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09/04/2006 12:58:44 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by idnic:
Oh geez, Langdon! This sounds uhm.... monotonous. :/ |
LOL. My reaction exactly, at least initially.
That is, trees can beautiful subjects, but my eyes will be bleeding after voting on hundreds of them.
My prediction:
150 trees in the lower left or lower right corner, with dramatic weather/sunsets/dawns behind them.
30 trees against a distant background (canyons, ocean, etc.)
50 trees against a pure blue sky
30 trees with cute kids leaning against them or hanging from them
20 trees full of birds
3 trees with a dog relieving himself
10 stumps
29 closeups of bark, many with bugs
5 shots getting cute with the word "tree" (a 3, a shoe tree, etc.)
15 flowers that grow on trees
3 trees with naked women draped around them, lounging near them, or hanging upside down from them
2 blank rectangles of solid color from  charliebaker and others
Now to find something not in one of the above categories. :)
Message edited by author 2006-09-04 13:00:57. |
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09/04/2006 01:09:24 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by Larus:
This challenge is a bloody conspiracy against Icelanders, everyone knows that less than 1% of Iceland is covered in trees and those barely reach over the waist of the average Icelander, this particular Icelander included...
I guess I am just going to have to improvise to take the blue ribbon in this challenge, muahahahahaha! :P |
No sympathy => Find a dramatic sky-scape - everywhere in iceland from what I see - and just hold a stick in front of the camera. :-)) |
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09/04/2006 01:21:31 PM · #28 |
| for levyj413, you have forgotten the cat!!!!!! |
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09/04/2006 01:23:18 PM · #29 |
| This would have been a better challenge, IMO, later in the season (at least for Eastern USA) We could have had some fall colors or some more bare branches. |
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09/04/2006 01:24:17 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
3 trees with naked women draped around them, lounging near them, or hanging upside down from them |
Well still, just these three photos will make it worth my while in voting in this challenge so I am game :P |
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09/04/2006 09:16:15 PM · #31 |
Well, even though I won't be able to get down to the coast this weekend, I wonder if we'll see this guy next week. He's managed to find himself in a number of challenges over the years...
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09/05/2006 01:12:15 AM · #32 |
I also don't think I'll be making it down to Phoenix.
BTW, I'm calling it now, this is the perfect challenge to have scores plummet after the first night. I know it usually happens, but prepare for that first drop...
Message edited by author 2006-09-05 01:15:08.
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09/05/2006 01:41:51 AM · #33 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
BTW, I'm calling it now, this is the perfect challenge to have scores plummet after the first night. I know it usually happens, but prepare for that first drop... |
Why? I mean, what makes you think it'll happen more than usual? |
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09/05/2006 01:55:33 AM · #34 |
Reminds me of the challenge 'Shoes'. There were some fun and creative shots, but the voting was mind numbing because THERE WAS NOTHING BUT SHOES!! And that was before there were 2 open challenges each week, so there were 457 entries.
Maybe I'll be wrong. I tried to shoot for it today, but my attempts were at best BORING! :(
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09/05/2006 02:29:40 AM · #35 |
Leroy - try using that single tree between your....
might get yourself a ribbon for that idea alone, LMAO! |
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09/05/2006 02:49:54 AM · #36 |
Originally posted by Larus:
This challenge is a bloody conspiracy against Icelanders, everyone knows that less than 1% of Iceland is covered in trees and those barely reach over the waist of the average Icelander, this particular Icelander included...
I guess I am just going to have to improvise to take the blue ribbon in this challenge, muahahahahaha! :P |
Finally...one the Icelanders won't win.
On a side note. How do you stop being lost in an Icelandic forest?
Stand Up!!
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09/05/2006 02:58:41 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by kosmikkreeper:
This wouldn't be DPC legal but I really love this shot! :-)
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I think that is possible the most downloaded stock image around :) |
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09/05/2006 04:12:16 AM · #38 |
Originally posted by cryingdragon:
On a side note. How do you stop being lost in an Icelandic forest?
Stand Up!! |
You´ve been on vacation here obviously :) |
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09/05/2006 04:37:26 AM · #39 |
Challenge Details: Take a photo where a single tree is the main subject.
I think this actually fits the challenge description exactly, since it only says you need a single tree as the main subject, and not that other trees couldn't be in the photo. Luckily I shot this a couple weeks ago and I can't enter it and watch my score spiral downward. lol.
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09/05/2006 04:57:52 AM · #40 |
Originally posted by jdannels:
Challenge Details: Take a photo where a single tree is the main subject.
I think this actually fits the challenge description exactly, since it only says you need a single tree as the main subject, and not that other trees couldn't be in the photo. Luckily I shot this a couple weeks ago and I can't enter it and watch my score spiral downward. lol. |
Sorry, but I think your score would be chopped down mercilessly if you entered such an image. Maybe if the other trees were different kind of trees from the dead tree, it would fare better... |
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09/05/2006 05:27:51 AM · #41 |
Originally posted by Pug-H:
Originally posted by jdannels:
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Sorry, but I think your score would be chopped down mercilessly if you entered such an image. Maybe if the other trees were different kind of trees from the dead tree, it would fare better... |
exactly! I would have liked it too much to not enter it and then it would have bombed, :)
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09/05/2006 07:01:42 AM · #42 |
My favorite lone tree
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09/05/2006 08:17:55 AM · #43 |
| Do you think blurring the background would be widely accepted, so as to make the single tree stand out? |
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09/05/2006 10:15:28 AM · #44 |
Originally posted by Larus:
Originally posted by cryingdragon:
On a side note. How do you stop being lost in an Icelandic forest?
Stand Up!! |
You´ve been on vacation here obviously :) |
Lived there for 2 years. Was in the Air Force at Keflavik. I wish I was into photography back then.
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09/05/2006 11:37:13 AM · #45 |
now i come to think of it i find it surprising there was never a tree challenge before here in dp(at least i didnt find one,i found threes but not trees)
such a major topic and true jewelry of this globe
finally there is a challenge about trees and we can only have one
hmm..dont really get the narrowing down
oh well better one than none
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09/05/2006 11:39:18 AM · #46 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
BTW, I'm calling it now, this is the perfect challenge to have scores plummet after the first night. I know it usually happens, but prepare for that first drop... |
Why? I mean, what makes you think it'll happen more than usual? |
Someone alluded to it. Voter fatigue. The early votes will be high on the good shots because everything will be fresh and new, then by the morning when people have voted on 50-100 entries before they get to yours, things won't seem quite so creative or unique.
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09/05/2006 12:45:32 PM · #47 |
| A "single tree" in BC is just plain impossible. No such thing as a single tree. |
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09/05/2006 02:13:54 PM · #48 |
Originally posted by ursula:
A "single tree" in BC is just plain impossible. No such thing as a single tree. |
You can always get "up close and personal" with your subject ...
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09/05/2006 02:18:16 PM · #49 |
Originally posted by ursula:
A "single tree" in BC is just plain impossible. No such thing as a single tree. |
u going to need a chainsaw maybe;) |
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09/05/2006 02:19:28 PM · #50 |
My one and only ever "single tree" shot. Would something like this be DNMC because of the people? |
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