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 09/05/2012 12:30:03 PM · #1
Show your last completed score sheet...if you dare! (without changing the numbers)
Challenge: Member Challenge Stranger In A Strange Land II (Aug. 24th 2012 - Aug. 30th 2012) [Challenge Details: Simply photograph a strange something, somewhere strange.]
Rules: Advanced Editing
Submissions: 72
Voting Deadline: Sep. 6th 2012
Details: Simply photograph a strange something, somewhere strange.
Stats: You have rated 72 of 72 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 7.9167.

Message edited by author 2012-09-05 12:30:57.
 09/05/2012 12:37:27 PM · #2
Challenge: Stranger In A Strange Land II (Aug. 24th 2012 - Aug. 30th 2012)
Rules: Advanced Editing
Submissions: 72
Voting Deadline: Sep. 6th 2012
Details: Simply photograph a strange something, somewhere strange.
Stats: You have rated 71 of 71 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 10 images (14%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 5.0563.

Now what ?

Message edited by author 2012-09-05 12:37:51.
 09/05/2012 12:46:50 PM · #3
I'll play, but I don't get the point.

Stranger In A Strange Land II
Stats: You have rated 71 of 71 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 3 images (4%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 3.5774.
 09/05/2012 12:52:15 PM · #4
Free Study 2012-08
You have rated 241 of 243 images (99%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 14 images (6%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 6.5934.

three 10's
eight 9's
Thirty one 8's
ninety two 7's
seventy three 6's
twenty 5's
seven 4's
three 3's



Message edited by author 2012-09-05 13:57:32.
 09/05/2012 12:55:22 PM · #5
Originally posted by Venser:
I'll play, but I don't get the point.

Just to get a better idea of where people are coming from. You and I compared our ratings and perspectives on a completed challenge a while back and it was interesting. I've also gotten a handful of very positive comments from you recently and t=it all combines to give me a good idea of what you are looking for. It's not the eye candy that usually wins.
 09/05/2012 12:57:25 PM · #6
This is really really interesting.
 09/05/2012 01:04:09 PM · #7
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Originally posted by Venser:
I'll play, but I don't get the point.

Just to get a better idea of where people are coming from. You and I compared our ratings and perspectives on a completed challenge a while back and it was interesting. I've also gotten a handful of very positive comments from you recently and t=it all combines to give me a good idea of what you are looking for. It's not the eye candy that usually wins.

Without context, it's still hard for people to understand. I've been trying to comment on all my 8's, 9's, and 10's, in most challenges, but I just bought two new computers, so time is somewhat limited.

Yeah, overdone eye candy typically doesn't do very well over here.
 09/05/2012 01:06:13 PM · #8
You have rated 71 of 71 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 8 images (11%) in this challenge. (may comment more and may bump as I do)
You have given an average score of 5.3239.

2 9s
3 8s
9 7s
18 6s
17 5s
15 4s
6 3s
1 2

An overall score given doesn't tell all about being a lowballer. Like I said in another thread recently, I rarely give ones and I rarely give tens either... both are reserved for what I see as exceptional. I do use the whole rest of the scale and hence, don't have the highest average given. When I vote, I vote on every picture in the challenge. It's been a long time since I've had an avg score given for any individual challenge of less than 5.0.
 09/05/2012 01:19:26 PM · #9
Free Study 2012-08
Stats: You have rated 243 of 243 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 3.6420.

Yes or No?
Stats: You have rated 79 of 79 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 3.5949.

The Moon II
Stats: You have rated 74 of 74 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 3.0946.

Haven't commented on these challenges yet, hopefully I can get around before they roll over.
 09/05/2012 01:26:43 PM · #10
Originally posted by Venser:
Free Study 2012-08
Stats: You have rated 243 of 243 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 3.6420.

Yes or No?
Stats: You have rated 79 of 79 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 3.5949.

The Moon II
Stats: You have rated 74 of 74 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 3.0946.

Haven't commented on these challenges yet, hopefully I can get around before they roll over.

As long as you gave me a good score on the Moon challenge, i'll forgive the lack of a comment ;P
(quite honestly, i think i've got a 1 from you on it)
 09/05/2012 01:52:17 PM · #11
Originally posted by Venser:
I've been trying to comment on all my 8's, 9's, and 10's, in most challenges, but I just bought two new computers, so time is somewhat limited.

How about commenting on the low scores, so people can learn and improve?
 09/05/2012 02:00:50 PM · #12
Originally posted by Venser:
I'll play, but I don't get the point.

Stranger In A Strange Land II
Stats: You have rated 71 of 71 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 3 images (4%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 3.5774.


Would you be willing to show us how this plays out? How many 1s, 2s, 10, etc? You don't have to do them all.. just one challenge.
 09/05/2012 02:00:54 PM · #13
Originally posted by JuliBoc:
How about commenting on the low scores, so people can learn and improve?

A lot of my low votes have nothing to do with the technicality of the photo. Sometimes it's as simple as simply being overdone, or unoriginal, or uninspiring. It could be technically flawless, I really don't care. In the expert challenges, I'm the lowest vote on all the digital art entries; I simply don't view them as photography and score them as such.

