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06/21/2011 07:46:47 PM · #1 |
i haven't done many Advanced Editing challenges.
the Rules state
You may:
clone out incidental power lines, twigs, dust specks, stray hairs, and similar minor imperfections within any capture used.
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You may not:
use ANY editing tool to move, remove or duplicate any element of your photograph that would change a typical viewer̢۪s description of the photograph (aside from color or crop), even if the tool is otherwise legal, and regardless of whether you intended the change when the photograph was taken.
So, if a small, very thin wire/string/stick was used to help position an element of the image, would that be treated as "incidental" and "minor", and could it legally be cloned out or otherwise removed without getting a DQ? |
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06/21/2011 07:49:27 PM · #2 |
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06/21/2011 07:57:34 PM · #3 |
| If you can't really see it in a thumbnail view, then it's probably safe to clone out. The risk increases with visual prominence. |
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06/21/2011 08:29:27 PM · #4 |
I'd like to piggy back, because I too had a very similar question, but not enough time to consult the site counsel before the challenge deadline.
In my image:
I had a small table in my living room that ended up getting exposed along with the ceiling. I cropped the ceiling out, and just to err on the side of caution, I cropped the table out as well. I liked the composition more vertical, would I have been in the safe to clone out the exposed edge of the table?
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06/21/2011 08:58:47 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by jamesgoss:
would I have been in the safe to clone out the exposed edge of the table?
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That would have been very dangerous, I think.
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06/21/2011 10:13:43 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by jamesgoss:
I liked the composition more vertical, would I have been in the safe to clone out the exposed edge of the table? |
I would have been OK with it. The ceiling definitely had to be cropped out, but that little piece of table doesn't look significant to me. |
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06/21/2011 10:31:40 PM · #7 |
| IMHO its always safer to burn it to a crisp, so there is just a whisper of the element you don't like, when you are not sure if it would hit the major element rule. |
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06/21/2011 11:04:14 PM · #8 |
I have a question about the umbrella...if one was to clone out part or all of the "metal braces" in the middle of the umbrella, would it DQ?
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by jamesgoss:
I liked the composition more vertical, would I have been in the safe to clone out the exposed edge of the table? |
I would have been OK with it. The ceiling definitely had to be cropped out, but that little piece of table doesn't look significant to me. |
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