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« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2015, 07:36:47 PM » |
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...- all images that where submitted to the b/w section and are not 100% b/w images are disqualified from the competition ... - a black and white submission that uses other tones in the image than just black and white are rated slightly higher because of a wider color range - since that is a mean way to increase attractiveness it is totally unfair for the pure b/w images to compete with them ... so, all non b/w images are disqualified from the competition You're not disqualifying shades of grey, right? Just blue and red and other colors, I hope! I know MB3D does have a default bluish light, but it is easily turned off so that really does count as user error and I guess in a strict sense can be disqualified - but as a pure black gradient on a pure white background in many entries still produces shades of grey I hope those are OK. Yes, we need to take more care in next year's round! If it's any consolation to any members effected by this, we are actively seeking ways to better distribute moderation duties and will have more oversight during the submission period in the future PS - This is the 2015 Competition, not 2014
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cKleinhuis
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« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2015, 07:55:10 PM » |
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the compo announcement reads: "Create a fractal image utilizing only black and white colors. The full gradient from black to white may be used, but no colors other than Black, White, and Grey."
so, its clearly defined, gradients are ok, but no other color!
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youhn
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« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2015, 10:14:01 PM » |
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The rules on BW/color were very clear. I support the decision.
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« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2015, 01:15:02 AM » |
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Here here! I was wondering about this and made extra effort to eliminate colour, obvious to me B/W means B/W
I was also wondering about the text, website, category, competition, artist, will images lacking these be disqualified too? imho they should if the requirement was stated as one of the rules for entering, so only those who payed attention and followed the rules are actually in the contest.
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« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2015, 01:47:24 AM » |
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Here here! I was wondering about this and made extra effort to eliminate colour, obvious to me B/W means B/W
I was also wondering about the text, website, category, competition, artist, will images lacking these be disqualified too? imho they should if the requirement was stated as one of the rules for entering, so only those who payed attention and followed the rules are actually in the contest.
The text was absolutely not required, just strongly encouraged. From the Official Announcement: Rules:
*new, not obligatory* Please sign your work, by placing the text "fractalforums.com Annual Fractal Art Contest 2015" inside your production you state crystal clear that you have produced it especially for the contest, and future viewers of the product will have a straight time location from when the product was produced. This was originally meant to be obligatory from the administrator but has been rejected by the admin people who thought that it would restrict artistic liberty too much, so make the admin happy and include it! That was clear as well. The failure here was not in the rules, but falls entirely with us. As one who tries to help out here, I really feel that it would be wrong of the staff to neither accept responsibility, nor fail to apologize, for allowing to get by us as soon after the entries were made as possible. We missed this. We apologize.
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« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2015, 01:53:25 AM » |
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Good to see that my image is still there. Forgetting to turn off a colored light or accidentally leaving one notch of colored fog is the sort of thing I can see myself doing. What's the ruling on color images that have been turned into black and white for the sake of the competition? I think I voted either 4 or 5 on Mandelwerk's submission then saw it again submitted in color on DeviantArt a few days later. The black and white one has a bunch of compression artifacts so I'm guessing it started out as a color piece.
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« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2015, 02:17:04 AM » |
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What's the ruling on color images that have been turned into black and white for the sake of the competition? No problems there. As you said, they "have been turned into black and white" and therefore are black and white - thus meeting the criteria set forth. I know it was discussed someplace and we all agreed Greyscale was fine for those who want to go that route.
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« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2015, 09:57:09 AM » |
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What's the ruling on color images that have been turned into black and white for the sake of the competition?
I agree that this is a problem - maybe a much bigger. It shows that the picture is neither Black and White, nor original- or at least made for that particular entry in the competition. The disqualifying of pics that accidentally left a blue ambient light on by people who don't have photoshop installed seems harsh- they where trying to create something B&W artistically. For the record, I have subtracted one star as a penalty in my voting. People who have photoshop can just take any fractal pic and run it through B&W.
