Discussion Thread for the Arachnoposters

[priZZ]

There is a P. metallica in the list...

 

[MeteoRa]

those pictures are nicely taken...good job...

 

[Kali]

i think those are fantastic, but someone should challenge the decision by posting more pix!

 

[Hendrik C.]

I think these two...

Hi,

i think these two pics should also be chosen

There MUST be a Sling !!!

http://www.arachnopics.com/data/518/1654illmaticnw01.jpg

http://www.arachnopics.com/data/519/1654illmaticow1.jpg

Hope you like them too !

mfG
illmatic

 

[Rourke]

JacenBeers,

This is a preposterous thread, and I LOVE it. And I would say that even if you hadn't included one of my pics.

Rourke

 

[Aviculariinae]

Hi.
Id say swifty will be on the winning podium, I love his pictures, damn his steady hand Jacen has picked a couple of them the P Pulcher is my fav from swifty,its now on my desk top


Cheers
Brendan

 

[rknralf]

When will they announce the winners? or did I miss it?

 

[Randy]

OMG ..! Cool Pictures!! i wonder when will i ever get such great pics of my Ts .. *droling..*

 

[Michael Jacobi]

Just a thought... bandwidth would be better served if you posted lists or links to the images on Arachnopics instead of having them load in this thread.

Also, as a judge, I must compliment all of the entries. Good work everybody. MJ

 

[Arachnoboards]

Just a thought... bandwidth would be better served if you posted lists or links to the images on Arachnopics instead of having them load in this thread.

Also, as a judge, I must compliment all of the entries. Good work everybody. MJ

Great idea MJ, thanks! The pictures have now been replaced with links. Not against the rules or anything, just more courteous to others (especially those on dial up).


Thanks to everyone!


The Arachnoboards Team

 

[tarcan]

In my personnal opinion, if Swift's picture of the S. dichromata does not make it on the poster, I will seriously question the seriousnes of the voting pannel! LOL just kidding...

No seriously, to me it is by far the best pic of the contest... great job Kelly...

 

[Mojo Jojo]

After careful consideration, here are the results as I would like to see them.

Winner for NW Tarantula picture: Lostkat for her picture of C. cyaneopubescens.

Winner for OW Tarantula Picture: Phormingochilus for his picture of T. truculentus.

Thanks to all of the contestants for submitting their entries. The decisions were very hard to come to. I wish there were going to be four pictures. If there were, here are the other two entries that would have like to seen selected:

Runner up for NW Tarantula picture: Metallica for his picture of B. klaasi

Runner up for OW Tarantula picture: Deifiler for his picture of P. regalis

Jon

 

[Windycity]

Reference CD's

In addition to the posters, you might consider offering a 2 CD set of full rez pics of the photos submitted. There aren’t may books if any out there which offer such nice reference shots of so many species. The overhead wouldn’t be much and you could more or less burn the CD’s on demand. Just a thought.

 

[No name]

The decisions were very hard to come to.

Jon

Indeed, it's not easy to choose from all entries without setting some parameters that differential a good and bad photograph. Especially taking nature subject like a tarantula. Although modern digital camera has enhance the flexibility and with its supremacy resolution. Taking good picture is still not as easy as that.

After looking at comments and views pertaining to the contest. I felt some are choosing their so called "winning" photographs because of its species. And not because gauging from all expects, like COMPOSITION, IF THE TARANTULAS IS IN ITS BEST NATURAL POSTURE (NOT ARTIFICIAL), SHARPNESS, OVEREXPOSED and such.

However, looking at the judging panel. I believed that the choosen photos will be a good one.

Good luck to all.

Regards,

NN

 

[Michael Jacobi]

I wish there were going to be four pictures.

Actually there are going to be 24 photos on each poster for a total of 48.

 

[genious_gr]

Will each one be blended in with the others so that some ugly details can be hiden? I am having something like the outside of the celendar in mind, am I right??

 

[Satanika]

Will each one be blended in with the others so that some ugly details can be hiden? I am having something like the outside of the celendar in mind, am I right??

Yes, they are going to be blended somewhat.

Debby

 

[Mojo Jojo]

Yes, they are going to be blended somewhat.

Debby

You are going to show the finished product before you sell them right?

Jon

 

[Arachnoboards]

Rules Update

There has been a change made to the rules. It can be found in the Contest Thread

Thanks,

The Arachnoboards Team

 

[No name]

Being forced to choose a lesser quality picture because one picture by a person was already picked by the judges is not the way to bring you the best poster possible.

Thank you and we hope to announce the winners soon.

The Arachnoboards Team

Hi All,

I can't agreed more with the changes made by the judging panel.
Indeed, by restricting only to one winining entry per contestant. The quality and standards of the choosen photographs would be somehow very limited.

With this flexibility in the ruling. It ensure that good photograpers works are not being denied due to the previous contest rules.

Good luck to all once again.

Regards,

NN