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Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

11/18/2004 11:41:51 AM · #1

Did you notice? The three ribbon winners from macro have almost identical compositions. What does it mean?

Pedro

Nikon D200

11/18/2004 11:48:39 AM · #2

Originally posted by cloudsme:

Did you notice? The three ribbon winners from macro have almost identical compositions. What does it mean?

aliens. it can only mean aliens.

hopper

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM

11/18/2004 11:51:36 AM · #3

we're all dehydrated?

giega

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II

11/18/2004 12:02:43 PM · #4

It's a voter conspiracy.

wkmen

Olympus SP-570 UZ

11/18/2004 12:05:37 PM · #5

Originally posted by cloudsme:

Did you notice? The three ribbon winners from macro have almost identical compositions. What does it mean?

It means we're gonna see a lot more of that when applicable to the challenge!

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

11/18/2004 12:08:51 PM · #6

I see. Aliens from a desert world conspired to....

Spork99

OM System OM-1

11/18/2004 12:15:59 PM · #7

It's a conspiracy, not of the voters, but a much wider one, involving the SC, Admins and going all the way up to the highest level of government. President Bush has conspired with other UN nations to enforce photographic composition RULES and to make them uniform throughout the world by rewarding those who comply and punishing those who do not. The results of this latest challenge are just the tip of the iceberg. The International Photographic Composition Enforcement Agency (IPCEA) has recently received a top secret charter from the UN and a $247 Billion budget to accomplish this conformity. The IPCEA has the authority to seize equipment and detain (indefinitely) photographers who are not in compliance. Officially, the IPCEA doen't exist, but they do operate under the aegis of the UN security council and, at least in the US, the Dept of Homeland Security. You can occasionally see IPCEA agents flying about in certain areas in black helicopters though I believe they primarily conduct field operations at night.

Just make sure to follow the rules or you and your camera may just disappear.

cghubbell

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

11/18/2004 12:18:11 PM · #8

Hmm... It could also mean that average DPC user is particularly grabbed by macros of water droplets. You could search prior challenges and find many highly placed water droplet shots as well.

Personally, I'm leaning towards the aliens though. It's too boring to blame it on popular cliches.

moodville

Nikon D100

11/18/2004 12:25:39 PM · #9

It could just be that having an element lead the eye diagonally from the top left into the center or third of the shot where the main focal element is happens to be very appealing to the voters. And to think some people hate those photography rules!

Message edited by author 2004-11-18 14:13:32.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

11/18/2004 12:39:35 PM · #10

Maybe the next macro should be no bugs, flowers, or fluids.

gloda

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

11/18/2004 12:46:45 PM · #11

Our arts teacher once told us that the European eye is used to start at the upper right corner and then going to the opposite corner. Just as you are doing now, by reading this text.
Another explanation is that drops or fluids do very well in close-up shots. I find them to be very appealing.

scalvert

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

11/18/2004 12:54:50 PM · #12

...that macro challenges are literally dominated by drips, pests and pansies? ;-)

Message edited by author 2004-11-18 13:01:12.

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

11/18/2004 01:03:45 PM · #13

Originally posted by scalvert:

...that macro challenges are literally dominated by drips, pests and pansies? ;-)

I resemble one of those - your pick.
ROFL

scalvert

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

11/18/2004 01:05:37 PM · #14

(my last macro entry was a pest)