CLOSED: The Photomode Tournament: Season 2 - First Round

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First round of the Photomode Tournament. Make sure you understand the theme requirements of your match.
You can see each dashboard update by clicking in either PMC or 2.0


PMC
[Click to raise dashboard]


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Show 4X4 car(s) (four wheel drive)
CARS: Any 4x4
LOCATIONS: Any
PHOTOTRAVEL: Yes
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: Car(s) must have four wheel drive.

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Black cards, black cars, black everything
CARS: Any
LOCATIONS: Any
PHOTOTRAVEL: Any
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: Car(s) must be black, wheels must be black.

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Show the beauty and style of car(s) from either Britain or Italy
CARS: Any British or Itallian
LOCATIONS: Any
PHOTOTRAVEL: No
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: Race Car(s) on the track; Road Car(s) on the road.

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Go back to the beauty of the 80's or 90's Rally.
CARS: Any '80 or '90 rally car
LOCATIONS: Any dirt or snow
PHOTOTRAVEL: No
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: Car(s) must be in motion.

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Give your best shot from the legendary 24h race
CARS: Only race cars that have been driving at Le Mans
LOCATIONS: La Sarthe (all versions)
PHOTOTRAVEL: No
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: See above.

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Take a picture with the cars on the grid awaiting the green light.
CARS: Any
LOCATIONS: Any that have a grid start
PHOTOTRAVEL: No
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: No motion in the shot; More than one car must be visible.

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Show your car doing, power sliding, drifting, donughts, burn outs or another manoeuvre you can dream up just as long as you make your black marks on the track.
CARS: Infiniti only
LOCATIONS: Any
PHOTOTRAVEL: No
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS:The car and markings on the track must be visible.

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ashes519 - Take a shot of any Audi car;
Gtuned - Take a shot of any BMW car
CARS: Any AUDI or BMW
LOCATIONS: Any
PHOTOTRAVEL: Yes
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: See above



2.0
[Click to raise dashboard]


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Show MR car(s) (Mid-engine; Rear-wheel drive)
CARS: Any MR car
LOCATIONS: Any
PHOTOTRAVEL: Yes
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: Car(s) must be mid-engine, rear-wheel drive.

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Show me some passion, show me red car(s).
CARS: Any
LOCATIONS: Any
PHOTOTRAVEL: Yes
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: Car(s) must be Red

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Take a picture of a race car, highlighting one or more of the sponsor decals.
CARS: Any car with sponsor decals.
LOCATIONS: Any
PHOTOTRAVEL: Yes
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: See above.

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Lower your suspension height to a minimum.
CARS: Any
LOCATIONS: Any
PHOTOTRAVEL: Yes
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: Car suspension must be low.

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Bring your favorite car to the mighty track of Top Gear and show your best!!!
CARS: Any
LOCATIONS: Top gear track
PHOTOTRAVEL: No
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: See above.

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A picture from any of the Season Event currently available
CARS: Any from season event
LOCATIONS: Any from season event
PHOTOTRAVEL: No
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: Both car and track combination must be from a season event.

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Show of the mighty German engineering in any German Track/Location
CARS: German Car(s)
LOCATIONS: German Location(s)
PHOTOTRAVEL: Ahrweiler Only
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: See Above

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CCShaft7 - Must take a shot of any Tunning car(s) in a city circuit;
Benmastaw00t - Must take a shot of any Touring car(s) in a world circuit;
CARS: Tunning or Touring cars
LOCATIONS: City or World circuits
PHOTOTRAVEL: No
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: See Above



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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 any questions, please, send me a Private Message or READ THIS.

Private Message Requirements:

  • All entries must be submitted by P.M. to Nicknamealguem .
    Please, fill in the following form:
    • P.M. Title: Photomode Tornament Final Entry;
    • P.M. Subject: Image in either thumbnail or a preview linked to it's full size and which side you will be competing.

Entry Requirements:
  • Only one entry per user allowed. It must be that user own work and never seen/used before;
  • You may not post your image elsewhere, until the poll closes down.
  • Do not ask other members to choose your entry;
  • Entries may not be changed after submitting (only if against the theme rules);
  • Previews should not exceed the limit of 500px in either direction and have any effect not present in the original image;
  • It's recommended the usage of a free image hosting service, such as ImageShack, Photobucket or Flickr;
  • All entries within the rules will go into poll;
  • Keep in mind that the Host of this competition may ask for the original image and it must be submitted if so.
    It's recommended to store the original image (from the USB stick) until competition round ends.

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PMC (blue)

  • No other editing, besides proportionally resize and rotate, is allowed outside GT5 Photomode.
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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.
  • Remove items from shot (scenery, other cars).
  • Use more than 1 image (HDR, photo-stitching, multi-exposure).
  • Add a personal signature

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).
  • 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 Photo Travel 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.

