Visually Odd Photography is the winner of the Retoucher of the Day for 7-11-2014!!!

Congratulations!!!!!





HOSTED BY:  VISUALLY ODD PHOTOGRAPHY

CO-HOST: MARLENE POTFER & TYTANIAFAIRY

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOUR MOST WONDERFUL WORK!

THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO PHOTOGRAPHERS, RETOUCHERS, AND DIGITAL ARTISTS ONLY!

RULES

1.  ALL 18+ ENTRIES TO BE SUBMITTED BY URL ONLY .

2.  Only 1 image per person per day. You may re-submit an image after
     approximately 15 days.

3   Do not re-submit winning images.

4.  For the purposes of this contest RETOUCHING is defined     
    as:
    "The adjustment of saturation, contrast, exposure, hue 
    saturation, correct blemishes, sharpen, noise reduction,
    the general look of the picture without digitally altering 
    it etc...". Backgrounds maybe altered in the same way 
    (saturation, contrast, hue saturation, texture, filters) as   
    long as the original picture is not altered in that it used 
    within another image. That is the furthest the picture       
    should be altered. Altering the model or subject by adding
    images to their original image is also not permitted. If you
    can alter the original picture without using any outside
    pieces or other pictures that is the rule. That will be
    considered retouching. Just work done to the original 
    picture with no outside influences.

5.   Digitally altered pieces are not welcome in this contest.

6.   Submit your images each day BETWEEN 9PM - 12PM (NOON) THE
      FOLLOWING DAY Model Mayhem time.

7.    Voting commences BETWEEN 12PM (NOON) - 9PM. All voting
      officially ends when the 'Voting Ended' banner is dropped, with no
      votes for a given day counted afterward.

8.   Winners will be announced some time after the contest is closed.

9.   Members may cast 1 vote only.

10.  Members may not vote for their own picture or a picture they were
      involved with the creation of.

11.  NO VOTE STACKING!

12.  ALL Contest hosts, co-hosts, MODS and GATEKEEPERS AFFILIATED
      or NOT AFFILIATED may vote and enter in this contest.

13.  By entering an image in the competition you agree to participate by
      the rules as posted at the start of that day. Rules may be modified,   
      added, or dropped without notice, at any time.

14.  Have fun! "This contest is purely a member-run activity and does
      not carry with it any monetary value or equivalent prizes. It is run 
      purely by the contest host(s) and is not moderated or monitored by
      the broader site moderation/administration team.  All disputes,
      issues, complaints associated with the contest must be directed at
      the contest host(s) only.  The choice to partake in the contest is
      voluntary and Model Mayhem will not be held responsible for your 
      participation or actions as a result of your participation".

15. Entrants must post their entry in a Before and After
      fashion or way.  First the original picture. Then the         
      retouched image.


WINNERS OF THE CONTEST 
“ RETOUCHER OF THE DAY”
WILL BE GRANTED TO DISPLAY THE
WINNERS BADGE IN THEIR PROFILE.

WINNER'S BADGE!!
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WINNERS OF THE CONTEST “RETOUCHER OF THE DAY”
WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE FRONT PAGE
OF THE CONTEST AND THE END OF THE DAY
WITH VOTES SHOWN.

Hosted by:
Visually Odd Photo

Co-hosted by: Marlene Potfer

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Visually Odd Photo wrote:
Starting tomorrow a new rule will go into effect. Your entry must be in a Before/After format. This idea came up in a contest moderation discussion.

Thanks everyone!!

UGH!! I'm so sorry I missed this in the hosts threads! Personally I feel this is a horrible idea to "require" before and after images. I mean why publicly humiliate your client(s) (yourself, models, makeup artists, etc, and so on) just to prove you have actually improved the image through postwork? 

sorry I realize this is not the forum, just my 2 cents and it had to come out.
Dave

Shervivor wrote:
I agree with Dave. With the new rule you will get a lot of entries like mine because flowers do not get embarrassed when the world sees their 'before' retouching blemishes...Or do they?

Exactly my point Shervivor, but put so much more eloquently before my second cup of coffee.

DaveDavis wrote:
UGH!! I'm so sorry I missed this in the hosts threads! Personally I feel this is a horrible idea to "require" before and after images. I mean why publicly humiliate your client(s) (yourself, models, makeup artists, etc, and so on) just to prove you have actually improved the image through postwork? 

sorry I realize this is not the forum, just my 2 cents and it had to come out.
Dave

Shervivor wrote:
I agree with Dave. With the new rule you will get a lot of entries like mine because flowers do not get embarrassed when the world sees their 'before' retouching blemishes...Or do they?

Hi Dave its Marlene (this is my retouching profile). I'm sorry, you know I usually always agree with you but I strongly disagree this time with what you've just said That's pretty much saying that models should feel ashamed, embarrassed or humiliated with the way they look without photoshop..! Nobody was born with an airbrushed skin, everybody has blemishes, nobody has done such an immaculate makeup like those shown in mags front covers, etc.. We should no feel 'humiliated' or 'embarrassed' by the way we look like without makeup/photoshop etc... the media has already ruined so many young lives because of this perception. So I REALLY don't think that a person with a little blemishes and no photoshop should feel embrassed or humiliated. That's just a horrible thing to say

I understand that photographers don't like showing their 'original' photo (I personally really don't like it myself either), but on this profile (my 'retoucher' one and NOT my photographer one), you will find lots of 'before & after' examples just so that people can see what sort of retouches I do. If they don't see the original image, how are they supposed to know exactly what I've done to the photo? Its a retoucher's profile, not a photographer one. Two very different profiles.

And after all this is a 'Retoucher' contest so it makes sense to see what work has been done to an image! Its not like this rule is required in every contests, but just this one (which makes sense IMO). In the Photographer contest, we vote on the quality of the photography, in the Model contest, we vote on the model's pose, look, expression (and not on the photography), etc... so for a retoucher contest, we vote for the retouches made and it helps to see what work has actually been done and without seeing the original image, its pretty hard to see that!

I actually brought the idea of this new rule for this contest. Some will agree, and some won't and that's fine.. but that's just my opinion.

Marlene x

Shervivor wrote:
I agree with Dave. With the new rule you will get a lot of entries like mine because flowers do not get embarrassed when the world sees their 'before' retouching blemishes...Or do they?

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Shervivor wrote:
I agree with Dave. With the new rule you will get a lot of entries like mine because flowers do not get embarrassed when the world sees their 'before' retouching blemishes...Or do they?

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS DAVEDAVIS AND CF RETOUCHING FOR THE WIN IN THE RETOUCHER OF THE DAY FOR 5-1-14 WITH 4 VOTES APIECE.

HOSTED BY:  VISUALLY ODD PHOTOGRAPHY

CO-HOST: OPEN POSITION

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOUR MOST WONDERFUL WORK!

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