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 01/26/2007 09:10:28 AM · #76
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by idnic:
this one is getting "I don't like it" comments, but a decent score. lol


Trade ya!


Uhmm..... nah! :P
 01/26/2007 09:12:55 AM · #77
Oh, c'mon... you won't have to suffer through a single "I don't like it" comment... or any comments for that matter. :-/
 01/26/2007 09:15:22 AM · #78
Aweeee makes me wanna go find your little entry so I can leave it a cheerful comment. Let me guess, its the one with a lot of negative space?
 01/26/2007 09:19:44 AM · #79
Originally posted by idnic:
its the one with a lot of negative space?


It's the one with a lot of negative scores.
 01/26/2007 09:21:17 AM · #80
Originally posted by scalvert:
It's the one with a lot of negative scores.


Yeah well, kinda hard to see your scores in the thumbnails. *searches for her secret superhero x-ray score seeing glasses* :P
 01/26/2007 09:24:46 AM · #81
I think there might be a mushroom cloud over the thumbnail, and debris scattered on surrounding entries.
 01/26/2007 09:24:58 AM · #82
Originally posted by jaded_youth:
I got this comment, and my score went down: "only occupying a very small portion of the image space"

my shot is 75% negative space. is that not enough?!?


Same comment and essentially the same response -- i.e., my shot is predominately negative space.

That said, I'm worried how this one will be voted. If people unfamiliar with the concept of 'minimalism' vote based purely on the description set forth this challenge -- which is at best a guidelines on this one and certainly not law -- then I imagine a lot of us are in trouble.

In fact, based on the number of questions during the challenge period I imagine a lot of people think something more than an m&m or skittle or lady bug set against an 6'x4' canvas of white is DNMC.

Minimalism is as much about simplicity in form as it is about the subject literally occupying a very smally portion of the space.

MINIMALISM!

Message edited by author 2007-01-26 09:26:01.
 01/26/2007 09:28:33 AM · #83
I took the simplicity approach.
WEIRD SCORING HERE
Votes: 40
Views: 62
Avg Vote: 5.7750
Comments: 2
Favorites: 1
Wish Lists: 1 <-!!!!

Never had one of these
what does it mean?
 01/26/2007 09:29:09 AM · #84
5.8 so far ... You mean I actually did something right?

Forget it ... I just went down to 5.6 in a couple of minutes. I knew it was too good to be true!

Message edited by author 2007-01-26 09:31:36.
 01/26/2007 09:35:54 AM · #85
Originally posted by bood:
Wish Lists: 1 <-!!!!

Never had one of these
what does it mean?


It means someone thinks it would be a good print and would (in theory) like to buy a copy.

Message edited by author 2007-01-26 09:36:12.
 01/26/2007 09:35:54 AM · #86
Originally posted by bood:
I took the simplicity approach.

Wish Lists: 1 <-!!!!

Never had one of these
what does it mean?


It means they want you to post it in DPC prints so they can buy it for MEGA BUX! ... well for something anyways ...
 01/26/2007 09:42:09 AM · #87
Here's what the non- mass amounts of negative space gets ya ;)

Votes: 38
Views: 46
Avg Vote: 4.7632
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 01/26/07 09:41 am
 01/26/2007 09:53:47 AM · #88


Wish Lists: 1 <-!!!!

Never had one of these
what does it mean?

Well someone has impeccable taste and an appreciation of negative space.
01/26/2007 10:25:11 AM · #89
Stats:
You have rated 12 of 232 images (5%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 12 images (5%) in this challenge.

Whew! Going to take a break now. There are certainly some gems in this batch and quite alot have some very strong bones but need a little work to make them stand out & shine. This was a very difficult challenge so I now really appreciate the effort and what it takes to get a minimilistic shot all the more. Even more so that this challenge was a learning experience in relation to lighting, tones, composition, and focus. This definately helped me grow more with my photographic skills!

My score.... well it is not quite where I hoped it would be. But then - the voting is still in the early stages so anything can happen.

Good Luck to all!
 01/26/2007 10:28:18 AM · #90
Originally posted by Rob O:
Originally posted by jaded_youth:
I got this comment, and my score went down: "only occupying a very small portion of the image space"

my shot is 75% negative space. is that not enough?!?


Same comment and essentially the same response -- i.e., my shot is predominately negative space.


Yep. Me, too. I'm sure it's the same guy.
 01/26/2007 11:03:11 AM · #91
Originally posted by levyj413:
Originally posted by Rob O:
Originally posted by jaded_youth:
I got this comment, and my score went down: "only occupying a very small portion of the image space"

my shot is 75% negative space. is that not enough?!?


Same comment and essentially the same response -- i.e., my shot is predominately negative space.


Yep. Me, too. I'm sure it's the same guy.


I got that one too, and yeah my shot is probably 70% negative space so yeah it could definately be in an even smaller proportion of the available space in addition the subject that's visible is completely stripped down to the essentials

Anyway.. yeah score has gone up a little bit 4.8056 now.
 01/26/2007 11:15:08 AM · #92
Originally posted by levyj413:
Originally posted by Rob O:
Originally posted by jaded_youth:
I got this comment, and my score went down: "only occupying a very small portion of the image space"

my shot is 75% negative space. is that not enough?!?


