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Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/17/2005 03:34:23 PM · #27

opinions... so does the head have to be in the photo? (i.e. will a shot from the neck down get punished)

Zoomdak

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/17/2005 03:47:44 PM · #28

@nico_blue, I don't think so, creatively don't show the face.

What about silhouttes?

01/17/2005 03:48:34 PM · #29

Originally posted by crabappl3:

Face ---v

No Face --^

Pretty simple to me!

-danny

I see we have another Paint artist at dpc...think you're fancy, eh?

01/17/2005 03:50:41 PM · #30

I think I will be thinking more along the lines of this:

01/17/2005 03:51:09 PM · #31

Originally posted by xion:

I think I will be thinking more along the lines of this:

And I will be giving it a high vote...very nice.

01/17/2005 03:51:42 PM · #32

That's from jjbeguin, BTW

01/17/2005 03:53:30 PM · #33

Originally posted by xion:

That's from jjbeguin, BTW

hehe...of course! I had just given you a high score in my brain...thanks for your honesty!

01/17/2005 03:54:27 PM · #34

I'm obliged, then, to show a wonderful example from your portfolio. I would also score this very highly:

01/17/2005 03:56:14 PM · #35

Thanks for that. Will try my best to please you :D hehe

tyt2000

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

01/17/2005 04:13:38 PM · #36

This would have been good:

It should turn out into a great challenge...

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/17/2005 04:35:01 PM · #37

I think that's another fine example.

Natator

Canon EOS-5D

01/17/2005 04:59:53 PM · #38

Originally posted by indianzfan:

I am always amazed at ways people try to interpret the challenge. If I see a mask, I will probably give the photo a lower score.

But people have to try and interpret the challenge. The discussion here is not looking at loopholes, it seems to me to be people trying to understand what others would find acceptable.

You yourself have made your interpretaion to the challenge ... masks = no good. Many would look at that and be amazed at your interpretation as they can argue that a mask is a mask and not a face.

Everyone has different views, part of the fun of this place. I agree with you that I am often amazed at how some people try and squuze in a photo by interpreting a challenge ("Lets use this photo of my cat in the Machines challenge as his name is Digger") but in this case I thing the debate is very justified and there is no real obvious answer.

MrYu

Nikon D70

Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon

01/17/2005 05:53:01 PM · #39

Originally posted by xion:

I think I will be thinking more along the lines of this:

Very cool, i am thinking along the same lines. =)

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

01/17/2005 08:16:47 PM · #40

Couple comments...
First, cloning out or otherwise editing (smudge, blur, etc.) will very easily fall afoul of "removal of major elements". I'd certainly steer clear of this. BTW, I don't think the voters would think well of it anyway.
Second, I see several posts indicating that even a hint of a face will be voted down. Although I fully support the right of voters to vote as they see fit, I would encourage all to take an open mind. Very tight, restrictive interpretations of the cahllenge theme stifle creativity, the very thing that this site is about. Just my 2Â¢.

Edit for typo...

Message edited by author 2005-01-17 20:17:41.

RayEthier

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

01/17/2005 08:24:06 PM · #41

Originally posted by xion:

I think I will be thinking more along the lines of this:

And this would be a photo of??? oh wait,,, a government employee maybe??? hehehe....... (My apologies to anyone employed by the government... mmmmm I used to be one)

Discraft

Canon EOS-20D

Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon

01/17/2005 09:41:33 PM · #42

How about this one, or this would be a headless person on your kind of voting?

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

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

01/17/2005 10:16:17 PM · #43

Psycho

Gauti

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/17/2005 10:33:22 PM · #44

Originally posted by RayEthier:

Originally posted by xion:
I think I will be thinking more along the lines of this:

And this would be a photo of??? oh wait,,, a government employee maybe??? hehehe....... (My apologies to anyone employed by the government... mmmmm I used to be one)

Thank you.
You gave me the idea I just needed. mwhhahahahaha

loz1

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

01/17/2005 11:16:05 PM · #45

Can you do something like this? Like have the person reading a book or working in the garden or whatever, but with this effect?

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/18/2005 12:02:12 AM · #46

People;

Photograph human beings engaged in normal human activity. The restriction - they are faceless. Their faces must not be seen.

Examples shown by discraft, general, and loz don't fit that criterion. Additionally, the "headless" shot HAS a face, just in the wrong place.

There's a whole genre of "portraiture" that does not use faces, concentrates on other aspects of the body for its impact. Expect toi see lots of hand shots; they can be very expressive of the spirit and soul.

Robt.

sfalice

Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

01/18/2005 12:24:54 AM · #47

So, if I should be so unlucky as to have a leak under the sink in the kitchen, and then lucky enough to find a plumber to come and fix it, I should take his picture.

But should I get a model release?
;>)

awpollard