April BPOM Contest (DUW!!)

Wow! Definitely our biggest BPOM contest EVER! Thank you all so much for all your support and interest! And thank you to our generous members for their awesome prizes this month...that surely had a wee bit to do with the slight increase in participation.

So, without further ado....I give you your candidates...

1.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...252_362486.jpg

2.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...anana_bpom.jpg

3.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil..._the_grass.jpg

4.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...pom_788868.jpg

5.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../4/8/ball1.jpg

6.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...achneclose.jpg

7.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...dscf0032_1.jpg

8.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...4/100_1909.jpg

9.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../snake_034.jpg

10.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...6/dsc00405.jpg

11.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...er_flowers.jpg

12.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...6/resize_1.jpg

13.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...img_6018_1.jpg

14.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../6/mg_3823.jpg

15.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../5/resized.jpg

16.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ingtoeatsm.jpg

17.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...wtereagle2.jpg

18.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/files/1/7/5/3/bp.jpg

19.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../8/hunting.jpg

20.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...otocontest.jpg

21.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...a_eating_1.jpg

22.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ojo_m1_009.jpg

23.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../img_0406k.jpg

24.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...3/whoops_i.jpg

25.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...in_a_shirt.jpg

26.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...4/img_9110.jpg

27.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...st_rat_019.jpg

28.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...189_395493.jpg

29.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../6/eggmama.jpg

30.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../7/3/dante.jpg

31.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...dgirl_jpg2.jpg

32.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...4/bpom0408.jpg

33.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...p_pics_009.jpg

34.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...hon_macro1.jpg

35.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/files/1/6/5/3/011.jpg

Good luck to everyone who entered...and good luck to everyone trying to choose who to vote for!

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Originally Posted by JLC

and good luck to everyone trying to choose who to vote for!

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Uh, yeah, we are gonna need it! Only 1?

Wow these are some great entries :O There should be prizes more often :P

wOw...awesome entries!! Tough decision! There are some beautiful animals out there!
Looking forward to next month!! :)

What is coming out of #24??? :S It doesn't look pleasant...

That was a hard decision!!! So many beautiful BP's. :gj:

THAT WAS SOOO HARD!!!!! :rolleye2:

wow.. some truly amazing shots

Awesome shots!!!! It was soooooo hard choosing!!

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Originally Posted by catzeye21138

What is coming out of #24??? :S It doesn't look pleasant...

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I believe thats the umbilical cord...someone correct me if I'm wrong! BEAUTIFUL snake though! ;)

WOW this is gonna be a hard choice

This one wasn't easy.

LOL, sure it aint spider of the month? :O

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

LOL, sure it aint spider of the month? :O

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Or pastel of the month? :P

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Originally Posted by cassandra

Or pastel of the month? :P

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I was thinking of mentioning two seperate categories - one for morphs and one for "normals", just because you can take a gorgeous picture of a normal, but it is always the morphs that end up winning.

There are so many good ones! How to decide?

#5 is definately the best spider pic I have ever seen, but a couple of the others were pretty creative... Tough choice with so many entries.

They are all great pics hard to pick just one ! :gj::gj::banana:

I had to vote 17. Tough decision but to me.. that screams America!:salute:

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Originally Posted by missi182

I was thinking of mentioning two seperate categories - one for morphs and one for "normals", just because you can take a gorgeous picture of a normal, but it is always the morphs that end up winning.

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That's not a bad idea. Anyone agree with this?

Morphs are gorgeous and are difficult to compare to normals IMO, both are beautiful but in very different ways. Morphs tend to be more eye catching and photographable. Since this is mostly a ball-python site I don't see the harm in doing two categories - but we do have a few categories already and I have no idea how admins would feel about this.

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Originally Posted by missi182

Morphs are gorgeous and are difficult to compare to normals IMO, both are beautiful but in very different ways. Morphs tend to be more eye catching and photographable. Since this is mostly a ball-python site I don't see the harm in doing two categories - but we do have a few categories already and I have no idea how admins would feel about this.

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Well if we keep seeing this high volume of entries, they will have no choice :P Could maybe keep BPOM as-is, and then have it split in 2 sub-categories just for a fun, seperate poll...

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Originally Posted by missi182

Morphs are gorgeous and are difficult to compare to normals IMO, both are beautiful but in very different ways. Morphs tend to be more eye catching and photographable. Since this is mostly a ball-python site I don't see the harm in doing two categories - but we do have a few categories already and I have no idea how admins would feel about this.

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We've actually had a lot of "normals" win BPOM. It's really as much about the photograph itself as it is about the animal's genetics. We don't have any intentions of starting up any new permanent contests at this time. However, we have in the past...and will do so again in the near future...used the POTM theme for Ball Python Morphs. So every once in a while, the BPOM catagory will be all normals. ;)

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Originally Posted by JLC

We've actually had a lot of "normals" win BPOM. It's really as much about the photograph itself as it is about the animal's genetics. We don't have any intentions of starting up any new permanent contests at this time. However, we have in the past...and will do so again in the near future...used the POTM theme for Ball Python Morphs. So every once in a while, the BPOM catagory will be all normals. ;)

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Very, very true. I guess instead of buying a new morph of bp, I should buy another new camera;) Just kidding. I noticed that whenever I go through the pictures when voting time comes around, the morphs always stand out more IMO, unless the photos with the normals are super-creative. But if I had a gorgeous bumblebee - I would post more pictures of him/her over my normal, as much as I love him.

wow, it was so hard to pick just one :weirdface