August- September Assignment Calendar Photos

[F, Calla & Luca]

Back by popular demand we are doing calendar photos this month. This should give us plenty of time to get photos, critique them,  and in general try to help each other in this tough competition : ) I am copying some of Adina's past guidelines so you will have an idea of what's acceptable, assuming they will remain the same. I will also track down some of the back and forth we had about what's she looking for as far as content when I get a chance. Please only post photos that meet the minimal guidelines. We should all try to be honest in our comments. Sometimes I think we try to be nice , always a good thing, but avoid helpful criticism , which can also be a good thing. In this instance helpful criticism is to be encouraged I think.

Update: Adina's Guidelines

Update: 2011 Calendar Submission announcement

Update:  This assignment is going to continue for the month of September

For those of you asking about cameras and editing, this was taken with my Nikon D90, and I did barely any editing. See, no snow on Calla's nose

The original:

My submission, later cropped a bit more for the 2011 labradoodle calendar cover:

 

Update: Here are some more discussions that may give you more ideas of what Adina prefers. You have to wade through them.

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***** If you crop, and you should only do this judiciously, the photos need a MINIMUM of 1800 x 2300 pixels when Adina submits them. It's better to leave a margin for error, Adina can fiddle with the size if she loves your picture and needs to crop a little.

[Jane Smith]

Yesterday, after spending over an hour on my computer editing my photos for the calendar contest, my computer froze.  I had been having issues with it being really slow for a long time now, but this was the last straw.  I get to pick up my new computer tonight and hopefully can have all my pictures done by the deadline Friday.  I also bought Adobe Photoshop, so providing I can learn it fast enough, I hope to have all my photos ready by Friday.  Wish me luck.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Jane, I hope it all works out and you can submit some photos. Good luck!!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Oh Jane...that is awful!  The editing is tortuous enough, without losing all your work and having to start over.   I'll be lucky to have mine ready for Friday...and my computer didn't even crash.  Good luck.

[Donna K & Quincy]

Jane, good luck and if you can learn Photoshop that fast maybe you could teach me, I've had mine since January and still have no clue.

[Jane Smith]

Is it recommended that we don't crop, so that Adina has room to make adjustments?

[Jane, Rooney & Stuart]

I guess I'm going to submit - wasn't sure that I would because I'm not good with the camera but could I please get some help selecting the best photos?

 

 

[Jane, Rooney & Stuart]

[Jane, Rooney & Stuart]

The bully stick photo is my absolute favorite but I know we have discussed the busy carpet.  I have no clue how to "fix" photos so all of mine will go in "as is".

 

 

[F, Calla & Luca]

Jane I'm still having trouble getting to the higher pages. Did you put up pictures?

[Donna K & Quincy]

The discussion is acting weird again!  :<(