Enhanced April 2009 Photo comp..!!

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  1. Marley Farley

    Marley Farley Affable Admin! Staff Member

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    [​IMG] Well done to Woo for winning 1st & 2nd places last month, 2 great pictures..![​IMG]

    Woo has given us another great theme for this month...
    " Standing out from the Crowd".. Now as Woo says this gives everyone the chance to interpret this theme as they see it, there are so many things going on in the Garden in Nature & Life at the moment...!. It's that time of year..!!:yho:


    :thmb: This theme has to cover everybody in GC very well...You are all so good at interpreting the themes in your own individual ways..!!! I am sure this theme gives everyone a chance to photograph & do something special"..!!


    [​IMG]So come on everyone come & have a go...!! There could be some very interesting pictures from you all with this theme I think..!!


    Good luck
    Marley
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    Can everyone please look at Guideline 6 before entering as there is a slight change. Just about everyone does it anyway I know. Allot of you have commented on how it helps when trying to make decisions on votes, if they are included. So we have made it part of the competition now to keep everything fair & square for everyone...!

    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 photos within this thread for entry into the competition.
    5.Photos have to be taken within the current competition month & year

    * "Competitors are advised that they should ensure that their camera's time and date function is set correctly as EXIF data attached to most images is available to moderators and other competitors. *


    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 multi layers, will be deleted.. Mods decision is final.
    6a Please include a small thumbnail of the original photo no more than 150 pixels & a short explanation of what modifications you have done...

    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 separate & different theme from the" Current Monthly Photo Comp" theme.


    Please post discussion for this months pictures and about the competition here.
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    :thmb: The very best of luck to you all this month !!


    Marley
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    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.:thmb:
     
  2. wiseowl

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    Standing out from a Cloud
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  3. Victoria

    Victoria Lover of Exotic Flora

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    Light Years Above

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    I really didn't do anything to it except sharpen the focus as it had an aura on it's own. Taken from the balcony of my friend's house last evening. Border and text.

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  4. Snappers

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    Tulip above the rest.
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    I didnt do much at this image. I just painted away the colour to make the tulip at the front stand out.
    (My first attempt at this comp hope it is ok)
     
  5. Dave W

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    Look At Me!
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    Cropped the original (I've shown the crop, rather than the original) Enhanced the edges of yellow flower.Erroded edges of rest of picture and converted to halftone
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  6. Ace of spades

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    Daff place to hide

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    Sharpen saturate colour add frame

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  7. Gogs

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    [align=center]Lily White !
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  8. Victoria

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    Paradise

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    Cropped
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    Infilled Background first then Overfilled Foreground
    Text and Border
    Actual Bird of Paradise untouched ... colour as is.

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  9. lollipop

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    Blown Away


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    contrast
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  10. wiseowl

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    2.Second Glance

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  11. Marley Farley

    Marley Farley Affable Admin! Staff Member

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    Curious Cumulus...!

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    B & C
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  12. Gogs

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    [align=center]AURICULA[/align]


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  13. roders

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    :) Living picture.

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  14. Clematis

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    His song certainly makes him stand out from the crowd

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  15. Getafix

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    Taking Off

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    Doesn't really stand out from a crowd,but blacking out the bg makes the swan stand out from everything.

    painted out the background with both the clone tool and the burn tool,re-positioned,cropped,adj brightness/contrast.

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