this sounds like a nice idea :D

yeah PoTM rather than POTW ..

oh shi -
:o

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MY CAMERAS IN AUSTRIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

diego Wrote:Also I think it should be POTM Photo of the month./

Agreed :P

diego Wrote:Lastly. Mehhakker, my name is NOT deigo, it's diego/

Woops....sorry....I usually get it right.....

boogschd Wrote:MY CAMERAS IN AUSTRIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:o

WHY?!?!?!?

diego Wrote:

boogschd Wrote:MY CAMERAS IN AUSTRIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:o

WHY?!?!?!?

my brother brought it with him ..
hopefully ill get it back when POTM/POTW gets launched :D
if not... maybe theyll reconsider and buy me a new camera

boogschd Wrote:

diego Wrote:

boogschd Wrote:MY CAMERAS IN AUSTRIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:o

WHY?!?!?!?

my brother brought it with him ..
hopefully ill get it back when POTM/POTW gets launched :D
if not... maybe theyll reconsider and buy me a new camera

GO CANON!

The thing is... I can usually tell a professional photographer as opposed to an amateur.  It is only after looking at a collection though, since an amateur can get lucky.  But, IMO, the problem here is many great photos are great because there is a subject that the photo is trying to portray.  Or there is a certain essence they are trying to capture.  Only problem is if wee have a POTW, people wouldn't understand why a certain photo is so great, since it captured every single thing about that subject, whereas another photo might be of just a random scenery that is pretty.

Hellgiver Wrote:The thing is... I can usually tell a professional photographer as opposed to an amateur.  It is only after looking at a collection though, since an amateur can get lucky.  But, IMO, the problem here is many great photos are great because there is a subject that the photo is trying to portray.  Or there is a certain essence they are trying to capture.  Only problem is if wee have a POTW, people wouldn't understand why a certain photo is so great, since it captured every single thing about that subject, whereas another photo might be of just a random scenery that is pretty.

No, also quality, composition, colors, DOF, light, with the correct exposure.

All of that help to make a good photo. Lets say you have 2 photos, one snapshot of a beautiful scene and another of just a dead flower on the road. The beautiful scene lets say is poorly taken (lets say under exposed + a little blurred, these are the most common mistakes I see in amateur photography.) while the dead flower on the road has a nice DOF (lets say the guy used a wide aperture of lets say like f/1.8 so you get really great depth, and lets say the colors are preserved, and perfectly exposed.

It also depends on the photographer, and if someone gets lucky and makes a great photo once and wins a months contest. So what? This is a friendly competition to show off our photography skills.

YAY!!!!!!

but instead of a month how about 2 weeks??

how will that be called ? ... picture of the 2nd week ? :D

lol