One of the things I have been playing around with recently is 'colour popping' i.e. the selective use of colour in an otherwise mono image. There have been some great recent examples on here. There has also been a fair bit of discussion on post processing, so I thought it would be good to include an element of pp in the Challenge. I believe that this should be within most people's standard software capabilities, and if you haven't done it before now is the perfect excuse to have a go. If you haven't done it before, don't be worried that you'll look bad against those already expert at it because only a third of the marks will be awarded for the actual technical application, the rest will be split equally between whether the subject matter suits the treatment and the composition of the underlying image. And anyway, I've no idea what I'm talking about and I'm the judge. 
So, in summary, the Challenge is to produce an image which has been enhanced by the selective use of colour popping.
The Challenge starts immediately and finishes at midnight on the evening of Monday 26 August 2013.
The standard competition rules apply:
The competition subject shall be selected by the winner of the preceding competition who will also judge the competition.
One picture per person; images should conform to general image posting rules.
Please use a Canon DSLR.
Posted images should be taken during the running period of the competition. Any images submitted that were taken before the competition started, or after the competition has ended, will be deemed invalid.
Images 800 pixels widest max (to help those with small monitors).
No Photoshop frames and borders.
Include a title; the image must convey the theme without title description.
Please, no comments on images by anyone until the judging is complete.
No canvassing e.g. Im thinking of posting this image for the challenge, what do you think?
I will pick 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourite images (please dont PM me to discuss my choices).
Hope that all makes sense, good luck.
Alex
So, in summary, the Challenge is to produce an image which has been enhanced by the selective use of colour popping.
The Challenge starts immediately and finishes at midnight on the evening of Monday 26 August 2013.
The standard competition rules apply:
The competition subject shall be selected by the winner of the preceding competition who will also judge the competition.
One picture per person; images should conform to general image posting rules.
Please use a Canon DSLR.
Posted images should be taken during the running period of the competition. Any images submitted that were taken before the competition started, or after the competition has ended, will be deemed invalid.
Images 800 pixels widest max (to help those with small monitors).
No Photoshop frames and borders.
Include a title; the image must convey the theme without title description.
Please, no comments on images by anyone until the judging is complete.
No canvassing e.g. Im thinking of posting this image for the challenge, what do you think?
I will pick 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourite images (please dont PM me to discuss my choices).
Hope that all makes sense, good luck.
Alex
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