Our Place By The Sea
by Nuzzer

Comment by marbo:
Nice shot.
You put it in a lot more effort than all the other lazy sods who only went 47 steps :)

Message edited by author 2009-11-19 14:30:27.

Our Place By The Sea
by Nuzzer

Comment by Scholten:

Originally posted by steve100: I think people on DPC are far too kind , you should be DQ'd , end of story, what I do not understand is that someone with obvious talent is so shallow as to cheat in the hope of a ribbon.I would like to post a small challenge directly to you in the hope that you can redeem yourself , post a picture using the rules as stated for this challenge and prove what a good photographer you are, I have looked at your portfolio and am pretty sure you can come up with something. Good Luck

I agree. Pretty disgusting. Wish I could withdraw my vote. Good to see people are upset about this cheap behavior, though.

Our Place By The Sea
by Nuzzer

Comment by colyla:

Originally posted by joynim: LOL Gerry I dont think they get kiwi humour!!!!!!

Oh...is that what it was?

Our Place By The Sea
by Nuzzer

Comment by rich:
I'm not a fan of people breaking the spirit of the challenge. I think it's kind of sad really - it defeats the purpose of this kind of challenge.

Having said that, I think you're being singled out pretty unfairly considering how many times this has happened in the past without the incredible backlash I see here.

Our Place By The Sea
by Nuzzer

Comment by jomari:
I gave you a 9 in good faith. You might keep your place but you definitely don't deserve it, and I consider you to be a cheat because the instructions were so specific, and you so flagrantly thumbed your nose at them, that that is the only conclusion to be drawn IMO.

Our Place By The Sea
by Nuzzer

Comment by MikeO:
I gave you a high vote and you gave me dishonesty.

Our Place By The Sea
by Nuzzer

Comment by Paul:
My word, I have to say I am a little taken aback by the hostility here - at least you were spared a ribbon, you'd have been crucified (photo opoportunity for 'religion'?). We all knew that there was potential for people to actually shoot wherever they wanted. There are a whole bunch of images that could've been taken anywhere; what mattered in this challenge was whether the photographer made an interesting image from what was in front of them - I think you did an OK job with a great scene, nothing amazing or unique but competent.

Come on people no one died and I read the notes as written with a clear and cheeky sense of humour, nothing malicious at all (can that be said for all of the comments?). You really think misjudging an audience and deploying a poorly received bit of jokery warrants this degree of abuse?

We see DNMC all of the time. Is this really so different?

For me, the most important thing is that we all had a legitimate opportunity to ask ourselves if Nuzzer made the most of this scene - did you take yours? Or were you seduced by the scenery?

If people continue to score on the quality of the eye candy rather than scoring photographic interpretation and vision, then this is an inevitable consequence... and perhaps even a useful reminder.

[edited for punctuation - initially composed on my iPhone]

Message edited by author 2009-11-18 08:26:00.

Our Place By The Sea
by Nuzzer

Comment by kandykarml:
Holy cow.. .I've never seen comments like this and they bum me out for you...actually, I'm shocked.. I'm sorry and I hope you don't let it get you down.. I'm not sure why it's not ok to do what you did, but it is ok for this public lashing.. one reason this site really sucks sometimes is the nasty words left for others.... No matter to me as I don't care about following the "rules" in this context... Your image didn't break any rule THIS SITE has implemented..It's a nice shot and it deserved the spot the voters gave it..

Our Place By The Sea
by Nuzzer

Comment by 3DsArcher:
Well as one of the "beach crowd" I have to say that is one sweet shot. I wish mine came out that well on the day

Our Place By The Sea
by Nuzzer

Comment by citymars:
Nice photo, by the way!
Hang in there, this tempest-in-a-teapot should pass soon.
Peace from NYC,