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20.09.11
[20.00GTM]


 
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Oh great, I'm up against the poll joint-winner?! :P

Good luck to Wallbreaker! :cheers:

Really excited to see Matches 4, 5, 6, and 8 in 2.0 :D
 
Curious as to how the seeding works on the tournament dashboard? And interested to see what is done with my 'burn those tires' theme suggestion.

Now for a 4x4 shot :) game on ijkhk4 :D and good luck
 
Hey hey hey !!!
Best of luck Mitch ! It's gonna be a tough match for me but I'll try my best 👍

Quick edit : Damn, I won't have much time to take a shot for this! saturday morning is the only window I have ! :scared:
 
why do i face the very best of gtplanet ?!?!?


ooooooh dear knocked tou in round 2 ,

goood luck to every oen else :)
 
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Interesting theme, up against one of the best from the qualy round so this will be tough.
 
Really gratefull to be in the first round
Looking forward to my match against murcie_lp640
And finally good luck to u all =)
 
Oh great, I'm up against the poll joint-winner?! :P

Good luck to Wallbreaker! :cheers:

Really excited to see Matches 4, 5, 6, and 8 in 2.0 :D

Oh boy :scared: Seems like I get kicked out at round 1 for second time :nervous: I hate themes being that open...

Good luck anyway ;)

Excited to see what the others will do.
 
Hey hey hey !!!
Best of luck Mitch ! It's gonna be a tough match for me but I'll try my best 👍

Quick edit : Damn, I won't have much time to take a shot for this! saturday morning is the only window I have ! :scared:

Maaan, Top Gear? Not my favorit track to shoot pics, but I will make it as hard for you as I can! :D
Looking forward what you will do....and especially, which car you will choose!:)


Also, got one question: Is it allowed to use old shots? Some I already edited?

ooooooh dear knocked tou in round 2 ,

goood luck to every oen else :)

IF you will make it, you have to face Fido or me then.:cheers:
 
Also, got one question: Is it allowed to use old shots? Some I already edited?

That´s interesting for me as well. I have one or two that would fit the theme, which aren´t in my gallery yet and which are only on my flickr account, so no one has seen them yet.
 
edit: I got my pic! ;) But I will sleep over it for a few days this time. ;)
 
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Could you help me clarify "Touring" car? Are you talking racing touring cars like Super GT, DTM, etc. or Touring cars as in 2 or 4 door sports cars?
 
Looking forward to seeing the results for these matchups. Will be a difficult round for me Lellep takes some good pics and the theme will be difficult without any editing now I'm thinking I should have gone for 2.0 :lol: good luck Lellep
 
After the disappointment of falling at the first hurdle last time out just getting this far feels like an achievement :) I know full well I will have to bring my best 'game' out - esp for 2.0 :scared:

Really getting a good vibe about the 'Theme' so looking forward to the challenge, Best of luck Benmastaw00t 👍 and to all the other tourney contestants.
 
I'm up against Gtuned :scared:. I don't think I am going to get past this round.
Anyway, I want to know if I can tell anyone what car I am going to use. Well, it's more asking if I can use it but if I ask on here everyone will know what car I am using. That's if it is allowed.
 
But that doesn´t include flickr (the actual image hoster), does it?
It's a gray area, since you can actually have feedback from other users on flickr.

Could you help me clarify "Touring" car? Are you talking racing touring cars like Super GT, DTM, etc. or Touring cars as in 2 or 4 door sports cars?
PM sent.

I'm up against Gtuned :scared:. I don't think I am going to get past this round.
Anyway, I want to know if I can tell anyone what car I am going to use. Well, it's more asking if I can use it but if I ask on here everyone will know what car I am using. That's if it is allowed.
No you cannot. If you have any questions regarding the theme or what is acceptable or not, send me a PM.
 
You can set your privacy of the photo before you upload, on flickr.

Will it be visible in the poll, when it´s set to private?

Also I´d like to know whether it´s necessary again to be absolutely anonymous as we had to be in the qualifyer (direct link to full size image)?
 
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Looking forward to seeing the results for these matchups. Will be a difficult round for me Lellep takes some good pics and the theme will be difficult without any editing now I'm thinking I should have gone for 2.0 :lol: good luck Lellep

Well I don't think "good" will be enough for me to win this round ^^
Anyhow, lets hope for a good battle and good luck to you aswell mate :)
 
Ohoho, i'm up against Raphaele.

Let's get this over with a bang. Both of us.
Good luck dude. :D
 
"Go time" A new challenge for me, I've never done such pictures, but earlier I made a first try. Best of luck to everyone.
 
Well, it's not easy taking good pics at the Top Gear Test Track...
At least, I think found the right color for the car.
Now I need to pick the right car...

How is it going Mitch ? :D
 
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