Venom Vengeance
by romil

Comment by Brent_S:
Nice enough image, but just look like "cold" to me.

Venom Vengeance
by romil

Comment by Kathy:
I sensed more "Cloudy" than "Cold"

Piercing Radiance
by romil

Comment by romil:
Alright..didn't have an internet connection so couldnt reply to all those posts down there..
first of all...the picture is taken from a dsc-t50 i agree..but dunno y it's not there in the dpchallenge camera list..dsc-t10 is similar with a similar resolution (7.2 MP)..hence i thought i'd go with it..
secondly...this one's for pix-al..the picture is 100% authentic..i've not violated the editing rules.. even the dp guys didnt have a problem with the editing..it's a simple brightness contrast and cuves adjustment..it's just that the picture was taken earlier than the challenge and being my second challenge i must've overlooked that detail..
will take care of it in the future..and i seriously feel it was carelesness on my part and not cheating...

Piercing Radiance
by romil

Comment by Simms:

Originally posted by Brad: Originally posted by romil: Aaargh...my camera dates were faulty!!! god this hurts! Except for one minor detail: This image was uploaded to Flickr also: * Taken with a Sony DSC-T50. * Taken on March 24, 2007 * Uploaded on October 2, 2007

LOL, busted! Nicely spotted Brad.. he has gone a bit quiet now ;-)

Piercing Radiance
by romil

Comment by agd:
Nice

Piercing Radiance
by romil

Comment by pix-al:
Picture was only "OK" in my opinion. Very surprised to see it grace the front page.

Shame you had to cheat to get it there.

I wonder if the editing steps for this one year old shot were actually legal anyway?
Something about the bottom being so dark and the top being so bright that doesn't look right to me...

Piercing Radiance
by romil

Comment by SandyP:
Ohhhhhh Romil!!! My heart hurts for you! Darn! A ribbon with such a beautiful, award-worthy photo -- on your 2nd challenge and to have it taken away. Sniffle sniffle. I had a ribbon photo dq'd once too, only mine was for editing (hangs head in shame). . .so I know how bad it makes you feel!

But you keep entering shots like this -- and you will have many ribbons in your future. You are amazingly talented for 19!

EDIT: Oooops. . .I just read Brad's comment where he busted you for entering a photo that you intentionally knew was taken a year ago. Hmmmmm. I think maybe my heart still hurts. But in disappointment now :(



Message edited by author 2008-05-14 23:06:39.

Piercing Radiance
by romil

Comment by Brad:

Originally posted by romil: Aaargh...my camera dates were faulty!!! god this hurts!

Except for one minor detail:

This image was uploaded to Flickr also:
* Taken with a Sony DSC-T50.
* Taken on March 24, 2007
* Uploaded on October 2, 2007

Even the EXIF data on your challenge image matches Flickr's data:
# Original Date/Time = 2007:03:24 17:13:20
# Digitization Date/Time = 2007:03:24 17:13:20

It's still a stunning photograph though. Shame you couldn't be honest about it after the fact.

Message edited by author 2008-05-14 17:35:44.

Piercing Radiance
by romil

Comment by romil:
Aaargh...my camera dates were faulty!!!
god this hurts!

Piercing Radiance
by romil

Comment by JuliBoc:
So sorry about the disqualification. That really hurts. Don't be too upset. You still have a gorgeous photo, and many more ribbons will follow, if you keep at it.