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12/02/2004 06:13:06 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by doctornick:
C'mon guys...if it's yellow it meets the challenge. If there is yellow in it it meets the challenge. Now if the photo is crappy it will score low period. Enough hair-splitting... |
SO what shade of yellow? How much, as in percentage, of the frame must be filled with yellow? As in, a nice green field with a yellow dandelion. It has yellow in it, so it fits the challenge?
There is no way to please everyone (just check most winners or brown ribboners - great ones get 2, browns get 10 votes...)
My solution is to shoot something yellow, perhaps a banana having an epiphiny, and score a solid 4.9.
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12/02/2004 06:36:00 PM · #27 |
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12/02/2004 06:44:53 PM · #28 |
Well gee I'm real SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY
I'm just looking for some clarification also and my time taking photos is dear, so you are in this thread because . . . .
Originally posted by GoldBerry:
Originally posted by doctornick:
C'mon guys...if it's yellow it meets the challenge. If there is yellow in it it meets the challenge. Now if the photo is crappy it will score low period. Enough hair-splitting... |
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
The over analysis is paralyzing my computer.
My sincerest sympathies go out to the site admins who have to field all these complaints. |
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12/02/2004 07:14:23 PM · #29 |
Maybe this will help. Examples from last itme.
Yellow |
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12/02/2004 07:17:16 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by Gauti:
Originally posted by Travis99:
I have a great idea, hope no one else has it. |
no, I have the same idea as well :) |
I was going to use that idea too. Now I'll have to think of something else, darn it. |
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12/02/2004 07:34:56 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by Pug-H:
Originally posted by Gauti:
Originally posted by Travis99:
I have a great idea, hope no one else has it. |
no, I have the same idea as well :) |
I was going to use that idea too. Now I'll have to think of something else, darn it. |
No, you can use it, mine is just gonna be SO MUCH better :)
I predict Travis in the 99%
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12/02/2004 09:05:14 PM · #32 |
What do you mean by 99%. O anyway I thought of a better Idea than that, so you guys can go ahead and use it. I have the photo, the comp sux, but I'm relying on the interpertation of the challenge to at least get me a 3.
Message edited by author 2004-12-02 21:05:56.
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12/02/2004 09:21:32 PM · #33 |
so, if i take a photo of an orange,
will you vote it down if i interpret it as yellow because i might be color blind?
Message edited by author 2004-12-02 21:26:05.
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12/02/2004 09:23:59 PM · #34 |
If a yellow tree falls in the woods, and no one's there to photograph it, does it really fall?
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12/02/2004 09:24:32 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by ericlimon:
so, if i take a photo of an orange,
will you vote it down if interpret it as yellow because i might be color blind? |
No because I already called u as the winner. |
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12/02/2004 09:41:21 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by lyta:
Oh not always, you can take a great photo of a banana, and there is a good chance voter's interpretation of the challenge will have a lot of sway in the voting.
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I have a problem with the definition too. It almost sounds like they want a photo that involves the photographer's vision of what yellow means without using yellow or photograph something that makes you think of the colour yellow - I know that is not what it means - but I have visions of submitting something yellow and being told just that.
At the same time if they just want photos that have yellow in them and being the main impact, then why not just say so? Why the obscure wording. Even something like "Dazzle us with yellow" is less confusing or " "What does yellow mean to you?" is more helpful.
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I have to agree, lyta. The challenge details for this yellow challenge is different from the last yellow challenge (thanks for the link jb). The one for the first yellow (I wasn't a member then) says "It's a color, and it's also your challenge", while this one says "Photograph your interpretation of the color yellow. The color yellow must lead to the impact of the photo." IMO the first one suggests that yellow must be in the photo to meet the challenge but the first sentence of the second description seems to say "don't use the real color, just what you think of when you think yellow (like someone being a coward for example)."
I will say that my experience here so far seems to show maybe you need both to do well. I tried to incorporate both literal and figurative for the vanishing point challenge and it has my best score to date (only a 5.4 for those curious), even though I did get one comment suggesting that I didn't meet the challenge.
