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08/31/2005 12:31:37 AM · #1 |
In the 'Dairy' challenge, I submitted the photograph of a mother & Child statue. There was also a drop of milk drooping out from the mother's breast. (The mothers will know, it happens when the child is hungry...). The title was ' 't must be very hungry'. I got 15 comments, and most of them said they have no idea what they are looking at. Some of them said that they are not sure whether it meets the challenge.
Where have I gone wrong? |
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08/31/2005 12:35:26 AM · #2 |
| From what I know you could of been dq'd for photographing art. |
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08/31/2005 12:39:55 AM · #3 |
| No. I was not disqualified. This was not simply documentation of an artwork. |
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08/31/2005 12:42:25 AM · #4 |
i did not notice the milk drip during voting. and Im sure others did not as well. Likely due to its a very small portion of the photo.
also I really dont see how breast feeding relates to dairy. Granted many associate milk with dairy, but human breast milk is not highly regarded as a dairy product(well to me any way). I have not been able to find anything defining human breast milk as a dairy product.
James
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08/31/2005 12:42:50 AM · #5 |
| I think maybe the bright lighting reflections make it 1. hard to tell what the statue actually is (I can see it fine since I knew what it was beforehand) and 2. hard to see that the milk is actually milk and not another reflection. |
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08/31/2005 12:44:12 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by taylorbehne:
From what I know you could of been dq'd for photographing art. |
if you examine the photo closer he has put his own creativity into making the photo (drop of milk) so this changes the artwork rule. he put his own perspective on it and not a literal representation
James |
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08/31/2005 12:47:08 AM · #7 |
| Definitely an issue with lighting. It was way to harsh for the subject. The result from reflection and flare was that it was extremely difficult to distinguish the object. I did not realize quite what it was...and after a few seconds moved on.... |
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08/31/2005 12:55:46 AM · #8 |
To be brutally frank, I could not figure out what the figure was (it's pretty abstract), and I never noticed the drop of milk. I just didn't get it.
Sometimes we get an idea in our heads that we really love, and it's hard to accept that other people don't see them the same way we do. I congratulate you for trying some thing different, even if it wasn't as well received as you had hoped.
I did go over to your profile, and you've done some lovely work. Keep on shooting. |
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08/31/2005 10:02:52 AM · #9 |
same for me... i didn't quite make out what the statue was nor did i see the milk. my wife figured out the statue part, but she didn't see the milk drop either...
sometimes when you try to move it out on the edge, no one follows... which i think explains my current low score in 'shoes' ;) |
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08/31/2005 10:10:57 AM · #10 |
You might try reading this really great post by Scalvert.
Win a Ribbon!
Very informative and very true... A must read for all newcomers.
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08/31/2005 10:27:27 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by jab119:
Originally posted by taylorbehne:
From what I know you could of been dq'd for photographing art. |
if you examine the photo closer he has put his own creativity into making the photo (drop of milk) so this changes the artwork rule. he put his own perspective on it and not a literal representation
James |
Wouldn't matter if the drop of milk was there or not. Statues/figurines are generally exempt from this rule. That rule is to prevent direct representations of 2dimentional objects. Like a photo of a poster, or photo of a photo. Things like that.
As for the photo in question. It is a very abstract looking mother with child. Kind of like looking at an ink blot. Some might be able to see that it sort of resembles a mother with child, others just might not be able to see it. |
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08/31/2005 10:55:01 AM · #12 |
As some of your comments state, too many reflections. That is what it was for me anyway. There are so many conflicting reflections on the piece it is very difficult to make out what exactly it is a statue of. On top of that it is already an abstract piece so it makes it doubly hard. I had to look for a long time to figure out what it was and the connection to dairy. And I didn't see the drop of milk until my third view. I think I reacted to that the same way I did the reflections...as in blocking it out so I could define the subject.
Excellent post by Scalvert too.
Message edited by author 2005-08-31 12:23:26. |
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09/05/2005 03:05:12 AM · #13 |
| The statue is made of glazed china clay. It is totally Black, and without ant reflections, it was impossible to identify. I have used soft natural light from window, however the reflections were inevitable. |
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