Same comment and essentially the same response -- i.e., my shot is predominately negative space.


Yep. Me, too. I'm sure it's the same guy.


ROFL, someone's not feeling very original today! I have the same comment too! And I certainly have more negative space than subject....
 01/26/2007 11:21:16 AM · #93
I just finished voting. I am very disappointed; I gave only two votes above 7. Minimalism is about finding harmony in a minimal set of elements (forms, shapes, lines, colours).

But minimalism is *not* as easy as stuffing a small object into one of the corners, with the rest of the frame filled with one colour and no texture. No matter if you call the empty space "negative space", such shot is still just a shot of a thing.

The negative space needs to be necessitated by the compositional idea of the shot. For example, there may be a movement (or an illusion of movement) in the direction of empty space, or a model looking in that direction. Through a shadow into that space, fill it with subtle, but interesting texture, do *something* with it.

There must be harmony in a photograph, and in most "negative space" shots that I saw, there was none. I believe I left a few comments to that effect, so you can lynch me if you want. ;^)

Message edited by author 2007-01-26 11:22:53.
 01/26/2007 11:22:29 AM · #94
Originally posted by ivale28:
Originally posted by levyj413:
Originally posted by Rob O:
Originally posted by jaded_youth:
I got this comment, and my score went down: "only occupying a very small portion of the image space"

my shot is 75% negative space. is that not enough?!?


Same comment and essentially the same response -- i.e., my shot is predominately negative space.


Yep. Me, too. I'm sure it's the same guy.


ROFL, someone's not feeling very original today! I have the same comment too! And I certainly have more negative space than subject....


Hopefully the thinking behind that comment isn't carried by the majority of voters, as there are quite a few outstanding minimilistic images among the field which are far from the literal translation put forth by the challenge description.

edited so as not to look like my post was in response to agenkin's commentary :)

Message edited by author 2007-01-26 11:25:04.
 01/26/2007 11:22:56 AM · #95
Originally posted by agenkin:
I just finished voting. I am very disappointed; I gave only two votes above 7. Minimalism is about finding harmony in a minimal set of elements (forms, shapes, lines, colours).

But minimalism is *not* as easy as stuffing a small object into one of the corners, with the rest of the frame filled with one colour and no texture. No matter if you call the empty space "negative space", such shot is still just a shot of a thing.


Though part of the problem might be that the challenge title and the challenge description don't actually have anything much to do with each other. Not that that is unusual, but it seems strange nobody has commented on it yet (or I just haven't looked very hard)

Message edited by author 2007-01-26 11:23:10.
 01/26/2007 11:28:35 AM · #96
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by agenkin:
I just finished voting. I am very disappointed; I gave only two votes above 7. Minimalism is about finding harmony in a minimal set of elements (forms, shapes, lines, colours).

But minimalism is *not* as easy as stuffing a small object into one of the corners, with the rest of the frame filled with one colour and no texture. No matter if you call the empty space "negative space", such shot is still just a shot of a thing.


Though part of the problem might be that the challenge title and the challenge description don't actually have anything much to do with each other. Not that that is unusual, but it seems strange nobody has commented on it yet (or I just haven't looked very hard)


That's the problem, isn't it? Most of us aren't art majors and don't know the formal definition. So vote away as you like, agenkin, but you might want to consider that all we had to go on was the challenge description.

Message edited by author 2007-01-26 11:28:54.
 01/26/2007 11:29:12 AM · #97
Originally posted by Gordon:
Though part of the problem might be that the challenge title and the challenge description don't actually have anything much to do with each other. Not that that is unusual, but it seems strange nobody has commented on it yet (or I just haven't looked very hard)

Good point. I didn't even read the challenge description - I felt quite confident I knew what minimalism is, being a big fan of finding it in various forms of art.

I guess in the context of the challenge description my votes weren't entirely fair. I wonder what I should do now. If I knew the challenge was about "small objects", I probably would not have voted at all. :)
 01/26/2007 11:31:03 AM · #98
Originally posted by agenkin:
Originally posted by Gordon:
Though part of the problem might be that the challenge title and the challenge description don't actually have anything much to do with each other. Not that that is unusual, but it seems strange nobody has commented on it yet (or I just haven't looked very hard)

Good point. I didn't even read the challenge description - I felt quite confident I knew what minimalism is, being a big fan of finding it in various forms of art.

I guess in the context of the challenge description my votes weren't entirely fair. I wonder what I should do now. If I knew the challenge was about "small objects", I probably would not have voted at all. :)


You can do what I did in procrastination: revote with the description in mind. I changed my votes considerably.
 01/26/2007 11:41:32 AM · #99
Originally posted by levyj413:
You can do what I did in procrastination: revote with the description in mind. I changed my votes considerably.

I'll think about it. On the first thought, I don't think this would change much, since you still need to use the negative space skillfully to make a good photograph. If I revoted, I would probably only need to lower the scores of the images that have large objects (how bizarre this sounds), but I doubt this would change the scores of the images with the "too much emtpy space" ailment.
 01/26/2007 11:46:57 AM · #100
I didn't enter something that was my idea of minimalism, I entered something that bordered on a minimalistic feel yet pretty much obeyed the challenge description. And that's why my score has rocketed up to a 4.1 haha :P
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