1. @ Lochdevon: 47-O-Lantern

Man that looks amazing, it has to be the winner

Posted at 10:20AM on Oct 31st 2006 by KineticOnline 0 stars

2. I would like to point out that the bottom pumpkin is not even carved. I saved it and looked at it in Photoshop and its a fake all the way. Just take a look and you will see the tell tale signs of a photoshop job!

Posted at 10:18AM on Oct 31st 2006 by Duke 0 stars

3. hell yes the last one is a fake you can tell just by looking at it.

Posted at 10:27AM on Oct 31st 2006 by nowandtheworld 0 stars

4. hey.. was photoshoping permitted?

Posted at 10:31AM on Oct 31st 2006 by YLA G 0 stars

5. Agreed entirely with #2 and #3. That is not in any way a real jack-o-lantern. It's a mediocre photoshop job.

I have my suspicions about the second pumpkin, too, but I'm fairly sure it's real. And even if it's not, it's still the best pumpkin on the page, real or fake.

Posted at 10:30AM on Oct 31st 2006 by Ed 0 stars

6. What, no "Red Ring of Death" Entries? That would make a scarier jack-o-lantern than any of the others...

And the last entry is totally photoshopped.

Posted at 10:34AM on Oct 31st 2006 by turken 0 stars

7. Last is a fake - look how perfect the text is. Second could be fake too.

47-o is simply amazing, it looks so 3D.

Posted at 10:36AM on Oct 31st 2006 by Lewis 0 stars

8. not only the last is fake!!

Posted at 10:43AM on Oct 31st 2006 by YLA G 0 stars

9. The 2nd is definitely NOT a fake. Check this link:

http://m3mnoch.wordpress.com/2006/10/29/punkins/

If you'd have read his blog in the past, you'd realize is a quite the artist. For example, he painted a great mural on his son's wall:

http://m3mnoch.wordpress.com/2006/01/18/busy-today/

Don't knock great art simply because you don't have the talent to do it. That being said, the last is a fake. Anyone with some photoshop skills can see it.

Posted at 10:59AM on Oct 31st 2006 by Isurus 0 stars

10. hey, isurus. thanks for the props, man. i appreciate it. it's surely not fake. 2 hours and a sharp kitchen knife, baby!

heh. thanks for the kind words, guys.

m3mnoch.

Posted at 11:09AM on Oct 31st 2006 by m3mnoch 0 stars

11. yea, i gotta agree - i'm a graphic designer, and that surely is a photoshop mock-up. He even got the perspective wrong.

Posted at 10:28AM on Oct 31st 2006 by Chris 0 stars

12. i'm always amazed at the number of photoshop experts there are...

anyway, i came across the following image while looking for ideas and thought it was pretty funny

http://xxdesmusxx.net/gallery2/d/4662-1/pumpkin+fatality.jpg

Posted at 11:12AM on Oct 31st 2006 by get over it 0 stars

13. M3mnoch's is definitely real. He sent in more than one pic including one in broad daylight. Sorry that fake got by me. I disqualified some other photoshop jobs but was dead tired by the time I posted that last pumpkin.

Posted at 11:25AM on Oct 31st 2006 by Ken 0 stars

14. Hey, thats my Oblivion Pumpkin. Thats cool, At least I made it to the show.

Posted at 11:28AM on Oct 31st 2006 by deter1ii 0 stars

15. Also,

I think the 47-o-lantern is real, but I'm digging into it just to be sure.

Geez, our first pumpkin carving contest, and we already have cheaters. Isn't it amazing?

Posted at 11:28AM on Oct 31st 2006 by Richard Mitchell 0 stars

16. Yup, the 47-O-Lantern is the real deal. Just got some photos from the artist. You can now vote with confidence :)

Posted at 12:05PM on Oct 31st 2006 by Richard Mitchell 0 stars

17. If mine wins I'll post a video of it getting curb stomped once it starts to rot a bit!

Posted at 1:47PM on Oct 31st 2006 by fulci zombi 0 stars

18. PS- click my name if you want to see 'normal lighting' photos of the pumpkin.

Unless that's against the rules.

In which case, dont click my name.

or something.

Posted at 3:40PM on Oct 31st 2006 by fulci zombi 0 stars

19. Hey this is Miktroy, creator of the Photoshopped entry. I'd just like to apologize to everyone. I sincerely was not trying to dupe anyone. I made the mistake of skimming the contest rules and assuming that Photoshopping was allowed (based on Aeropause's last contest). I am sorry everyone. I never meant to cause all of this controversy.

Posted at 3:40PM on Oct 31st 2006 by Miktroy 0 stars