michaeldonnelly1963 opened this issue on May 09, 2008 · 36 posts
bclaytonphoto posted Wed, 14 May 2008 at 11:24 AM
There have been very few images that were rejected because of too much post work..Most likely they could be counted on one hand..In a year nearly two years..That should give you an idea, of how few it is. It's not some big mystery or some secret society, as was implied previously.
michaeldonnelly1963, I'm really disappointed that you would drag this discussion down to the level of correcting another members grammar.
"It is still my personal belief that if you have a competition where the rules are not clearly defined, then eventually the competition loses its appeal. Time will tell."
Well, your welcome to your opinion.But, the facts prove otherwise. The Genre Challenge has been going on for nearly two years. The last one was quite popular. I think this thread may been keeping people from participating in the current one.I'd have to look it up, but I don't think the first time we did this genre it didn't have huge numbers.
"The "Postwork Guidelines" statement could define what is deemed acceptable photographic postwork techniques. Each technique could be grouped under an appropriate general heading (as you would probably find in most photo adjusting software packages). The General heading could carry an abbreviation which the challenge submitter would enter within the image description, thus providing some transparency about the techniques employed in producing the final image."
I'm sorry, but do you really have an idea what this would entail? ???? Good grief, I could think of a thousand different thing to do with an image in Photo_shop.
Once again...this isn't for a million dollar prize...The idea of this challenge is for the individual to challenge them selves...To get all of us, (myself included) to work out side of our comfort zone..Try something different..It's to get the landscape Photographer to try photographing people..To get the studio photographer to talk a hike in the woods and shoot nature..
This is the only complaint we have about this challenge..I don't see much support for your point of view..
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