Problems with Lighting??? - DPChallenge Forums

10/25/2006 12:35:03 AM · #1

Can anyone tell me why this deserved 11 1s?

renefunk

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

10/25/2006 12:37:22 AM · #2

some people here are mean, that happens to everyone i think

Message edited by author 2006-10-25 00:37:41.

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

10/25/2006 12:54:32 AM · #3

No idea on the 1s, as I would not have voted that low. But, just as a thought ... what turns me off is that the skin looks very "plastic", as if too much neat image had been applied.

chele

10/25/2006 01:00:52 AM · #4

it didn't deserve to score that low at all. i gave it a five, simply because it didn't have much wow factor because i was really being drawn towards the hair & not the face.

i got five 1 votes myself, that i didn't understand. just remember those votes aren't personal& don't let them discourage you.

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

10/25/2006 01:01:53 AM · #5

Originally posted by dwterry:

No idea on the 1s, as I would not have voted that low. But, just as a thought ... what turns me off is that the skin looks very "plastic", as if too much neat image had been applied.

No NI was used at all. That's her skin tone.

yanko

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

10/25/2006 01:09:19 AM · #6

Unfortunately your title suggested that you shot it for another challenge, which apparently is a big no-no according to the DPC trolling guide. Too bad you didn't have a nice landscape backdrop. Would have made a big difference.

Seriously though, renefunk's right. Voters here are just plain mean. There's no valid reason whatsoever for that to get a 1. None.

Message edited by author 2006-10-25 01:10:38.

DrAchoo

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

10/25/2006 01:11:17 AM · #7

I got 7 ones, so don't sweat it...

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

10/25/2006 01:11:54 AM · #8

Originally posted by cryingdragon:

Originally posted by dwterry:
No idea on the 1s, as I would not have voted that low. But, just as a thought ... what turns me off is that the skin looks very "plastic", as if too much neat image had been applied.

No NI was used at all. That's her skin tone.

It's not the "tone" (I understand "tone" to mean color). It's the texture. Neat Image is used to remove noise. In the process it, of course, gets rid of texture. So while I'm not saying that you used it, what I am saying is that her skin appears to lack texture. There is sharpness in her nose, in her lips and in her teeth, but if you look at her skin, it's as if the texture has been removed.

There are other ways for this to happen (besides NI). So my saying that "it looks as if neat image had been applied" is merely a method of describing what the absence of texture looks like.

Just trying to be helpful based on what I see and how it affects me.

Nikon AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D

10/25/2006 01:15:01 AM · #9

I know what you meant, even though I said it wrong. But other than the USM and contrast/brightness, nothing was done.

LanceW

Nikon Z9

10/25/2006 07:24:43 AM · #10

Not sue about 1's, but I would have rated it below 5 for sure as it doesn't really meet the challenge criteria (the way I intepreted it).

Elvis_L

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

10/25/2006 08:07:50 AM · #11

Originally posted by tooohip:

Not sue about 1's, but I would have rated it below 5 for sure as it doesn't really meet the challenge criteria (the way I intepreted it).

to say that lighting is not a key factor in mike's shot is short sighted IMO.

KaDi

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

10/25/2006 09:22:22 AM · #12

Originally posted by yanko:

... a big no-no according to the DPC trolling guide.

I wasn't in class the day those were handed out. Would you have a copy I can borrow?

LanceW

Nikon Z9

Nikon AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D

10/25/2006 06:31:56 PM · #13

Originally posted by Elvis_L:

Originally posted by tooohip:
Not sue about 1's, but I would have rated it below 5 for sure as it doesn't really meet the challenge criteria (the way I intepreted it).

to say that lighting is not a key factor in mike's shot is short sighted IMO.

That's your opinion. To me it just doesn't meet the criteria for me, but that's why we vote. ;-)

10/25/2006 06:56:56 PM · #14

Originally posted by tooohip:

Originally posted by Elvis_L:

Originally posted by tooohip:
Not sue about 1's, but I would have rated it below 5 for sure as it doesn't really meet the challenge criteria (the way I intepreted it).

to say that lighting is not a key factor in mike's shot is short sighted IMO.

That's your opinion. To me it just doesn't meet the criteria for me, but that's why we vote. ;-)

Why don't you post an image or enter a challenge and take a little of your own medicine. It is hard to value your opinion when you have nothing to back it up with.

Message edited by author 2006-10-25 19:02:22.

kawesttex

Apple iPhone 11 Pro

10/25/2006 07:15:04 PM · #15

Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:

Originally posted by tooohip:

Originally posted by Elvis_L:

Originally posted by tooohip:
Not sue about 1's, but I would have rated it below 5 for sure as it doesn't really meet the challenge criteria (the way I intepreted it).

to say that lighting is not a key factor in mike's shot is short sighted IMO.

That's your opinion. To me it just doesn't meet the criteria for me, but that's why we vote. ;-)

Why don't you post an image or enter a challenge and take a little of your own medicine. It is hard to value your opinion when you have nothing to back it up with.

You can see some of his work on his website in his 'photograpny' gallery! :-)

10/25/2006 07:15:55 PM · #16

LMAO ... Thanks again Ken!

Message edited by author 2006-10-25 20:57:15.

10/25/2006 07:18:07 PM · #17

Guys...thanks. I was ticked about all the 1s and 2s. Cuz I didn't think I deserved that many. But I didn't want this turning into an argument. Everyone has their own opinions (whether right or wrong).

Have I mentioned that y'all are great?

kawesttex

Apple iPhone 11 Pro

10/25/2006 07:20:08 PM · #18

PM'd ya grand!

Mike, I like your shot. When you getting the new camera?

10/25/2006 07:21:48 PM · #19

As soon as he decides to send it to me or I decide to pay him for it...one of the 2...haha

10/25/2006 07:25:11 PM · #20

PM'd ya back.

Message edited by author 2006-10-25 19:25:18.

10/25/2006 07:27:13 PM · #21

Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:

PM'd ya back.

Got it right that time.

kawesttex

Apple iPhone 11 Pro

10/25/2006 07:28:46 PM · #22

It'd be nice if it was the former. What lenses are you going to get with it?

(grand) got the pm.

Edit it for more better grammer.

Message edited by author 2006-10-25 19:29:43.