Photographer

PashaPhoto

Posts: 9726

Brooklyn, New York, US

PR Retouching wrote:
May i enter?

knock yourself out smile

added your name to the list of participants...

have fun, and good luck... smile

Jan 24 10 04:31 pm Link

Photographer

PashaPhoto

Posts: 9726

Brooklyn, New York, US

Jeff Moon wrote:
add me in for _MG_8641

done...

have fun and good luck smile

Jan 24 10 04:32 pm Link

Photographer

Brian Morris Photography

Posts: 20901

Los Angeles, California, US

Digital Soup Designz Retouch
Sharp:
https://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b221/cheekerz/mm/Contest_animation.gif
Soft:
https://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b221/cheekerz/mm/Contest_2.jpg

Detail:
https://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b221/cheekerz/mm/Details_1.jpg

Zoom:
https://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b221/cheekerz/mm/details_2.jpg

Jan 24 10 04:51 pm Link

Digital Artist

Michael C Pearson

Posts: 1349

Agoura Hills, California, US

Finally finished my official entry. May the best retoucher win!

https://a5.vox.com/6a0110184cd071860f0123de06bb45860d-pi
https://a4.vox.com/6a0110184cd071860f0123de06c224860d-pi

PLEASE VIEW FULL SIZE
http://a4.vox.com/6a0110184cd071860f0123de06ba5c860d-pi

Jan 26 10 12:27 am Link

Photographer

Randy Henderson Images

Posts: 781

Springfield, Missouri, US

I would like to try 8641

Jan 26 10 02:50 pm Link

Retoucher

Sandra Stanger

Posts: 67

Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones, Uruguay

My try..smile

https://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af359/yvanushka/_MG_8641_a.jpg

Jan 26 10 02:54 pm Link

Photographer

Randy Henderson Images

Posts: 781

Springfield, Missouri, US

I didn't take a ton of time, and I only do my own, so I am a bit of a newb, but here we go...

https://www.hendersonimages.com/_MG_8641smaller.jpg
https://www.hendersonimages.com/closeup.jpg

Link to large file:

http://www.hendersonimages.com/_MG_8641.jpg

Jan 26 10 03:51 pm Link

Retoucher

Emily Howard

Posts: 6

Blackburn, England, United Kingdom

Thought I'd have some fun with this! Im new to MM also so get in touch and send me some high res photos as i absolutly love retouching! xx Emily xx

https://img94.imageshack.us/img94/9248/snowpriness.jpg

Eyes close
https://img715.imageshack.us/img715/8282/eyeso.jpg

https://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4490/facesmaller.jpg

Download tiff here
http://rapidshare.com/files/341654631/Final.tif.html

Jan 26 10 06:18 pm Link

Photographer

CaptainHook_

Posts: 53

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Just found the thread, could i please get 8699? Thank you. smile

Jan 27 10 06:22 pm Link

Digital Artist

Michael C Pearson

Posts: 1349

Agoura Hills, California, US

Emily, I love your creative interpretation.

Jan 27 10 06:26 pm Link

Retoucher

Emily Howard

Posts: 6

Blackburn, England, United Kingdom

MP Retouch wrote:
Emily, I love your creative interpretation.

Thnak you big_smile Im still learning ive not been doing it for very long but id love to do it as a career and learn from a real professional! x

Jan 28 10 08:23 am Link

Photographer

Autumn Roses

Posts: 416

Traverse City, Michigan, US

Can I get 8773? thanks. smile

Link: http://imgur.com/OZXhb.jpg

Jan 28 10 11:35 am Link

Digital Artist

Koray

Posts: 6720

Ankara, Ankara, Turkey

This cracked me up...I was gonna do alot of things but escort Kermit didnt stop bothering me big_smile

https://modelmayhm-2.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/100128/19/4b6253618e342.jpg

Jan 28 10 07:22 pm Link

Photographer

PashaPhoto

Posts: 9726

Brooklyn, New York, US

ok, boys and girls...

tonight at midnight mm time the time to enter will be closed...

i'll update the list of participants in the morning...

Jan 29 10 02:11 pm Link

Retoucher

Digital Dreaming

Posts: 109

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Oh good lord I missed the deadline neutral

Jan 29 10 06:14 pm Link

Retoucher

Jeff Moon

Posts: 32

Portland, Oregon, US

My entry:
removed
Link:
removed

Jan 29 10 07:20 pm Link

Photographer

Brian Morris Photography

Posts: 20901

Los Angeles, California, US

1. Leafinline: prompt quik clean edit
2.Koray:Ceativity hands down
3.Jeff Moon: That airbrushing is some of the best I have ever seen. I will take a lesson now?