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12/04/2004 11:39:37 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by Travis99:
If a yellow tree falls in the woods, and no one's there to photograph it, does it really fall? |
Ah, but the real question for this challenge is:
"If a yellow tree falls in the woods and no one from DPC is there to verify it's color, can you really prove it was yellow?" |
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12/04/2004 11:51:49 AM · #38 |
I had mine done before I started this thread. The subject is yellow and it's been done before. No great tricks or gimmicks. It'll probably score a 5+ but not much more. I like it, that's what counts. Good luck.
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12/04/2004 12:12:27 PM · #39 |
Why is it that at every challenge, and I do mean EVERY challenge, someone has to question the description of the challenge.
IT HAS TO BE YELLOW GOD DAMN IT, YELLOW. That's it that's all. put yellow in it and you meet the challenge.
The way voters take each pictures is there own problem.
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12/04/2004 12:21:13 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by BruB:
Why is it that at every challenge, and I do mean EVERY challenge, someone has to question the description of the challenge.
IT HAS TO BE YELLOW GOD DAMN IT, YELLOW. That's it that's all. put yellow in it and you meet the challenge.
The way voters take each pictures is there own problem. |
Just the thought I expressed earlier in the thread...
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12/05/2004 05:48:05 PM · #41 |
| I am a new member. When I saw the challenge title, I thought there had been a previous yellow challenge and they decided to do it again. I entered a photo that has yellow that I think leads to a impact (subject). Keep up the good work and I enjoy the great photos. |
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12/06/2004 02:06:29 AM · #42 |
I'm fairly new to DPC as well, and I was confused by the "Yellow" description also. I don't spend much time in the forums, but apparently those who do see a lot of complaints about the challenge descriptions. I'll just say this - On one hand, I believe if this wasn't art, the rules should be clear and literal. On the other hand, I can see where it adds a bit of interest and flavor to see how both photographers and voters interpreted the challenge rules. I myself have voted low on great images because I didn't think they met the challenge rules, but many times I go back, read the rules and try to see how the photographer might have interpreted them.
On the plus side, if I cast a low score because of what I think is a challenge rules issue, I always leave a comment stating that. If the photographer PM's me and explains, I go back and re-evaluate. ...then give them an even lower score because the more I look at something, the less I like it. ;-) kidding, kidding. I invariably raise the score and evaluate on its other merits.
So - having a humor-oriented, somewhat twisted mind, when I read "the color yellow must lead to the impact of the photo" - I immediately thought of an idea that has no yellow in it - but it could. Since I won't have time to enter this one, I'll throw the idea out there and if anyone wants it, be my guest. It might not be original though. - - a big dog on a snow covered hillside lifting his leg. You wouldn't really see the pee, so it could even be BW. Title: "Watch Out Where The Huskies Go"
Another, more literal version would be easier to stage: brightly colored yellow water poured onto the snow and a child scrunching down next to it, holding a handful of yellow snow to their mouth. The photo shows the handful of snow came from right in the middle of the yellow snow and dog or animal tracks next to it. The child has a shocked look as if being just screamed at. The title: "Noooooo! Don't eat the yellow snow!!"
Hope I didn't break any rules throwing that out there. I'm sure I'll hear about it if I did - seems to be a vocal group. Keep it up. I hope to have some time to spend entering challenges this coming year. |
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12/06/2004 02:15:09 AM · #43 |
I think i've cracked this one. Endless patience, bribery and corruption have lead to a winning entry.
Mind you I'm full of the liquid joys of Xmas, and Santa has promised me a ribbon.( hasnt said What colour).
Message edited by author 2004-12-06 02:23:33. |
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12/06/2004 08:29:06 PM · #44 |
I'd like to see some abstract yellow ones, the impact meaning what it means to a person...
You know those cards shrinks hold up and different people see different things in them? I think it would be cool to see some pictures like that in a single color...Maybe voters won't. |
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12/06/2004 09:31:52 PM · #45 |
Originally posted by Travis99:
I have a great idea, hope no one else has it. |
That's amazing. I have the same idea! |
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12/06/2004 09:34:45 PM · #46 |
Originally posted by kiwinick:
Santa has promised me a ribbon.( hasnt said What colour). |
Brown? :D
I had Entry #3. I've also accepted that many people will be using the same subject as me. Mine's better though. ;o) |
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