CLOSED: 2.0 Advanced Competition 020

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This week's theme in detail, brought to you by Giulietta73:

"As a counterpoint to the Perfect Curve theme, this week's comp is all about straight lines and corners. Car or no car - that's up to you. I'm looking for clean lines, interesting corners and lots of angles. If we have to guess the car or location then you're on the right track!"


CARS: Any or none
LOCATIONS:
PHOTOTRAVEL: Yes
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: Lines, angles, and corners - avoid curves!


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Please, ensure you read and understand all requirements for this competition. Failure to follow the rules may result in disqualification. If you have questions, start a convo with me.
This Thread will answer many possible questions you may have.

  • It is recommended you host your image on ImageShack, Photobucket, or Flickr.
  • Not sure how to post a thumbnail or preview image? Read this sticky!
  • Please use a clickable-preview to full-size, not a separate text link for it;
    it makes poll creation much easier!
  • One entry per user. It must be your own work, and never previously used in a comp.
  • Do not ask other users to choose your entry.
  • Absolutely no hybrid, hacked cars, or cars obtained through such means.
  • Mark your FINAL ENTRY clearly, with red text. On H2H weeks, which side, as well.
    Unsure how to? Copy and paste the following:
    [COLOR="Red"]FINAL ENTRY[/COLOR]
  • You may change your entry once. Do it clearly; edit out your previous entry, and
    either post the new one in a new reply, or in place of the original.
  • When submitting, use either a thumbnail or a preview image, linked to the full-sizer.
  • Preview images can not exceed 500 pixels in either direction.
  • A preview image must be representative of the full-size image. Do not add effects to it.
  • Do not post "Honourable Mentions" or outtakes - just your Final Entry, that's all.
  • Winner gets to choose the following week's theme, as well as the Top 20. Every fourth
    week, the poll will be H2H style: entries must choose a "team", leading to two 10-picture,
    4-day polls. The winners from each faces off in a final 48 hour poll.
  • Winners cannot enter in their own theme!
  • The Host may ask for the original image and it must be submitted if so.
    It's recommended to save the original image (preferably in-game) until week's ends.
Failure to follow these rules will result in ignored entries and/or disqualification!

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What you may not do to a photo:
  • Alter the geometry of the car. No stickers, or body modifications not available in game.
  • Add shapes or objects from outside of GT5, signatures excepted.
  • Tying into the above: signatures only, no image titles or other typographic elements.
  • Add lens flares or "artistic" filters to image.
  • Remove items from shot (scenery, other cars).
  • Use more than 1 image (HDR, photo-stitching, multi-exposure).
  • "Creative cropping". The main "image" must be four-sided, with 90-degree, upright corners.
  • Selective car colour changing: masking different parts to create racing stripes or similar.

What you may do to a photo:
  • Crop and/or resize an image.
  • Adjust the level or curve values.
  • Alter the colour tone of the image (gradient maps, photo filters, colour balance, etc).
  • Car body colour change (all stickers/design features must remain, see "Remove Items" rule).
  • Adjust brightness, contrast, exposure, shadow/highlights.
  • Enhance shadows or highlights (dodge and burn tools in Photoshop, for example).
  • Add noise and/or diffuse glow.
  • Add a post-game tilt-shift blur, or apply a motion blur to a stationary Photomode shot.
  • Make use of Layer Blend Modes.
  • Use a Sharpening filter and/or tool.
  • Remove or modify license plates - it must be hand-drawn, no importing real ones.
  • Remove the GT watermark.
  • Add a personal signature.
  • Clean up or fix jaggies, texture pixelation, or colour separation.
  • Add a vignette effect.
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05.01.14
[20.00 GMT]
 
This is really open as a theme. I'm looking for shapes, patterns and good general abstraction. The Perfect Curve comp is my inspiration - some of those shots really move away from a picture of a car into something 'arty'.:drool: And we have some stunning architecture to mess around with too.👍
 
Its a super shot Ilya!:drool:
I know that adding text was an issue but I'm unsure of whether its allowed or not (apart from signatures).
Hopefully @Nato_777 or @SlipZtrEm can advise?

But apart from that, it fits the theme beautifully!!👍
 
Nice theme, Eric ! :cheers: I have a picture which is well suited to the theme of this week. I stuck with the rules of 2.0 and editing not goes beyond the limits, but I'm still not sure it's allowed. :nervous:


I think the 'Beyond Reality' title might be the only issue :cheers:
 
I'm not actually 100% sure on this one but I'm leaning towards it not being allowed. Definitely under the revised rules the typography is an issue - you cannot have an image title or descriptive text. The mirroring is something not expressly covered in the rules but I believe falls under adding/removing objects and would therefore be outside the rules. @SlipZtrEm will need to confirm - as I said I'm not 100% sure, only 99.9%.
I would say to have something else up your sleeve there @ShaolinMasta just in case. ;)
 
Its a super shot Ilya!:drool:
I know that adding text was an issue but I'm unsure of whether its allowed or not (apart from signatures).
Hopefully @Nato_777 or @SlipZtrEm can advise?

But apart from that, it fits the theme beautifully!!👍

I think the 'Beyond Reality' title might be the only issue :cheers:

I'm not actually 100% sure on this one but I'm leaning towards it not being allowed. Definitely under the revised rules the typography is an issue - you cannot have an image title or descriptive text. The mirroring is something not expressly covered in the rules but I believe falls under adding/removing objects and would therefore be outside the rules. @SlipZtrEm will need to confirm - as I said I'm not 100% sure, only 99.9%.
I would say to have something else up your sleeve there @ShaolinMasta just in case. ;)

Thank you very much :cheers: I'll wait for confirmation.
 
Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to get an entry in. My struggling PS3 has finally given up the ghost and I haven't been able to fix it yet. Bummer too because I took pictures for it the last time the system before it broke :lol: Good luck everybody!
 
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