RE: Registration Images

["John Jones" <jijones@usjoneses.com>]

Of course there is another axiom from medicine: "First above all, do no
harm."

John

> Greetings,
>
> There is always the need to consider the pitfalls before implementing new
> procedures or policies, and Terry has outlined some of those pitfalls very
> well.  We definitely need to keep those in mind going forward with this
> idea
> if it is to come to fruition.  As Terry put it, "While the system is
> fraught
> with pitfalls, the concept of AN INFORMED PUBLIC is a good one".  I agree
> with
> that.  With that in mind, though, I would borrow a phrase from medicine to
> say
> that "the benefits outweigh the risks" in this situation.  My view is that
> Iris introduction images will be a very good thing overall, understanding
> that
> there may be pitfalls involved.
>
> Having only written descriptions of irises in the R&I has its own set of
> limitations.  You can find nearly identical descriptions of irises in the
> registrations, but the actual flowers are quite different when you see
> them,
> or view photos of them.
>
> Just a few years ago, a practical way to accept, archive, publish photos
> with
> introductions would have been much more difficult, time-consuming, and
> costly.  I believe its time has come.
>
> Gary White
>
> --- On Mon, 3/14/11, Terry Aitken <terry@flowerfantasy.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: Terry Aitken <terry@flowerfantasy.net>
> Subject: RE: [AISdiscuss] Registration Images
> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
> Date: Monday, March 14, 2011, 12:09 PM
>
>
>     The idea that Mike and Anne are receiving pictures of introduction
> is news to me. They have never asked and I have never sent images. Ever
> since we went to a color catalog - about 15 to 20 years ago - we have
> offered all of our intos with color pictures. With an average of 10 per
> year
> (our own quota system), the 35mm slide days, I thought it was a waste of
> time trying to collect images of plants UNLESS THEY WON AWARDS. I have
> long
> thought that, like the orchid society, we should have images of plants
> that
> are awarded. (the world is full of plants that aren't.)
>     Now, in the digital age, an image can be a double edged sword. It
> can show how GOOD or HOW BAD a plant can really look. Another dimension to
> this is PHOTOSHOP. Enormous tricks can be played on the viewer by
> messaging
> an image - removing faults like narrow falls or adding colors that the
> real
> thing does not have. How much do you want to pay the computer operator to
> come up with a fictitious image? (I will admit to removing leaf spot, dead
> buds and torn petals on some of my images but I know it can go much
> farther)
> In addition, color accuracy on computer screens and projectors has been a
> notoriously bad problem.
>     Then there is the issue of the skill of the photographer. Some
> photographers are very good at hiding faults like haft marks by simply
> changing the angle of the flower. How good a story does the picture tell?
> A
> photographer, unskilled in iris evaluation, may shoot a flower partly open
> or partly dead or awkwardly twisted - quite repulsive to the average iris
> judge or purchaser.
>     While the system is fraught with pitfalls, the concept of AN
> INFORMED PUBLIC is a good one. Perhaps some of our more computer literate
> irisarians can address the pitfalls?
>
> Terry Aitken
>
> If I have a color image to look at, I will not bother with a written
> description.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Robert Pries
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 7:15 AM
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> Subject: [AISdiscuss] Registration Images
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