I need help please in regards to

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/25/2011 11:40:03 PM · #1

this image!

challenge image

Site council requested the original twice now and I only have one original but they say the file has been changed also I just transferred it to Elements. The only thing I could imagine happened that the automatic analyzer saved the file and if so, how can I undo that if at all??? Any help would be appreciated

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

05/25/2011 11:47:45 PM · #2

Do you still have that photo on your card?

What kind of computer are you using (PC or Mac?)

You want to simply move the photo from your card to your computer as a file. Drag and drop. Then send THAT file to the Site Council. Don't rename, don't do anything. Just move it from your card to your computer and send!

DCNUTTER

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

05/25/2011 11:48:38 PM · #3

Automatic analyzer? What are you referring too here?

05/25/2011 11:55:23 PM · #4

May be something in Photoshop Elements.
Here

Originally posted by DCNUTTER:

Automatic analyzer? What are you referring too here?

Message edited by author 2011-05-25 23:57:10.

05/25/2011 11:57:20 PM · #5

Originally posted by Melethia:

I do not have the photoon the card any longer:(

My computer is a PC

05/25/2011 11:58:47 PM · #6

Originally posted by DCNUTTER:

Automatic analyzer? What are you referring too here?

It's the one that tells you if your photos are in focus etc
It does it automatically once the pictures are transferred

05/25/2011 11:58:53 PM · #7

What did SC say was wrong with the photo you sent in?

You can send it to me if you like. I'll look at the data.

Originally posted by antje1777:

Originally posted by Melethia:
Do you still have that photo on your card?

What kind of computer are you using (PC or Mac?)

You want to simply move the photo from your card to your computer as a file. Drag and drop. Then send THAT file to the Site Council. Don't rename, don't do anything. Just move it from your card to your computer and send!

I do not have the photoon the card any longer:(

My computer is a PC

05/25/2011 11:59:32 PM · #8

Oooo that could do it, if it is editing or stripping EXIF data.

Originally posted by antje1777:

Originally posted by DCNUTTER:
Automatic analyzer? What are you referring too here?

It's the one that tells you if your photos are in focus etc
It does it automatically once the pictures are transferred

05/26/2011 12:01:10 AM · #9

Yikes...this looks like trouble.
Look here.

05/26/2011 12:06:25 AM · #10

Originally posted by kenskid:

Oooo that could do it, if it is editing or stripping EXIF data.

[quote=antje1777] [quote=DCNUTTER] Automatic analyzer? What are you referring too here?

Your image in the Flowers in Garden & Field challenge, "In The Meadow" needs to be validated.

Note from Administrator:
This file has modified EXIF and is therefore not acceptable for proof. Please supply a copy of the photo EXACTLY as it came from the camera.

Please visit the following URL within 48 hours for details on how to submit your original, unedited photograph:

05/26/2011 12:08:20 AM · #11

and this of course is the end of a quite lovely second in the sun...hmmm :( Thanks you guys for trying to help!

Message edited by author 2011-05-26 00:08:39.

05/26/2011 12:08:48 AM · #12

Yes...read the link I posted. It looks like that Auto analyzer is changing your Exif data. I'm not sure if you can fix it once it does that.

Originally posted by antje1777:

Originally posted by kenskid:
Oooo that could do it, if it is editing or stripping EXIF data.

[quote=antje1777] [quote=DCNUTTER] Automatic analyzer? What are you referring too here?

Your image in the Flowers in Garden & Field challenge, "In The Meadow" needs to be validated.

Note from Administrator:
This file has modified EXIF and is therefore not acceptable for proof. Please supply a copy of the photo EXACTLY as it came from the camera.

Please visit the following URL within 48 hours for details on how to submit your original, unedited photograph:

Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

05/26/2011 12:09:28 AM · #13

Don't give up. You may be able to recover the image from your card. The image is too good to give up on !

Originally posted by antje1777:

and this of course is the end of a quite lovely second in the sun...hmmm :( Thanks you guys for trying to help!

Message edited by author 2011-05-26 00:09:58.

DCNUTTER

Canon EOS-7D

05/26/2011 12:10:20 AM · #14

Originally posted by kenskid:

May be something in Photoshop Elements.
Here

Originally posted by DCNUTTER:
Automatic analyzer? What are you referring too here?

Hmmm, interesting. I don't use Elements, but that does sound like something (Auto Analyzer) that you want to TURN OFF if you are shooting in jpeg only and want to submit to challenges. That sucks.

05/26/2011 12:12:00 AM · #15

I had no idea it was doing that and I will shut it off right away....somehow I thought it was for my information only. Never thought for a moment that it would change the properties of my file!

Originally posted by kenskid:

Yes...read the link I posted. It looks like that Auto analyzer is changing your Exif data. I'm not sure if you can fix it once it does that.

Originally posted by antje1777:

Originally posted by kenskid:
Oooo that could do it, if it is editing or stripping EXIF data.

[quote=antje1777] [quote=DCNUTTER] Automatic analyzer? What are you referring too here?

Your image in the Flowers in Garden & Field challenge, "In The Meadow" needs to be validated.

Note from Administrator:
This file has modified EXIF and is therefore not acceptable for proof. Please supply a copy of the photo EXACTLY as it came from the camera.

Please visit the following URL within 48 hours for details on how to submit your original, unedited photograph:

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm 1:35-4.5G ED

05/26/2011 12:21:14 AM · #16

I just read through the information plus while turning off this program I was not able to find any info on how to undo this
:(

Socom

Nikon D80

05/26/2011 12:24:38 AM · #17

You need a File Recovery Program, but I dont know of any good free ones unfortunately.

dswann

Nikon D7000

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

05/26/2011 12:31:20 AM · #18

I use Photoshop Elements 6, and it include Adobe Photo Downloader to get the files from the camera and import them into the Elements Organizer. It also creates a folder for the photos (named by date usually) and stores the files on your hard drive (or wherever you have designated). If you are shooting RAW files, then you have no worries - this file is OK for validation. However, if you shoot jpegs only, then the file's EXIF data is tagged by the downloader, making them invalid as originals. When I first joined the site, I sent in a jpeg file to the SC as a test and they replied that it would be invalid. I don't know of a way to strip the tag from the EXIF after the fact.

If you use the downloader to import the photos, you must then use Explorer to browse to the camera and copy the original file directly to a separate folder. That is the file to send in for validation. Do not open or resave this file. Use the copy that was imported by the downloader as your copy for editing.

I assume that later versions of Elements behave in the same manner.

Message edited by author 2011-05-26 00:33:14.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

05/26/2011 12:38:15 AM · #19

That is a really hard lesson to learn I say! I had read about this but because I never "saved" the original but rather made a copy and worked on that it just did not occur to me that these things are going on behind the scenes of this program.
Bummer is all I can say as I cannot change it now!
Thank you for taking the time and sharing all this information!

Originally posted by dswann:

dswann

Nikon D7000

05/26/2011 12:42:35 AM · #20

Yes, I am sorry this has happened also. You have an outstanding image and I hate to see it DQ'd. It was one of my top picks in the challenge.