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Photo Tutorial
A 48-Hour Open Challenge using the Advanced Editing VII rules.

Description
Your homework this weekend is to find a photography tutorial anywhere on the net and use it as the basis for your entry. Your finished photo should illustrate the use of the concepts described in the tutorial. Include a link to the tutorial in the comments section, and title your entry appropriately based on what the tutorial is about.

Submission Dates:
  Jul 16 2011 - Jul 17 2011

Voting Dates:
  Jul 18 2011 - Jul 24 2011

Submissions: 65
Disqualifications: 5
Votes: 8,509
Comments: 309

Average Score: 6.02268
Highest Score: 7.9589
Median Score: 6.0493
Lowest Score: 4.058


Results for Photo Tutorial:
Challenge Results for Photo Tutorial
ND Filter for Long Exposure
by darnok

1st place with an
average vote of 7.9589

Views: 10788 (359 during voting)
Votes: 146
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 7.207
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 8.145
Moody outdoor lighting
by Judi

2nd place with an
average vote of 7.4324

Views: 6467 (377 during voting)
Votes: 148
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.655
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.622
Get up close and personal, disregard what other people think about you and smile often
by jagar

3rd place with an
average vote of 7.4225

Views: 5890 (323 during voting)
Votes: 142
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.539
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.621
Long Exposure
by MargaretNet

4th place with an
average vote of 7.2653

Views: 3900 (339 during voting)
Votes: 147
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.556
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.425
High Contrast Through Dodge and Burn
by AllenP

5th place with an
average vote of 7.2222

Views: 3506 (333 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.600
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.353
Dramatic portraits in 30 seconds
by Paul

6th place with an
average vote of 7.2123

Views: 3665 (395 during voting)
Votes: 146
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.519
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.370
Sunday Gathering - IR photography - DPC Tutorial by Judi
by senor_kasper

7th place with an
average vote of 7.1370

Views: 3357 (315 during voting)
Votes: 146
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.179
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.364
Tutorial: How to photograph insects.
by codfish709

8th place with an
average vote of 6.8889

Views: 1802 (299 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.269
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.025
Refraction Photography
by supanova

9th place with an
average vote of 6.8151

Views: 4205 (316 during voting)
Votes: 146
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.250
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.949
Cooking Oil - Close-up Photography
by Ja-9

10th place with an
average vote of 6.7703

Views: 3674 (293 during voting)
Votes: 148
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.407
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.851
Match, Fire & Smoke
by KarenNfld

11th place with an
average vote of 6.6571

Views: 3176 (299 during voting)
Votes: 140
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.889
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.841
HDR- Weathered
by rubentinajero7

12th place with an
average vote of 6.6345

Views: 1537 (300 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.036
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.778
(Rescuing over and underexposed images)
by njsabs

13th place with an
average vote of 6.6164

Views: 1787 (319 during voting)
Votes: 146
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.185
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.714
The Eye - Portrait in the style of Andrzej Dragan
by gyaban

14th place with an
average vote of 6.6043

Views: 3793 (327 during voting)
Votes: 139
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.962
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.752
Flamingo Dual(Dodge and Burn)
by sfmorris

15th place with an
average vote of 6.5625

Views: 1124 (282 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.345
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.617
Lightning Strike ...
by Rob O

16th place with an
average vote of 6.5241

Views: 1204 (290 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.852
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.678
Using Shadows in Photography
by Tommy_Mac

17th place with an
average vote of 6.4895

Views: 925 (272 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.519
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.483
How to Photograph Hummingbirds
by cloudsme

18th place with an
average vote of 6.4097

Views: 880 (281 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.504
Focus Stacking
by michelaudette

19th place with an
average vote of 6.3819

Views: 980 (301 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.852
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.504
Long exposure+ND filters make moving cars & boats disappear
by amsterdamman

20th place with an
average vote of 6.3217

Views: 2775 (312 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.571
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.504
Centred Composition
by Matthew

21st place with an
average vote of 6.2569

Views: 806 (289 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.750
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.379
Successful Sports Photography
by karmat

22nd place with an
average vote of 6.2464

Views: 1002 (290 during voting)
Votes: 138
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.731
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.366
Nitsa's Philosophy
by redmoon

23rd place with an
average vote of 6.2168

Views: 894 (286 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.852
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.302
Photographing Otherworldly Critters
by Alyn

24th place with an
average vote of 6.2128

Views: 925 (257 during voting)
Votes: 141
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.778
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.316
"Please Mom! Can I Dye My Hair Pink?"
by sjhuls

25th place with an
average vote of 6.1973

Views: 2295 (310 during voting)
Votes: 147
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.214
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.429
a dash of color
by leonedavis

26th place with an
average vote of 6.1329

Views: 996 (277 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.480
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.271
Tone Mapping Emulation
by littlemav

27th place with an
average vote of 6.1135

Views: 694 (277 during voting)
Votes: 141
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.286
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.319
Thinking in Monochrome
by Lonz

28th place with an
average vote of 6.1119

Views: 582 (276 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.630
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.224
Wildlife Photography Tips: Take Better Wildlife Photos
by mbrutus2009

29th place with an
average vote of 6.0621

Views: 1084 (293 during voting)
Votes: 145
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.893
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.103
The beauty of smoke
by hajeka

30th place with an
average vote of 6.0504

Views: 1057 (284 during voting)
Votes: 139
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.448
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.209
Dear Photograph - she still likes riding bicycles!
by Beetle

31st place with an
average vote of 6.0493

Views: 1149 (340 during voting)
Votes: 142
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.357
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.219
High-Key B&W Portrait Effect
by PennyStreet

