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 09/05/2006 12:29:30 PM · #1
I got this note today...

"We regret to inform you that your submission to the Free Study XII challenge ("XXXXX") has been disqualified for the following reason:

Spot editing is not permitted in 'Basic Editing.' Please review the challenge submission rules.

Your entry has been reviewed by the Site Council and/or Administrators, who have confirmed that your submission must be disqualified.

Thank you for your continued participation in DPChallenge, and please do not let this deter you from submitting photographs for future challenges!"

I thought that the Free Study was "Advanced Rules" and, in any case, I did not do any spot editing on the image at all, and was never asked for a copy of the original unedited image for comparison!

Any advice on what I should do now?
09/05/2006 12:30:28 PM · #2
Uhmmmmm contact Site Council via the 'Help' button.
09/05/2006 12:32:17 PM · #3
maybe this is why my comments left stat has decreased by one. Did I leave you a comment?

Message edited by author 2006-09-05 12:33:08.
 09/05/2006 12:32:18 PM · #4
First, sorry about the DQ.

Please remember that spot editing can be both taking away something and adding something. I'm sending you a PM to explain further.

If you (or anyone else) have questions like this in the future, please use the ticketing system.
 09/05/2006 12:32:20 PM · #5
clearly it was a typo! you were DQ'd for NOT using spot editing in an Advanced Editing challenge! naughty!
 09/05/2006 12:36:15 PM · #6
Originally posted by posthumous:
clearly it was a typo! you were DQ'd for NOT using spot editing in an Advanced Editing challenge! naughty!


:)
 09/05/2006 12:40:17 PM · #7
The DQ was legit, but the listed reason was incorrect. The DQ was for creating elements that weren't in your original capture.
 09/05/2006 12:44:07 PM · #8
Originally posted by scalvert:
The DQ was legit, but the listed reason was incorrect. The DQ was for creating elements that weren't in your original capture.


Like he said :))) (yeah, I know, no smilies allowed, blah, blah, blah).
 09/05/2006 12:46:29 PM · #9
Originally posted by scalvert:
The DQ was legit, but the listed reason was incorrect. The DQ was for creating elements that weren't in your original capture.


Can you be more specific?

I applied "filters" which I think are allowed under the rules. The filters do add elements to the image but within, I thought, the rules of the Advanced Editing rules.

I'm not looking to argue the DQ. Frankly, I don't have that much invested. I'm just hopijng to avoid similar difficulties in the future.
 09/05/2006 12:49:39 PM · #10
Originally posted by Fromac:
Originally posted by scalvert:
The DQ was legit, but the listed reason was incorrect. The DQ was for creating elements that weren't in your original capture.


Can you be more specific?

I applied "filters" which I think are allowed under the rules. The filters do add elements to the image but within, I thought, the rules of the Advanced Editing rules.

I'm not looking to argue the DQ. Frankly, I don't have that much invested. I'm just hopijng to avoid similar difficulties in the future.


Adding lens flare.
 09/05/2006 12:51:14 PM · #11
You used a filter to create lens flare shapes that weren't in the original. The Lens Flare filter itself is legal (you could use it to enhance existing flare), but creating new shapes/objects is not. As far as I know, created lens flares have always been DQ'd.
 09/05/2006 12:53:08 PM · #12
Thanks for the clarification.

Look for my lens-flare-free images in future challenges.

To those still in...good luck gang!
 09/05/2006 01:00:29 PM · #13
Originally posted by Fromac:
Thanks for the clarification.

Look for my lens-flare-free images in future challenges.

To those still in...good luck gang!


good attitude:)
 09/05/2006 01:11:22 PM · #14
Originally posted by ursula:

Adding lens flare.


Oh yeah, I've asked about that one before and was told it would be DQ'd.

I wanted to add a star busrt to this image:


Like this:


09/05/2006 01:24:42 PM · #15
Fromac, dear pal, you are a sportsman! Great to see such an attitude - it's a winner in my opinion.
 09/05/2006 01:26:04 PM · #16
Originally posted by pineapple:
Fromac, dear pal, you are a sportsman! Great to see such an attitude - it's a winner in my opinion.


My thoughts exactly :-D
 09/05/2006 01:38:15 PM · #17
Thats good to know, I will be carefull of my images in the future too.
09/05/2006 01:54:23 PM · #18
Originally posted by klstover:
Originally posted by pineapple:
Fromac, dear pal, you are a sportsman! Great to see such an attitude - it's a winner in my opinion.


My thoughts exactly :-D


I'll speak up as a third person agreeing on that thought. :)
 09/05/2006 01:58:51 PM · #19
Oh, please. I'm blushing.
 09/05/2006 02:01:09 PM · #20
Well gosh, while you're blushing, yours was one of two shots I gave a 10 to in the Image without Subject challenge. Very nice piece of work, that.
 09/05/2006 02:01:57 PM · #21
Originally posted by Fromac:
Oh, please. I'm blushing.

Just make sure you apply the effect to the entire image ... : )
 09/05/2006 02:14:06 PM · #22
Originally posted by Fromac:
Oh, please. I'm blushing.


Of course, you DID bump my current high scoring photo out of the top spot for the A620, so I'm not going to be THAT nice.

*grin*
 09/05/2006 02:39:19 PM · #23
A subtle point to remember about this for future consideration in your submissions is this... If your image already has SOME lense flare in it then you can highlight and adjust it with filters and other techniques under advanced rules. Just don't create something totally different from what was originally present.

ADDING elements, no matter what they are, is not allowed in either basic or advanced rules.
09/06/2006 12:45:33 AM · #24
Where is the photo. I am curious now to see how to add that. Neat idea.
 09/06/2006 12:48:37 AM · #25
Ohhhhhhh them damn filters will get ya everytime.
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