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« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2015, 10:10:27 AM » |
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What's the ruling on color images that have been turned into black and white for the sake of the competition? I agree that this is a problem - maybe a much bigger. It shows that the picture is neither Black and White, nor original- or at least made for that particular entry in the competition. The disqualifying of pics that accidentally left a blue ambient light on by people who don't have photoshop installed seems harsh- they where trying to create something B&W artistically. For the record, I have subtracted one star as a penalty in my voting. People who have photoshop can just take any fractal pic and run it through B&W. Accidentally leaving a blue light on still creates an image that is not Black and White, which is a clear violation. Nothing wrong with disqualifying that since the rule spelling that out was clear and unambiguous. The only issue is the missing of it's presence by staff. Still, when it got disqualified is not as important as the fact that it should be disqualified. The rules also stated, quite clearly: It is desirable to publish "new" stuff in the contest, do not bore us with already known stuff. Anything already competing in another contest, or somehow already known to a wider public is unwanted. The administration team for the contest is not strictly excluding anything from the contest so it is up to you to either bore us to death or come up with inspiring new work. It would be to hard to verify every entry by hand, so nothing will be disqualified, but keep in mind that something already known wont get any votes ... So there is nothing against the rules with doing that. It is undesirable, but distinctly allowed!
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« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2015, 05:29:50 PM » |
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The disqualifying of pics that accidentally left a blue ambient light on by people who don't have photoshop installed.
Rules are clear. Leaving even light presence of color changes perception of the image. About Photoshop, there is a lot of another open source image editors, so this is not an argument.
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thargor6
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« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2015, 02:09:12 AM » |
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I think I voted either 4 or 5 on... then saw it again submitted in color ... a few days later.
This really sucks to me, should be disqualified, too, was no serious contribution then.
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« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2015, 11:19:51 AM » |
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I think I voted either 4 or 5 on... then saw it again submitted in color ... a few days later. This really sucks to me, should be disqualified, too, was no serious contribution then. If an image is to be disqualified, it must first break one of the rules set forth at the start of the contest. I think this quote from the rules makes it obvious that such an action is not at all wanted, but absolutely not forbidden either: It is desirable to publish "new" stuff in the contest, do not bore us with already known stuff. Anything already competing in another contest, or somehow already known to a wider public is unwanted. The administration team for the contest is not strictly excluding anything from the contest so it is up to you to either bore us to death or come up with inspiring new work. It would be to hard to verify every entry by hand, so nothing will be disqualified, but keep in mind that something already known wont get any votes ... If you can find something in the rules to justify requesting an image be disqualified, please let us know. As I see it, this one is what we may call "cheap" or "not the best way to go about it" - but I see no violation of the rules in that particular instance, so I see no reason to disqualify it! If I missed something, please let me know. You can contact any moderator or staff member by Private Message if you prefer to not make an accusation publicly. It will get the same attention! While moderating the gallery and contest is not my primary job here, the entire staff has a shared responsibility in the mistakes this year and if we missed anything else - please tell us The images with color in them clearly violated a specific guideline, this one did not (that I can see!). We can't disqualify things just because we don't like them. Otherwise my entries would have been deleted on the first day
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« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2015, 04:44:54 PM » |
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This really sucks to me, should be disqualified, too, was no serious contribution then.
Hey guys, I followed the rules. Making a B/W image from a color image is normal procedure for photographers - you get a lot more control over the result this way. I should have mentioned my method in the comment, but I published the images in color, so I didn't try to hide the fact. If you don't approve thats fine, but for me this is just whining. And I will gladly remove my contributions if the moderators think so - I am in this contest only because I like the forum and I would NEVER cheat.
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« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2015, 06:34:42 PM » |
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Hey guys, I followed the rules. Making a B/W image from a color image is normal procedure for photographers - you get a lot more control over the result this way. I should have mentioned my method in the comment, but I published the images in color, so I didn't try to hide the fact. If you don't approve thats fine, but for me this is just whining. And I will gladly remove my contributions if the moderators think so - I am in this contest only because I like the forum and I would NEVER cheat. No worries, KW! You are correct on all counts. You followed the rules and there will always be a little bit of "whining" (though some would call it a request for clarification!) and there is no chance of your image being disqualified (unless, as I pointed out earlier, it can be showed to have violated any of the stated rules) (which it obviously did not). Many contests require images be exclusive to that particular contest, never seen before and not to be shown elsewhere until after the contest ends. That was specifically stated as Not being required for this year's contest so I hope the complaints come from people used to that restriction on contest images. We even used that requirement in the past, and may in the future, but each year our Annual Contest tries to vary things up a bit to keep it interesting. So to be clear - there is nothing wrong with the image in question. No rules were violated that anybody can demonstrate. However; we will remember the complaints and will certainly consider making an "Exclusivity Clause" for next year. All complaints about anything are taken seriously and we are sorry this upset some people - your voices have been heard and are appreciated. We will remember when next year's contest rolls around
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