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10/17/2007 03:30:10 AM · #26 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Originally posted by zxaar:
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Rehashes of old challenges (macro SIX?? come on) and some really lame (pencil) challenge (pencil) ideas do tend to turn off some people. Personally I find it really f**king frustrating to see Old Shit XIV pop up at roll-over when there are a ton of nice ideas in the challenge suggestion threads.
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Wow, two perspective challenges back to back.... |
Um yeah.. i noticed that too. Not that i entered the last one so maybe that is a hint i should enter this one :P Though thinking about an idea for the distance one |
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10/17/2007 04:52:59 AM · #27 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Personally I find it really f**king frustrating to see Old Shit XIV pop up at roll-over |
Damn, I thought it *had* popped up, and I was working on the perfect setup. |
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10/17/2007 04:53:44 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by goc:
scores are important to me, i aim to 6.00 average ...
that's why i don't enter as much as i used to :-)
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Actually, I was in that position for some time: not entering chalenges so that my average would not go down (and that was without kidding). The I realized how silly that was and stopped caring.
Yes, I do care about scores (hey, who doesn't like to be recognized as a true artist?) but I won't let my average get in the way of entering challenges anymore. |
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10/17/2007 05:02:28 AM · #29 |
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10/17/2007 06:57:16 AM · #30 |
| I care about scores, but not as much as I used to becasue I suck and usually score avareage or low. I began desiring comments more, but get few of those also. However I don't comment alot myself, so I really shouldn't complain. |
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10/17/2007 07:17:31 AM · #31 |
None of the challenges recently have ignited my creative spark. The challenge suggestions forum is full of great ideas, yet they throw down the gauntlet and ask people to take pictures of pencils? I'm sure there is a rationale behind this but it still boils down to the fact that it's a pencil, and something I have no interest in pursuing.
For the past few months i've stuck to the free studies as the choice of content appeals to me. So far, the othr challenges have all seemed a little weak and not really pushing anyone to do anything.
What about a 'grunge portrait' challenge or something edgy where people can run riot... maybe more expert editing free studies.
DPC is still a great site, but not for the challenges, for the forums.
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10/17/2007 07:23:42 AM · #32 |
To be truthful my DPC enthu is going down. Challenges no more interest me. I wish to learn and experiment and create composition that I like. (and if possible others also like them, not necessary criteria though).
Have started to spend some time on onexposure.net. (only have to worry about picture, no restrictions).
The only thing that is keeping me still here is people. If it were not this community I would have stopped coming here looong time ago.
Will be entering challenges though, but would not put efforts for challenges (this one thing has not changed for me during all my time here). |
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10/17/2007 07:31:12 AM · #33 |
hmm.. i find it quite easy to experiment within the rules (my recent dq being hicup ;)
id do find though that the creative juices ebb & flow .. some weeks suck more than others .. i think im in an up swing so feeling good .. last summer i couldn't take a pic on spec for the life or money... so i stoped dpc for a while - took a breather -- & felt better in Sept. |
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10/17/2007 09:02:43 AM · #34 |
As much as I hate to admit it, the only limiting factor for me here at DPC is me.
Either my skills, both behind the camera and with my PP, or my own thinking, or the lack thereof, when it comes to creative ideas for whatever challenge comes up.
I have to say that basically I'm an upbeat, optomistic person, but the parameters of the challenges help me to frustrate myself........*IF* I let them.
I want to enter them all; I want to score well; I want to blow everybody away with my creativity and skill.
Ain't happenin'!
So I resist the urge to shoehorn, I try not to enter the ones that make my brain hurt (PENCILS?????), and just take my lumps like a good sport when I lay an egg.
I have to admit that over time my skills, and scores, have steadily, if not rapidly, increased.
So I guess *theoretically*......I can't bitch!
But we all know better than that! ROFL!!!!
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10/17/2007 10:48:08 AM · #35 |
Originally posted by Tez:
None of the challenges recently have ignited my creative spark. The challenge suggestions forum is full of great ideas, yet they throw down the gauntlet and ask people to take pictures of pencils? I'm sure there is a rationale behind this but it still boils down to the fact that it's a pencil, and something I have no interest in pursuing.
For the past few months i've stuck to the free studies as the choice of content appeals to me. So far, the othr challenges have all seemed a little weak and not really pushing anyone to do anything.
