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http://fxb.worth1000.com/contests/27829/catherine-wheel-alley

Training Grounds Back To Basics Contest 

The rules of this game are thus:  
Manipulate this image in any way you like.

Be sure to download the full-sized image by hovering your mouse over the themepost and clicking the 'Download' link.

Rules ans restrictions -
Althought the image says that you can manipulate the image how ever you like, it isn't as free and you might think. They ask you to follow Arena Rules that are the following -

What cannot be used in an entry?

The following are items that we don't allow because of annoying overuse, lack of realism, controversy, illegality, being off-topic or because using them is lazy. They are usually disqualified on sight by the administrators, at their discretion. Enter anything on the following list at your own risk.

Controversial/illegal entries

• Your entry has elements that are not safe for work (i.e. blurred out porn/hate crimes/injury/sickness/obscene gestures) in a contest that is labeled appropriate for all audiences.
• Your entry has elements that would likely be offensive to the majority of people who see it.
• The intent of your entry is blatantly to make a controversial political statement.
• Your entry contains children for which you personally do not have a model release. If you have a model release you must state so in your author's comments.
• Your entry contains material that you didn't have the legal right to use. It's your responsibility to determine if your source images are copyrighted, and you must ask for the permission of the copyright holder to use the image BEFORE submitting it to a contest. You must post a copyright release statement in your Author's Comments. (e.g. "I have permission to use this copyrighted image")

Lazy entries

• You reused a past B2B contest's source picture in a different contest (and it's obvious that you had access to it).
• You resubmitted an entry that had previously been voted on in ANY contest.
• Your entry used an idea too similar to a previous entry. Entries that are deemed too similar risk disqualification.
• You used the image as a whole in a different background, instead of actually editing the image itself. (i.e. Taking the source image in a B2B contest and inserting it into a scene of a painter painting it as his artwork, or the background of a postcard, or as a framed photograph on a wall).
• Your entry abuses program filters. (i.e. changing a b2b source themepost to a charcoal sketch using a simple filter and submitting that as your entire entry; using excessive or gratuitous lensflare filters)
• You changed an insignificant part of an otherwise outstanding image that you didn't create (regardless of whether you had permission and/or credit it appropriately).
• Your entry is a re-creation (source for source) of an existing photo manipulated image or tutorial, whether hosted by Worth1000.com or not.
• Your entry contains someone elses' material that you did have a legal right to use, but without crediting them, it appears as if you are the sole creator.

Non-photorealistic images (unless called for in the contest rules):

• Your entry is an image montage.
• Your entry contains text that floats on the image. Text on an entry is fine as long as it could be original to the image (e.g. A road sign, an advertisement, a movie poster, etc.), and the lighting/angles/perspectives match your entry in a photorealistic way.
• Your entry contains a cartoon speech/thought bubble added to the image
• Your entry contains thumbnails of the original overlaid on the image.
• Your entry contains 2D cartoon elements (in their cartoon form) as a part of the real images.
• Your entry contains gratuitous borders on your image. A simple 1-2 pixel wide black border will be allowed, so images that would otherwise just blend into the background, have something to delineate themselves. Any other color or size border will be considered gratuitous.
• Your entry is animated.
• Your entry does not meet the general quality level we require on the site for an Advanced contest.
• Your entry contains a visible signature. If you want to sign your work, embed or hide your signature in your image so that it's 'invisible' (unobtrusive to the casual viewer). Don't add obvious signatures or sig-images to your images.
• Your entry contains a web address. (all areas)
• Your entry contains illustrated elements that are illochop/painterly in a contest where the intent is realism.

Annoying, overused entries (cliches)

• Your entry contains Britney Spears.
• Your entry contains Former President George W. Bush.
• Your entry contains scantily clad women (i.e. in bikinis) for no practical reason.
• Your entry contains Star Wars references.
• Your entry contains the Statue of Liberty.
• Your entry contains the World Trade Center buildings.
• Your entry contains Adolf Hitler, or Nazi references.
• Your entry contains Osama Bin Laden or terrorist references.
• Your entry contains a Norman Rockwell painting.
• Your entry contains Krispy Kreme references.

My original image- 

Image after editing.

This Contest is the was similar tot he other but with a different image.
The people who took place in the contest where aloud to manipulate the image in however way they wanted keep to arena rules - 

What cannot be used in an entry?The following are items that we don't allow because of annoying overuse, lack of realism, controversy, illegality, being off-topic or because using them is lazy. They are usually disqualified on sight by the administrators, at their discretion. Enter anything on the following list at your own risk.

