- 8,187
- Kaikoura, NZ
- Nato777
Further explaination of the theme as described by Nato_777.
"Panoramas, I love 'em, they can convey a much better story than a regular shot as they can
give you the bigger picture surrounding the subject. Unfortunately we can't produce proper
panoramas with photo stitching under 2.0 rules but we can create pseudo-panoramas by
taking a 2x image and cropping it to a panoramic format. This is precisely what I would like
you to do this week. You can shoot anything you like, whereever you like, but make sure you
use the 2x option and then crop the image into a panorama. Try to create a dynamic image
that really shows the bigger picture in relation to the car(s) in the scene.
"Cars: Any.
Locations: Any.
Phototravel: Sure, why not.
Unique Restrictions: Anything goes but you must crop to a panoramic style.
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.
- Entries for the competition this week must be sent to the Judge Nato_777 Via
Private Message and not posted in this thread, any pics posted in this thread will not be
considered for the poll. - Your PM can consist of a preview image no bigger than 500px at the largest side with a
direct link to the full size image or just the full size image or just a link to the full size image. - Your first entry will be your last, you will not be allowed to change your entry so be happy
with it. - One entry per user. It must be your own work, and never previously used in a competition.
- Do not use a photo from your Gallery or post your photo shoot in your Gallery until after
the competition (and poll if you made it) has closed. - 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.
- Winner chooses the following week's theme and becomes Judge for that week.
- Winners cannot enter in their own theme!
- The Judge will select their favourite 15 entries and PM to the Host for the poll.
- The poll entries will then all be hosted by me so that links cannot be traced to the owner
of the photo. - 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. - It is recommended you host your image on ImageShack, Photobucket, or Flickr.
- It is also recommended to turn on the "privacy" of your entry image. Flickr users will need
to provide the judge with a direct link to the fullsize image when set to private as the link
used with the Share option won't be accessible to the judge/host.
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.
- Add a signature or personal watermark.
- 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.
- Add a reflection of a car to the road or any other surface.
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).
- 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.
- Clean up or fix jaggies, texture pixelation, or colour separation.
- Add a vignette effect.
Monday 14.10.13
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