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By dave | Our 2nd raffle of the year has begun, and it's a big one! New companies, new prizes, and lots of them! Get out your bag of acorns and dive in. [View the item] |
Name: Tom Jones Ralston, Ok 74650 (Zone 6b) enjoy each day to the fullest    thomasjones2266 Apr 18, 2018 2:48 AM CST |
| I have uploaded a lot of pictures but it stopped giving me acrons. Is there a limit on how many acrons you can get for photos. Are the photos waiting to be approved before I get the acron? stop and smell the flowers |
Name: Bill Livonia MI (Zone 6a) I measure my wealth in friendships!              BigBill Apr 18, 2018 3:59 AM CST |
| Your images must be approved before acorns are granted. At least that is my understanding. Reread the section on acorns. If you bombard the NGA with images I imagine that that might not produce the results you are looking for. Photobombing the site is probably not a good idea. Children are the messages we send to a time we will never see. |
Name: Vickie Elberfeld, Indiana, USA (Zone 6b)            blue23rose Apr 18, 2018 4:40 AM CST |
| @thomasjones2266, please go here: https://garden.org/special/aco... This will explain how you can earn acorns and how they are given out. If you are posting pictures of the same plant, you may only earn one acorn for that group of pictures. Vickie May all your weeds be wildflowers. ~Author Unknown |
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset North Fl. (Zone 8b)            flaflwrgrl Apr 18, 2018 4:56 AM CST |
| You will only get 1 acorn for each of the categories for a particular plant such as Entire Plant = 1 acorn Bloom = 1 acorn Bud = 1 acorn Stem or trunk = 1 acorn Root = 1 acorn Etc..... You do not get an acorn for every single photo you post of a particular plant. For instance; you posted 6 photos of the Snake Gourd in the Gourds, Squashes & Pumpkins and all 6 were of the entire plant. You do not get an acorn for multiple views of the same thing so you only get 1 acorn for the "entire plant" view of the snake gourd in the category of Gourds, Squashes & Pumpkins. A nation mourns its fallen soldiers, who paid the ultimate price for our freedom. And Junior? Well, Junior spies their solemn white graves from the back of his limousine, and he grieves for the inconveniences he overcame for his silver spoons. Quoth the Craven “Nevermore.” ~Walter Shaub~ |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15         |
| And it's best to pick your best photo per gallery, uploading multiple photos of the same plant with each image taken at just a slightly different angle or a few inches over is discouraged. They may get deleted as duplicates. Try to think of the database as being helpful to future visitors, if one or two images clearly depict the entire plant or a single bloom, that's helpful for someone to clearly ID it or get a good sense of what it looks like in all it's possible variables. My gardening Blog! Hand sewn wares, new & vintage fabrics in my Etsy store. Summer Song Cottage Instagram Sewing posts |
Name: Diana Southeast Missouri (Zone 6a)        DraDiana Apr 18, 2018 8:40 AM CST |
@Calif_Sue Sometimes those "ugly" but sharp and accurate photos of twigs, buds, leaves or shoots can be very helpful for identification. |
Name: Tom Jones Ralston, Ok 74650 (Zone 6b) enjoy each day to the fullest thomasjones2266 Apr 18, 2018 8:48 AM CST |
| well, there were two reasons I was uploading the photos one was the acorns and the other I felt it would be a good storage place for my photos. I won't be uploading any more photos. I did not understand all of your rules and requirements so please forgive the confusion and anyone that I upset. stop and smell the flowers |
North Central Massachusetts (N (Zone 5b) Life & gardens: make them beautiful   joannakat Apr 18, 2018 8:55 AM CST |
thomasjones2266 said:well, there were two reasons I was uploading the photos one was the acorns and the other I felt it would be a good storage place for my photos. I won't be uploading any more photos. I did not understand all of your rules and requirements so please forgive the confusion and anyone that I upset. Oh no!  You might want to store your photos on an external hard drive, or on a cloud service. There're also sources like Flickr https://www.flickr.com/ which is a type of cloud service I guess. But as far as I understand, the NGA is not a photo-storage service. You will find lots of information here to help you ID plants and make decisions about your own garden, and photos are a large part of that ability. I use the database quite often for that and am happy if I can contribute a photo that might help someone else in the future. I know this post is related to the NARR because you originally were looking to earn acorns, but did you know that there's a special forum for asking questions? It's called (I don't know why) the Ask A Question Forum! https://garden.org/apps/ask/ It's perfect for questions exactly like this one. Enjoy! AKA Joey. |
Name: Christine North East Texas (Zone 7b)        wildflowers Apr 18, 2018 9:08 AM CST |
| @thomasjones2266 There's also a place to start your own blog: https://garden.org/blogs/ It's located at the top under "Community" (Right next to Tools & Apps). Look on the right where it says "Create your own blog". You can start your own page and post as many of your pictures there as you like, keep track of growing progress. I still haven't started one yet... I need to do that!  May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb |
Name: Deb Planet Earth (Zone 8b)    Bonehead Apr 18, 2018 9:23 AM CST |
| Another place to store personal plant photos is to create a personal plant list (Tools & Apps, Plant Lists) which will automatically attach the first photo you have contributed to the database, and also allows you to upload as many other photos of that particular plant as you want to. (I think I have this right, someone correct me if not.) I want to live in a world where the chicken can cross the road without its motives being questioned. |
Name: Asa     evermorelawnless Apr 18, 2018 9:34 AM CST |
| Also, if you notice, the photos get reduced to 1000 pixels wide. I'm guessing you shoot larger - and you'll want to store full-sized versions of what you shoot. This is fun: The thread "Asa's former lawn...or (better) Dirt's current gardens" in Garden Photos forum My bee site - I post a new, different bee photo every day: http://bees.photo |
Name: Tom Jones Ralston, Ok 74650 (Zone 6b) enjoy each day to the fullest thomasjones2266 Apr 18, 2018 9:37 AM CST |
| thanks for the help everyone I have used the site for a couple of years now. I was trying to expand my knowledge of it. I had never tried the raffle or a lot of the other options here. It would seem others also posted questions on this thread. That is why I asked mine here. Thank you all for the information and suggestions. stop and smell the flowers |
Name: Tom Jones Ralston, Ok 74650 (Zone 6b) enjoy each day to the fullest thomasjones2266 Apr 18, 2018 9:45 AM CST |
| yes, my internet is really slow so I had been reducing them before uploading them anyways. It is pretty time-consuming. It is really not that great of a picture after you do that to the picture. I have several external drives. I have had them fail also so that is no guarantee as a safeguard. I know that I can burn them to a DVD. If there is a fire I will lose them. With this slow internet, I am pretty limited on what I can do. stop and smell the flowers |
Name: Chris Reid Kyle, Texas (Zone 8b) Well done is better than well said.     christinereid54 Apr 18, 2018 10:26 AM CST |
| I know what you mean about dealing with a slow internet! Good luck with saving your photos. You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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