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 06/21/2006 07:16:40 AM · #51
Votes: 26
Views: 34
Avg Vote: 4.6154
Comments: 1

Oh yeah starting to go down. Please leave your trays in an upright locked position.
 06/21/2006 07:19:28 AM · #52
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Btw Tim, how are YOU doing?

Votes: 33
Views: 48
Avg Vote: 6.2424
Comments: 0

I am doing pretty good , especially since I pulled my shot for this challenge and that my score resides in that other one that has the special rules.
 06/21/2006 07:22:04 AM · #53
Votes: 29
Views: 33
Avg Vote: 5.3448
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0

Let me put this up before I go down to my usual 4.7
 06/21/2006 07:29:51 AM · #54

Votes: 35
Views: 49
Avg Vote: 6.0571
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 06/21/06 07:18 am

Fluctuating ... was at 6.2, down to 5.9some ... like watching stock markets!

There were sooo many nice pictures, but too many flowers for me ... flowers are nice, but with all these flowers, there must be something very special for a flower shot, for it to stand out.

Btw, I myself cast all votes in this one, including the DNMC pics ... so everyone should have votes for now!


Message edited by author 2006-06-21 07:34:12.
 06/21/2006 07:44:03 AM · #55
Nature seems VERY popular as a subject for this one, doesn't it? :)

Votes: 26
Views: 34
Avg Vote: 5.3077
Comments: 0
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0


Message edited by author 2006-06-21 07:45:02.
 06/21/2006 07:54:16 AM · #56
Votes: 23
Views: 36
Avg Vote: 5.8261

I'd be so happy if it stuck near there.

How do you guys know what scores your getting exactly? Like 4 6's and 3 5's for example?
 06/21/2006 08:05:08 AM · #57
Originally posted by Kerm:
How do you guys know what scores your getting exactly? Like 4 6's and 3 5's for example?

I don't think you can know that amount of detail Kerm, but it is possible to figure out the last vote cast with a little math. Keep a notepad and a calculator handy, and multiply the number of votes cast times the average vote received. You'll have to round it off, but write down that answer for future reference.

For example, I had 35 votes times an average score of 6.3429 (woo hoo!) for a total of 222.0015, rounded off to 222.

Then when I hit the update button, my numbers changed to 36 votes times an average score of 6.3611 for a total of 228.9996, rounded off to 229.

Finally, subtract the previous total (222 in my case) from the second total (229), revealing a vote of 7.

Hope your current score not only holds constant but will climb! Mine is close to a personal best for me... keeping fingers crossed!
 06/21/2006 08:06:57 AM · #58
Definately a lot of voters don't know what bokeh is. That explains my 4.52. ;o) Oh, well I knew before I entered that that's probably where it would end up.
 06/21/2006 08:07:40 AM · #59
5.778
24 votes
2 comments. very nice comments.
I think this is one of my better entires, but with a pool of 431 others to battle against only the best of the best will rise to the very top.
 06/21/2006 08:33:56 AM · #60
OK, I know there are a lot of flowers, but come on people! A photo should be judged on its own merit, not against the competition!

Just like golf; play the course, not the field.
 06/21/2006 08:46:21 AM · #61
I'm really surprised about some of the pictures. I thought the defintion of Boheh was 'a boring subject made interesting by the use of an out of focus fore or background'. So many of these are just DOF pictures, which isn't the goal.

06/21/2006 08:53:40 AM · #62
Originally posted by mattmow:
I'm really surprised about some of the pictures. I thought the defintion of Boheh was 'a boring subject made interesting by the use of an out of focus fore or background'. So many of these are just DOF pictures, which isn't the goal.


This is exactly what my shot has..a boring subject made interesting with bokeh ..

It started with an 8 .. to 4.72 in the morning with 25 votes .. up to 5.34 with 33 votes
 06/21/2006 09:09:01 AM · #63
I agree totally! :)

Originally posted by CVette:
OK, I know there are a lot of flowers, but come on people! A photo should be judged on its own merit, not against the competition!


06/21/2006 09:14:59 AM · #64
Stop it!
STOP IT I SAY!

The last 3 times i went to the home page my score has dropped. It's very upsetting to see one's score continually dropping. So you all better stop it before it gets any lower.

Pretty pretty please with sugar on top?
 06/21/2006 09:15:23 AM · #65
Yay! One comment and it discusses my image's "wow factor" :D
 06/21/2006 09:23:12 AM · #66
No comments, score plummeting to below average... I thought it a pretty good take on "bokeh" but alas, I am being proven wrong. That's the way it goes!

06/21/2006 09:25:18 AM · #67
Originally posted by mattmow:
I'm really surprised about some of the pictures. I thought the defintion of Boheh was 'a boring subject made interesting by the use of an out of focus fore or background'. So many of these are just DOF pictures, which isn't the goal.


Bokeh only means something that is out of focus or an element that is out of focus. The 'boring subject' part is subjective at best. DOF consideration is almost a requirement, not a negative. IMHO
 06/21/2006 10:03:05 AM · #68
that's right - just toss another shovel full of dirt on me. When ya'll get done burying me don't you dare put any of those damn flowers on my grave!
 06/21/2006 10:07:28 AM · #69
Votes: 37
Views: 42
Avg Vote: 3.2432

Not a success...
 06/21/2006 10:14:56 AM · #70
Votes: 50
Views: 57
Avg Vote: 4.9200
Comments: 1

and the roller coaster ride begins again...
 06/21/2006 10:26:15 AM · #71
I was up to a 5.6 when I got up, but I'm back down to a 5.3 and sinking fast. Wheeee....
 06/21/2006 10:26:53 AM · #72
My score was 6.3 when I went to bed and it's down to 5.89 this morning. It would have been nice to stay over 6.
 06/21/2006 10:45:04 AM · #73
Done correctly, Bokeh should make a good picture better. If it is a boring picture Bokeh is not going to haul it out of the heap. It is a component of a good picture, not the savior of a bad one.
 06/21/2006 10:54:33 AM · #74
Well said rblanton. You should have said that in the 12 pages of posts leading up to entry deadlihe. I'm new to DPC, so I'm hoping for more comments. Only 2 from 50 votes - for me comments would seem to be more helpful than a score. I can certainly understand the lack of them though with over 400 pictures in the challenge.

Island girl, I'm pretty close to you...I was above 5 for a while. It'd be nice to stay around 5 for my first challenge.
 06/21/2006 11:02:12 AM · #75
Originally posted by naplesmusc:
Island girl, I'm pretty close to you...I was above 5 for a while. It'd be nice to stay around 5 for my first challenge.


I started out with a 4.9xxx and when I went to bed I had a 5.000. when I got up this morning I was back to 4.9xxx. I think it's gonna be slow going since there are over 400 photos it be voted on.
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