Image Manipulation

I have added a question to the “Ask A Question About The Challenge”section of the Motoring Challenge forum relating to a photo from yesterday and a photo from today:

How much can I “photoshop” an image that I am submitting? I’m not planning and cutting and pasting my car into a backdrop of a Challenge requirement or anything…

City-Yemassee

On this image, when we got home and looked at it on the computer monitor, we noticed I was holding the Motoring Challenge Guide against the door of the car using just my middle finger. So I copied the tip of that finger and pasted it so as to appear that I was using two fingers to hold the Guide.

Junkyard

On today’s Junkyard photo, I thought I could make the car, Donna and Guide stand out from the clutter a little more if I removed all the color from the picture, except for on them.

Junkyard

I uploaded the original color photo as I ended up liking it better anyway, but it got me wondering just how much manipulation is permissible.

Oh Savannah!

Claire, Mark & Us

For the second time in a little more than a month we visited the city of Savannah, GA. In February it was a side trip & diversion in our escape from Ice-ageddon. This time it was to catch up with recently wed (6/13) friends Claire and Mark. They were in town from Lexington, VA for the big music festival, so we drove down to spend a couple hours walking around town, eating lunch and watching maritime traffic on the Savannah River with them.

On the way down, and more so on the way back, we grabbed a couple items off the Motoring Challenge checklist.

Started down , went up, back down, still down.
Miata Top Transitions since 10/24/08: 1300

Another Clone Club Email

Here is a sneak peek at tomorrow’s Clone Club email:

Subj: A Dangerous Romance, A New Clone, A Scary Clone, A Fake Accent & A Magazine

Sarah has a ‘dangerous’ romance with Cal, says Michiel Huisman – Zap 2 it

Meet the new clone! – Entertainment Weekly

BBC America releases first four episode descriptions – Zap 2 it

Maria Doyle Kennedy talks about the mysterious past of Mrs. S – Entertainment Weekly

So Which Orphan Black Clone Would Win the Hunger Games…? – Paper Droids

Jordan Gavaris talks Felix and having the best fake accent on TV – Entertainment Weekly

Tatiana Maslany on which one of her ‘Orphan Black’ clones scares her the most – Yahoo! Celebrity Canada

In case you have the IQ of Vic and haven’t figured from the fact that every other link above is from Entertainment Weekly, Orphan Black made the cover and got a lot of attention from the mag. If you missed getting a copy in the stores, you can buy it here.

Brian

I just can’t figure out why she killed herself. That’s just not Sarah. That’s not Sarah. – Vic the Dick

Friday In Florida

Hutchinson Island

Shopping in downtown Stuart, followed by a drive up to Fort Pierce along the Indian River. From there we went over to Hutchinson Island to have lunch at the original Hurricane Grill & Wings followed by quick step onto the sand to gawk the Atlantic Ocean before heading home to relax on the lanai. Tough life…