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 This image was disqualified from the De-Motivational Poster challenge.
Not Worth the Effort
Not Worth the Effort
bspurgeon


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: De-Motivational Poster (Basic Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Date: May 12, 2009
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 400
Shutter: 100
Galleries: Humorous, Emotive
Date Uploaded: May 12, 2009

 Cool! Love my snails. Thanks for the comments and votes.

A DQ for pure stupidity. I believe I sent the wrong editing steps for my poster. For my own piece of mind I asked SC to send me the editing steps I sent them. I'm quite certain I did nothing illegal. (I originally thought this was an adv edit challenge and I had to reprocess the image). BTW, nothing was cloned.

Cheers, Ben

Original in jpeg.
Disqualification Details
You may use a cloning tool or small healing brush for the sole purpose of removing sensor dust or hot pixels. No other spot-editing is allowed.

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 07/03/2009 11:09:12 AM
I'm sorry but that is just silly, a mistake in communication should not be fatal to validation, no matter WHAT. If there is no physical evidence of you making the change you 'claimed' to have made, it should not count.
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 05/24/2009 02:26:24 PM
Steps submitted: crop, exposure, wb in LR2, export to CS4, photokit sharpening to snail with mask, two curves adjustmet, hue/sat adjustment to master, created border, added text, resized.

When I created this poster I made an attempt to enter at the 200 file size limit, when it was rejected I realized it was a basic challenge. I remade the poster under the basic ruleset. Global USM produced the nearly the same results but with more artifact in the snail.

Lesson for me: keep a copy with the layers or write down the steps. If I had that I would not have made that error.

05/24/2009 11:02:16 AM
Ok, that's just plain dumb. I don't think that whatever you wrote down should count against your shot if the original doesn't show the modifications you didn't make.
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 05/23/2009 06:49:44 PM
Thanks Roz, sent you a PM.
 05/23/2009 05:25:33 PM
buggar ben ... i got a dq once after i'd asked not once but twice for advice on processing .. jilted it was in the black and white in colour challenge ... i think in that situation bad communication was at fault, them assuming i knew stuff and me assuming that they knew stuff .. but neither of us did !!!
i wrote to them telling them to undo the dq coz they had said my processing was ok .. lol ...
anyway after heaps of emails back and forth i simmered down and accepted their ruling ..
but it felt bad, especially at first, partly because i thought other ppl would think i tried to break the rules .. mine was getting a 6.5 at the time of the dq & dont think i was heading for a ribbon or a HM like this one got ..
i know my dq was different from yours, but hopefully the sc'll see that the editing steps you sent in dont fit in with this image and revoke the dq .. then of course i'll go to the second page again .. lol .. !!! ..:)
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 05/22/2009 09:45:17 AM
Originally posted by jodis_eva:
Hehe well they took you at your word when you told them the incorrect editing steps. If they have the original they should be able to see what the truth is...


And you can't?
 05/22/2009 08:50:34 AM
Hehe well they took you at your word when you told them the incorrect editing steps. If they have the original they should be able to see what the truth is...
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 05/21/2009 10:11:17 PM
Originally posted by LydiaToo:
Huh? You told them you did some illegal something that you didn't do... and now you won't tell them that you were mistaken in your steps and tell the truth... what you really did?

This makes no sense to me. If you made a mistake, tell them and let them decide if it could have been done the way it really was done.

Really, Ben. If you didn't cheat, but said you did... then why not tell them now that you didn't? *sigh*


I did tell them, but I can't expect them to take me at my word.
 05/21/2009 10:10:38 PM
what she said... ditto
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 05/21/2009 10:08:18 PM
Huh? You told them you did some illegal something that you didn't do... and now you won't tell them that you were mistaken in your steps and tell the truth... what you really did?

This makes no sense to me. If you made a mistake, tell them and let them decide if it could have been done the way it really was done.

Really, Ben. If you didn't cheat, but said you did... then why not tell them now that you didn't? *sigh*
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2009 09:17:43 PM
Very nice! Congrats on the HM.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2009 11:10:30 AM
Ben, I am sorry this didn't Ribbon, it should've
Congratulation on the wonderful piture and top 5, very well done,
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2009 08:17:20 AM
Congrats on the HM. Great shot - gave it an 8. Perfect caption for this too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2009 07:25:27 AM
Very well done, congrats on your HM!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2009 06:02:10 AM
Great finish, Ben! I liked this one a lot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2009 02:48:38 AM
Congrats on the HM , wonderful poster. My fav for this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2009 01:45:56 AM
Ahhh, just shy of a ribbon. An HM is pretty darn good too!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2009 01:16:23 AM
Covered ALL aspects of the De-Motivational Poster Challenge. Deserved to ribbon. Congrats on a great effort.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2009 12:06:43 AM
Great job. This was one of my favorites.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2009 12:05:25 AM
Lovely! Congrats on the HM, Ben! Yipppeee!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/19/2009 12:35:47 PM
lol great idea:) pretty little snail too 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/18/2009 09:34:48 AM
You've got great bokeh going on here, I really like the almost vertigo feeling of it. I wish the slime was not there but I guess there is not much you can do about it in basic editing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/15/2009 11:15:11 PM
this is just plain wonderful...great photo with an even better saying
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/15/2009 02:47:26 PM
like it
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/15/2009 10:01:01 AM
yeah I agree with that :) great DOF, really love this photo
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/15/2009 07:33:52 AM
Good detail and nice bokeh. An apt message for the challenge and a well set out poster.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/15/2009 03:57:51 AM
lol excellent composition. comes out slightly dark on this monitor, perhaps could be lightened just a tad
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/14/2009 09:44:12 PM
Excellent! Evokes a mood of "What the Heck do I do Now?"
Even turning around and going back doesn't seem possible.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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