a dq story & a warning my advice to anyone who is doubtful that their entry will be validated is to send the original and processed image to the site council so they can make an informed judgement .
i contacted the site council for advice on this image twice ..
both times i was reassured .....
i asked if i could use hue/sat and lighten the blue and they said that was fine ..
in my ignorance i lightend the yellow, red and cyan as well .. this is the action that got me the dq ..
i didnt realise that lightening the other colours would very nearly desaturate the image because the VISIBLE difference was virtually indistinguishable before & after the action ..
this is the image before the offending action .. and this would have been validated ..
& oversaturated to show that there is heaps of colour still in the image before i applied that hue/sat layer and lightened the colours ..
i was very upset & shocked that this got the dq especially after asking the site council for their advice and being reassured ..
it was a case of too little informaton coming from both sides ..
from me when i lightend not only the blue but the other colours as well, and from them because i feel they should have warned me that in lightening colours in hue/sat it actually desaturates them, which i didnt know .. but of course looking back, they didnt know that i didnt know .. !!!.:)
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Extra rules: Also note that shooting in or post-processing to black/white will result in DQ.
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Aw Roz!! I just saw this - it's horrible. Second time now that you've fallen victim of some bizarre communication - or lack thereof - what a shame. Don't be discouraged, though. For one, this is a brilliant image, regardless of the DQ and whether it was justified or not. This is an island, but your images reach far beyond nitpicky stuff like why this entry was disqualified.
Onward, sister!! You are an inspiration to us all!
sucks for the DQ roz this was a great shot and by the look of things it was well on it's was to a ribbon sorry to see a great shot go by way of the DQ. I'll heed your warning and keep an eye out for you in the next challenge. I hope you won't be mad for too long.
Excellent idea -- and PERFECT execution! This is truly genius the way you protected any amount of color from showing through in the photo. This is one of the few that truly meets the challenge in every way -- and in such a creative haunting way! Bravo!
I gave you a 9...although I see many people giving you 10's for some reason. The only thing for ME keeping you from a 10 is that the clothes and shower don't seem to go well together, especially the gloves. That's just my take, but otherwise a beautiful shot.
Yes - weird, but certainly really well done! Had to wait for the title to understand the image, but you have completely tricked the eye into thinking this is a B+W. Well done.
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