Avian Angel
by SandyP

Comment by PapaBob:
Wow, surprised and sorry to hear about the DQ, they can not take the fact it is a great image away! Adding to favs.

Avian Angel
by SandyP

Comment by yanko:
Look at those favs and comments. They mean more than the little graphic that was taken away.

Avian Angel
by SandyP

Comment by CEJ:
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.

Message edited by author 2009-07-02 22:15:18.

Avian Angel
by SandyP

Comment by mpeters:
Darn! :(

Avian Angel
by SandyP

Comment by SandyP:
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.


Message edited by author 2009-07-03 00:31:22.

Avian Angel
by SandyP

Comment by liberty:
too bad, although it doesn't take away from the greatness of the photo.

Avian Angel
by SandyP

Comment by jeger:
:(

Avian Angel
by SandyP

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Noooooooo! :(

Avian Angel
by SandyP

Comment by Budya:
Oh, Sandy! I am so sorry about the DQ but no matter how you look at it, this is one amazing photo with or without a ribbon.

Avian Angel
by SandyP

Comment by roz:
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 .. :)