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Manipulation Contest (real picture)
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:22 am
by XBC-Requiem
Yeah, $5 isn't much. But hey, it's motivation.
Sy my girlfriend had to take all of these pictures for some MySpace-type social networking site (It's more like Vampire Freaks, for those of you who know what that is). Apparently, the site's admin wanted pictures of her to use on the site (creepy, I know, but she's 18. I'll let her make her own decisions).
Anyway, she took a few with me, as well. This one turned out somewhat well, in my opinion. I like it, anyway.
I'll send the winner $5 (I'll send a check or cash or something [yes, sending cash is illegal, so I "won't" do that). We can discuss payment methods.
If it's really good, I'll give you $10. I just want to see a sweet pic made out of this.
Suggestions: Dark, romantic, use purple if it'll fit.
Sorry if it's a bit big for your window. I figured it's better to work with a large image, then scale it down.
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:28 am
by Jordan
I lol'd when I realized
you were the one wearing the fishnet.

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:28 pm
by kornkidcrazy
So... you want it dark, mysterious, and romantic? Nothing creepy or grotesk right? Um...also any particular resolution?
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:52 pm
by noscottno
The pic is already creepy and icky.
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:24 pm
by RaVNzCRoFT
I second that. Your stock is terrible for manipulation.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:33 pm
by XBC-Requiem
kornkidcrazy wrote:So... you want it dark, mysterious, and romantic? Nothing creepy or grotesk right? Um...also any particular resolution?
Whatever suits your fancy.
Jordan wrote:I lol'd when I realized you were the one wearing the fishnet. :D
You find that odd?
I wear it a lot. I've got a few friends who do, too. She wears one, too, occasionally.
You should learn that it doesn't matter what people wear. Goths can be gamers and computer nerds and soldiers, too. We're all the same on the inside. I just don't care what people think about what I wear.
:P
:)
noscottno wrote:The pic is already creepy and icky.
Creepy and icky? How so?
I smell stereotyping and closed-mindedness.
X)
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:31 pm
by noscottno
First of all, the picture is infested with noise, making it hard to achieve any good result. It looks like you already tried to make the rose black, and failed (that or it's semi-dead, or you spray painted it). Also, fishnets are made for the opposite sex, and they're meant for legs. There's no reason you should wear them, I see no purpose. It's just bad.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:30 pm
by Trulife8342
noscottno wrote:First of all, the picture is infested with noise, making it hard to achieve any good result. It looks like you already tried to make the rose black, and failed (that or it's semi-dead, or you spray painted it). Also, fishnets are made for the opposite ***, and they're meant for legs. There's no reason you should wear them, I see no purpose. It's just bad.
If thats what people like then you shouldn't care, I respect your opinion but respect mine when I find the comment you made very closed minded.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:54 pm
by MoDFox
Oh my, that photography has horrible quality, I think my photoshop would shoot itself if it had to do anything to that.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:19 pm
by trepdimeflou
Lesson 1 with photomanipulation: it's not how bad the quality of the image is, it's what you can do to make it look how you want.
i don't want your money, but use this if you want.
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:07 am
by Cuda
trepdimeflou wrote:
Lesson 1 with photo manipulation: it's not how bad the quality of the image is, it's what you can do to make it look how you want.
Truth.
But Seriously, Fishnets?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:12 am
by Ombre
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:22 pm
by trepdimeflou
Use Ombre's. He obviously spent more time on it than I did

Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:50 pm
by Patrickh
edit: nvm, i was wrong
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:59 pm
by noscottno
I realize that I probably won't win due to our previous argument, but;
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9754/pix4pruflx7.jpg
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:38 pm
by Lt Slap a ho
Dude the Topaz is getting old. It looked shitty the first time, and guess what? It hasn't changed.
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:40 pm
by halo0001
sry but zombie networks = creepy
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:54 am
by XBC-Requiem
halo0001 wrote:sry but zombie networks = creepy
What?
Well...
I'm glad to see something. I wasn't expecting to see much of anything.
My eyes seem to have lost the Add Poll selection.
Go ahead and post a vote.
We're lookin' at $5 here, guys.
Nobody's done anything... radical.
Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate your effort, be it small or large.
noscottno wrote:...It looks like you already tried to make the rose black, and failed (that or it's semi-dead, or you spray painted it)...
No, the rose is black. It's fake.
noscottno wrote:I realize that I probably won't win due to our previous argument...
I'm not shallow. What you have to say about me has nothing to do with what you can do with my picture. Photomanipulation skills and personal opinions are in no way related.
Your picture has nothing to do with that, man.
(I think I'll post about the fishnet subject in the Caf
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 3:29 pm
by Ombre
I added a poll for you.
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:39 am
by XBC-Requiem
Thank you. It is much appreciated.
So... 3-way tie. That doesn't help much.
:)
Thanks for voting, though.