Sorry about using such similar subjects for 2 challenges in a row -- but I took so many cool pictures of these birds all week trying to get the perfect Zen photo. It was hard to decide which one I should enter in the challenge. Then when "The Ground Up" challenge came up right behind it, I couldn't resist using another one of my favorites in this challenge too since my whole week was pretty much spent with my camera in an upwardly direction.
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woo - HOOOOOOO!!!!! I am in Heaven! I know it won because of the cool title. Jutilda gave it to me :) Thanks, Girlfriend!
I am heading off to bed now -- happy as a kid at Christmas :)
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This now qualifies for the "Never Seen on DPC" challenge. I don't think I've ever heard of SC reversing itself. Congrats to SC for being flexible, and congrats to you on having the ribbon reinstated.
What a shame, this is sooo well done! I really feel bad for you Sandy and understand just how you must feel. But, if anything has been learned here it would probably be that we should all be careful of what we put in our editing details because it just might DQ us. Don't let this stand in your way, you are a gifted photographer and I know you will continue to create amazing images!
So sorry about your DQ. That really hurts when it is just a silly mistake during validation. I wish it hadn't happened. But you have a lot of ribbons, and you have the knowledge that this deserved a ribbon, and you have a lot of FAVs, so it isn't all that bad. BTW, I wish I could capture that clarity in an overhead motion shot.
Sandy, I have done the same thing with my editing and used the wrong terminology and got DQ'd, I did not bother to contact SC about it because I figured I would not of been believed but I think that you should as you are such an upstanding member of DPC and I am certain the mistake is genuine.
Agree with MAK here, if its only down to an incorrect explanation then maybe you should ask for them to reconsider.
Sandy, I have done the same thing with my editing and used the wrong terminology and got DQ'd, I did not bother to contact SC about it because I figured I would not of been believed but I think that you should as you are such an upstanding member of DPC and I am certain the mistake is genuine.
Sandy, contact the SC again and tell them you got the editing steps mixed up. Maybe they'll reconsider, it's worth a try. So sorry about the dg. No matter what happens, it's still a wonderful image. ((Hugs))
Am so sorry to see this get dq'd, still don't understand does not seem fair. At least you still know it was everyones favorite and still a winning image. :)
Bummer, Sandy. I just got over validating an entry that wasn't even close to a winner. I can understand the psychic mess in your head. It's still a great shot.
Seems crazy but I guess they only have your word to go on. Maybe since you made a mistake, they'll re-think it. :~) Nonetheless, you know it won, so that's really all that matters.
You know - if this is DQ'd based on a mistake in your explanation, SC should maybe revisit this decision.
Say if you HAD done something illegal and had typed it up as if you didn't, they'd take your word for it? Hardly. Therefore, if you SAID you did something illegal, but didn't, I would hope they will take another look and ascertain what editing steps actually went into the image.
So sorry Sandy for the DQ! It was added to my favorites prior and will stay that way regardless of what SC says. Excellent photograph in all respects! You really have a gift for 'seeing' the right moment in your work, this is no exception.
Well. . .I've had to write this and re-write this. At first I was so angry and hurt and felt so righteously indignant because I know I edited this legally, and I couln't believe that a person could really lose a ribbon won fair and square when they hadn't violated any of the editing rules.
But after knowing why they thought I used illegal editing steps, I realized the whole thing was in fact my fault. Not that I did anything illegal in my editing. I didn't. But in my explanation of the steps I used, I said I did something I didn't actually do. I had already had to validate my zen photo just 2 days earlier, and I was so exhausted -- and excited and anxious -- so I hurried thru my explanation, and absent mindedly got the 2 photos mixed up and said I did a step that I had done in my zen photo that I really didn't do in this one. I think part of the reason I was so careless in my explanation was because this one was so easy. I wasn't worried in the LEAST about this one being validated and I was so tired. So I lost a ribbon that was won fair and square because I hurried thru my explanation and typed it wrong. :( But its not site council's fault. They were just going by what I said I did.
This is my untouched original. It hardly needed any editing except a little cropping, lightening and contrasting.
wottha !!??
i was admiring your beautiful bird and refreshed the page .. when it had refreshed you beautiful bird had gone ..
sandy that really sucks ..
its so easy to forget when doing a basic edit that you cant do blending modes .. we do them without thinking a lot of the time .. a couple of times i've done a process and actually submitted it .. got it back up in photoshop later & see that i've done a blending mode other than normal without realising it ..
anyway .. like andrew says .. a fabulous shot is a fabulous shot no matter wot ..
sending a great big hug .. :)
Stink :( Sorry about the dq. A rule that's very easy to slip up on too, particularly if you're use to entering member challenges. Don't sweat it, as it still remains best in challenge regardless!
eta: Ack! Just read your notes. Double stink. Here's hoping you get it sorted out Sandy!
I don't remember if I commented or not -- what an incredible shot! I'm jealous! Very well done--a well deserved blue! (should have been higher than a 7.0, as well!) Can you tell I really like it?
Congratulations on the Blue, Sandy. Stunning image, and I love the colors in this one! You've done a gorgeous job capturing their splendor. And yes, wonderful title!
Congrats my friend. Haven't been here for a time but it is so nice to see your talent on the front page. God bless you and your family and hope all is well in Tejas :-)
Fantastic feathers. Looks almost like a flying skeleton in a way. Love it. I even like the comp even though free space is the opposite direction the bird is facing.. Sort of like it is springing forth from the free space into whatever lies beyond.
Stunning shot. On gossamer wings. Sheer beauty and a joy to behold. So delicate. Perfect composition, pov and processing. My favorite in this challenge...well except for my own entry of course :) 10
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