Ok, so clearly, some explanation is in order. First off, I love this location because it's a hit or miss location. It can either turn out really good, or not good at all. Seeing as it is a photo travel location, I looked for a certain amount of good detail since the detail in photo travel is much better than on track. I openly admit that I based a few of my decisions on personal taste, but asking me not to do so is as good as me not being a judge at all, also, I don't have a biased liking towards italian cars. I did however take composition and uniqueness into account, which might give insight into some of the... more... "wth?" shots. When choosing I didn't just pick and slap it on the list, I split them up into 3 groups and went over each one over and over again.
Not even going to be nice, i feel cheated.
Gtuned, I actually had you on my list to make the poll, but when you changed your entry I had to rethink it, it's one of those times where... you're writing an exam, and you put down and answer, have too much doubt in it, change it, and then realize your first answer was right. It wasn't only you neither, I only liked one of the changed entries (as in liked the new one more than the old one).
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=183655&page=3#post4898161
Could you tell why my shot hasn't made the cut, gtsomething? I really,
really want to know it so the next time I can make it when you win the 2.0 competition again...
I actually really liked your shot Sejtur, when you first put I up, I said to myself "that's most likely going to make the poll" but the more I looked at it, the more it bothered me. Mainly the jagged reflection on the windshield, had that been smooth, it would have made the poll for sure. Yeah it's just one minor flaw, but if the Mona Lisa had a crooked nose... well, you get the point.
where is my picture?...........
:'(
I think it deserves to be on this poll
San Gimignano_ plaza mayor_lmb por
x4viier, en Flickr
It's quite dark, and nothing really jumps out at me as spectacular. Although it's not a bad picture, it just wasn't good enough for me.
My entry is a scenery shot, because I feel the photo travel location doesn't work for cars at all.
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When I was the judge in one of the weeks, I went through 4 shortlists. Before posting up my final candidates.
Along with that, I didn't base my nominations on taste. But how well the shot was set out, seeing how I prefer a shot with composition.
I allowed the scenery shot because it would bring a bit more variety into the competition, and it's not like I don't like the shot, because I have a picture in real life with similar post processing. But when you said you were going to do a scenery shot, I thought it would be very difficult, but of course I was still curious as to what you could pull off. I thought it would be difficult because the buildings in GT5 aren't very detailed, their corners are very sharp and harsh, yet their flat surfaces are pixelated and rough, so that's why it didn't make the poll.
I think, there was better shots. Instead of the following:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5134/5474210533_99845db1a2_b.jpg - Has an awarked angle, along with too much exposure.
http://i54.tinypic.com/2gw955f.jpg/ - Too much expsoure.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8127/sangimignanotownsquare6.jpg - Has far too much noise, while lacking any composition.
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/107/week13pac.jpg - The filter and colour tones, ruin the shot.
The first one I liked cause of the tone and detail, the tones especially, they bring the focus towards the car, and it looks kind of movie-like. Which is a type of filter I've always liked.
The second one had unique POV and good vignetting.
The third one, I don't know why I like it, it's obviously very unique, and when enlarged it just appealed to me as an interesting image, and it stood out very well.
The fourth one, originally I wasn't too big of a fan of it, the colours were extremely saturated and harsh, and I don't like the composition as the car is sitting in a very awkward place. But when enlarged the background detail looked nice, as the filter suited the people in the shot, it looked almost like a postcard. This shot was one of my final decisions, and I was really skeptical about adding it to the poll because of the composition, but in the end, the way the filter affects the location made me add it in.
If anyone else wants an explanation as to my apparently whacky decisions, or wants to know why their picture didn't make it. I will happily oblige.
Edit: Looking back at it now, there is 1, MAYBE two, maybe, that I would change on that poll.
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