Sorry you got knocked out, Beez. FWIW, I don't think the monitor background was the reason you were DQ'd, nor was it simply because you used the Liquify filter. You DID add a physical horse and rider in front of the monitor (although they were somewhat subtle), and filters are allowed in Advanced editing. I'm sure the cursor you left on the screen caused a lot of people to assume (incorrectly) that your image was ONLY of a monitor, and even if you had more obvious foreground elements many people would have voted low because the cursor destroyed the illusion.
The problem (in my opinion) was that you used the liquify filter to an extreme that obscured the edges of the horse. The result no longer looks like a horse, but some sort of elephant or unicorn, with drawn out shapes that were not part of your original capture. Thus, you've moved or obscured a major element, and that's what led to a DQ (despite what your email message said). Any other SC members wanna chime in? |
