2015 BYC Calendar - Your Pictures Needed!

[Lorilyn Farms]

Zombie Chicken- October?

 

[rubyrubyroo]

This is ebony

 

[cfleavitt]

 

[jencp]

This is Chanel No. 5. Originally I had 5 Comet chicks named after female astronomers. I kept forgetting what I'd called her so she became No. 5, and finally Chanel No. 5.

 

[jencp]

Henrietta is my biggest, fluffiest, and loudest girl. Her favorite treat is cherries. She taught me to never pluck a sleeping chicken from her roost. It is polite to wake her up first!

 

[chicka pucella]

One of my peeps always wanted to sit on my shoulder, even when she got too big.

The male my daughter named, the president. He is one of the most passive rooster we have ever had.

 

[egstra]

 

[jmscheshire]

One day old Cracker who was the sole egg hatched from her surrogate mother, Fred.

 

[nasence]

Hi guys. A lot of great pictures so far. Let me give some advice so you can increase your chances. The advices are from personal experience and have nothing to do with the current competition and the rules set.
1. Avoid crop, changing the proportion of the picture. (leave that to the designer). There are printing rules and proportions set by today's cameras output.
2. Avoid color correction. (B&W conversion, adding a vignette, adding frames, borders etc.) ...leave that to the designer too.
3. Rule of thumb is that if something looks bad on your monitor (computer screen), it will look five times worse when printed.
You don't need hi-tech equipment guys. Most of the pictures that make impression over the internet for the past few years are made with phone or compact camera. As for me... this is not a competition. This is a great way of interacting with others who share the same passion. I wish you all luck.

 

[janie's silkies]

Rhode Island Red and silkie out for a walk