Whatever happened to....Team Suck

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

11/27/2006 11:57:58 AM · #1227

Well, Year is going down (though still above 5) and Light is going up ever so slightly. I wonder if it will break a 4.

The Year You Were Born

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Light on White III

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levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

11/27/2006 12:04:06 PM · #1228

Originally posted by posthumous:

I realized I just complained about comments. Sorry about that! Don't stop commenting. I like comments. You have every right not to like Courier. You could even call it a New York City cliche.

Courier was perfect. And as I commented, I really liked how you highlighted the last two words.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

11/27/2006 01:01:38 PM · #1229

Originally posted by levyj413:

I left you a comment, David. I think you could get a much better result with another crack at processing.

You could be right. The over-sharpening hurt the shot a little I think, one of those things that I didn't notice until afterwards.

The clouds. Well. I actually processed them seperately and they were underexposed / contrasty compared to the rest of the shot already. In fact on my screen they are already pretty "moody".

So I decided to play with re-editing it, and knocked up this version

Which removes the distracting border, lessens the sharpening, and burns in the sky more. Who can say?

Originally posted by posthumous:

I think it's just the right kind of fuzzy to look like a postcard, probably from the 70s.

Yes. Ahem. Of course I was going for that effect ;)

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

11/27/2006 01:14:18 PM · #1230

Originally posted by mist:

Originally posted by posthumous:

I think it's just the right kind of fuzzy to look like a postcard, probably from the 70s.

Yes. Ahem. Of course I was going for that effect ;)

The *true* genius has no idea what he's doing. :)

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

11/27/2006 01:23:49 PM · #1231

Originally posted by posthumous:

The *true* genius has no idea what he's doing. :)

I vote this the Team Suck motto and suggest we all get T-shirts.

quiet_observation

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

11/27/2006 01:50:20 PM · #1232

Originally posted by Melethia:

Originally posted by posthumous:

The *true* genius has no idea what he's doing. :)

I vote this the Team Suck motto and suggest we all get T-shirts.

I still need the collage practice--team photos with our t-shirts on. Hopefully no one minds if I chop an ear or two off or shed a few pounds here and there.

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

11/27/2006 01:50:25 PM · #1233

Originally posted by Melethia:

Originally posted by posthumous:

The *true* genius has no idea what he's doing. :)

I vote this the Team Suck motto and suggest we all get T-shirts.

I'd take a photo to express it, but it would be in no way representative ;)

sickdog

Sony DSC-F828

11/27/2006 02:21:34 PM · #1234

Originally posted by JuliBoc:

Ohhh... once again my entry is really sucking, and I like it. Still trying to figure out if I'm a bad judge or a bad photographer. Of course there is a third possibility ... a STUPID public. Ya, that's the ticket.

i'm thinking you may have something with your third guess.

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

11/27/2006 03:01:45 PM · #1235

Originally posted by Melethia:

Originally posted by posthumous:

The *true* genius has no idea what he's doing. :)

I vote this the Team Suck motto and suggest we all get T-shirts.

I agree!

xianart

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

11/27/2006 03:09:47 PM · #1236

well done all inthe postcards. and thank you so much for the lovely comments, not just on the postcards, but onmy bragging thread lasat week. or so. whenever it was.

it has been very hectic, so much that entering is really the only thing i've been able to do. i'm thrilled that my studio is starting to happen, but it's taking away from dpc time, dammit.

i don't know if this is legal, but if you know which is my 'year you were born', please go and vote it DOWN. it's doing really well, and i don't want to spend the next forever looking at it on my front page. so, please please please gogive it a 1. i'm serious, don't go and vote it up because youthink i'm being perverse. if you don't want to vote it down, don't, but if you would, it would be appreciated. i know this is treading the line of illegal, but i can't stand the idea fo this image being on my homepage forever. it's doing theat well, it'd take me forever to top it.

we had a car crash, totalled the car, but we're ok. thank goodness.

meyers

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

11/27/2006 03:14:59 PM · #1237

Originally posted by Melethia:

Originally posted by posthumous:

The *true* genius has no idea what he's doing. :)

I vote this the Team Suck motto and suggest we all get T-shirts.

Wow, that's hilarious. I second!

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

11/27/2006 03:35:08 PM · #1238

Originally posted by xianart:

OK, I know it isn't funny, but I laughed out loud thinking "My gosh, the woman has her priorities straight!" She's worried about not having enough time for DPC when her real job is getting serious, and doesn't want a particular shot to score well, then mentions a car crash as an afterthought.

Seriously, glad to hear you're all OK. And you're sure you're all OK? (See above comment about priorities.) And I do know what you mean about getting a high score on a picture that's not one you want to look at forever. I will never get rid of my birds. They're cute, yeah, but I'm tired of 'em. On the other hand, a couple of those that have long fallen off are ones I'd rather see up there. Along with a few that never made it at all.

