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03/15/2006 01:09:32 PM · #1 |
Hmm, well it's NCAA Tournament time, and everybody is talking about tournament snubs...how about dpchallenge snubs?
Although its 14th place finish is definitely something to be proud of, I was sure this was going to win the blue this competition.
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03/15/2006 01:15:15 PM · #2 |
Must be a camera related issue? ;^)
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03/15/2006 01:15:22 PM · #3 |
This was my highest scorer:
It met the challenge the best, as far as I'm concerned, because the object was made to look like something else through photographic technique, and not just made up to look like something else. Did any other photograph do that? |
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03/15/2006 01:20:06 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by JPetraliaX:
Hmm, well it's NCAA Tournament time, and everybody is talking about tournament snubs...how about dpchallenge snubs?
Although its 14th place finish is definitely something to be proud of, I was sure this was going to win the blue this competition.
Ok...your turn.... |
I Have a different perspective on that; I think this excellent photograph is not really meeting the challenge, and that it scored as highly as it did is due to how well it is done. The challenge descriptions says "Take your best shot of something that isn't quite what it seems to be", and this shot is EXACTLY what it appears to be; a man in camouflage.
This one, on the other hand, was REALLY snubbed, and IMO perhaps best answers the challenge of all the entries, plus being very well-shot:
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03/15/2006 01:26:24 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
This one, on the other hand, was REALLY snubbed, and IMO perhaps best answers the challenge of all the entries, plus being very well-shot:
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You bring up an important issue. If it's such a good masquerade that I don't know it's fake, how can I vote on it fairly? I think there needs to be some clue... maybe in the title? Perhaps the best response is an effective disguise that subtly clues the viewer in to its deceit. |
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03/15/2006 01:32:12 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
This one, on the other hand, was REALLY snubbed, and IMO perhaps best answers the challenge of all the entries, plus being very well-shot:
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You bring up an important issue. If it's such a good masquerade that I don't know it's fake, how can I vote on it fairly? I think there needs to be some clue... maybe in the title? Perhaps the best response is an effective disguise that subtly clues the viewer in to its deceit. |
I knew right away that if this image is meeting the challenge it must be a butt or somthing other than breasts. |
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03/15/2006 01:41:13 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by JPetraliaX:
Hmm, well it's NCAA Tournament time, and everybody is talking about tournament snubs...how about dpchallenge snubs?
Although its 14th place finish is definitely something to be proud of, I was sure this was going to win the blue this competition.
Ok...your turn.... |
I Have a different perspective on that; I think this excellent photograph is not really meeting the challenge, and that it scored as highly as it did is due to how well it is done. The challenge descriptions says "Take your best shot of something that isn't quite what it seems to be", and this shot is EXACTLY what it appears to be; a man in camouflage.
This one, on the other hand, was REALLY snubbed, and IMO perhaps best answers the challenge of all the entries, plus being very well-shot:
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I definitely understand your point of view, however, I kind of have to disagree. The afformentioned photo, to me at least, evoked the feeling of "Master of Disguise" better than any other.
Should this image not have recieved a ribbon because it was not taken during the timeframe set forth in the challenge description? To me, it evokes the feeling of 4:00-5:00 am, and that is enough.
Also, as somebody else said, there was really no way to know that this image really was a masquerade, until the challenge is over and we can see what the photographer wrote.
Hmm, also my definition of "Master of Disguise" is consistent with where my photo placed: 
Sure, it may be something that might be disguised as something else, but the only reason it could possibly evoke the feeling of "Master of Disguise" is because it was entered into a challenge with that title. Just my opinion. |
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03/15/2006 03:58:46 PM · #8 |
Despite the excellent quality of this entry I am surprised that it finished as well as it did. You see, the quality of an image has almost nothing to do with it's score, but rather the popularity of the subject and the style used to produce the photograph. Most of the time the DPC voters manage to select photos that have reasonable quality but they very rarely select the photos that have the best quality. You must be serendipitous enough to stumble upon that magic combination that strikes the voter's fancy if you want to win a ribbon. I nearly always like the winning images but can usually find at least five others that are superior quality and didn't even make the top ten. DPC is a photo popularity contest, not a photo quality contest. That is what we have to work with and no amount of carping will change the voter's predilictions.
It is what it is! |
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03/15/2006 04:06:00 PM · #9 |
Yeah this was the one I thought would win.
or at least make the top 5
Just my $.02 |
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