What was it like winning your first ribbon?

Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon

03/15/2006 06:08:17 AM · #1

I suppose to some it's just a ribbon, but there are definately those who worked hard to earn it.

I would imagine.

Let's hear some experiences?

Did you go out and celebrate? Jumped around?

Feel over-the-moon for days-on-end?

Does the feeling leave you quickly? Does winning a ribbon make it harder for you to submit again?

:)

GIS_boy

Canon EOS-7D

03/15/2006 06:10:16 AM · #2

Pure Addiction!

03/15/2006 06:11:05 AM · #3

Originally posted by GIS_boy:

Pure Addiction!

LOL! And here I was, thinking 'trying' for one was addictive!

*Edit* Dont you kind of withdraw after you win a Blue?

I mean, thats the best you can do?

Message edited by author 2006-03-15 06:12:09.

03/15/2006 06:13:00 AM · #4

Well, I gotta tell ya - the phones were ringing off the hook, the offers came pouring in and I had visits from relatives I never knew I had. But things eventually settled back down. ;-P

03/15/2006 06:15:57 AM · #5

LOL @ Art.

Yeah, I kinda suspected it would be like that.

Oh the glamour and the glory...

Good thing it dies down doesn't it?

Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon

03/15/2006 06:19:46 AM · #6

Originally posted by Guyver:

Oh the glamour and the glory...Good thing it dies down doesn't it?

Oh yeah - people hardly know who I am anymore. In retrospect, I think I only got twelve minutes and thirty nine seconds instead of the customary fifteen. Oh well, I'll always have my footprints in the cement at that Chinese restaurant.

Nazgul

Canon EOS-20D

03/15/2006 06:21:51 AM · #7

I stripped off all my clothes and ran around the neighbourhood screaming my lungs out....

I only got 2 weeeks in solitary and belive me it was worth it...LOL

GIS_boy

Canon EOS-7D

03/15/2006 06:22:04 AM · #8

Originally posted by Guyver:

Originally posted by GIS_boy:
Pure Addiction!

LOL! And here I was, thinking 'trying' for one was addictive!

*Edit* Dont you kind of withdraw after you win a Blue?

I mean, thats the best you can do?

I think everyone will deal with that differently, for me it has been a hard adjustment. I used to be very happy with a score that was above 6 but now I feel I really need to back-up my ribbon with a second ribbon to 'prove' myself, (I don't want to be a 'one-hit-wonder'!).

Since my ribbon I've scored a 5th and a 7th and it's a real anti-climax to get so close and come away with nothing. Working VERY hard on 2 Second Exposure....maybe this will be the one? ;)

03/15/2006 06:23:45 AM · #9

Originally posted by Nazgul:

I stripped off all my clothes and ran around the neighbourhood screaming my lungs out....

I only got 2 weeeks in solitary and belive me it was worth it...LOL

Scary thing is... you're not joking are you?

:)

03/15/2006 06:36:33 AM · #10

Originally posted by Nazgul:

I stripped off all my clothes and ran around the neighbourhood screaming my lungs out....

I only got 2 weeeks in solitary and belive me it was worth it...LOL

Nazgul

Canon EOS-20D

03/15/2006 06:42:28 AM · #11

Originally posted by Guyver:

Originally posted by Nazgul:
I stripped off all my clothes and ran around the neighbourhood screaming my lungs out....

I only got 2 weeeks in solitary and belive me it was worth it...LOL

Scary thing is... you're not joking are you?

:)

do I look like IÂ´m the joker type:D

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

03/15/2006 06:43:07 AM · #12

Originally posted by Nazgul:

do I look like IÂ´m the joker type:D

More like the midnight toker type. ;-P

deapee

Kodak V803

03/15/2006 08:22:32 AM · #13

I kept checking to make sure I really got a ribbon. I checked the main page, then I'd check my profile page, then the main page again lol...It's, strangely, rather rewarding...but as was mentioned above, once you win one, you just want more.

strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

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

03/15/2006 08:26:49 AM · #14

It was only my fourth challenge, so I was fairly new to DPC. I knew my pic was pulling a 6.9 or so all week, so I was excited but really didn't think it would be high enough to ribbon. Got up the morning after the rollover and scanned the front page and it took me a minute to realize that my pic was there. I think I was looking from right to left, never imagining that I would get blue...

Couldn't believe it. Got real nervous about being asked to submit my original. Was I busted? Had I been suspected of foul play?

Now I'm a one-hit wonder. Struck blue and never been back...

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

03/15/2006 08:41:03 AM · #15

Originally posted by strangeghost:

Now I'm a one-hit wonder. Struck blue and never been back...

But it doesnt bother you too much does it? ;o)

conglett

Nikon D70

03/15/2006 08:42:33 AM · #16

For now my dream is to win a Golden Slippy. The ribbons can wait!

Art knows what I'm talking about... :-)

Telehubbie

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

03/15/2006 08:43:22 AM · #17

I was estatic! I finally had a reason for my wife on why I plunked so much money down on this camera. She was extremely happy for me and said "Great! How much money did you win?" :-(

Rikki

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

03/15/2006 08:43:34 AM · #18

i was elated and humbled and knew it was a legitimate entry but everytime i log on and see a green bar on the forum section, my heart skips a beat - administrator announcements ;)

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

03/15/2006 08:46:09 AM · #19

Originally posted by Telehubbie:

I was estatic! I finally had a reason for my wife on why I plunked so much money down on this camera. She was extremely happy for me and said "Great! How much money did you win?" :-(

LOL!! Must be impossible to try an explain the (supposed) gratification and honor to someone who is foreign to dpchallenge and winning ribbons?

:)

idnic

Canon EOS-60D

03/15/2006 08:53:02 AM · #20

I didn't think my first one was in ribbon range. In fact, I was keeping my fingers crossed for top 10 and BAM.... there it was in 2nd place! I almost fainted.

The 2nd one was also a low score for ribbon range, but managed to pull blue with a 7.01.... Another shocker.

Seems I like to sneek into the top 3 group when nobody's looking. :)

UNCLEBRO

Canon EOS-30D

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

03/15/2006 09:03:27 AM · #21

My first ribbon felt a bit anti-climactic actually!
Well, maybe thatâ��s the wrong word.
I felt as though I hadnâ��t really â��wonâ�� first place as I had actually come in third and eventually the first and second place photos were disqualified.
So I felt (and still do) as though I had only taken a third place shot.
My next ribbon I also felt a little disappointed in as there were only 97 entrants in that challenge.
I have a lot of respect for the ribbon winners in a challenge with 500+ entries to compete against.
But, finally, my third ribbon, I was very very pleased with!!!

Telehubbie

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

03/15/2006 09:06:25 AM · #22

Originally posted by Guyver:

LOL!! Must be impossible to try an explain the (supposed) gratification and honor to someone who is foreign to dpchallenge and winning ribbons?

Well, after I picked her up off the floor, she was still a little faint so she couldn't say too much while I was explaning how important the little digital ribbon next to my photo was. :-)

Anastasia

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

03/15/2006 09:08:40 AM · #23

cool feeling, I just got one after three years of being in the top ten :-)

03/15/2006 09:12:22 AM · #24

Originally posted by UNCLEBRO:

Thats quite a honorable answer and sentiment. Very respectable, I must say!

:)

(And no, I'm not gay and i'm not trying to pick you up) lol