'BERT '09
by tfarrell23

Comment:

Originally posted by rugman1969: Basic editing rules: You may not: spot-edit your entry, except to remove sensor dust or hot pixels use any selection tool, including but not limited to the marquee, lasso, layer masks, quick masks, or any similar tool to select a portion of your image for any reason other than cropping or creating a border. use ANY editing tool to create new image area, objects or features (such as VIGNETTES, lens flare or motion) that didn’t already exist in your original capture. An entry will be disqualified when a majority of the Site Council finds that ANY of the rules above were not followed. The above penalties will be assessed only after review by the Site Council. In exceptional circumstances, the Site Council may elect not to apply a penalty. If a user is found to have intentionally violated the Challenge Rules, the above penalties will be in addition to any assessed for the violation itself.

The key wording is if, Tom mentioned the shot has been validated so the if portion is no longer a question. Just because you can not accomplish this effect does not make it illegal. Why is it so hard to congratulate someone and trust they were within the rules until SC makes the call!

Again great job Tom!

'BERT '09
by tfarrell23

Comment:
Very nice, now all you need is a blue for the entire set!

This Won't Hurt a Bit
by Brent_S

Comment:
This one scared me when it opened, well done I really like the magnification of the eyes.

Sky Blue
by delin

Comment:
Nice image and for the record I think the DQ was not justified! To me the original image looks to be intact and no more shape has been created, when the original color becomes the shape we would need to DQ a lot more images. Weak case by SC at best and in my opinion a bad and inconsistent use of the rules.

In motion out of whack
by inuyashakibalove

Comment:

Originally posted by fldave: Although motion blur can certainly show "action", I don't usually see gym lockers very active. Nice color though.

Although I agree with [user]f1dave[/user] it can show the camera movement so this technique can be used but to be effective I would add something to the shot to so why the third person (camera) is moving to complete the story. You could add a person that appears to have pushed the camera person back or a spider causing you to jump to help lead the voter to the conclusion the movement was the camera rather than the lockers. Hope thwe information helps.

So the leaves fall
by inuyashakibalove

Comment:
Sorry to see you got a DQ, I think the the image on the lower left would have done nicely, I like the fence leading into the leaves.

Signs of Spring
by ace flyman

Comment:
Awesome shot, it kind of looks like it is trying to go yet the tail says stop...lol.

What I really like are the colors, the branches are a little distracting but these little guys never quite pose where you would like.

Dirty Little Words
by njsabs

Comment:
I think this one should have scored higher, maybe to many bad memories held this one back....:)

The Beast's Escape
by bradshaw

Comment:
Glad to see you made it above 6! Very nice image, I think I like yours better than mine.

Simply Daisy...
by tfarrell23

Comment:
A top ten, you are lighting it up!