32nd place with an
average vote of 6.0420

Views: 1803 (297 during voting)
Votes: 143
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.800
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.093
DPC Tutorial - "Move the Light" by idnic
by colorcarnival

33rd place with an
average vote of 6.0286

Views: 800 (278 during voting)
Votes: 140
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.571
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.143
Nikon Macro Photography - 1:1 Ratio and Small Aperture
by tvsometime

34th place with an
average vote of 6.0000

Views: 984 (259 during voting)
Votes: 137
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.731
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.063
Photographing Flying Insects
by GolferDDS

35th place with an
average vote of 5.9653

Views: 999 (275 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.500
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.078
Flower Photography with Natural Light using Extension Tubes
by sssobel

36th place with an
average vote of 5.9571

Views: 925 (260 during voting)
Votes: 140
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.250
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.103
Using Perspective to Increase Perceived Size
by Lydia

37th place with an
average vote of 5.9281

Views: 816 (272 during voting)
Votes: 139
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.731
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.974
Studio Lighting for White Backgrounds
by bobnospum

38th place with an
average vote of 5.9041

Views: 817 (321 during voting)
Votes: 146
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.393
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.025
Hue and Saturation
by lkn4truth

39th place with an
average vote of 5.8451

Views: 845 (311 during voting)
Votes: 142
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.214
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.000
Single Image HDR - Tonemapping
by crowis

40th place with an
average vote of 5.7958

Views: 770 (308 during voting)
Votes: 142
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.286
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.921
A LONG EXPOSURE of a stare
by Gengi

41st place with an
average vote of 5.7234

Views: 537 (284 during voting)
Votes: 141
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.519
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.772
Lily Pods and Pontoons - Realistic HDR
by giantmike

42nd place with an
average vote of 5.7071

Views: 607 (254 during voting)
Votes: 140
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.036
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.875
The Face of Time
by bobk

43rd place with an
average vote of 5.6667

Views: 472 (259 during voting)
Votes: 138
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.154
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.786
Selective Desaturation
by Bear_Music

44th place with an
average vote of 5.6159

Views: 582 (294 during voting)
Votes: 138
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.923
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.777
falcon foramtion
by carph

45th place with an
average vote of 5.5221

Views: 638 (253 during voting)
Votes: 136
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.296
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.578
How to Photograph a Rainbow
by hahn23

46th place with an
average vote of 5.5109

Views: 865 (287 during voting)
Votes: 137
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.259
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.573
Light Leaking Lens
by bspurgeon

47th place with an
average vote of 5.4648

Views: 675 (278 during voting)
Votes: 142
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.500
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.456
A Full Moon with a Composition of an Historical Mill
by Levoy

48th place with an
average vote of 5.4638

Views: 582 (253 during voting)
Votes: 138
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.778
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.631
Long exposure
by roksibanc

49th place with an
average vote of 5.4029

Views: 552 (258 during voting)
Votes: 139
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.240
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.439
Silver Drops--SEP2
by pixelpig

50th place with an
average vote of 5.3696

Views: 510 (244 during voting)
Votes: 138
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.074
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.441
macro insect tips
by skewsme

51st place with an
average vote of 5.2270

Views: 626 (269 during voting)
Votes: 141
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.160
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.241
Glass and crystal photography
by rhoadesurf

52nd place with an
average vote of 5.0942

Views: 469 (264 during voting)
Votes: 138
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.750
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.182
Find your light - outdoor natural lighting portraits
by Kelli

53rd place with an
average vote of 5.0775

Views: 596 (271 during voting)
Votes: 142
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.704
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.165
Overexposure: Glowing Crystal Ball
by Cin

54th place with an
average vote of 5.0357

Views: 538 (266 during voting)
Votes: 140
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.654
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.123
Make a modern photo look old
by SEG

55th place with an
average vote of 4.7929

Views: 608 (301 during voting)
Votes: 140
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.556
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.850
How to Ruin a Portrait
by bvy

56th place with an
average vote of 4.4394

Views: 802 (271 during voting)
Votes: 132
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.208
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.491
driving fast, slow shutter speed
by jmritz

57th place with an
average vote of 4.3723

Views: 1696 (284 during voting)
Votes: 137
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.444
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.355
Enhance Photo Contrast
by TheDruid

58th place with an
average vote of 4.3472

Views: 574 (344 during voting)
Votes: 144
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.333
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.350
Bokeh
by posthumous

59th place with an
average vote of 4.2837

Views: 759 (272 during voting)
Votes: 141
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.192
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.304
Value Invert my Soul
by PetRock

60th place with an
average vote of 4.0580

Views: 704 (257 during voting)
Votes: 138
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.072
Disqualified Images
Teaching kids at school how to use their parrents or their own camera at different scènes
by gipukan

Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Disqualification Message:
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.
http://www.tutorvid.com/photoshop-tutorial/resize-image-for-web-use/
by mrbig65

Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Disqualification Message:
You may not use ANY editing tool to move, remove or duplicate any element of your photograph that would change a typical viewer's description of the photograph (aside from color), even if the tool is otherwise legal, and regardless of whether you intended the change when the photograph was taken.
color plethora.
by autumnxoxo

Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Disqualification Message:
You may not add text to your entry or its border during editing. This includes copyright statements.
Of Life Since Passed
by spphotography

Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Disqualification Message:
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.
Layer Masks/Curves Adjustment Layers
by GeneralE

Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Disqualification Message:
You may not use ANY editing tool to create new image area, objects or features (such as lens flare or motion) that didn't already exist in your original capture.


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