Re: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-17 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" Subject: Re: WPP image disqualified I am afraid you misunderstood me. I know, it was fun. :-) Indeed, this image shouldn't have gotten as far and high as it got. But the way it happened smells of fish, especially

Re: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-16 Thread Boris Liberman
From: "Boris Liberman" Subject: Re: WPP image disqualified You're right in general, Bill. It is just that it is pretty obvious to me that once they start noticing image modifications of this magnitude, they inevitably will also look the other way at certain times. This, to me i

Re: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" Subject: Re: WPP image disqualified You're right in general, Bill. It is just that it is pretty obvious to me that once they start noticing image modifications of this magnitude, they inevitably will also look the other

Re: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-16 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/16/2010 4:41 PM, William Robb wrote: The problem with this sort of thing is where do they draw the line in the sand? Do they draw it at cloning out an errant foot because it "is not a subject of the image submitted to the contest"? What if they allow this, and next year, someone clones out s

Re: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-16 Thread John Sessoms
From: Keith Whaley Boris Liberman wrote: > On 3/7/2010 11:18 PM, Derby Chang wrote: >> >> Seems to me the crop and the B+W conversion do more to alter the content >> of the image than the foot clone. Still, I guess there is a "slippery >> slope" argument, and thems the rules. >> >> http://www.r

Re: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Keith Whaley" Subject: Re: WPP image disqualified To me it seems like a great example of a difference between spirit of the rules and letter of the rules... Boris It certainly is. Quite plainly put, the jury's decision was a monument

Re: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-16 Thread Keith Whaley
Boris Liberman wrote: On 3/7/2010 11:18 PM, Derby Chang wrote: Seems to me the crop and the B+W conversion do more to alter the content of the image than the foot clone. Still, I guess there is a "slippery slope" argument, and thems the rules. http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?

Re: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-16 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/7/2010 11:18 PM, Derby Chang wrote: Seems to me the crop and the B+W conversion do more to alter the content of the image than the foot clone. Still, I guess there is a "slippery slope" argument, and thems the rules. http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-10049-10543 T

Re: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-09 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Bob W wrote: > > He could probably have burnt it in to the point where it no longer > interfered with the composition, but remained within acceptable limits - ie, > was definitely there and not removed, but relatively unobtrusive. Agreed. Ashamed, really, because

Re: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-09 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 4:47 PM, DagT wrote: > I agree with you regarding the changes. To me this shows that the jury is > more interested in the rules than the reason for the rules. It's a photojournalism contest. I think it's clear that his alteration (small as it might have been) is beyond wh

Re: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-09 Thread AlunFoto
2010/3/8 David J Brooks : > > Those of us in the flat earth society, do not have that problem.:-) When you tilt a plane, all the water's going to run off on one side. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

RE: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-09 Thread Bob W
> > It's a photojournalism contest. I think it's clear that his > alteration (small as it might have been) is beyond what would > be considered acceptable for a press photograph. > > As submitted to the contest, it's a wonderful photo. I have > no doubt that the photographer wasn't trying to

Re: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-08 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 4:13 AM, David Mann wrote: > I'm also interested that he's as bad as I am at keeping the horizon straight. Those of us in the flat earth society, do not have that problem.:-) Dave > > Dave > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/list

Re: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-08 Thread David Mann
On Mar 8, 2010, at 10:18 AM, Derby Chang wrote: > Seems to me the crop and the B+W conversion do more to alter the content of > the image than the foot clone. Still, I guess there is a "slippery slope" > argument, and thems the rules. > > http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-

RE: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Derby Chang Seems to me the crop and the B+W conversion do more to alter the content of the image than the foot clone. Still, I guess there is a "slippery slope" argument, and thems the rules. http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-10049-10543 If that foot is supposed

Re: WPP image disqualified

2010-03-07 Thread DagT
I agree with you regarding the changes. To me this shows that the jury is more interested in the rules than the reason for the rules. DagT Den 7. mars 2010 kl. 22.18 skrev Derby Chang: > > Seems to me the crop and the B+W conversion do more to alter the content of > the image than the foot cl

WPP image disqualified

2010-03-07 Thread Derby Chang
Seems to me the crop and the B+W conversion do more to alter the content of the image than the foot clone. Still, I guess there is a "slippery slope" argument, and thems the rules. http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-10049-10543 -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iin