CLOSED: Secret Santa Competition Week 82

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Further explaination of the theme as described by CCShaft7.

"Well......not china shop exactly, I want you to take the Red Bull X2011 Prototype away from the
track and restrain this beast in to the confines of some of the photo-travel locales.
Plenty of opportunity to make this Adrian Newey hypothetical concept a reality with your 2.0 skillz :sly:."


Cars: Red Bull X2011 Prototype.
Locations: Only the following: Bern, Ahrweiler Street, both Kyoto's, Lucerne,
San Galgano Abbey, San Gimignano and Red Bull Hangar (inside hangar shots only).
Phototravel: Yes - see above.
Unique Restrictions: Keep it original Carbon-Fibre black and no track pics.

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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.

  • Entries for the competition this week must be sent to the Judge CCShaft7 Via
    Private Message and not posted in this thread, any pics posted in this thread will not be
    considered for the poll.
  • Your PM must consist of a preview image no bigger than 500px at the largest side with a
    direct 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 12 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.
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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.
  • 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.

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.
Failure to follow these rules will result in ignored entries and/or disqualification!
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Sunday 23.12.12
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@Darryl did you just say 'skillz' in a theme description?:lol:

On an editing note, i'd love to see anyone try to put some radial blur on the wheels to show motion like nathan did:sly:
 
Removed my post.

Realized I had given a clue to my entry. :dunce:
 
@Darryl did you just say 'skillz' in a theme description?:lol:


oooops....er yeah, must be a 'typo' :lol:

I'm hoping this weeks theme might get participation numbers back up a bit :nervous:, its been a bit tough on the S.S. lately with the 'Tournament' running and now we have an unofficial "5th Major" making a debut this week :crazy:

Want to see the old 'inbox' bulging with quality entries :drool:. I have every confidence you guys won't let me down 👍👍
 
that is just the outside cover. Its a mock-up X1 :D I would walk faster than that X1 even if I was drunk. :D
 
Hi guys, the inbox activity has steadily increased and quite happy with the response 👍 But as always the more the merrier, may even get enough to increase the final poll number :)

I haven't looked at any cos I'm leaving all submissions till late on today and treating them like my Xmas pressies :dopey:
So I won't be 'opening' any of them for about another 12 hrs from this post.....still plenty of time to shoot/edit/send if you're considering it :sly:
 
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A top 15 poll should be despatched Nato's way very soon :)

Many thanks for all your entries....... and good luck one and all 👍
 
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