The rules state that any modification done inside the camera is viable for entry. Does this include 2 in 1 compositions that are availible in some cameras (all you other olympus c4000z owners- vouch for me on this!)? Need to know before I make my submission to the point of view challenge!
hmmm... that's interesting. So you can take two shots & stich em together as long as it's done within the camera?
Man, I wish I knoew that for some past challenges. Iwas under the impression that this was not allowed bc it would use more than one shot. Man, I suck!
You might want to request an admin note when you submit it -- you'll most likely wind up with DQ requests within minutes of the challenge being posted.
It is legal. Whether or not it is within the spirit of the rules, I dunno. In the past when we have had these, there are always a ton of dq requests, so be prepared to submit your original with exif intact.
The line in the rules that makes such submission legal is, "Any modification done inside the digital camera itself is considered acceptable for challenge submission."
Ditto all of the above about it being legal - the rules say IN-CAMERA stuff is OK. I was the one who submitted the the 2 recent ones (Oreo cookies, which admittedly sucked; and the diverging scents, pictured above).
DO request the admin note, if you submit.
My recommendation is DON'T do it for the challenges, if you care about your score. Look at the scores for my scents photo - I feel like I got killed because people couldn't understand how I didn't cheat (contrary to how the rules tell one to vote). I mean, I KNEW it wasn't a masterpiece, or likely to be in the top 30%, but to get more 1/2/3's total than 4's or 5's or 6/7/8/9/10's, really convinced me to take such pictures for myself & family, and leave them out of the challenges.
That's interesting. I wonder if I can stich a panorama together that would be legal for DPC, although they look crappy so small & ultimately get scored down.
Learning new stuff here everyday! Thanks good people!
That's interesting. I wonder if I can stich a panorama together that would be legal for DPC, although they look crappy so small & ultimately get scored down.
Learning new stuff here everyday! Thanks good people!
Unless the stitch happens in the camera, the answer would be no. Even though you take panorama shots with a special mode on the camera, the camera still generates individual photos, and they need to be put together using software outside the camera. So that would make them illegal. (Unless there's a camera that does this internally?)
Ditto all of the above about it being legal - the rules say IN-CAMERA stuff is OK. I was the one who submitted the the 2 recent ones (Oreo cookies, which admittedly sucked; and the diverging scents, pictured above).
DO request the admin note, if you submit.
My recommendation is DON'T do it for the challenges, if you care about your score. Look at the scores for my scents photo - I feel like I got killed because people couldn't understand how I didn't cheat (contrary to how the rules tell one to vote). I mean, I KNEW it wasn't a masterpiece, or likely to be in the top 30%, but to get more 1/2/3's total than 4's or 5's or 6/7/8/9/10's, really convinced me to take such pictures for myself & family, and leave them out of the challenges.
It is possible to score well with a multi-exposure image
The line in the rules that makes such submission legal is, "Any modification done inside the digital camera itself is considered acceptable for challenge submission."
Drew
And, To Quote From The ADVANCED EDITING RULES.......
"To summarize, here are the two important editing restrictions that are still in effect:
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Single photo. No multi-image compositions. Your submitted entry must come from a single photograph taken with your digital camera."
The line in the rules that makes such submission legal is, "Any modification done inside the digital camera itself is considered acceptable for challenge submission."
Drew
And, To Quote From The ADVANCED EDITING RULES.......
"To summarize, here are the two important editing restrictions that are still in effect:
..............................................
Single photo. No multi-image compositions. Your submitted entry must come from a single photograph taken with your digital camera."
Appears to me to be illegal.
In-camera multiple exposures are saved as a single file, which is what makes it still legal. It is analogous to multiple exposures to a single frame of film ... that would still be "one" picture for our purposes, and such an image can be verified by submission of a single file.
