CLOSED: Secret Santa Competition Week 5

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Further explaination of the theme in the words of bmxmitch.

"What makes a car look beautiful and something special compared to others? For me, its Silhouette!
So, show me the most beautiful Silhouette of a GT5 car.
It has to be only one car, shot from the side (and side only!)"


Cars: Any
Locations: Any
Phototravel: Yes
Unique Restrictions: Only one car in shot. Car must be shot from the side.

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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 must be sent to this weeks Judge bmxmitch 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 selects the Top 10 entries for the poll.
  • Winners cannot enter in their own theme!
  • The Judge will select the top 10 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.
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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, 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.
Failure to follow these rules will result in ignored entries and/or disqualification!
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Sunday 03.07.11
 
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Nice choice of one of my pics Nato! Fits perfect for this week:tup:

If anyone has questions regarding the theme, PM me. ;)


here are 2 examples of what I'm thinking of:





hope this helps a bit.....
also, there should be plenty of options for this week. Surprise me guys and girls!:) I'm really looking forward to some nice Entries!


and don't forget! Do not post your Entry here, PM me your 500px preview with the link to its full-size.
 
I felt the same but then I realized that I already have it up on my gallery. :(

I took another picture. :) I was going to use the same spot as the ZR1 shots in my gallery, but it only works for front shots. So I went somewhere else. :dopey: :lol:
 
I'm just thinking, should we really be allowed signatures?
'Cause that kinda ruins the whole point of the competition.
 
No, signatures shouldn't be allowed, honestly.

Just like you said, it'd somewhat ruin the competition and meaning of "Secret Santa". :indiff:
 
No, signatures shouldn't be allowed, honestly.

Just like you said, it'd somewhat ruin the competition and meaning of "Secret Santa". :indiff:

Absolutely!
I think we need to add this to the rules, just to avoid any misapprehension.

Also, I'm not sure how Nato wants it exactly but I would like to get the Entries with a full code.
Like it is made in the usual Competitions. A 500px preview with a direct link to its full size.
Would make things for Nato much easier I think. ;)
 
:ouch: You guys are right. I meant to change that rule to 'No signatures allowed'. :banghead: I'll fix that now. Sorry 'bout that, my FAIL! :lol:
 
Also, I'm not sure how Nato wants it exactly but I would like to get the Entries with a full code.
Like it is made in the usual Competitions. A 500px preview with a direct link to its full size.
Would make things for Nato much easier I think. ;)

Actually it doesn't make any difference to me but I can see that it probably would make it easier for the judge so I'll adjust that in the rules too.

If fact I'm open to any suggestions for this comp, it's not an official GTPlanet competition (yet) so we can tweek it any way we want really, although I think Fezz did a great job with the concept, rules and operation of the comp in the first place.
 
I've sent my entry. I hope the picture is not too big.
Well it is too big. I forgot to resize it.

Your picture really is big, but the thumbnail is fine, so no problem there! ;)

And good that you said it here. I wanted to tell you guys anyway.
It would be good for everyone to post that you've sent the Entry. If I see it here, I easily can tell if I received a mail or not. Just to avoid mistakes some guys *cough**me* have made.

So far, I received 5 Entries and every single one is nice and totally legit! Keep it on guys:)👍
 
should mention my entry sent couple days ago.... for bmx to check its received. 👍
 
... the entry i´ve send is not allowed to show up anywhere on the forum until the winner is annonced right ?
 
received 10 Entries so far! If noone joins the Party, I got a comfortable job, hehe....:sly:

Also, every single one is legit and very nice. No fail yet! 👍
 
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