Whatever happened to....Team Suck

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

12/11/2006 10:16:34 AM · #1851

Dirt

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snaffles

Nikon D7100

12/11/2006 10:28:51 AM · #1852

Hi all

Thanks everyone who liked Octopussy!, I do plan to write a tutorial - though it really wasn't all that difficult, and clearly I was VERY naughty and cloned a limb or two. Oh well. And I have far more views on that pic than on all my other shots combined! Too f***in' funny!

Now to go and work on Sky and Pet PortraitII...

JuliBoc

Apple iPhone 6s+

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

12/11/2006 10:40:12 AM · #1853

Originally posted by noraneko:

I've got an average, pretty sky shot I could enter, but I admit I'm a little scared with these new 'expert' rules. I've got an old Photoshop elements program, can't do HDR type stuff, etc. Expecting a lot of special effects I can't even come close to competing against (not that I'm really competing in any of these challenge, LOL!)

Remember the Oscar Wilde quote, "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly". I have entered the Sky challenge with a very average sky and used only Advanced processing. But since I don't care about my overall average score, it is just one more bit of practice and experience. If I get a more OOB/original idea before the challenge closes, I'll swap the shots.

My Dirt is tanking after its 6.0 last night, and no comments.
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bmartuch

Nikon D7200

Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G

12/11/2006 11:14:59 AM · #1854

Hey JuliBoc, 5.5 is really good in my book. I have to take a look at some of them. I entered "For Sale" because I didn't have any idea for dirt and it was not good timing for the pet picture. You'll understand why shortly.

I was going to try the sky shot but I don't have enough experience in post processing to attempt that one.

I'm curious to see what they have to say about my "For Sale" shot. One thing is for sure. They won't be able to hit me for over processing!

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

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

12/11/2006 11:18:50 AM · #1855

Originally posted by Hotshot7:

OK, now I have a pink ribbon on my homepage for Octopussy, yay! And of course that pic has 2 faves...wonder who they are?..

I'm looking into my crystal ball ...

I'm seeing the names ...

they're very fuzzy, but getting clearer ...

p ...
post ...
posthumous

and
s ...
sk ...
skewsme!

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

12/11/2006 11:36:28 AM · #1856

Originally posted by quiet_observation:

Originally posted by bmartuch:
I have a question. What if we showed our challenges to fellow team suck members for their input before the challenge and then just NOT vote or comment on them during the challenge? Is that illegal? I read in some thread a while back where you could send your challenges to some DPC memebers for help prior to the challenge start date. Just a thought.

Bad idea - this is colluding challenge behavior.

You have to be very careful about showing your image to dpchallenge participants. Yes, if you clearly state to everyone you show that they should NOT vote on it, you should be okay. But that is not standard operating procedure at Team Suck. I can't speak for the subteams (except my own). You should see if your teammates are okay with such a thing first. Also, there are lots of people who will send their photo to one or two people. That happens all the time, and has nothing to do with teams. So that's an option available to you as well.

Team Suck has no official position on this issue, except that it will follow the rules of the site and always encourages its members to do the same (except of course for cloning extra legs onto cats). But since we do call ourselves "teams" we have to be ubercareful about sharing photos.

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

12/11/2006 11:38:23 AM · #1857

Oh, also this goes against our prime directive, which is "learn by failing." Really, it's the best way to learn!

Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens

12/11/2006 11:59:05 AM · #1858

Yes and I succeed in failing, over and over ...

skewsme

Canon EOS-6D

12/11/2006 11:59:27 AM · #1859

Originally posted by levyj413:

Originally posted by Hotshot7:
OK, now I have a pink ribbon on my homepage for Octopussy, yay! And of course that pic has 2 faves...wonder who they are?..

I'm looking into my crystal ball ...

I'm seeing the names ...

they're very fuzzy, but getting clearer ...

p ...
post ...
posthumous

and
s ...
sk ...
skewsme!

ha... and chosen totally independently...

sorry to hotshot about the pink pussycat - excellent processing... what a shame as it was one of the few photos that really 'illustrated' a Bond movie title when most of the entries were simply movie poster knockoffs.

Message edited by author 2006-12-11 12:00:11.

quiet_observation

Canon EOS-7D

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

12/11/2006 12:04:21 PM · #1860

And some of us have oddly skewed learning curves.

skewsme

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens

12/11/2006 12:12:36 PM · #1861

Originally posted by quiet_observation:

And some of us have oddly skewed learning curves.

skew's me

mist

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

12/11/2006 12:16:36 PM · #1862

My shot is in for Pet Portrait. My scores are turned off so I won't know how it does until rollover a week from now. I tried to counteract the usual set of comments that I get about my shots being washed out by popping it to my ideal and then dropping the brightness. Will see if that works in a week's time.

As it turned out I had to choose from about 8 different possibilities. I went for one that probably won't appeal to the purists, but is in line with the ideals of Team Suck. Enter what you like.

The one thing that annoys me is the title. I've seen when you put apostrophes in the voting title thing escapes them with \ characters, so I've avoided using them, but it's meant I've had to abandon the title I wanted. Meh.

Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED

12/11/2006 12:40:43 PM · #1863

Ok I have not been able to do this, you know I suck, but did you know I am dumb too.... If this works this is what I did all day Sat.//images.dpchallenge.com/images_portfolio/38198/thumb/437244.jpg

bcoble

Olympus E-300 EVOLT

12/11/2006 12:44:41 PM · #1864

Good for you. Excellent way to spend saturday.

quiet_observation

Canon EOS-7D

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

12/11/2006 12:45:03 PM · #1865

Originally posted by bryantbus:

Ok I have not been able to do this, you know I suck, but did you know I am dumb too.... If this works this is what I did all day Sat.//images.dpchallenge.com/images_portfolio/38198/thumb/437244.jpg

Priceless....

12/11/2006 12:45:07 PM · #1866

Ok maybe I got this bass acwards.//images.dpchallenge.com/images_portfolio/38198/medium/437244.jpg