There was a horrible fire in downtown Helsinki last friday. Some youth fanatics apparently burned down one of "their gathering places" which was going to be demolished today. The large and flat buildings were mainly made out of wood so the inferno was rather intense.

 

 

 

So, I happened to be at the scene when the fire was starting up. In time to take some shots with my crappy Ixus. Well, most of them aren't that good and that's basicly not the point of this thread so I won't post them.

 

 

 

Here are some nice pictures if someone is interested.

 

http://www.hs.fi/kuvakoosteframe/1135219780009

 

 

 

Anyway, one of biggest news papers in the Helsinki area has a daily "cellphone photocontest". You can send in shots you've taken with mobile cameras and each day one of them gets on the paper. Well, my cellphones camera is the very definiton of a bad camera though it has 1280x resolution. So, I planned to cheat. But when you cheat. Why stop at using a real camera to take the picture?

 

 

 

So, I took one of my pictures of the fire. Nothing special about it. Though I liked the fact it had the sun and the tower of national museum in it. And to photoshop we went.

 

 

 

http://www.elias.pietila.fidisk.fi/img_1971.jpg

 

 

 

There's the original. (it's a meg or so....sorry)

 

 

 

So after a bit of modification. (mainly the biiig smoke and the flames). Here is the one I uploaded to my camera and sent as "cellphone photo".

 

 

 

 

 

 

And well, they printed it. Got 50 euros, which is quite low sum but covers the expenses of 30 minute photoshopping :D

 

 

 

Now all I have to do is come up with good ideas of "photos" and shop 'em up. They seemed to have no clue it's edited though if you examine it for a second it is quite apparent. I'm still surprised they didn't ask me if that SERIOUSLY was taken with a PHONE?!

By now whoever invented the phrase "cheaters never win" should be spinning fast enough in their grave to enable us to harness them for electricity.

 

 

 

You're doing mankind a service, Col.

 

 

 

Decent job on the photoshopping, though I don't see what excuses they have for not being able to pick it up, barring a sudden deficiency of eyes.

Lol!

 

Great! 50 Euros.. for 30 min photoshoping... :D

 

But well, what matter is that you won, not that you cheated :P And you won 50 Euros ^^

 

 

 

~komodo

lol 50 euros... wish i won that :o

 

gj

That's awesome! 8-)

gawd lol! some people once through puberty stop useing their eyes :shock:

 

 

 

ok loot =$

Wow... that's a good pic but that fire :shock: :shock: It's huge :shock:

It's fun how a big fire can turn into a social event. There were thousands of spectators following the inferno. Good thing it there was only a little breeze or else the city would have been severely filled with smoke.

 

 

 

I guess the fact the image was recieved through cellphone made them believe it's authentic. If that was mailed or had anything to do with computers.....FAKE. I'm liking the left side of the added smoke. The "shine". If you crop it down to the smoke and sun it looks almost a "space scene" made in PS.

Congratz :P

 

Did you take all the photos on the first link?

 

If so, how did you take the over-head view?

Wow those are amazing pictures! There was a fire in my town awhile back and it was amazing to watch! Granted it was a paper depot so it burned rather well :P

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT: Do you mind if I crop it a bit and use it as a sig? :oops:

 

 

 

Ah here we go

 

It was a good photograph and a nice job photoshop'ing it however, submitting it as something it was not... thats bad.

 

 

 

We do not condone cheating be it in the game or real life. You are not only cheating the company that paid you, but you are cheating a legitimate contestant out of their winnings.

 

 

 

Locking this.

 

 

 

~Alduron