Hells Kitchen
by MAK

Comment by Simms:
I knew this was MAKS purely from the style & the model (his son). The worrying thing was I wanted to give it a ten, as liking his style, have marked him high in the past, this time though I dropped it a couple of marks so as not to get into trouble with `friend` voting. Its sad that its come to this.

Even if his son wasnt in the shot, I would of known it was hish, purely because whenever a new filter or style is discussed in the forums, MAK is generally one of the first to put it into practice in a challenge environment, and I take my hat off to that, howevr, and this is constructive critism, he also has a tendancy to overuse a new effect until the `next big thing` is discussed, just look at his tonempaping entries!! (however this could of been his undoing as others know his style and due to recent evernts, felt the need to `punish` him.. who knows).

Nice shot mate. At least it hit top 5, any lower would of been a travesty.

Message edited by author 2007-04-30 11:06:38.

Hells Kitchen
by MAK

Comment by SandyP:
AMEN Mak!!!!!

Oh. . .and the only thing I disagree with you about is your comment that this photo is not brilliant. This photo is in fact BRILLIANT and worth every point of a 7.6 dream score :) !

Hells Kitchen
by MAK

Comment by roz:
This is NOT a food challenge; your task is to shoot the stuff you use to PREPARE your food. Have fun!
cant see anywhere in the challenge description that you shouldnt actually have any food in it ... i find it quite strange really, the way some ppl will just about look for something to find in an entry that doesnt fit and then say it DNMC ... and then mark you down ... oh well ... i reckon their weird attitude would pass over into their real lives and they'd be seeing all sort'v negative things around them that arent really there!!! ...
anyway marac ... i reckon this is just the best image .. you've taken an excellent photograph and processed it with style ... i love your imaginative approach and the humour ...
and congratulations on a great place in the challenge despite the 'do gooders' who arent actually doing good at all !!

Hells Kitchen
by MAK

Comment by bmartuch:
You may have recieved some 1's because the challenge specifically said this is NOT a food challenge and to use just kitchen ware. I was not one of those voters BTW.

Passing the Time of Day
by MAK

Comment by LalliSig:
Sorry, I just really have no taste for selective desaturation unless it´s really very originally done with a sense of purpouse (wich I don´t see often and sorry, I don´t see in this picture) so keep in mind I am biased, if you like this just ignore silly old me. I am not that against it I would vote low just because of that but the shot is what I would call average so I voted a 4 and at least thought I should explain why.

Hells Kitchen
by MAK

Comment by MAK:

Originally posted by KarenNfld: Originally posted by MAK: it is an EXPERT editing ruleset No, it's an advanced editing challenge (oh, and BTW I did not vote this a 1). Congrats on 5th place.

Ooooops you are correct, I apologise about that part but the rest still stands LOL!

Hells Kitchen
by MAK

Comment by KarenNfld:

Originally posted by MAK: it is an EXPERT editing ruleset

No, it's an advanced editing challenge (oh, and BTW I did not vote this a 1).

Congrats on 5th place.

Hells Kitchen
by MAK

Comment by MAK:

Originally posted by Cutter: People probably gave you 1's, 2's and 3's because it is a cartoon. I didn't vote.

But it is a cartoon that is in focus and meets the challenge, like I say I have no problem with the 3's and at the end of the day it is an EXPERT editing ruleset so it does in fact mean that you may use photoshop a lot (if you so desire) the fact that this shot recieved 5 X 1s to me, does not show a simple dislike of the cartoon editing but more of an attempt to lower the end result thus known as TROLLING.

A vote of 1 should be issued to a shot that is 160x160 pixels totally void of any connection to the challenge without any focus whatsoever. But anyway, as I have always stated, A vote should be a persons free choice to do with what they please. but if the rules say you cannot issue a 10 to someone who's style you recognise (friend) then I believe it should work at the other end too when a shot (like this) clearly does not deserve a vote of 1 (another instance is the great shots of Librodo that get a string of brutal 1 votes too) I think that this kind of voting should also be policed (Im sure that SC are doing everything they can to deal with it) We ALL get affected by it. I have found very few shots that truely deserve a vote of 1.

Friend voting is cheating. I am guilty as charged and openly apologised for my part in it.
So is Trolling cheating and should be dealt with in the same manner IMHO.

here ends my little tale... I am totally happy with the placing of 5th I am just making a point.

Thanks

Hells Kitchen
by MAK

Comment by whiteroom:
haha, great shot.

Hells Kitchen
by MAK

Comment by Cutter:
People probably gave you 1's, 2's and 3's because it is a cartoon. I didn't vote.