Jan 30 10 08:37 pm Link

Photographer

PashaPhoto

Posts: 9726

Brooklyn, New York, US

ok boys and girls...

i spent the rest of the day shooting 3 beautiful models(yes i am bragging smile ), and didn't get a chance to keep up with this thread...

it looks like Digital Soup is the only one that voted so far (perfect vote format btw, mr. Soup) so as soon as you guys get a chance please place your votes...

the deadlines for votes is tomorrow (sunday) night at midnight mm time...

let's go people - VOTE smile

Jan 30 10 10:53 pm Link

Photographer

wbphotography

Posts: 727

Bad Wurzach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

ok, here we go smile

1. Sandra Stanger
2. LeafnLine
3. Retouch by Iliana

cheers,
wolfgang

Jan 31 10 01:47 am Link

Photographer

Randy Henderson Images

Posts: 781

Springfield, Missouri, US

1.  Leafline
2.  Retouch by Ilana
3.  Colectivo2

Jan 31 10 07:44 am Link

Photographer

PashaPhoto

Posts: 9726

Brooklyn, New York, US

1. Iliana
2. WB
3. Jeff Moon

tough choosing only three here... lots of great entries smile

Jan 31 10 08:43 pm Link

Photographer

PashaPhoto

Posts: 9726

Brooklyn, New York, US

when starting this contest, especially after the thread in site related, one of my biggest concerns was that the voting would be stacked, and overall there would just be soooo many votes that picking out a winner would require some kind of a convoluted system...

doesn't seem like it was a problem... smile

with only 4 votes, counting the totals will be easy...

ok, so here we go...

Iliana - 19 points
Koray - 6 points
Sandra Stranger - 10 points
Jeff Moon - 6 points
collectivo - 3 points
wbphotography - 6 points
leafinline - 26 points

and the winner is (drum roll please)

leafinline with a runaway win of 26 points...

congratulations smile

second place is Iliana, and third is Sandra Stranger...

pm'ing the winner now...

top 3 places, feel free to use the image in your port...

everyone else, thanks for playing... smile

ps... i don't want to be too much of a heartless bastard, so for all of you that didn't win, if you really want to use the image you worked on in your port, pm me... chances are i won't have a problem with it smile

Feb 01 10 06:58 am Link

Photographer

PashaPhoto

Posts: 9726

Brooklyn, New York, US

PashaPhoto wrote:
THIS CONTEST IS NOW OVER... CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER - LEAFNLINE

PLEASE READ THE RULES FIRST...

Contest Rules...

this is a contest, so there will be some winners and some losers... only the mm'ers with the top 3 scores are allowed to use the final images in their portfolio... everyone else - thanks for playing smile

please read the part above again, and understand that if you choose to enter this contest then there's a good chance that you may end up spending a boatload of time retouching the images, and still not be able to use them in your port...

Voting...

voting will take place on 30-31st, of January... winner will be announced on Feb 1st... deadline for submissions is midnight on friday the 29th...

you cannot vote for yourself

you must vote for 1st, 2nd and 3rd, place... so your vote will look like this...

vote
1st place - member x
2nd place - member y
3rd place - member z

the following point system is assigned to all votes...

1st place vote = 10 points
2nd place vote = 6 points
3rd place vote = 3 points

HOWEVER... not all votes are created equal, some will be worth more then others... it all depends on who's voting... when making final tabulations the following structure will measure the worth of each vote...

25% - creator (me)
50% - participant (those retouching the images in this thread)
25% - audience (anyone and everyone that feels like voting in this thread)

so when the totals are added up - the average of all the participant votes will make up 50% of the final score... the average of the audience votes will make up 25% of the final score, and my vote will make the last 25%...

it's not as confusing as it sounds folks, but if you have questions - ask smile

Prizes...

yes, there's actually a prize involved...

top 3 vote getters will be allowed portfolio use ( and only portfolio use) of the images... first place winner receives their choice of $20 gift card to Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks so they can get their coffee on smile  do not ask for paypal or any other type of cash like payment... Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts gift cards are the only options...

anyone found of stacking or soliciting votes will be immediately dq'ed... i have asked a couple of mods to keep an eye on this thing to prevent any shennanigans...

i think that explains things in a nutshell, but again - ask before you enter if you have questions...


now on to the images...

the link below contains a zip file with outtakes of my recent shoot with the amazingly beautiful O'Angela... these are not throwaways that were meant for the recycle bin and somehow ended up here 'cause i felt like throwing you guys a bone... these are shots that simply weren't picked because they didn't fit the theme of the set i was creating, or were the wrong orientation (i only ended up using horizontals in my set)... i feel that these are great images and would make a great addition to someone's portfolio or at least would make for great practice...

sample of what's inside
https://pashaphotonyc.com/oangelaforcontest/oangelasample.jpg

what i ended up using for my set (these shots are not in a zip file, but should give you an idea of what to expect)
https://modelmayhm-9.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/100105/10/4b437e30828e3_m.jpg

link to zip file...
http://pashaphotonyc.com/oangelaforcont … thread.zip

to play, download the zip file, and post here the name of the file you'd like to work on, and i'll upload a link with the full version... please state that you'd like to participate in the contest, so i know to add your name to the list of participants and count your vote appropriately...

have fun, and good luck to all smile

EDIT:

i decided to add a third option for a  prize... an authentic mm thong...

https://images6.cafepress.com/product/125517916v3_350x350_Front_Color-White.jpg

made in the good old us of a smile

Feb 01 10 07:03 am Link