Easy come - easy go. My first blue ribbon and my first DQ. I have an older version of Lightroom and it cannot recognize the .nef files from my D7000 so I import all of my .nef files into Adobe DNG converter and keep all of those "originals" because what would be the sense in keeping both DNG and NEF and eating up HD space? The REAL bummer is that I shot these in RAW + JPG just in case it was a minimal editing challenge, but once I saw that it wasn't I didn't bother to keep the original jpg... I used Blue Tak to hold everything in place. Below is a "copy" of the original. Thank you for all of the kind remarks and comments. I can keep those, can't I?
Disqualification Details
We're sorry this happened, Karen. for the record, here's the DQ reason:
You must retain your original, unedited file (exactly as recorded by your camera), and provide it to the Site Council along with a list of your editing steps within 48 hours of any validation request. Files that have been saved or altered with any editing or transfer software are NOT originals.
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Thank you for all of your support and kind comments, they mean just as much if not more than a blue ribbon. Believe me when I say that I poured over and over my two CF cards desperately trying to find the originals but I have deleted them to make way for photos of a friend's baby that I took - now THOSE are the ones I don't delete until I DOUBLE know I have them downloaded. A blue ribbon , I can get again, but babies aren't little for long!
What, where did the happy fella go :-( so sorry about this, I really love that mug! Tanguera is right, that's why I always keep my originals on the CF card until it's over. Needed them only a couple of times, but just in case of 40 DQs :-).
So sorry to see this get Dq'd...take heart that if you do it once you can do it again...I got a Dq for one of my FS (no where near the top of the heap) and because I used Picasa at the time to download my photos it did something to my files that I was unaware of...Because of that incident I won't even use the computer's automatic download or Ps' automatic downloads I only directly download from Camera to Computer (corded not using a card reader as I'm afraid something will happen to my card and I've seen many here trying to use recovery software for their card readers) to my EHD's...(Also, I now only shoot in RAW)
Yes I really liked this one, got my second highest vote, amazing how this held with blue tac, sorry it will be DQ, are you sure!
I think they (the site council) are just waiting for the 48 hour clock to count down. I only have the original DNG file (which even has a bit of the towel that I used to wipe up the tea spills with, still in it), but it is not the file that came out of the camera, so to speak. Rules are rules, I suppose. Yes, blue tak is my new best friend - that stuff rocks, and I've already used it in another shot.
If I don't see this get a blue I'll be surprised. Very creative, great light and tones, plus I love how the shadows from the glasses made the eyes on the mug. Great job and a clever title. 10.
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