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 01/30/2007 04:15:28 PM · #76
just HAVE to bump this one ;-)
 01/30/2007 04:41:12 PM · #77
If it makes you feel better, Shannon, I was DQ'ed this week for using a filter in Basic Editing ("Exit" challenge). After entering 26 challenges, I knew better (I thought). I do know now!

It's a good thing that Langdon doesn't assign a "dunce cap-wearing avatar" to our names for a week. I can see it now:

lesgainous
scalvert

01/30/2007 04:46:21 PM · #78
Originally posted by lesgainous:
It's a good thing that Langdon doesn't assign a "dunce cap-wearing avatar" to our names for a week.


He's actually done that to me before.
 01/30/2007 04:56:13 PM · #79
I'm happy to see you are showing signs of being almost human Shannon.

:)

I was quite embarrassed when my shot was DQ'd as well.
(I'm just glad I wasn't a member of the site counsel).

;)
 01/30/2007 05:02:52 PM · #80
So, Shannon, I'm just curious... which SC member actually pressed the DQ button?
 01/30/2007 05:04:20 PM · #81
So since this is an SC the suspension is 6 months right? :P
 01/30/2007 05:09:33 PM · #82
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
So, Shannon, I'm just curious... which SC member actually pressed the DQ button?


I did. :-/
 01/30/2007 05:11:43 PM · #83
Originally posted by idnic:
I feel like having champagne. Anyone wanna join me? :)

Save a bit of that bubbly for me!
 01/30/2007 05:11:49 PM · #84
I just have to say that this is probably the most refreshing "DQ" threads I've seen in a long time. Nobody angry, no arguments, no "you don't get it" comments, just everybody having fun (at Shannon's expense). Hat's off to Shannon, you're quite a trooper. There's a great saying that goes: "He who laughs at himself, is always amused."
 01/30/2007 05:12:17 PM · #85
Originally posted by yanko:
So since this is an SC the suspension is 6 months right? :P


Years of ridicule with no possibility of parole.
 01/30/2007 05:12:26 PM · #86
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
So, Shannon, I'm just curious... which SC member actually pressed the DQ button?


I did. :-/

Wow! Talk about "self-DQ"!
 01/30/2007 05:12:29 PM · #87
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
So, Shannon, I'm just curious... which SC member actually pressed the DQ button?


I did. :-/


OUCH!
 01/30/2007 05:22:51 PM · #88
Originally posted by lesgainous:
Talk about "self-DQ"!


Yeah, it was bizarre. I had to explain to myself why it was DQ'd. We usually include a message to review the rules, too. I originally put that down as, "Note to self...," but then erased it as silly and just left the DQ reason.

Message edited by author 2007-01-30 17:23:49.
 01/30/2007 05:37:19 PM · #89
You should give yourself a stern talking to so you don't make the same mistake again. lol
 01/30/2007 05:53:23 PM · #90
Must've been the pending release of Vista that threw you off, Shannon. ;)
 01/30/2007 06:17:37 PM · #91
It could have been worse. At least it was 44 entries since your self-DQ and not 24.

~Terry
 01/30/2007 06:48:31 PM · #92
but i'm missing the thread where you complain that you've unjustly treated yourself ..
oh .. never mind ..
01/30/2007 06:52:00 PM · #93
Originally posted by ralph:
but i'm missing the thread where you complain that you've unjustly treated yourself ..
oh .. never mind ..


That's funny!
 01/30/2007 07:17:03 PM · #94
Originally posted by Melethia:
P.S. Deb's method for minimal editing rules:
1) Copy file (actually, I may have forgotten this part but I have the original RAW file!)
2) Open
3) Resize to maximum allowable pixel size on long side
4) Save
I just skipped the sharpening part altogether. :-)


You know RAW isn't valid in minimal, right? You have to shoot JPG.
 01/30/2007 07:22:34 PM · #95
Originally posted by chimericvisions:
Originally posted by Melethia:
P.S. Deb's method for minimal editing rules:
1) Copy file (actually, I may have forgotten this part but I have the original RAW file!)
2) Open
3) Resize to maximum allowable pixel size on long side
4) Save
I just skipped the sharpening part altogether. :-)


You know RAW isn't valid in minimal, right? You have to shoot JPG.


That's what scares me. If she's overwritten her original jpeg, then the RAW ain't gonna save her. Say it ain't so, Deb....

R.
 01/30/2007 07:30:48 PM · #96
People, read the whole thread. Deb already said she shoots RAW+JPEG and entered the latter. :)

On another point, how come the DQs some folks (e.g., generalE) don't show up in their profiles? I've noticed that in some other profiles, too.

Do they stop being displayed after 25 challenges go by?

And do self-dqs show up?
 01/30/2007 07:33:27 PM · #97
Originally posted by levyj413:
People, read the whole thread. Deb already said she shoots RAW+JPEG and entered the latter. :)


I quote Deb "P.S. Deb's method for minimal editing rules:
1) Copy file (actually, I may have forgotten this part but I have the original RAW file!)"

If she didn't copy the JPG before working on it, the RAW ain't gonna save her....

R.
 01/30/2007 07:43:57 PM · #98
Originally posted by levyj413:
People, read the whole thread. Deb already said she shoots RAW+JPEG and entered the latter. :)

On another point, how come the DQs some folks (e.g., generalE) don't show up in their profiles? I've noticed that in some other profiles, too.

Do they stop being displayed after 25 challenges go by?

And do self-dqs show up?


DQs weren't always displayed, they used to just disappear from sight. When they made the decision to display them, it wasn't retroactive so not all DQs are visible. And no, self-DQs generally do not show up.
 01/30/2007 07:51:15 PM · #99
Just want to say that I really feel for Shannon on this. I had to go look at the rules myself to confirm that there was in fact a "one-step limit" on resizing in the published version. I felt bad having to "push the button" and start the review process, as I do anytime I have to do so when I know it's an honest mistake.
Sharpening to just the right degree is tough in any rule set, but in Minimal it's a real bugger.
Hopefully he'll come out from under the desk before his dinner gets cold ;-)

And seriously, my hat's off to Shannon for his grace in accepting his "50 lashes with a wet noodle."
 01/30/2007 07:56:44 PM · #100
Originally posted by kirbic:
And seriously, my hat's off to Shannon for his grace in accepting his "50 lashes with a wet noodle."


Not to mention the lashes he's taking in another thread and they are not using wet noodles. :P
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