11/27/2006 03:58:59 PM · #1239

Originally posted by levyj413:

Originally posted by Melethia:

Originally posted by posthumous:

The *true* genius has no idea what he's doing. :)

I vote this the Team Suck motto and suggest we all get T-shirts.

I agree!

Our philosopher has struck again :D) And great idea for the team motto. I'll go for the T-shirt -- with Team Suck logo and motto?

11/27/2006 04:01:32 PM · #1240

Thanks for the comments on my postcard outtake JuliBoc. It's a learning experience ;)

Meanwhile, I reloaded my LOW entry into photoshop, did two more editing steps and think that it looks a lot better than the photo that I submitted. Unfortunately too late now, but at least I can feel a bit better about what is looking like it will be my lowest score EVER. Even beating my PEAS challenge entry, which was rubbish.

11/27/2006 04:03:08 PM · #1241

Light on White

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Nobody has anything to say -- cowards.

noraneko

Canon EOS R5

11/27/2006 04:10:39 PM · #1242

Xianart,
Glad you are okay after car crash! Sounds scary. LOL about the priority in your e-mail, though not the crash itself, of course. DPC truly is all-consuming.

Posthumous, I LOVE the T-shirt idea. I'm in!

I just hit 5.0 with my light on white. Hope it holds.

Did anyone else enter Famous Last Words? My entry is sucky, but for this challenge, I think it should be sucky. Hopefully it is at least *funny* sucky and not just *boring* sucky.

11/27/2006 04:12:35 PM · #1243

Originally posted by xianart:

if you know which is my 'year you were born', please go and vote it DOWN.

we had a car crash, totalled the car, but we're ok. thank goodness.

Sorry, don't know which is yours. Can't help you out there.

Really sorry to hear about the car crash. Glad you're all ok, but even so, those things take their toll on the nerves. You'll probably be very jumpy for a while.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS II USM Lens

11/27/2006 04:19:03 PM · #1244

Originally posted by noraneko:

Did anyone else enter Famous Last Words? My entry is sucky, but for this challenge, I think it should be sucky. Hopefully it is at least *funny* sucky and not just *boring* sucky.

No, I entered Diagonal. I quite like the shot, and would give myself a 7 or 8. Of course that doesn't mean anyone else will agree with me.

Elaine

Canon EOS R5

11/27/2006 04:19:25 PM · #1245

I have been too busy lately to spend much time on DPC, but did manage to enter a sucky light on white:
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I don't really like it and didn't have time to perfect the shot or the processing, but entered anyway. Since I didn't have anything entered last week, I was having an attack of Update Withdrawal Syndrome.
I also have an OK (time will tell!) shot in diaganol. Not planning on doing Bond, but it is early still. Should have a free study to score low on.
Hopefully my schedule will settle down soon and I will be able to keep up with all the threads again!

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

11/27/2006 04:20:54 PM · #1246

Originally posted by JuliBoc:

No, I entered Diagonal. I quite like the shot, and would give myself a 7 or 8. Of course that doesn't mean anyone else will agree with me.

I'm also in diagonal, with a shot that I quite like. So I'll be waking up to another 4.x.

Truely my campagin in suck has progressed since joining the Suck League. Before joining I was looking at around 5.5 and about to break the 5 average. Now I'm almost a point lower. That takes real skill.

raish

Olympus C-2500L

11/27/2006 04:22:31 PM · #1247

Originally posted by mist:

bloody Yorkies - don't even know they've been born...

BTW, I think that Conisbrough castle shot needs (for the sake of dpc palettes) surreal clarity in the structure of the walls of the castle. Maybe you'd get a better result if you had (sun)light coming at it from an angle?

11/27/2006 04:31:58 PM · #1248

Originally posted by raish:

bloody Yorkies - don't even know they've been born...

See, you entered a photo of a tomato in a peas challenge, and the score is almost as high as my LOW photo just now. This amuses me.

Originally posted by raish:

BTW, I think that Conisbrough castle shot needs (for the sake of dpc palettes) surreal clarity in the structure of the walls of the castle. Maybe you'd get a better result if you had (sun)light coming at it from an angle?

Probably. There are improvements that could have been made with a re-shoot - better light, improved clarity etc.. I still quite like it, even though it was not that well recieved here.

xianart

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

11/27/2006 08:11:36 PM · #1249

Originally posted by Melethia:

...Seriously, glad to hear you're all OK. And you're sure you're all OK?...

we're all fine. i played vehicular pinball with the guardrails for about 500m, and the car ground to halit with a broken strut and blown tire, and completely trashed front right side. but, we're fine. lucky. the two fire chiefs who just happened to see it happen said they were impressed with my driving, which made me feel a little better, i suppose. that, and the thought that my son and i weren't dead.

amazing how it concentrates the mind. i've done more of what i should have done in the past two days than i have in the past year.

come on, keep trashing my year you were born entry, if you can. i mean it.

xianart