What about a 'grunge portrait' challenge or something edgy where people can run riot... maybe more expert editing free studies.
DPC is still a great site, but not for the challenges, for the forums. |
You pretty much said just what I would have said. I haven´t taken a picture for DPC since late July now in that Extreme Emotion:Faceless challenge, and that´s not cause I am really busy these days or lazy, the challenges have simply not pushed any buttons in my brain and I have not been inspired to shoot for them. Finally this last monday morning one appeared that I really want to shoot for so I am probably going to have an entry for Rainbows if the weather cooperates and we get any the next weekend.
I did want to shoot for the last Deja Vu challenge but then read that you had to copy a chosen ribbon winner as closely as possible and that kindof deflated my interest and I didn´t make time to shoot for that one. |
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10/17/2007 10:54:30 AM · #36 |
I agree with Larus...in addition to being busy anyway with work and buying a house, I just haven't been really fired up by any challenges for awhile.
BTW, Larus, quite a few of your pics were emulated in Deja Vu! |
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10/17/2007 11:03:08 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Rehashes of old challenges (macro SIX?? come on) and some really lame (pencil) challenge (pencil) ideas do tend to turn off some people. Personally I find it really f**king frustrating to see Old Shit XIV pop up at roll-over when there are a ton of nice ideas in the challenge suggestion threads.
But anyway, if you don't want to enter you don't have to. So I don't.
edit: And while I won't pimp my own challenge idea that I am constantly mentioning, I would add that it would be nice if at least one challenge a week came from the challenge suggestions thread. |
While this is generally true, in my opinion there are a lot of non-starters in the suggestion threads, far more than good ones. Girls-on-girls being one. :P But, I think it might do good by way of reminding the powers that be that there are useable suggestions there if people checked the Challenge Suggestions thread often and "me tooed" their favourites every week.
Edit: I take it back, a more thorough look yielded more good suggestions than not.
Message edited by author 2007-10-17 11:04:36. |
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10/17/2007 11:15:21 AM · #38 |
well since I read this thread I've been trying to think of alternative suggestions for challenges that are quite universal. So far, it's going pretty good.
It's one thing to voice (write) any dissatisfaction we may be feeling, but it's another to take the steps towards ending it.
If everyone here put forward a suggestion, we'd end up with some serious button-pushing stuff.
And for the record, my suggestion was for a 'weathered' challenge because it can be represented through vastly differing images. |
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10/17/2007 11:37:55 AM · #39 |
Originally posted by Tez:
well since I read this thread I've been trying to think of alternative suggestions for challenges that are quite universal. So far, it's going pretty good.
It's one thing to voice (write) any dissatisfaction we may be feeling, but it's another to take the steps towards ending it.
If everyone here put forward a suggestion, we'd end up with some serious button-pushing stuff.
And for the record, my suggestion was for a 'weathered' challenge because it can be represented through vastly differing images. |
Noted, and done. |
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10/17/2007 11:48:10 AM · #40 |
I got to agree with Spazmo, despite the site is designed around the scores they should not be an important thing in judging your photography. It's the fun you have making the photos and the self-satisfaction you get from pushing your self technically and creatively that should be important.
Keep in mind the majority of photographers have a very low sucess rate and take hundreds of shots before getting one they like. Failure is part of the process, its how we learn and become better, try not to be upset about it, embrace it.
My only disappointment with the contests are that a lot of the comments seem to be "one word comments" and are difficult to interpret what the viewer liked or disliked about a photo. The best comments are the ones that explain what they are thinking and even go far enough to suggest a way to improve a shot.
Message edited by author 2007-10-17 11:50:55. |
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10/17/2007 09:47:54 PM · #41 |
I really enjoy this website because of the people...I received 3 PMs about this thread from people trying to encourage me. THANK YOU!!
The most profound thing someone said to me was this:
"The act of taking pictures is the reward. And taking pictures whose value lasts long after the voting week is completed seems a more worthy endeavor."
This is so true. Going out and taking pictures does something for my soul. I love it. Trying to create a picture for a challenge by staging something in a studio-type setting does nothing for me...I do not like it at all. And do I really want a picture of a pencil in my portfolio...something that only DPCers would get...NO!
I want pictures that people in my circle of influence can appreciate with me. I want pictures that satisfy me and make me feel like I have accomplished something.
I love a few of my macros and I really love some of my blurred images...so there...
