Question for you contest enterers

[Jack Bush]

I'm going to enter a picture in a contest. Much of it is whitish sky at the top and snow across the bottom. Consequently it's difficult to see on much of it where the picture begins and ends. If I print it 7.5 x 10 on an 8.5 x 11 sheet, for example, should I include crop marks, or a full thin border to indicate the edges of the picture? What do you do in a case like this? (It won't be matted or framed in any way to help the judges figure it out)

[ljameso1]

A black border will delineate the pic, however I should warn you that pics with white skies tend not to do well in contests.

[riversidema]

I have a picture in my gallery that had snow and mist along the border. It is called Mist on a snowy morning, maybe the way I framed it would give you some ideas? Not that mine is perfect or anything, just what I came up with....

[Jack Bush]

Thanks to you both. I'm going with a fine 0.05 inch border in a greyish-green tone picked out of the trees in the picture. I want it to be as minimal a frame as possible and this seems to be just enough to contain everything.

[riversidema]

If you can, don't forget to post a copy of the finished project for us to drool over!

[Jack Bush]

Not sure how to do that. It's on my blog at http://jackbush.my-expressions.com but I don't know how to do a link to that particular picture. (There are about 1,000 of them there!).

[Jack Bush]

By the way, how do I get my URL to show as yours does?

[riversidema]

By the way, how do I get my URL to show as yours does?
Under user CP (upper left) go to edit signature.

[riversidema]

Not sure how to do that. It's on my blog at http://jackbush.my-expressions.com but I don't know how to do a link to that particular picture. (There are about 1,000 of them there!).
What picture is it? Huck Finn around the bend? You sure have some great shots there!

[Jack Bush]

No, it's much older than that, going back to winter of last year. Open landscape with a few trees on the left and a bright yellow house with small buildings and not much else out to the right. All quite snowy.

Thanks for looking, by the way.

[Jack Bush]

What picture is it? Huck Finn around the bend? You sure have some great shots there!

Now I feel like an idiot. I've just been back through all the pics on the blog and it turns out I never did post that one. Is there a way to post it here? Or have you lost interest by now. Wouldn't blame you.

[ljameso1]

Size a copy at 500 pixels on the longest end and save as a jpg. Then use manage attachments or something like pixcentral.

[BOBGRUETTER]

I have nothing technical to add, I just wanted to say I went through a portion of your gallery, and I LIKE YOUR WORK. Good stuff.

Bob