Alrigh, just got disqualified for my NUDE 3 entry for "cloning and removing a major element in the photograph".
Thought might as well post the orignial shot so you know what not to do.
The irony is, all the other outtakes I posted and thought about submitting did not have the studio strobe and softbox in the background. Just goes to show, I should have listened to Kosmikkreeper and not have submitted this one. Might have scored better, and would not have been disqualified.
Funny thing that a softbox would be considered a major element in the photo. I won't argue with the fact that it is clearly in the shot. Never the less, this is a studio shot, meant to be shot on white background. So what if we remove the strobe? This is a removable object anyway; it's not as if I shot a nude in the wild and removed a tree. The main subject is still unmodified.
Bloody hell, that softbox certainly is a major element. Sure it's not the same as removing a tree from a forest, but visually it's certainly a very dominant element in the composition. You can't expect the SC to distinguish semantically between a tree in a forest and a strobe in a studio, then you have to start asking where you draw the line. Brilliant shot as always though, you just got cocky with the cloning :)
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