CLOSED: 2.0 Advanced Competition 71

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Further explanation of the theme, provided by Moglet:

"Since I received 'Most Influential Photographer' at the awards this year I'm going to get
everyone to take their favourite shot from my gallery and apply their own style to it! I don't
mean directly though, you must re-shoot the image but feel free to apply your own twist to it.
The more original, the better."

Mogshots is located here!


CARS: Any
LOCATIONS: Any
PHOTOTRAVEL: Yes
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: See above

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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, send me a Private Message.
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.
  • Mark your FINAL ENTRY clearly, with red text. On H2H weeks, which side, as well.
  • 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 15. Every fourth
    week, the poll will be H2H style: entries must choose a "team", leading to two 8-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.
  • 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.
  • Scale or enlarge rims.
  • Remove or modify license plates.
  • 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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08.04.12
[14.00 GMT]
 
Uhhhhhh, nice! I liked the idea when the theme popped up in the Tournament. And now this week? Awesome! :dunce:👍

Now, whats my favorite shot from you........💡
 
If anyone can recreate the "Glitch" shot then they should automatically win IMO lol
 
Awesome theme !
Like Mitchy, I also loved this theme during the tourney.
I'd like to see it pop up occasionnally during 2.0 comps 👍
Now I'm off to choose my fav pic from the Mog. Gonna be long...
 
Way to get some traffic through your gallery ;) Great theme, I love it! 👍
 
Dammit, I should've read the description once more. I only copied moglets shot now....:ouch:

I'll try to do another one with a bit of my style later. ;)
 
Awww yeah, this is gonna be awesome. Great idea Mog 👍
 
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[url="http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8594/glitchprev.jpg"]loose interpretation of this shot[/url][/s]
 
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Is it ok if I use a shot that was taken before your shot, but is similar to one of your shots?
 
mazda787
Is it ok if I use a shot that was taken before your shot, but is similar to one of your shots?
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Sure!

For everyone else; copying my shot exactly will not get you in to the poll! I'm looking for personal twists on my shots.

As a side note I'm fairly sure that attempting to recreate the 'Glitch' photo will put your image outside of the 2.0 rules. The image above certainly seems to be breaking the rules.
 
Moglet
As a side note I'm fairly sure that attempting to recreate the 'Glitch' photo will put your image outside of the 2.0 rules. The image above certainly seems to be breaking the rules.
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if my glitch photo violates any of the rules it's hard for me to see which one - maybe the use of the threshold adjustment or violating the rule about vehicle geometry - but i don't see how someone couldn't do something very similar completely within the confines of the rules.

additional clarification would be useful sooner rather than later - i had a lot of fun trying to work within the spirit of the competition, if not completely within the rules.
 
benda18
if my glitch photo violates any of the rules it's hard for me to see which one - maybe the use of the threshold adjustment or violating the rule about vehicle geometry - but i don't see how someone couldn't do something very similar completely within the confines of the rules.

additional clarification would be useful sooner rather than later - i had a lot of fun trying to work within the spirit of the competition, if not completely within the rules.
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It depends how you did it really, we will have to wait for clarification on the rules. I can't say whether it's within the rules or not unfortunately but I would imagine you had to use something besides the usual tools to get the background to look like that. I could be wrong though, I just came up with the theme!

I wasn't allowed to add heat haze to an image a while back so I'm just thinking that blocking out most of the track with black and white shapes would fall foul of the rules too.
 
Moglet
It depends how you did it really, we will have to wait for clarification on the rules. I can't say whether it's within the rules or not unfortunately but I would imagine you had to use something besides the usual tools to get the background to look like that. I could be wrong though, I just came up with the theme!

I wasn't allowed to add heat haze to an image a while back so I'm just thinking that blocking out most of the track with black and white shapes would fall foul of the rules too.
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I didn't add anything that wasn't already in the picture - everything is manipulation of layers based on original image and modified using levels, brightness, contrast, curves, saturation, or the threshold adjustment
 

Not sure with this one. It may differentiate from the Original too much, Different car, slightly different angle... I unno. Also contains a little easter egg :D
Final Entry
"New Generation"

Mog's Shot​
 
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Gtuned

Also contains a little easter egg :D
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The watermark? :p
These are all great guys, keep them coming! Most of them have been better than my shots so far :lol:
 
Just for clarification purposes, can we take a shot of similar/exact angle but with a different & track, or is that too much?
 
A little twist.......

Final Entry

"Revolution's Lambo - 500"



....... a crude attempt at the Original :guilty:​
 
BkS
Just for clarification purposes, can we take a shot of similar/exact angle but with a different & track, or is that too much?
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Of course you can, there are no limits to your own take on things! 👍 It's always good to link to the original image you've used for inspiration, though.

CCShaft, that's absolutely brilliant! Just the sort of creativity I was hoping for.

mazda787
Final Entry


Suzuka Circuit East Course_2_edit by mazda787, on Flickr

Similar to this!​
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Funnily enough I think you're using the very image that inspired me to take that photo in the first place! Was that image taken a while back and submitted to the realistic images thread? Because I saw one in there that made me want to try out my own version. 👍
 
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