DQed. Could have lived without this, I guess!

03/16/2006 01:40:41 PM · #1

Allright...I got DQed. My second highest rated submission "soulless" is not more a contributor to my portfolio. I guess, the reason is that I used (did I?) glow filter or atleast I mentioned using it though I'm not too sure if I actually did! I was surely experimenting it but I'm really not sure if I used it. Anyway, no hard feelings... but I think the photo deserves some attention so posting it here for comments (or maybe even debate :))

Anyway, even if I used the filter, I think it was bad choice as I could have lived without it and have got "almost" same results without it. Bad choice (again- if I used it!).

Btw, this was 4'th highest in challenge.

Message edited by author 2006-03-16 13:45:49.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

03/16/2006 01:42:20 PM · #2

It's not readily apparent that you used a glow filter. Get a lawyer and retract your confession. ;-)

Great image regardless.

taterbug

Nikon D300

03/16/2006 01:47:45 PM · #3

Darned those forced confessions under heavy interrogation! :-P

fotomann_forever

03/16/2006 01:48:00 PM · #4

That sucks. Sorry about the DQ. Word of advice, when experimenting, keep notes ;-)

Brent_Ward

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L USM

03/16/2006 01:48:08 PM · #5

That will teach you for listing your editing steps...

03/16/2006 01:49:08 PM · #6

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

That sucks. Sorry about the DQ. Word of advice, when experimenting, keep notes ;-)

Point taken. And it's better to keep the steps of editing minimal...atleast in writing :)

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

03/16/2006 01:50:59 PM · #7

Originally posted by Brent_Ward:

That will teach you for listing your editing steps...

It did. But is there any way of "auto-recording" of steps in photoshop (after photo is saved and history is gone)? I earlier used Picasa and it was simple to find out steps from .ini file or simple by "undo"/"redo" stuff.

Message edited by author 2006-03-16 13:51:28.

kiwiness

Canon Canon 1d x Mark II

03/16/2006 01:53:26 PM · #8

Originally posted by tejinder:

Originally posted by Brent_Ward:
That will teach you for listing your editing steps...

It did. But is there any way of "auto-recording" of steps in photoshop (after photo is saved and history is gone)? I earlier used Picasa and it was simple to find out steps from .ini file or simple by "undo"/"redo" stuff.

Press Ctrl/K to bring up the preferences and click on the history log and all your moves will be saved with the file.

mosall

Nikon D80

Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon

03/16/2006 02:00:56 PM · #9

Thats a bummer. Its a wonderful shot.

Message edited by author 2006-03-16 14:01:11.

sabphoto

Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+

03/16/2006 02:05:08 PM · #10

I would imagine you must have used it to some small degree as just stating you did doesn't automatically get you DQ'd.

I had posted an image recently and while typing in the steps I noticed that I couldn't clone stuff like I did so I went back and fixed my image but forgot to change the details of my submission. SC requested the original (I also do a screen shot of the history before I exit and submitted that also) and questioned the details and when I explained what happened all was good.

They must have been able to tell a difference from the orignal they requested. Shame, it's a well done image.

Message edited by author 2006-03-16 14:05:51.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

03/16/2006 02:07:24 PM · #11

Originally posted by sabphoto:

They must have been able to tell a difference from the orignal they requested. Shame, it's a well done image.

Or you are just better at talking your way out of trouble. ;-)

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

03/16/2006 02:45:42 PM · #12

Originally posted by kiwiness:

Press Ctrl/K to bring up the preferences and click on the history log and all your moves will be saved with the file.

Pressed CtrlK and got the preferences box but could not locate "history log" anywhere. I use PS7. Help.

kiwiness

Canon Canon 1d x Mark II

03/16/2006 02:46:40 PM · #13

Originally posted by tejinder:

Originally posted by kiwiness:
Press Ctrl/K to bring up the preferences and click on the history log and all your moves will be saved with the file.

Pressed CtrlK and got the preferences box but could not locate "history log" anywhere. I use PS7. Help.

Ah okay, I am using CS2, it wasn't available in version 7 as far as I remember.

frisca

Nikon D70

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

03/16/2006 02:49:40 PM · #14

failing to give us your steps so we can replicate is also a reason photos have been DQ'd if we can't replicate your results! Just a word to the wise. And to the OP (Tejinder) if you find out that you DID NOT use this filter through what kiwi suggested, then let us know!)

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

03/16/2006 02:59:05 PM · #15

Originally posted by frisca:

Frisca I really dont know if I used the filter or not. I edited the picture using PICASA first and used the glow filter (and even grain) in it. I did not liked the results so I post-processed it again in PS. I "think" I was able to get my results by clipping shadows in "levels" but I honestly cannot recall if I did used the filter in PS or not.

And in PS7, as kiwi also pointed out, I could not find any option (atleast for now, for this already postprocessed photo) which can let me know what steps I took. What comes to my mind is as following -

Cropped
Adjusted Levels
White point adjustment (in levels)
NeatImage (+sharpening in neatImage itself)

Anyway,I tried these steps again and was able to get "almost" same results as my final submission ... but as I myself said - "almost" :(. But that could simply be because I might have not changed the values same as those for submission.

Is there any other way, for me, to validate my own claim? Let me know. Its almost 1:30am here, in India, but I'm willing to stay awake if it helps :)

frisca

Nikon D70

03/16/2006 03:01:59 PM · #16

i can guarantee nothing, and it looks like you're in a tough spot. but tell us and show us all you know about it via a ticket (look in the "contact us" link in the help menu above) and we'll review it.

yanko

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

03/16/2006 03:04:51 PM · #17

Originally posted by frisca:

failing to give us your steps so we can replicate is also a reason photos have been DQ'd if we can't replicate your results!

Replicate greatness? unpossible! ;)

03/16/2006 03:14:28 PM · #18

Anyway, just processed it again (in PICASA). Did three simple things -

Cropped
Increased Highlight
Increased Shadow (just a little bit)

and here is almost the same result

As suggested, I'm also opening ticket in help.

Anyway, my intention was not to get into this loop but to get some attention to my highest scoring picture. But offcourse- I dont might anything better coming my way :)

Wish me luck!

03/16/2006 03:26:12 PM · #19

2:00am. Dozing off. Lets see what the morning brings :)

Anyway, 45 profile views in one hour is what I have already got from this thread :) Who's complaining?!