious offer to post my pic when I was failing to do it. If there is anything I can do to show I am submitting the picture and I am accepting the terms/rules, I will do so. If not, I will be a good sport and hope to have it figured out for the next time. I was trying to use Photobucket and it just wasn't functioning for me.

Either way it's a kick to see all the pics as usual and to see mine here too ; ) ! if only for the moment...

my winky face was supposed to look like this: ; )

[mnhtnbb]

79. I am talking to astral via PM

about using my account--as host--to post her photo in the prelims.

Photobucket has chosen this morning to be wonky, too, so prelims will be up some time later this morning.

I have finally--after multiple fails at trying to upload astral's photo to my account from my computer--done it going the URL route
on photobucket.

Waiting for her to give me the ok to use that link for the entry.

[postatomic]

54. I think you can give Tom Kitten the Plaque and $5,000 now

Please don't tell me you took that with a cellphone. Even if you did, lie to me. Tell me it was like a camera without the phone.

What an incredible ride scrolling down through the photos. Kudos everyone!!!

[mnhtnbb]

55. Oh, man! Who was supposed to send me $5,000. for winning the Winter Contest?

We do have a lot of gorgeous photos. It's going to be a close contest, I think!

[postatomic]

61. You'll need to take that up with the group treasurer

[Tom Kitten]

62. I won't lie!

I did not take it with a cellphone! A Sony DSC-WX80 point & shoot that had a pretty good lens. I say "had" because it is unfortunately no longer working. So I took this I think last spring.

Thank you for the compliment! I also really enjoy all the entries, they are all very beautiful, I love color and there's plenty of it here!

I chose my photo because to me it has a primeval "Rite of Spring" air to it, like I'd expect to see wood nymphs come dancing along...
I took it an arboretum on the edge of the Cal State Fullerton campus on one of those "Gray May" days that starts out cool and moist but then burns off and it gets muggy.

[mnhtnbb]

56. Room for 5 more entries!

[elleng]

63. NO WAY!

Just sitting back and enjoying!

[mnhtnbb]

65. Aw, c'mon. you always have something!

If I can do a cemetery, surely you have a spring sunset or a back at the cottage or something!

You had a still life you posted--with some of your first spring flowers cut in vases--I really liked that. Did you post it here,
or was it fb?

[elleng]

67. Vase @ FB,

but with the posts here already there's no way I could compete!
And that's one heckuva cemetery!

[mnhtnbb]

68. I really like that photo

and it's quite different from anything else submitted. But, it's up to you!

[elleng]

69. Will check with you later to confirm which one it is,

and as I'm at your disposal, I'll post it!

[mnhtnbb]

70. I'll take a look later tonight.

We're in Charleston for the Spoleto Festival and we have a ticket for a performance tonight, then dinner at our favorite Italian restaurant
here.

[elleng]

71. BUONO!

[mindfulNJ]

60. Hi Everyone!

Finally saw the contest thread in time to enter....nice entries so far!

[mnhtnbb]

64. We're getting close! 27 entries now--room for 3 more!

I'm going to be traveling to Charleston today and may not be able to check in until later tonight since we have
a ticket for a performance and then dinner reservation after that!

Hope to see some more entries!

[mnhtnbb]

73. Last day to enter a photo in the Spring Contest!

[mnhtnbb]

78. SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED--PRELIMS COMING SOON.