when using clone, what is considered a major element. Eg 1 : a photo of two adjacent walls one with a small window, could you clone out the window? Eg 2 : same walls the window is broken , can you clone the glass to fiw the break,
when using clone, what is considered a major element. Eg 1 : a photo of two adjacent walls one with a small window, could you clone out the window? Eg 2 : same walls the window is broken , can you clone the glass to fiw the break,
No on cloning out the window, fixing the break would depend on how prominent the break is, but it's better not to risk it.
It all depends who does the cloning...or what site council members are voting that week...sometimes you can get DQ'd for cloning a light stand, as DrJOnes has...
and sometimes you can blur an entire background into oblivian like Artyste has and pass fine...
As I understand it, dust specks, bubbles, bugs, and other things that aren't the subject or background element of the photo are ok for cloning. Cloning out subjects and background elements like a window, additional person, tree, etc., would be cheating.
If there were *a crack* in the window, I'd say ok, but if the window pane was *broken*, fixing it wouldn't be ok. Taking out the window entirely also a no.
It all depends who does the cloning...or what site council members are voting that week...sometimes you can get DQ'd for cloning a light stand, as DrJOnes has...
and sometimes you can blur an entire background into oblivian like Artyste has and pass fine...
C'mon, deapee, these aren't comparable. The doc removed a very large element from his picture, as if it had never been there. Arty blurred some background elements without removing them; everything's still there, it's just soft and dreamy.
There is really no set answer, but as a kind of loose rule, consider what would the average person point out in describing the image. If it would be in the description, it is probably a major element. So in your examples, they would probably mention the window in a description, so probably a major element. A crack in the window? maybe not, just depending on how prominent it is.
If in doubt about a specific potential entry, you could always put in a contact ticket and ask SC's opinion. Just keep in mind, it is not an official ruling, but an opinion, but one with a lot of weight :-)
C'mon, deapee, these aren't comparable. The doc removed a very large element from his picture, as if it had never been there. Arty blurred some background elements without removing them; everything's still there, it's just soft and dreamy.
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Are you serious dude? Do we really need to bring out more examples of people who blurred LESS than Artyste did and got DQ'd...and re-hash this old, beaten-to-death discussion, or can we just sum it up to who someone is and what site council members are voting that week?
Are you serious dude? Do we really need to bring out more examples of people who blurred LESS than Artyste did and got DQ'd...and re-hash this old, beaten-to-death discussion, or can we just sum it up to who someone is and what site council members are voting that week?
No. I'm just saying that Doc's picture and Arty's picture aren't being ruled on for the same thing: one's a CLONING infraction and the other uses BLUR. I am not commenting at all as to whether less-blurred images than arty's have failed to pass muster.
There is really no set answer, but as a kind of loose rule, consider what would the average person point out in describing the image. If it would be in the description, it is probably a major element. So in your examples, they would probably mention the window in a description, so probably a major element. A crack in the window? maybe not, just depending on how prominent it is.
If in doubt about a specific potential entry, you could always put in a contact ticket and ask SC's opinion. Just keep in mind, it is not an official ruling, but an opinion, but one with a lot of weight :-)
Ok I'll be dumb for a minute, Whats a contact ticket? who is SC and how do I get a hold of him
