Enhanced .. August 2007 Photo Comp...!!!

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  1. Marley Farley

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    The August "Enhanced Photo" Competition.


    [​IMG] Last months very worthy winner was Diziblonde. A complex & striking photo which could be a book illustration any day..! [​IMG]

    Diziblonde has chosen a very different theme for this month.. "Music" .. This should certainly get those "little grey cells" working!!!!! [​IMG]

    I think there are many ways we can interpret this theme. [​IMG]
    ;) So Let's see if you can all come up with a pic to "wow" us all with then.. :D

    A competition for enhanced photographic images.


    For Photos taken within the given month, enhance/improved with the use of post picture processing software.

    Reasons you may wish to enhance a photo could be to compensate for mistakes made when taking the photo, or indeed to change its atmosphere completely. For example reverting to black and white or maxing out the contrast for a really vibrant sunset.

    To ensure we have common starting place for competing, a few ground rules have been established. These will ensure a common standard of submission and ensure photographs are comparable for voting at the end of the month

    Please follow the guidelines below:-

    1.All entries to be submitted by 23.59Hrs on the last day of the month of the competition.
    2. You can enter up to three (3) pictures.
    3. Give your picture a title
    4. Post your pics within this thread for entry into the competition. Pics posted in other threads will not be considered
    5.Pics have to be taken within the current competition month

    6.You CAN use software for enhancement or manipulation of a single original image . This may include submission of an image comprising multiple layers of the original image.
    Any image deemed to be more than one single image of multilayers, willl deleted.. Mods decision is final.

    7. The winner will be decided by votes by the users of the forum.

    8. The winner of the competition gets to choose the theme for the next month's competition. This theme is to be kept a seperate & different theme from the" Current Monthly Photo Comp" theme.

    Please post discussion for this months pictures and about the competition HERE


    The very best of luck to you all this month !!


    Marley. [​IMG]


    Users Vote Guidelines below:-

    1. Competitors cannot vote for any of their own photographs.

    2. Competitors vote on a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place basis with 1st place carrying 5 points 2nd place 3 points and 3rd place 1 point - The photograph with the most vote points wins etc 3. Competitors votes should not be cast until after the competition closes and be in before 11.59pm three days after the competition closes.

    All members of the forum get a vote, not just those who've submitted pictures. [​IMG]
     
  2. marge

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    Ooh - thats a good one Dizi - got my head spinning already!! ;) [​IMG]
     
  3. Victoria

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    Rocky Mountain High

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    Keeping it pure and simple I just saturated the colour and added a border and title.

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  4. Victoria

    Victoria Lover of Exotic Flora

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    Market Square Heroes

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    Crop
    Sharpen Focus
    Bucketfill Colour
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  5. wiseowl

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    INSTRUMENTAL GLOBE
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    ORIGINAL

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    BACKLIGHTING-CLARIFICATION-SOFT FOCUS-COLOUR CHANGE-BLUE BORDER-SIGNATURE-SPIKY HALO-GLOBALISE

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  6. Keving

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    Mercury
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    Added lighting, chromed, added border.
    Original
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  7. Dave W

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    Candle in the Wind

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    Didn't do a lot. Slight tweak to brightness and contrast and then applied a coloured chalk effect in PSP using 'detail' - 98 and 'opacity' - 23
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  8. kryssy

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    Bridge Over Troubled Water

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    I airbrushed in a sky.
    Treated the bridge to some hue and saturation.
    Enamelled the water.
    Put in some twirls.
    Cropped the image.

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  9. petal

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    I applied a fresco filter and converted the original image to sepia
     
  10. kryssy

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    HIS MASTER'S VOICE - a.k.a. Move over Nipper and Gromit!


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    I cut out two images from the original.
    Enhanced and cloned imperfections e.g. Alfie's feet and tail.
    Pasted the images onto a background.
    Created shadows.

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    (Alfie is getting really fed up being my model [​IMG] )

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  11. wiseowl

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    2.Beach Boys

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    Original
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    1.Back lighting 2.Hue and Saturation 3.Illumination 4.Pic-Tube 5.Softness 6.

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  12. petal

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    Red Roses for a Blue Lady

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    Fairground Attraction

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  15. kryssy

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    If you leave me now........

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    Cropped
    Mirrored
    Blurred and smudged


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