Votes will be tallied up on the Friday night and displayed in the main post for results (eg. Votes received before or after the voting period (Tuesday morning to Friday night) will not be counted.ġ. Members cannot vote for their own photo!ĥ. Only one vote is allowed per forum member.Ĥ. Absolutely no comments/suggestions etc should be made in the "Challenge # - VOTING - THEME TITLE" post.ģ. The title (subject) of the "follow-up (reply)" message must contain the name (nickname) of the photographer of the photo you wish to vote for.Ģ. To vote for a photo for that week, voters should perform a "follow-up (reply)" on the main post for voting (eg. Absolutely no comments/suggestions etc should be made in the "Challenge # - SUBMIT - THEME TITLE" post.ġ. Use of the cloning or rubber stamp tool to remove minor blemishes and small, unwanted items such as power lines and debris that may spoil your composition.īarrel distortion and pin-cushioning correction.ġ0. Use of corrective functions such as levels, contrast, brightness, curves, gamma, intensity, tone, hue, saturation, desaturation, lightness, value (in HSV model), RGB color channel adjustment, color balance, and tint. These filters should not be used to the extent that they create a non-realistic or artistic effect. Use of filters such as sharpen, unsharp mask, soften, blur, despeckle, JPG cleanup, and remove noise. This rule does not prevent you from correcting color anomalies, such as purple fringing.
Global conversion of color images to grayscale, sepia, or similarly toned images.
#FINAL DRAFT 10 GET OUT OF READER MODE SOFTWARE#
One-step enhancement (known in various software packages as Auto Levels, Auto Contrast, Intellihance, Quick Fix, etc.) Only the following enhancements can be made for submitted photos: All photo entries must be less than 200k in size.Ĩ. All photo entrants should include the following information: All photo entries should have a unique title (subject).Ĥ. In the case of the topic/theme for a challenge being location/weather/season etc specific, photos from the previous six months can be submitted. That is, there will be a total of 24 days for taking photos to enter in the competition. All photo entries must have been taken in this specified period: This post will include a description of the theme/topic, and any special rules/conditions for that challenge.Ģ. To submit a photo for that week, entrants should perform a "follow-up (reply)" on the main post for submitting (eg. Voting can start on Tuesday morning (the day after entries close), and end Friday night where the winner will be announced. That is, entrants will have ten days to submit their photos. Photo entries will cease on the night of the second Monday. Photo entries can be entered from the starting Friday, under the Submit posting. For example:įor Image posting: "Challenge 1 - SUBMIT - THEME TITLE"įor Image voting: "Challenge 1 - VOTING - THEME TITLE"įor Results: "Challenge 1 - RESULTS - THEME TITLE" The first topic will be for the current challenge, and the second topic will be for the next upcoming challenge.Ī post (message) for the challenge for that week will have a specific title (Subject) in the "Nikon Talk Forum". Two topics will be introduced on the night of the starting Friday. The fortnightly Nikon CoolPix Challenge will start on Friday nights at 7:00pm, and commence for two weeks. Please Note: All times/dates mentioned are in "Central America Time (-6GMT)".
NIKON COOLPIX CHALLENGE RULES - FINAL DRAFT Rule 2 and Rule 5 in "Posting Rules" have been modified. All references to "competition/contest have now been replaced with "Challenge"Ģ. The following changes have been made since the second draft:ġ.