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 J-Me
Sony DSLR-a200K |
07/19/2010 10:32:09 PM · #1 |
The principles behind this post are great ones to keep in mind. DRATS...got to rethink Mythical Creatures now since I shouldn't use my chihuahua or Barnie the stuffed toy! ;)
Message edited by author 2010-07-19 22:32:47. |
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JustCaree
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT |
07/18/2010 12:36:14 PM · #2 |
Thanks for this! I read it when Spiff pointed it out but I just read and digested it now! I appreciate it (added it to my watched threads for future reading)
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 Yo_Spiff
Canon EOS-50D |
07/06/2010 12:23:00 AM · #3 |
-post deleted-
Message edited by author 2010-07-06 00:23:53. |
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keegbow
Canon EOS-5D |
04/09/2010 05:35:30 PM · #4 |
Gez I feel old now,I remember this post.
I think we can safely say ..... from this post the "Ribbon Hog" was created. :) |
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vawendy
Canon EOS-7D |
04/09/2010 05:27:22 PM · #5 |
Wow, I don't recognize 95% of the names in the first couple of pages!
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 kiwinick
Sony DSLR-a200K |
04/09/2010 05:07:41 PM · #6 |
Yes indeed, Its even harder with the Brown I think it takes extra ordinary talent to come up week after week to produce such reults in a new and fresh manner, that the voters will truly despise .
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FourPoint7
Canon Power Shot SX10 IS |
04/09/2010 04:53:18 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by freakin_hilarious:
Good post to get ready for the DPL with! I expect great things out of you now, Joe. :) |
i thrive on pressure....thanks cap i'll try not to disappoint!
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 scalvert
Canon EOS-7D |
04/09/2010 11:22:49 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by david_c:
Man,  scalvert is old. |
scalvert was thinking the same thing. Six years?!?! :-O |
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david_c
Canon EOS-7D |
04/09/2010 11:10:09 AM · #9 |
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 Deen
Nikon D70 |
04/09/2010 11:01:31 AM · #10 |
| This is still applicable after 6 years. |
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freakin_hilarious
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i |
04/09/2010 10:51:05 AM · #11 |
| Good post to get ready for the DPL with! I expect great things out of you now, Joe. :) |
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FourPoint7
Canon Power Shot SX10 IS |
04/09/2010 10:40:57 AM · #12 |
scalvert should update this.
didn't pick the name 4.7 for nothing. and this is great stuff.
Joe |
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Dirt_Diver
Nikon D40X |
06/20/2007 12:17:18 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
The trick is to do something special with common subjects. If you just plop Snowball on a couch and snap a pic that looks like your aunt Mabel could have taken it, you might as well tie a boat anchor to your score. |
HAHAHAHAHAHA OMG that is freaking funny. You know what people do that. hahahahahaha
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nards656
Canon EOS-300D Rebel |
02/01/2007 03:42:33 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Larus:
Seriously though, some wisdom in this thread and a tutorial would be good but mainly I just suggest people stick with their styles and mainly enter stuff they like first and foremost and the rest will follow. Endlessly trying to please the masses just hunting for a ribbon will not get you far and I still do not know what makes a winning photograph just that after spending more than 2 years here. |
See, he pulls out this kinda junk to try to make us think ribbons aren't important... It's very obviously his way of keeping the competition limited a little bit so that HE can keep winning ribbons...
So, either the stuff HE likes wins ribbons or he's just a ribbon hog.
Sorry, Larus, you asked for it. :P
Message edited by author 2007-02-01 15:42:41. |
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LalliSig
Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital |
02/01/2007 03:39:41 PM · #15 |
I dunno why people listen to Shannon, like he knows how to win a ribbon, he only got about 40 of them :P
Seriously though, some wisdom in this thread and a tutorial would be good but mainly I just suggest people stick with their styles and mainly enter stuff they like first and foremost and the rest will follow. Endlessly trying to please the masses just hunting for a ribbon will not get you far and I still do not know what makes a winning photograph just that after spending more than 2 years here. I have submitted shot´s that I thought would score a 5.4 and got a 7.4 and the exact opposite so go figure... |
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scalvert
Canon EOS-7D |
02/01/2007 03:35:19 PM · #16 |
Well I need to update it and make a tutorial. I have actually learned a thing or two in the years since I wrote it.
(Like the consequences of resizing twice in Minimal Editing) :-P |
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levyj413
Nikon D200 |
02/01/2007 03:33:06 PM · #17 |
Shannon, howzabout ya sticky this puppy? It's been repeatedly bumped now for 2 years. I'd say that indicates continuing interest.
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idnic
Canon EOS-30D |
02/01/2007 03:31:08 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Ouch! Got me right between the eyes! :-( |
You're still a god-like ribbon-hog; and we still love you! :)
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scalvert
Canon EOS-7D |
02/01/2007 03:17:14 PM · #19 |
| Ouch! Got me right between the eyes! :-( |
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idnic
Canon EOS-30D |
02/01/2007 03:16:41 PM · #20 |
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 DjFenzl |
02/01/2007 03:15:13 PM · #21 |
| Wasn't this written by a guy that just got DQ'd? :P |
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 Xilebo
Nikon D200 |
02/01/2007 03:00:19 PM · #22 |
| Bumping up, well worth the read! |
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JunieMoon
Sony DSLR-A100K |
01/12/2007 01:32:59 AM · #23 |
Just saw this post. Nice to share your insights. Even so, I have to disagree with a few things. Some of the shots I put the most work into scored the lowest. My highest scoring shots were basically point and shoot work, with little adjustment or even time spent in post processing. I do believe that the winning photos reach some sort of preconceived standard set by printers of posters, art work, etc. I work with prints in my job and see many of the same type of images scoring high as what I sell.
I also have the perfect example of scoring. Notwithstanding the challenge description, lets say that you take a pic of a person on a bike. You show motion with the image and it has a tilted angle to show movement. If that bicyclist is dressed in biker clothes with helmet and goggles, they score really high. Take the same subject, same person, same image, but change one thing. Dress them in jeans, t-shirt and sneakers. The image won't score as well. Probably will be even 1 to 2 points less than the one dressed for the part. Much of the scoring is really based on a preconceived standard set by the industry, which leads people to vote high on images they see as prints, as adds, or on billboards. I also think that people may not vote high on an image filled with emotion if it doesn't meet this preconceived standard. You know, like the little boy and girl holding hands, dressed in old fashioned clothes with big hats and their backs turned toward the camera and having an antique look. Scores high, but only because it has appeared as a print somewhere, not because it is anything special. Just my own opinion. |
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scalvert
Canon EOS-7D |
01/12/2007 01:15:59 AM · #24 |
| De nada. Some day I'll update this thread. ;-/ |
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Greetmir
Nikon D60 |
01/12/2007 01:10:40 AM · #25 |
| Thank you for sharing your insight! |
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