madtownkeith
Mu-43 Regular
OK, here's the photo I'd like to use for this week's challenge. I took this while in the Florida Keys a few weeks ago, and I've had a lot of fun pulling a good image out of this dark, blah looking photo. I think it presents some good challenges and opportunities. Gear used was the OMD-EM5 and the Rokinon 7.5mm fisheye.
RAW:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23847003/Florida%20Keys%202013%20(OMD)%20-%20March%202013_0321.ORF
JPG:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23847003/Florida%20Keys%202013%20(OMD)%20-%20March%202013_0321-10.jpg
And here's what the unprocessed RAW looks like:
This challenge will end Monday evening, with the winners announced on Tuesday, April 30th.
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Mu-43 PP Challenge Rules
The Challenger will provide any photo that he/she deems worthy of challenging other members to "improve" by way Post Processing. It must be their own photo, and taken with m4/3 equipment. "Improve" is a subjective term, and includes many creative ideas as well as traditional "fixing". The Challenger agrees that entrants may make any changes they deem fit to post in their entry.
The winner of the previous challenge gets to post the next Challenge and serves as the judge for his/her PP challenge.
For obvious purposes, the judge is disqualified from participating in his/her own PP challenge. Instead, he/she should post a photo to start out the challenge.
Should the winner not be able to commit to being the next challenger/judge, the responsibility is passed on to the runner-up.
At the end of the 100-hours (we don't have to be strict about 100-hours, especially with time differences depending on where you are on the globe), the judge will name a winner, a first runner-up, and a second runner-up.
Entrants
The Challenger's image is posted for the sole purpose of the PP Challenge; it is not posted to invite Critique or Criticism.
Entries shall be limited to 2 per member for each Challenge.
Entrants to post a BBCode link to the Large size image of their PP edit(s), preferably 1024px x npx, or npx x 1024px, if the original image and/or the PP edit allow for these sizes. Also a click-through to the original sized hosted edit if appropriate (but not a requirement for entry). If you post your entry to a photo-hosting site such as Flickr, Photobucket, or a Gallery, etc., please credit the original photographer to make it clear it is not your photograph; something like "Photo taken by xxxxxx over at Mu-43.com" should suffice.
Entrants are strongly encouraged to post the settings and techniques used for their entry, however this is not a requirement for entry.
As we all know, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. We may not all agree with the chosen winners, but the judges decision is final without adverse comment from the Entrants; the judge is encouraged (but not required) to state what criteria he used to decide on a winner.
To make sure we don't break any Mu-43 rules/regulations, by participating in the PP Challenge you are allowing the judge to re-post your image for the sole purpose of announcing the winners in the thread.
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RAW:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23847003/Florida%20Keys%202013%20(OMD)%20-%20March%202013_0321.ORF
JPG:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23847003/Florida%20Keys%202013%20(OMD)%20-%20March%202013_0321-10.jpg
And here's what the unprocessed RAW looks like:
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This challenge will end Monday evening, with the winners announced on Tuesday, April 30th.
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Mu-43 PP Challenge Rules
The Challenger will provide any photo that he/she deems worthy of challenging other members to "improve" by way Post Processing. It must be their own photo, and taken with m4/3 equipment. "Improve" is a subjective term, and includes many creative ideas as well as traditional "fixing". The Challenger agrees that entrants may make any changes they deem fit to post in their entry.
The winner of the previous challenge gets to post the next Challenge and serves as the judge for his/her PP challenge.
For obvious purposes, the judge is disqualified from participating in his/her own PP challenge. Instead, he/she should post a photo to start out the challenge.
Should the winner not be able to commit to being the next challenger/judge, the responsibility is passed on to the runner-up.
At the end of the 100-hours (we don't have to be strict about 100-hours, especially with time differences depending on where you are on the globe), the judge will name a winner, a first runner-up, and a second runner-up.
Entrants
The Challenger's image is posted for the sole purpose of the PP Challenge; it is not posted to invite Critique or Criticism.
Entries shall be limited to 2 per member for each Challenge.
Entrants to post a BBCode link to the Large size image of their PP edit(s), preferably 1024px x npx, or npx x 1024px, if the original image and/or the PP edit allow for these sizes. Also a click-through to the original sized hosted edit if appropriate (but not a requirement for entry). If you post your entry to a photo-hosting site such as Flickr, Photobucket, or a Gallery, etc., please credit the original photographer to make it clear it is not your photograph; something like "Photo taken by xxxxxx over at Mu-43.com" should suffice.
Entrants are strongly encouraged to post the settings and techniques used for their entry, however this is not a requirement for entry.
As we all know, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. We may not all agree with the chosen winners, but the judges decision is final without adverse comment from the Entrants; the judge is encouraged (but not required) to state what criteria he used to decide on a winner.
To make sure we don't break any Mu-43 rules/regulations, by participating in the PP Challenge you are allowing the judge to re-post your image for the sole purpose of announcing the winners in the thread.
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