05-04-11 – Cloudscapes

A ruling, clarification, whatever you call it.

Let’s say a theme allowed panoramics. Are each and all pictures in said panoramic thus barred (or barred for any length of time) from being used, alone as an entry.

And the converse. If a picture has been a previous entry, but a theme allowing pano’s came about in which the picture could be composed withof, is that barred?

//not that it’s germane to the contest or anything. But it came to mind while contemplating it.

I think this issue has come up before and the consensus then was its not just “picture” but “frame #”. Thus you can’t recrop, recolor, stich, unstich, layer or unlayer a photo to call it new if it was used previously, no matter the context.

Using 2 different frames of the “same picture” is legal however.

got some cloud shots driving home. and i’m looking at them with the windows picture viewer and thinking about how to tweak them for better appearance. now my new setup is dual monitor so i grab the window and drag it onto the other monitor. damn i sure need to get these calibrated to match each other. but it reminded me that no matter what i do i have no control over the voters monitor. so i may not too much time trying to make the entries “perfect”.

I’d like a ruling on a pic. My thought behind using it is that the motorcyclist appears to be driving on the cloud… but maybe it’s not “cloudy” enough? I’d like to know before I deal with the unholy amount of dust on the shot…. 😉

http://follandfamily.com/TFK/farktography/unfixed_IMG_8877.JPG

While you’re in a ruling mood, can I get a ruling on these:

http://www.fotojuju.com/fotojuju/fark/100901/S-IMG_0316.jpg
http://www.fotojuju.com/fotojuju/fark/100915/S-IMG_0317.JPG

Are either of those cloudscape-y enough or do they have too much of a terrestrial element to them?

I would think that those would be pretty much spot-on target photos for the theme.

Great, thanks guys.

I’m convince that connecticut has the most boring skies evar. Off to the archives.

I hear that; our skies have been cloud free for over a week (that I’ve seen), and I’m itching to find a third entry.

On another note–not a question of which picture to use, but of which way to render it. Here’s a snip-it of a photo I will be using, two versions. I’ve rendered it a few ways (curves, saturations, color temps, and white balancing), but can’t decide between more natural tones or using the white-balance eye dropper to make an eye-dropping color shift (almost dreamy, IMO).

I know white balancing is an acceptable adjustment, but is it going to far (keeping in mind LGT a ‘snipit’ of the whole photo)?

http://fossilspringsaz.com/pics/2011/may/04/color.html

Kidding. 🙂

I don’t have a strong preference between the two version.