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Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

10/10/2005 07:12:55 PM · #51

Originally posted by mavrik:

Anyone still over 6? lol

I am..but only hanging on by my fingernails! I went down heaps in the last 4 votes! (gee..let me guess...ones?? hehe) I still have all bodily bits crossed that this is finally the challenge that I get right!

10/10/2005 08:47:12 PM · #52

611.39 - I've been up and down all day but back up to the 6's.

I think that interpreting what the challenge means to YOU is totally unfair to the artist whose representation it is. NO? I am far from fundamentally religious, but I can most certainly see how a church can make you feel good. Maybe it has memories. Maybe it represents an ancestor who was buried there, or a grandfather who was a minister in a small church. I just don't get it. In this challenge, like troberge, I am looking at the photo. This is definitely not specific like complementary colors or high contrast. This is what makes the PHOTOGRAPHER feel good about his life and him/herself. If it is an outstanding photo of a shoe horn, then vote it high, because maybe the photographer only has one foot now, and lost his other in a boating accident and that shoe horn reminds him of better days and that makes him feel good!!!

wewillexplore

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

10/10/2005 08:51:41 PM · #53

See, I'm the other way - I think if you need the title or an essay to explain, you didn't show celebration to your audience, just yourself.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

10/10/2005 08:56:33 PM · #54

" Devote your photographic energies to making us feel good about ourselves and our lives."

Hmmmm - maybe we interpret the definition of the challenge differently. That's what makes the world go round.

alfresco

Nikon D700

10/10/2005 09:02:50 PM · #55

I just finished voting for celebration and thought there were many wonderful photographs. For this particular challenge I saw one, maybe two tops, that for the life of me I couldn't fit into "celebration" but I put that down to my ignorance.

I will say that voting in this challenge has raised considerably my voting average.

10/10/2005 09:18:40 PM · #56

Originally posted by rikki11:

Originally posted by rikki11:

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Moving up slowly... ever so slowly...

Steady... steady!

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It's painfully creeping up :(

roadrunner

Tamron SP AF 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

10/10/2005 09:30:49 PM · #57

Originally posted by Jutilda:

THAT IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER READ ON THIS SITE....!!!!!!!
thank you, you have spoken for me too....

10/10/2005 09:34:02 PM · #58

Thank you, thank you vuuuuury much.

PhantomEWO

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

10/10/2005 10:30:26 PM · #59

Anyone else above 6.8?

wewillexplore

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

10/10/2005 10:31:28 PM · #60

Yeah right - if you have a 6.8, I know your picture. lol!

PhantomEWO

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 EX DG for Pentax

10/10/2005 10:41:12 PM · #61

Originally posted by mavrik:

Yeah right - if you have a 6.8, I know your picture. lol!

Did I say I had 6.8??? Or was I just wondering if someone had more than 6.8??? Hummmm interesting. LOL, humm so could it be..... maybe everyone should just give up and see LOL lol LOL

Leok

Pentax K10D

10/10/2005 10:57:18 PM · #62

Originally posted by Jutilda:

I think that interpreting what the challenge means to YOU is totally unfair to the artist whose representation it is. NO? I am far from fundamentally religious, but I can most certainly see how a church can make you feel good. Maybe it has memories. Maybe it represents an ancestor who was buried there, or a grandfather who was a minister in a small church. I just don't get it. In this challenge, like troberge, I am looking at the photo. This is definitely not specific like complementary colors or high contrast. This is what makes the PHOTOGRAPHER feel good about his life and him/herself. If it is an outstanding photo of a shoe horn, then vote it high, because maybe the photographer only has one foot now, and lost his other in a boating accident and that shoe horn reminds him of better days and that makes him feel good!!!

I guess we will agree to disagree. I feel a high scoring photo in this challenge should be one that makes the VIEWER feel good about his life and him/herself.

If you are taking a photo for yourself you need to please only yourself. Once the photo is been taken for someone else to appreciate their taste and judgement is also very important, in fact more than the photographer's. If you take a photo that only you can link to the challenge you shouldn't expect other people to vote it high....

Presumably most people enter a photo they consider worthy of a ten. If so then by your arguement I should give every photo a ten... who am I to judge the quality?

10/10/2005 11:01:07 PM · #63

I think if the photo is one that moves the photographer, then it is more apt to move others who view it. But like any other form of art (ie: music, paintings, sculpture, etc), it is totally subjective. It truly is in the eye of the beholder ;o)

roadrunner

Tamron SP AF 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

10/10/2005 11:04:52 PM · #64

Originally posted by PhantomEWO:

Anyone else above 6.8?

YUP..... < insert cheesy grin here >

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

10/10/2005 11:17:07 PM · #65

Originally posted by Leok:

Originally posted by Jutilda:
I think that interpreting what the challenge means to YOU is totally unfair to the artist whose representation it is. NO? I am far from fundamentally religious, but I can most certainly see how a church can make you feel good. Maybe it has memories. Maybe it represents an ancestor who was buried there, or a grandfather who was a minister in a small church. I just don't get it. In this challenge, like troberge, I am looking at the photo. This is definitely not specific like complementary colors or high contrast. This is what makes the PHOTOGRAPHER feel good about his life and him/herself. If it is an outstanding photo of a shoe horn, then vote it high, because maybe the photographer only has one foot now, and lost his other in a boating accident and that shoe horn reminds him of better days and that makes him feel good!!!

I guess we will agree to disagree. I feel a high scoring photo in this challenge should be one that makes the VIEWER feel good about his life and him/herself.

If you are taking a photo for yourself you need to please only yourself. Once the photo is been taken for someone else to appreciate their taste and judgement is also very important, in fact more than the photographer's. If you take a photo that only you can link to the challenge you shouldn't expect other people to vote it high....

Presumably most people enter a photo they consider worthy of a ten. If so then by your arguement I should give every photo a ten... who am I to judge the quality?

I disagree. Jutilda's views are on the mark. I think photographers should take photos that pleases their own personal thoughts and ideas. Where's the pleasure in taking photos when you try to please others?

Indeed most people try to enter a photo they consider worthy of a ten but I think that way of thinking will limit your capability of really taking a good photo. One great comment I received is from mycellium and he says and I quote:

My suggestion: keep this, the sociological background of DPC scores, in mind when you're choosing what to submit. Think about what it takes to get a voter to click "6" instead of "5." Look at the images that score close to 6, and see what's done differently there.

Art is truly a subjective matter I suppose :)

mandyturner

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

10/10/2005 11:19:38 PM · #66

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10/10/2005 11:21:34 PM · #67

I guess not everyone agreed to what I just said because I just got 2 scores of 3s in succession. Oh well.

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10/10/2005 11:32:12 PM · #68

rikki - I wonder if ours are next to each other, cause when your score goes down, so dies mine. LOL Heh - we can be room mates. ;~D

10/10/2005 11:36:36 PM · #69

I guess so. I'll just bundle up and watch the meanies give me 3s all night long :D

roadrunner

Tamron SP AF 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

10/10/2005 11:44:47 PM · #70

so far i haven't given anything under a 6, there's some fantastic shots here.. really bringing a smile to my face... thanks for the great viewing....

meow

Nikon D7100

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 APO DG Macro HSM for Nikon

10/10/2005 11:57:34 PM · #71

How do you know if someone gives you a 1-10?

10/10/2005 11:58:06 PM · #72

Originally posted by meow:

How do you know if someone gives you a 1-10?

when you keep track of your scores...

ttreit

Canon EOS-50D

10/11/2005 07:54:39 AM · #73

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Still on an upward trend. I'm happy.

wewillexplore

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

10/11/2005 08:11:24 AM · #74

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