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03/15/2003 10:33:20 AM · #1 |
I have recently noticed the words BAD before the 1 and GOOD after the 10 on the DPC voting scale for each challenge. What is the purpose of these words being at the end of each end of the scale?
Bob
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03/15/2003 10:37:35 AM · #2 |
Message edited by author 2003-03-16 16:03:49. |
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03/15/2003 10:42:07 AM · #3 |
If photo deserve to be my desktop background or "hang on my wall" ,I give 10!
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03/15/2003 10:51:55 AM · #4 |
I give more 10s then 1s. Alot more. I rarely give scores under 3, unless it doesn't meet the challenge in my eyes + it is badly executed.
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03/15/2003 11:38:58 AM · #5 |
| I usually start with a 5 if I believe the photo meets the challenge. Then I will adjust the score up or down depending on my (trying to be objective, but admittly sometimes subjective) opinion. Once I am done voting, and if time permits, and having seen all the photos, I will go back and review my votes and make some modifications. |
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03/15/2003 02:27:11 PM · #6 |
I use the same method as Steinr - I usually start with a 5 if I believe the photo meets the challenge. Then I will adjust the score up or down depending on my (trying to be objective, but admittly sometimes subjective) opinion. Once I am done voting, and if time permits, and having seen all the photos, I will go back and review my votes and make some modifications.
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03/15/2003 05:33:27 PM · #7 |
| I find I'm giving much less 1s and 2s and more 10s than I used to. The standard of entries is definitely improving. |
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03/15/2003 06:07:00 PM · #8 |
I started with the "5" as baseline and then score up or down. I found I was giving too many 1's and 2's. I changed to a new scheme that seems to be working for me for the moment. (This is an engineering approach, so those who are totally artistic might want to skip it.)
I score on three areas and give a score of 0 to 3 for each.
3 - Above average
2 - Average
1 - Below Average
0 - Many flaws
The three areas are:
- Composition (subject presented in an appealing way, foreground and background purposefully handled, cropped well, etc.)
- Execution (Appropriate focus, exposure, lighting, etc.)
- Meets challenge
Those quick in math notice that
- Average is 6
- Maximum is 9
- Below average is 3
To get a 1 or 2, the photo must score a 0 in one or more area.
To get a 10, the photo must have WOW, which is worth one more point.
I find I am scoring more 4-7 and fewer 1-3 and 8-10.
I like the additive, rather than subtractive nature of the scheme. I'll try this for a while and see how it feels.
(The mechanics are pretty easy. I just put the cursor at the "1" and march it up the scale as I mentally go through the checklist and add 0, 1, 2, 0r 3 for each area.)
Dennis |
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03/15/2003 06:18:56 PM · #9 |
| I vote pictures that fit the challenge well, and are composed well, but fail to really spark my interest as a 5. If there're technical flaws, or it doesn't meet the challenge I move down the scale as nessecary. Any picture that I find particuarlly clever, or engaging, I'll rate above a five for as much as seems nessecary. After my initital voting I usually leave the site for a few days, then view the challenge again and adjust some scores, and make some comments. |
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03/16/2003 03:34:47 AM · #10 |
The photos that I give out 10s to are pretty much the ones that I wish I'd taken... in other words, I admire them and find them exciting. They're the most important group of photos in the challenge to me, often more important than my own.
I give 9s to photos that rock, but not as much as 10s. 8s are often photos that are technically very good, but leave me cold. Otherwise they're technically bad but have a great idea. 7 is my most common score, which means that the photo pleases me but not in any special way. 6 means I can see merit in it. 5 generally means I hardly reacted to it at all, but didn't think it was particularly bad. 4, 3 and 2 are varying degrees of "I don't like this". I don't give out 1s much at all. |
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03/16/2003 10:47:33 AM · #11 |
If these answers prove anything it is that judging photography, like all art, is subjective. Nothing wrong with that. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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03/16/2003 10:56:18 PM · #12 |
Well I vote this way: I try to objectively look at my picture compared to the others in the challenge and how it appeals to me. I think I can do that objectively... Then I base my votes on the other pics based on what my picture is getting. I rarely give 9's and 10's and rarely give 1-3. I think for a pic to get a 10 it has to be perfect in every way plus have a great visual appeal to me. That particual "appeal" is going to be different for everyone obviously.
After a challenge I look at my ranking for pictures compared to everyone else's in the "bell curve" graph, and my vote is usually right at the top of the bell curve. Sometimes (given my appeal preferences), I find my vote is 2 or more points higher or lower then the average, but not frequently.
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