To the site council: get a dictionary and look up the word MAJOR. I did far far far less to the sky than Heida does (and many others do). She ribbons, I get a DQ.
To be accused of cheating is one thing, but to be convicted was shocking.
To the voters: Thank you very much for the comments and votes. "The Corner Office" would not have ribboned but it would have been my highest ranked ever.
To whoever requested the DQ: Get a life. You may feel like a big man now, but in reality, you're a little man, a weasel, a loser.
To D&L: You've built a great site here, but you may want to rethink how you treat your customers.
To the site council: get a dictionary and look up the word MAJOR. I did far far far less to the sky than Heida does (and many others do). She ribbons, I get a DQ.
To be accused of cheating is one thing, but to be convicted was shocking.
To the voters: Thank you very much for the comments and votes. "The Corner Office" would not have ribboned but it would have been my highest ranked ever.
To whoever requested the DQ: Get a life. You may feel like a big man now, but in reality, you're a little man, a weasel, a loser.
To D&L: You've built a great site here, but you may want to rethink how you treat your customers.
Rather Strong words Tommy
Why don't you put up your image and the original for other to better understand your frustration.
You're a member. You have the ability to upload it to your portfolio so we can see what you did. A resized version of the original would be helpful too.
No one wants to see something they created DQd, but there are rules. If someone requested verification they were well within their rights to do so. Most of the people reading this have no idea what image is in question and for anyone to consider the fairness of the decision or your protest of that decision I think it would be necessary for you to post the image.
For what it's worth the original was far better in its natural state. The artificial, filtered sky does look illegal - but what a waste. You just didn't need to do it!!
For what it's worth the original was far better in its natural state. The artificial, filtered sky does look illegal - but what a waste. You just didn't need to do it!!
I second that, the Edited version has a much more unnatural feel...
I would have gone with the original
You'll have to view this as an exercise in restraint. Consider why you did it. Was it because you thought the burned sky routine will score better? Or was it that you just wanted to do something to your shot?
A photo edit needs purpose for it to work well, and I hate the shots on this site that are processed only because it can be done, rather than because it should be done to improve the image.
If that is the case you have a legitimate protest. This was advanced editing rules.I agree with some of the other posters though, that the original is the stronger image.
What challenge did you enter this in? Architecture? If so I would of assumed this to be legal. Since there is nothing about dodging and burning in the rules.
The use of the dodge toolk created elements in the photograph that were not present in the original. This is not allowed, by the challenge rules. It was a pretty simple decision, IMO.
If you'd shot a fog scene, say, and then dodged a bright disc to create a sun in the fog, that would be not allowed either.
I've never seen an image of Heida's where she CREATED anything in her skys; just enhanced, with contrast and burning/dodging, what was already there. There's a difference.