Controversial/illegal entries

• Your entry has elements that are not safe for work (i.e. blurred out porn/hate crimes/injury/sickness/obscene gestures) in a contest that is labeled appropriate for all audiences.
• Your entry has elements that would likely be offensive to the majority of people who see it.
• The intent of your entry is blatantly to make a controversial political statement.
• Your entry contains children for which you personally do not have a model release. If you have a model release you must state so in your author's comments.
• Your entry contains material that you didn't have the legal right to use. It's your responsibility to determine if your source images are copyrighted, and you must ask for the permission of the copyright holder to use the image BEFORE submitting it to a contest. You must post a copyright release statement in your Author's Comments. (e.g. "I have permission to use this copyrighted image")

Lazy entries

• You reused a past B2B contest's source picture in a different contest (and it's obvious that you had access to it).
• You resubmitted an entry that had previously been voted on in ANY contest.
• Your entry used an idea too similar to a previous entry. Entries that are deemed too similar risk disqualification.
• You used the image as a whole in a different background, instead of actually editing the image itself. (i.e. Taking the source image in a B2B contest and inserting it into a scene of a painter painting it as his artwork, or the background of a postcard, or as a framed photograph on a wall).
• Your entry abuses program filters. (i.e. changing a b2b source themepost to a charcoal sketch using a simple filter and submitting that as your entire entry; using excessive or gratuitous lensflare filters)
• You changed an insignificant part of an otherwise outstanding image that you didn't create (regardless of whether you had permission and/or credit it appropriately).
• Your entry is a re-creation (source for source) of an existing photo manipulated image or tutorial, whether hosted by Worth1000.com or not.
• Your entry contains someone elses' material that you did have a legal right to use, but without crediting them, it appears as if you are the sole creator.

Non-photorealistic images (unless called for in the contest rules):

• Your entry is an image montage.
• Your entry contains text that floats on the image. Text on an entry is fine as long as it could be original to the image (e.g. A road sign, an advertisement, a movie poster, etc.), and the lighting/angles/perspectives match your entry in a photorealistic way.
• Your entry contains a cartoon speech/thought bubble added to the image
• Your entry contains thumbnails of the original overlaid on the image.
• Your entry contains 2D cartoon elements (in their cartoon form) as a part of the real images.
• Your entry contains gratuitous borders on your image. A simple 1-2 pixel wide black border will be allowed, so images that would otherwise just blend into the background, have something to delineate themselves. Any other color or size border will be considered gratuitous.
• Your entry is animated.
• Your entry does not meet the general quality level we require on the site for an Advanced contest.
• Your entry contains a visible signature. If you want to sign your work, embed or hide your signature in your image so that it's 'invisible' (unobtrusive to the casual viewer). Don't add obvious signatures or sig-images to your images.
• Your entry contains a web address. (all areas)
• Your entry contains illustrated elements that are illochop/painterly in a contest where the intent is realism.
• Annoying, overused entries (cliches)

• Your entry contains Britney Spears.
• Your entry contains Former President George W. Bush.
• Your entry contains scantily clad women (i.e. in bikinis) for no practical reason.
• Your entry contains Star Wars references.
• Your entry contains the Statue of Liberty.
• Your entry contains the World Trade Center buildings.
• Your entry contains Adolf Hitler, or Nazi references.
• Your entry contains Osama Bin Laden or terrorist references.
• Your entry contains a Norman Rockwell painting.
• Your entry contains Krispy Kreme references.

Original image

Manipulated image

Although this competition is for people with advanced image manipulation skills, I found the idea of of taking an object with a specific colour and changing it interesting, So to the best of my ability I manipulated an image to the requirements on the brief but first I practised on something simpler.  

Colour as we know it is boring. Why not have lavender taxis, orange seawater or blue frogs? In this contest you should change the ordinary colors of objects in your image, while keeping everything else their ordinary color.

The rules of this game are thus:
Change the ordinary colors of specific objects in your image to a single color or your choice of colors. Do not just change the hue of the entire image to a single color - instead change only specific objects within it.

As always, quality is a must. We will remove poor entries no matter how much we like you. You'll have 48 hours for this contest, so make your submission count.

Remember, quality over quantity. We will be DQing low quality entries.

Look at the top 10 entries in previous Color Blind contests. If you recolor the same objects as in previous Color Blind contests, it better be something special or you're risking disqualification!

Please, DO NOT post WIPs in your comments. Post them in the forums after the contest has ended.

Because I know my image manipulation skills are not to an advanced level I chose something I knew I could manage and manipulate well.

So i searched for cherries on Google and found this image -