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Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

06/11/2007 01:47:35 PM · #1

This turned out to be one of my lowest scoring images on DPC.

Was it too boring?
Too dark? - (I can see all the camera detail on my monitor)
Don't like Canon's?

I was NOT expecting a high score.
I am not complaining about the score I recieved.
I'd just like to do better next time.

rlinn3

Nikon D100

06/11/2007 01:52:51 PM · #2

I can see detail on the camera's but it still seems to dark to me. Cool idea, maybe just a bit brighter next time.

lovethelight

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 135mm f/2.0L USM

06/11/2007 01:53:52 PM · #3

Hmmm, I don't know why it got such a low score, I like the composition and the smoothness, the only thing that bothers me is that the top left camera almost looks out of focus because its so smooth and the rainbow in the lense is relaly bright compared to everything else in the photo and hurts my eyes.

06/11/2007 02:03:18 PM · #4

Note to self:

Don't shoot black on black.
Don't shoot cameras.
Don't hurt peoples eyes.

I don't know why that would have come out so smooth. Focus went on the lens hood of the left camera, and at f16, I would have expected all the detail.

Thanks for your responses.

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

06/11/2007 02:07:08 PM · #5

boring and barely visible.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

06/11/2007 02:17:45 PM · #6

Originally posted by posthumous:

boring and barely visible.

really?

Boring I get.

The barely visible I don't necessarily understand.

MonicaJames

Nikon D200

06/11/2007 02:19:39 PM · #7

Black subject(s) on black background require tricky lighting so that outlines of the subject will still be visible to your viewers. I don't think you were able to accomplish that, hence the 'barely' visible comment.

Message edited by author 2007-06-11 14:21:35.

Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Canon

06/11/2007 02:21:43 PM · #8

Originally posted by MonicaJames:

Black subject(s) on black background requires tricky lighting so that outlines of the subject will still be visible to your viewers. I don't think you were able to accomplish that, hence the 'barely' visible comment.

Time to calibrate my monitor then.

Thank you.

nards656

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

06/11/2007 02:21:57 PM · #9

Originally posted by posthumous:

boring and barely visible.

The outlines look fine to me. Don't understand "barely visible" at all.

Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM

06/11/2007 02:22:48 PM · #10

Originally posted by nards656:

Originally posted by posthumous:
boring and barely visible.

The outlines look fine to me. Don't understand "barely visible" at all.

Ok then, maybe not!?!? %&$^

I'm so confused.

hajeka

Canon EOS R5

06/11/2007 02:47:37 PM · #11

I don't think camera equipment is very populair here (although I scored a little higher). My vote was a 5. All the equipment is not really good visible, so only the reflections in the lenses (and the commercial) remains.

weegi70

Olympus E-500 EVOLT

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

06/11/2007 02:50:16 PM · #12

i dunno, i rated this one 8... i think people expected to see some detail on the top left camera. maybe...

bassbone

Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S

06/11/2007 02:56:20 PM · #13

The issue I see is that - Yes - there are two cameras of the same type, they are reasonable well photographed (albeit lowkey), but there is really little else. What is the story? Why would someone want to look at the photo more than for the 5 or 10 seconds they normally take to vote? It just doesn't have anything to keep interest.

Originally posted by weegi70:

i dunno, i rated this one 8... i think people expected to see some detail on the top left camera. maybe...

Message edited by author 2007-06-11 14:56:37.

MaryO

Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8

06/11/2007 03:06:39 PM · #14

I had no problem seeing all the detail on my laptop monitor (which is calibrated, BTW). It is very lowkey but I thought that worked fine. Not a lot of "wow" or emotion or anything, but a nice picture, and I gave it a decent score.

Pentax SMC DA 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 AL WR

06/11/2007 03:09:04 PM · #15

Thanks all.

I thought the goofy color thingies in the lenses was cool. Obviously, not enough to carry the shot.

Need to get my wow factor back.

Prism

Pentax K-30

06/11/2007 03:12:58 PM · #16

The cameras are clearly visible on my monitor so I too am not sure about the "barely visible" comment. Left you a comment on the pic.

mango

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

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

06/11/2007 03:19:27 PM · #17

One thing that i have learned recently upon getting my new LCD screen, when processing images for the web, you need to make it a few steps brighter than usual to compensate for people who use a low brightness/contrast combination on their CRT. My gf's PC is right next to mine and at times my photos look a LOT different on her CRT screen than it does on mine. But yeah getting back to this shot, on the LCD at work at the moment, i have to kinda lift my head up a bit and view it from a high angle to properly make out the nice detail which i didn't first see when i was slouching down in my chair... :)

MaryO

Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8

06/11/2007 03:20:04 PM · #18

Originally posted by shanksware:

Thanks all.

I thought the goofy color thingies in the lenses was cool.

Apparently I did, too, from the comment I left during the challenge! Cool but not wow ... at least both words are on the good side of the evaluation scale. An interesting, identifiable reflection in the lenses might have gone far toward earning a wow, now that I ponder it.

MaryO

Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8

06/11/2007 03:24:34 PM · #19

Originally posted by mango:

Whenever I see an image that I think looks too bright or too dark I tilt the laptop screen back and forth to see if the detail is there and I'm just using the wrong angle for viewing. There have been enough times where I was "sure" highlights were blown and the detail showed up with just a slight tilt that I feel compelled to doublecheck before voting and/or commenting to that effect.

ssodell

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Canon

06/11/2007 03:28:12 PM · #20

I think it might be more interesting with a different background.

Dirt_Diver

Nikon D3s

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

06/11/2007 03:30:04 PM · #21

If you are taking a picture of 2 5d's and your shooting with a 20D Can you ummmmmmm

ummmmmmmm

PLEASE send one of them my way???

If it helps I would have given you a 10 if I would have voted on this picture...

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

06/11/2007 03:38:27 PM · #22

Originally posted by shanksware:

Originally posted by nards656:

Originally posted by posthumous:
boring and barely visible.

The outlines look fine to me. Don't understand "barely visible" at all.

Ok then, maybe not!?!? %&$^

I'm so confused.

It's not necessarily the calibration of your monitor that is in question. You need to consider the voter's monitor. Some voters may be using monitors on which they cannot see all the white to black gradations on the voting page.

On both monitors I use, 1 LCD and 1 CRT the outline of the cameras is very clear.