I'm stupid because I took a few days off from DPC when I had an entry that was totally rocking the high 4's and someone requested validation while I was away because it totally looks like I shopped the sunglasses on that duck.
This would have been my second ribbon, the first since I'd bought the dSLR and moved up from the P&S. The store had set the time/date for me, and missed by 12 hours. Which was enough to DQ me, because this shot was made 6 hrs after the challenge was announced, at dawn. So it showed as 6 PM the night before, not 6 AM the day of...
At the time I thought something was borked with my camera. Later I realized that I messed up the year when I was checking (not even setting) the date/time. The date is on one line and time is on the next. So I pressed down to go to the next line. All that did was change the year but at the time I didn't realize it. Brilliant.
And, oh yeah, my first entry was DQ'ed because after I cropped, the software left a 1 pixel wide black line down one side. In those days, borders were not allowed. Can't show it, because they simply deleted DQ'ed images back then. I've long forgotten what the image was, and I am several computers and hard drives down the road since then, so I can't show you either. But someone here had/has eagle eyes because I really had to look for that line after they told me.
Since then, I are been smart and not done anything to be obvious enough to get a DQ. The other half of my secret plan is to not score high enough, or be a threat to anothers score, so there are no requests for validation.
Hi my name is Janine...and I must have prize for getting 3 images Dq'd (all for different reasons!!! (at least I'm trainable) so here it goes...
yes, I'm stupid as I didn't even know what Vignette was until I entered this picture...sigh
ya...lost my 3rd place ribbon on this as I didn't understand "Blending Modes/Filter"...yep...I'm very stupid....
ya, well....I did have my original...BUT that original was run through Picasa (Bad, bad program for this site) and it was altered when I was downloaded
I will say that I have have gotten 3 very valuable lessons from my Dq's....NEVER, NEVER DO THAT AGAIN!!! *groan*
ya, well....I did have my original...BUT that original was run through Picasa (Bad, bad program for this site) and it was altered when I was downloaded
I just downloaded Picasa 3 so I can tag my photos, but I'm wary of doing anything that is going to alter the original files. If I run the "find photos" feature in Picasa, it won't add any data to photos, will it?
