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mark.thomas.7@gmail.com wrote:
> On May 15, 10:36 pm, "Wayne J. Cosshall" <w...@dimagemaker.com> wrote:
> 
>>Hi All,
>>
>>I've posted the winner of the Epson 1410 printer and all the finalist
>>images in a gallery:http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=983
>>
>>New competitions will be announced shortly.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Wayne
>>
>>--
>>Wayne J. Cosshall
>>Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker,http://www.dimagemaker.com/
>>Blog  http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/
>>Publisher, Experimental Digital Photographyhttp://www.experimentaldigitalphotography.com
>>Personal art sitehttp://www.cosshall.com/
> 
> 
> ????
> 
> Call me bitter and biased because I had entries in it, by all means!
> But to me, an "Australian Landscape" competition just might possibly
> be better biased *towards* real Australian images that are *not* PS
> creations, especially the type of creation that has a non-matching
> sky.  Yes, I know you said they could be manipulated, but a pasted sky
> in a landscape comp?  Sheesh.
> 
> There are many excellent images (yes, other than mine!) in the
> finalists that at least *looked* real.  I am simply astounded at that
> choice.
> 
> But I guess controversy gets you more hits, so it's win-win!!
> 

Don't feel bad but most competitions are like that, enhancement would be 
OK, but manipulation into something surreal is another. I didn't think 
it fitted the theme of an Australian Landscape. At first glance at the 
winning entry, thought, what a lot of crap. Didn't look any further.

I have yet to see the Mungo landscape like that at any particular time.

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