Wow!!! Finally a ribbon. That too a blue ribbon. :) It took 4 years(93 challenges) for me to get a ribbon here.
Thanks guys for the support.
Cheers.
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After DQ:
Hmmm... As usual, as everyone I'm confused with the rules here. This is my RAW ver .
I've seen & and few other entries got passed thru after cloning out the thread or whatever.
My question here is whats the thread/stick size should be (or allowed to remove)? If I know the answer will be useful in upcoming submissions.
Disqualification Details
You may not use ANY editing tool to move, remove or duplicate any element of your photograph that would change a typical viewer's description of the photograph (aside from color), even if the tool is otherwise legal, and regardless of whether you intended the change when the photograph was taken.
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Sorry to see the DQ. I noticed you have been on a great run on your recent return to challenges. I am sure this is just a minor bump in the road. Nice job.
Great image. Sorry about the DQ. I understand why you used the stick - banana chunks are a bit heavy to try to levitate on a thread.
I'm guessing acceptability depends on how visibly significant the original was - a thread being pretty insignificant, but the stick being pretty significant. Not sure about the visible in the thumbnail concept - one of my dq's was for a software bug-induced change that was barely visible in the full-sized image, and others have gotten a DQ for something not visible on their monitor (but it was on others').
Regardless, it is still a great image, and was voted highly by the majority of your peers on dpc.
WE NEED NEW REFS! (Oh, sorry, confused DPC with NFL there for a second...)
Oh... yeah... the stick is too thick to not be noticed in the thumb... that's the rule I heard one should use. Can't remove anything that's noticeable in the thumbnail image of it.
I agree with you Giles_uk on the creative part. Its not a new thing I tried. I just wanted to try this for this challenge. Thanks for the frank opinion. I also had doubt on the approval of SC and submitted the original along with my entry when I entered into this challenge. I've seen similar cloning out methods got approved. Anyway, fingers crossed.
Be interesting to see if it survives validation, I'm guessing you cloned out the cocktail sticks, I'd think that's pushing it for advanced but will leave it to sc. I google imaged searched for this challenge and a sea of these came up, surprised this did so well given its a cliche of sorts. I gave it a 5, unimaginative and not particularly amazingly executed lighting was flat and It just didn't wow me. Not to take credit away or have a go just wanted to give my honest opinion, was a good score and well done on your ribbon, it's just didn't connect with me.
Well done and great execution! I have done one of these before and know how damn fiddly it is. I read that people use cocktail sticks to do it but when I tried this the slices just slipped so I used a metal kebab skewer - still a bit of a slippery experience though.
My favorite of the sliced banana entries and one of my favorites overall in the challenge. Really like the lighting; the individual slices are nicely shiny and detailed but nothing is blown out or harshly shadowed. The peel is also rather artfully composed.
How the heck did you do this? I mean its advanced editing so really thinking hard cuz this could easily be done in expert of course. You have me baffled.
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