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09/06/2002 09:56:35 AM · #1
How about a box on the entry form that asks what score you honestly think your picture deserves, not what you expect it to get? Just wondering....

The more I look at my candid, the lower the score I would give it. When I entered I thought it was a five, but I DEARLY love the subjects. Now I think it's a 4. Should I even enter a photo if I thought it was below average? What if I thought it was a 2?

It might explain some of the score squabbling if the expectaions could be compared with the results. Also the submitter would take a hard look at what they want. Are they going for a great score or helpful comments.
09/06/2002 10:08:08 AM · #2
That's not a bad idea... i think it would be neat to see how a photo scores compared with what the photographer thinks it should score. :)
09/06/2002 10:08:36 AM · #3
I think this is an interesting idea. You can do this "voluntarily" now by entering "your" score in the additional information text field; it will show up on the the photo's results page when the voting concludes.
09/06/2002 10:10:02 AM · #4
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
That's not a bad idea... i think it would be neat to see how a photo scores compared with what the photographer thinks it should score. :)


We can raid the database to see who's most "accurate" (or honest?) over the course of 4 or so challenges.

Would you enter "your" score as an integer or 3-place decimal?

* This message has been edited by the author on 9/6/2002 10:10:03 AM.
09/06/2002 10:12:36 AM · #5
My problem is that I think most of my own photos should score a 10... is that conceited or what? Not really... In most of these challenges, I have submitted photos that i was totally happy with, hence my vote of 10.

What causes me to change my mind about what my photo should score is when I start comparing it with other shots in the challenge. I always see photos in each challenge that i like better than my own...
09/06/2002 10:20:48 AM · #6
Hmmmm... I don't really know about the usefulness of this, because my photos usually fall in the kind of category of the ones I give 8s or 9s to, but those photos usually end up with scores anywhere between 4 and 6... NEVER 8 or 9. So how useful would it ever be to compare my self-score to the one I get in the results? My average vote given is almost 7!
09/06/2002 10:27:13 AM · #7
You would have to put in what you think it will end up being, not what score you would give it.

Tim
09/06/2002 10:28:52 AM · #8
Originally posted by Niten:
You would have to put in what you think it will end up being, not what score you would give it.

Tim


I agree.... guess your final result :) make a game out of it :)


09/06/2002 10:42:49 AM · #9
I love everything I put in and I hate everything I put in.

Out of 19 challenges I have a handfull I could actually see in print (I have 3 that have been used commercially).

I don't know how everyone here enters the weekly challenge but I don't need to have a 10 in my mind to enter the photo. I have entered what I have felt to be above average photos and some have more meaning than others to me. But I have a lot of photos on pbase that are far superior to my dp challenge entries.

Sometimes I enter stuff just to see peoples reaction like Funken Egg. It's fun to tweak the system once in a while :-)
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