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Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

09/11/2005 08:31:37 AM · #1

I am unsure of how to vote on pictures that meet the challenge but have been processed (legally) so much that they look abstract or more like digital art than a picture.

marklovell

Pentax K10D

09/11/2005 08:42:39 AM · #2

If you feel they should be DQ'd then put in a request. But the important thing is to vote as if they are perfectly legal.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

09/11/2005 08:50:53 AM · #3

They look legal, I'm just not sure what to judge it on. Normal focus, depth, etc just don't apply to abstracts.

troberge

Canon EOS-20D

09/11/2005 08:51:48 AM · #4

There was nothing to say that it couldn't be abstract though, so vote on it according to how you like it.

marklovell

Pentax K10D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

09/11/2005 08:58:01 AM · #5

Colour, appropriateness (sp?) for the challenge. Appeal to you, would you want it on your wall on in your portfolio? And tell em why - I try to comment on anything I rate 4 or below or 8 upward, and anything else that sticks out.

Balko

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

09/11/2005 10:26:59 AM · #6

Originally posted by marklovell:

How about commenting on those 5-7 on how to make their photo an 8-10?

Canon PowerShot ELPH 330 HS

09/11/2005 11:35:55 AM · #7

I have gotten a few emails about my comments--mostly defending their shots. I can imagine what I would get if I said "I personally don't like abstracts"! Maybe I just shouldn't vote on them...

mesmeraj

09/11/2005 11:54:06 AM · #8

if you think the post processing ruins the photo, tell them so in a comment, and vote approriately.

sittingonthegrass

09/11/2005 11:58:33 AM · #9

give them a 10 for creativity of course!

marklovell

Pentax K10D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

09/11/2005 12:48:59 PM · #10

Originally posted by papagei:

How about commenting on those 5-7 on how to make their photo an 8-10?

Unfortunately, those ones wait until last. If I DO get time to comment on all, they will get comments.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

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

09/11/2005 01:17:06 PM · #11

Originally posted by chaimelle:

I can imagine what I would get if I said "I personally don't like abstracts"!

How can anyone arugue with that -- no one can tell you what you like or don't like.

That doesn't mean you can't appreciate an abstract. Surely, even if you don't "like" abstracts in general, it's unlikely that they all engender quite the same degree of revulsion such that they'd all deserve exactly the same vote.

I'd have a hard time with someone voting every abstract a one, merely for being an abstract, but no argument with someone who really doesn't like them spreading their votes out over, say, a one-to-three range, in recognition that some are still "better" than others.