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Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

07/02/2002 09:15:39 PM · #1

How about trying a couple of challenges with the titles suppressed until after the voting. I think there would be less stretching of the imagination required in voting.

jmsetzler

Sony Alpha a6000

07/02/2002 09:18:26 PM · #2

I like titles.. they either add to the photo or they take away from it... it's sorta like a creative extension of the photo :)

autool

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM

07/02/2002 09:34:59 PM · #3

I was told years ago that a good picture shouldn't need to have a title, and that it should be self explanitory. I don't especially agree with this theory but I do look my pictures over very carefully in hopes that a title will jump out for me. Usually this works and if I have difficulty in settling on one the picture usually doesn't tell a story. The story is one of the major elements that a picture should have, and it is equally as important as composition and technical quality. Remember this is just a novice talking.

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

07/02/2002 09:35:27 PM · #4

I like um too. I just want to see the results without them for a few challenges. You know, kinda like judging the photo on it's own merit and how well it captured the challenge without all this "ARTISTIC" bs.

jmsetzler

Sony Alpha a6000

07/02/2002 09:38:06 PM · #5

lol @ artistic BS :)))

I'm not an artistic person for the most part. I am trying to buy my way into the arts & croissant crowd tho :) It's hard when yer a redneck tho :)

KarenB

Canon EOS-70D

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

07/02/2002 09:43:20 PM · #6

There was another thread somewhere in the forums with a suggestion to put the titles under the photo, so the photo is seen first. I like this idea. Comments?

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

07/02/2002 09:48:09 PM · #7

Originally posted by Karen Bryan:
There was another thread somewhere in the forums with a suggestion to put the titles under the photo, so the photo is seen first. I like this idea. Comments?

I may have suggested that. Also, suppress the titles on the voting thumbnails page, either until the person's finished voting (then they can decide for themselves if the title affects their score) or until the challenge is over. That way, people who don't want to see the titles can avoid them fairly easily, those who do want them can just scroll down.

chariot

Olympus C-3030Z

07/03/2002 11:04:51 AM · #8

Originally posted by jmsetzler:
lol @ artistic BS :)))

I'm not an artistic person for the most part. I am trying to buy my way into the arts & croissant crowd tho :) It's hard when yer a redneck tho :)

And it doesn't help that you are in the middle of Hickville either. ;)

07/03/2002 11:05:45 AM · #9

Originally posted by David Ey:
[i]How about trying a couple of challenges with the titles suppressed until after the voting.

MrsKro

07/03/2002 11:07:49 AM · #10

Originally posted by chariot:
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
[i]lol @ artistic BS :)))

I'm not an artistic person for the most part. I am trying to buy my way into the arts & croissant crowd tho :) It's hard when yer a redneck tho :)

And it doesn't help that you are in the middle of Hickville either. ;)
[/i]

Hey!! I resemble that remark. Hickville is just a hoot and a holler from where I live. Or, for those who aren't southern....about 10-15 minutes.

shortredneck

Olympus C-3000Z

07/03/2002 11:10:25 AM · #11

Yeah, it's about the same distance as "down the road apiece".

kathleenm

Canon EOS-D60

07/03/2002 11:15:29 AM · #12

Originally posted by shortredneck:
Yeah, it's about the same distance as "down the road apiece".

Hey, I thought that was a new england thing! Except it's "down the rud apiece". LOL