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[quote user="Semper Vaporo"][ <p>I can't speak for the judges abilities, nor for the particular reasons behind the rules of the contest. I suspect that with the advent of digital cameras the rules have had to be modified to allow for them. Before digitals, you had to have had the negative available so they could see if you had done any "re-touching" of the images... also called "air-brushing". There would be evidence of re-touching on the negative if you had. </p><p>To reiterate my thoughts from before, I believe the contest is to see who is a wizz at using the camera, not who is an artist at re-touching. [/quote]</p><p> </p><p>My line of questioning goes to the rules of the photo contest. There is some controversy about the fairness of the rules that forbid any alteration of the image. The reason for the rule is to prevent alteration that would add, remove, or change the subject detail. The reason is not to prevent alterations in graphic characteristics such as color, contrast, lighting, etc. However, the only practical method of preventing the subject alteration is to require that all entries are submitted right from the camera, without any alteration whatsoever, and not re-named. Apparently the requirement that the file not be re-named is intended as a means of verifying that the submission has not been altered. </p><p>So, while the rule solves the objective of preventing subject alteration, it also overreaches and prevents graphic alteration, which was not part of the objection in the first place. People who shoot in RAW thus feel deprived of what they see as a legitimate facet of the photo production process. Here is a link to a discussion that contains a post by John Ryan. He makes his case well:</p><p><a href="http://www.railpictures.net/forums/showthread.php?s=b15730acc9eb140faaa66023cb5fcc6e&t=5458&page=3&pp=25">http://www.railpictures.net/forums/showthread.php?s=b15730acc9eb140faaa66023cb5fcc6e&t=5458&page=3&pp=25</a></p>
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