I am shooting for pleasure, for satisfaction and for the momentary escape from the real world and its problems. Photography helps the soul!
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10/17/2007 11:01:48 PM · #42 |
FWIW, I imagine it would be hard to please the masses with 3+ new exciting challenge topics every week. I haven't entered in over a month and the last one was only because I "had to" but I do enjoy the occasional inane challenge like Pencil because a few people come up with really interesting and creative images AND I enjoy seeing unfamiliar usernames on the front page as well.
It's a good thing this place is multidimensional and has so much to offer everyone. The side challenges are much more valuable to me for entertainment, challenge and improvement.
Cheers. |
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10/17/2007 11:06:23 PM · #43 |
Originally posted by slickchik:
I am shooting for pleasure, for satisfaction and for the momentary escape from the real world and its problems. Photography helps the soul! |
Amen to that. That's why I shoot, too. And though the challenges are sometimes a bit "huh?", they do make you think and start looking at things in a different light. We may not end up with anything for a challenge, but we look at things that way for awhile, just in case. So I think it's a good thing. (Though I didn't look at that many pencils last week - hard to find pencils here.) Oh, and as an aside, yes, I'll do a quick "how to do acid in basic" and post it somewhere. :-) |
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10/18/2007 01:09:12 AM · #44 |
I joined DPC because of the challenges and the type of photography I was seeing. Although I've never entered a challenge in the almost 2 years I've been on here, I have to say I've stayed because of the, uh, I've stayed because of... hmmm, why the heck have I stayed? Hang on, I'll get back to you.
Mike
Message edited by author 2007-10-18 09:17:46. |
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10/18/2007 01:41:30 AM · #45 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
Amen to that. That's why I shoot, too. And though the challenges are sometimes a bit "huh?", they do make you think and start looking at things in a different light. We may not end up with anything for a challenge, but we look at things that way for awhile, just in case. So I think it's a good thing. |
I'm with you on this all the way. That's why i like DPC. Gives me reasons to keep my mind occupied and see if i can come up with an idea in a very limited time. And then, if i finally have one, i got to figure out how to make it real. Through this process i have a chance to search, try and learn things about photography.
IMHO sure score matters, but it's not a goal, it's a motive.
Last two challenges i entered (fauna and pencils) gave me reasons to try out studio lighting. Never had that chance before, you see i'm not a pro. I spent some time searching the internet about lighting setups, chose one i thought it was appropriate for my idea and tried it out.
I had to dig out some old flashes, i had buried somewhere in my basement, to complete the setup. Kept me busy all week, and in the end i'm happy i did it, even though i have a very tight schedule these days.
All in all, i think the whole process is what i enjoy the most.
Message edited by author 2007-10-18 01:42:45. |
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10/18/2007 02:36:20 AM · #46 |
Im pretty happy with the challenges.
Even the last pencil one which was pretty constrictive, gave you the choice of doing a pretty loose POV shot.
Of course there are some I dont like as much, such as anything that has to do with bands or songs, like the 'rolling stones challenge'
Which isnt a theme, but rather a free study where you search around for a lyric from a band that will suit it. Gimme any picture and ill give it a rolling stones title |
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10/18/2007 02:45:31 AM · #47 |
Originally posted by MikeJ:
I joined DPC because of the challenges and the type of photography I was seeing. Although I've never entered a challenge in the almost 2 years I've been on here, I have to say I've stayed because of the, uh, I've stayed because of... hmmm, why have the heck have I stayed? Hang on, I'll get back to you.
Mike |
TWO YEARS AND NOT A SINGLE CHALLENGE?
...and you have THAT camera???
I wonder what challenges are like for those who never read the forums. Hmmm... |
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10/18/2007 02:49:50 AM · #48 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
I wonder what challenges are like for those who never read the forums. Hmmm... |
I've wondered that myself.
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10/18/2007 03:05:39 AM · #49 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
I wonder what challenges are like for those who never read the forums. Hmmm... |
I've wondered that myself. |
Makes me want to find some folks who've entered many but never posted and we could talk smack about them and they would never know it. Heeeheeeheee.
edit: come to think of it, I think we should go roust some of them and drag them in here. Why should they get to enjoy the challenges??
Message edited by author 2007-10-18 03:07:16. |
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10/18/2007 03:07:27 AM · #50 |
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