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Metro Photo Challenge

  • 30-09-2009 11:29am
    #1
    sasar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭


    Once again Metro has a photo challenge, this time for the following three categories:
    People, Places & Climate Change.

    http://www.metrophotochallenge.com/ie


    There is one thing in T&C that confuses me:
    Your photos cannot be digitally manipulated by any software

    Does it mean that I cannot upload a photo that has been shot in RAW?


Comments

  • #2
    CabanSail
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 9,047 CMod ✭✭✭✭CabanSail


    That seems a very strange condition. As you say if you shoot in RAW then every image must have some manipulation as you really just start with data.


  • #3
    Covey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,368 ✭✭✭Covey


    I wouldn't take it so literally!. Digital manipulation, not digital processing is most likely whats meant.


  • #4
    CabanSail
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 9,047 CMod ✭✭✭✭CabanSail


    I just phoned them.

    They do mean that you can adjust Brightness, Contrast, White Balance, Saturation etc.

    You cannot add or remove elements from the image, apply cloning etc.

    Reading between the lines it means that you can work on the pixels which are there, without moving them.


  • #5
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    http://www.metrophotochallenge.com/ie/photo/82908 - 1 image or 2?


  • #6
    xia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭xia


    @ CabanSail
    Did you by any chance ask about this as well?
    To be considered for the prize the photo must have been taken in any city of your country of origin

    And on the other hand
    Entrants must be based in Ireland

    Does that mean, I would have to submit a photo taken in Germany or you one taken in Australia but as we live in Ireland we may enter the irish competition? :confused: (Metro is not available in Germany anyway)


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  • #7
    dudara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    There are phots from Tahiti and China etc in the Irish section - is that correct?


  • #8
    xia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭xia


    dudara wrote: »
    There are phots from Tahiti and China etc in the Irish section - is that correct?

    That confirms how I read the terms & conditions (see above)


  • #9
    CabanSail
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 9,047 CMod ✭✭✭✭CabanSail


    I think the Country of Origin would mean the one where you reside & that particular Metro is published.

    I wonder if they actually mean their rules or is it like the Late Late competition where they are just ignored?


  • #10
    pete4130
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,944 ✭✭✭pete4130


    If last year is anything to go by, best off shooting with a camera phone....the % of camera phone/camera phone quality images that made it to the top 100 was ridiculous. I'm not taking away from the good images that made it....I'm saying there were some absolutely dire, terrible, poorly composed, badly exposed images with noise, pixelation and bad colour reproduction.


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