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- Nato777

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
2.0
[Click to raise dashboard]

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

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.

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;

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.

23-11-13 Midnight GMT