CLOSED: The Photomode Tournament: Season 06 2.0 - Semi-Final Round

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Semi-Final round of Season 06 of The Photomode 2.0 Tournament.
Make sure you understand the theme requirements of your match.
You can see each dashboard update by clicking in the: 2.0

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Get up close and personal with your car and capture some detail.
CARS: Any.
LOCATIONS: Any.
PHOTOTRAVEL: Yes.
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: Close up shot.

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Take a shot of a black car in a misty environment.
CARS: Any (black).
LOCATIONS: Any weather change.
PHOTOTRAVEL: No.
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: Car must be black and track misty/raining.

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

All entries must be submitted by Conversation to Nato_777 . Please, fill in the following form:

Conversation Requirements:

  • P.M. Title: Photomode Tournament Final Entry;
  • P.M. Subject: Image in either thumbnail, preview or just a link to the full size.

Entry Requirements:
  • 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!
  • One entry per user. It must be your own work, and never previously used in a competition;
  • Do not ask other users to choose your entry;
  • Absolutely no hybrid, hacked cars, or cars obtained through such means.;
  • Entries may not be changed after submitting;
  • All entries within the rules will go into poll;
  • You may not post your image elsewhere, until the poll closes down;
  • 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;
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2.0 (red)

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.
  • Add reflections to the road or any other surface.
  • 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.
  • Clean up or fix jaggies, texture pixelation, or colour separation.
  • Add a vignette effect.
  • Add a personal signature.

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23-11-13 Midnight GMT
 
Good luck Zerox, Rambo793 and Nato777. :)

My shot is ready to send to you Nathan. :) When you have yours, I'll send it. 👍

Looking forward to see the poll!
 
My shot is ready to send to you Nathan. :) When you have yours, I'll send it. 👍

Looking forward to see the poll!

I've taken a few shots and have one I quite like so now I just need to find the time to edit. ;)

Edit: Editing complete, entry locked in - Match 2 complete.
 
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This should be great, looking forward to seeing the shots. 👍

I also just noticed I've gone an accidentaly made next weeks 2.0 comp theme pretty much the samne as one of these themes. I should have checked before. It was one of the ones I put forth as an idea for the tourney.
 
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