So commenting on the low scores would only serve to get people to either ignore me or to sway them to do photography which I enjoy, not what they enjoy. Submitting to a challenge you have to expect not everyone is going to jive with what you submit.

Message edited by author 2012-09-05 14:06:28.
 09/05/2012 02:16:44 PM · #14
Stranger in a Strange Land

You have rated 71 of 71 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 5.8732.
 09/05/2012 02:20:53 PM · #15
Yes or No?
6 days and 9 hours left · you rated 1 of 79 entries (1%) · Finish voting dammit!

I am finding that one very difficult to vote on given the challenge topic & details.
 09/05/2012 03:12:12 PM · #16
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Yes or No?
6 days and 9 hours left · you rated 1 of 79 entries (1%) · Finish voting dammit!

I am finding that one very difficult to vote on given the challenge topic & details.

I flipped through a dozen, then decided I didn't have a clue how a picture can both ask and answer a question and have the viewer guess the question and answer it.
 09/05/2012 03:16:54 PM · #17
Originally posted by levyj413:
I flipped through a dozen, then decided I didn't have a clue how a picture can both ask and answer a question and have the viewer guess the question and answer it.

It's possible because someone managed to do it on my entry. Hit the nail on the head.
 09/05/2012 03:17:51 PM · #18
that's why i only voted on less than half
 09/05/2012 03:32:19 PM · #19
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Originally posted by levyj413:
I flipped through a dozen, then decided I didn't have a clue how a picture can both ask and answer a question and have the viewer guess the question and answer it.

It's possible because someone managed to do it on my entry. Hit the nail on the head.


Likewise: my image does exactly that, and the commenter got the question and the answer both right.
 09/05/2012 04:56:45 PM · #20
Originally posted by JuliBoc:
Originally posted by Venser:
I've been trying to comment on all my 8's, 9's, and 10's, in most challenges, but I just bought two new computers, so time is somewhat limited.

How about commenting on the low scores, so people can learn and improve?


Define a 'low score'. : )
 09/05/2012 05:00:19 PM · #21
Originally posted by Venser:
Originally posted by JuliBoc:
How about commenting on the low scores, so people can learn and improve?

A lot of my low votes have nothing to do with the technicality of the photo. Sometimes it's as simple as simply being overdone, or unoriginal, or uninspiring. It could be technically flawless, I really don't care. In the expert challenges, I'm the lowest vote on all the digital art entries; I simply don't view them as photography and score them as such.

So commenting on the low scores would only serve to get people to either ignore me or to sway them to do photography which I enjoy, not what they enjoy. Submitting to a challenge you have to expect not everyone is going to jive with what you submit.


I love that answer. I agree 100% that folks need to shoot what they see or feel and also have little care for graphically altered captures. But I do try to keep in mind that those are there for the folks that excel in that arena and try to assess based of visual appeal of the picture.
 09/05/2012 05:09:09 PM · #22
Originally posted by Venser:
A lot of my low votes have nothing to do with the technicality of the photo. Sometimes it's as simple as simply being overdone, or unoriginal, or uninspiring. It could be technically flawless, I really don't care.


Totally agree on this point, but...

Originally posted by Venser:
In the expert challenges, I'm the lowest vote on all the digital art entries; I simply don't view them as photography and score them as such.


Why do you vote in the Expert challenges at all then? It sounds like you've decided what you'll be giving these photographs before you've even seen them.
 09/05/2012 05:12:27 PM · #23
Originally posted by bvy:
Why do you vote in the Expert challenges at all then? It sounds like you've decided what you'll be giving these photographs before you've even seen them.

Because there are always entries which don't push these boundaries that I love. Knowing that mathematically if I vote on some of the entries, and because I'm skewed compared to the norm, I should vote on all entries for consistency across the challenge. In doing so, there's usually a handful which get killed.

Message edited by author 2012-09-05 17:25:38.
 09/05/2012 05:14:20 PM · #24
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Originally posted by levyj413:
I flipped through a dozen, then decided I didn't have a clue how a picture can both ask and answer a question and have the viewer guess the question and answer it.

It's possible because someone managed to do it on my entry. Hit the nail on the head.


Likewise: my image does exactly that, and the commenter got the question and the answer both right.


You guys both asked and answered a question with your image?

Would you be willing to PM me the titles? I'm not voting anyway, and I'm really baffled.
 09/05/2012 05:38:02 PM · #25
Originally posted by Venser:
unoriginal, or uninspiring. It could be technically flawless, I really don't care.


Who decides what's uninspiring, unoriginal etc.?

The same old women are always inspiring and original while amazing (and clever) artworks are not.

I'm not necessarily talking of you, but I'll never understand while some stuff is considered original while other things are not.

PS. a list of clichés:

- The same little child with big blue eyes
- The same seascape with silky water in the foreground
- The same old women with deep wrinkles
- The same abstract and/or blurry shots taken with old film cameras
- The same glasses/macro/water shots
- The same butterflies shots

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