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10/28/2007 07:28:20 PM · #1326 |
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10/29/2007 12:04:46 AM · #1327 |
Rainbow results are up in the new Challenge Results Thread. Congrats to [user]kistover[/user] and  LaMas for their personal top 5's, and LaMas led the scoring with a 6.3! |
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10/29/2007 05:59:33 AM · #1328 |
Originally posted by meyers:
Originally posted by raish:
I just scraped under the deadline for - erm - the beginning of the end. I've entered a shot that is dark, unfocused and lacking in an obvious central theme or object. People might feel that they don't know what they're supposed to be concentrating on (and they'll blame me and my picture, too, if past experience is anything to go by). Do you think I'll crack 7 this time? |
7 points or 7% ? I'm having a hard time with both. |
I think the 7% is looking likely - or even another brown ribbon. So far I've neatly limboed under 4 anyway. |
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10/29/2007 06:10:03 AM · #1329 |
Well done everyone for their recent challenge entries. I may have entered some of these myself were it not for being surrounded by boxes and utter chaos. Still, wednesday is moving day for us so after that, and once we get an internet connection back afterwards, things may return to normal. Which, for me, let's face it, means probably entering 1 challenge every so often. But more than zero. :D
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10/29/2007 07:32:20 AM · #1330 |
The Beginning of the End
Votes: 27
Views: 50
Avg Vote: 5.1111
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 10/29/07 07:29 am
*SIGH*
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10/29/2007 07:42:17 AM · #1331 |
Check this out, three scores over 5...
From the Ground Up IV
Votes: 113
Views: 149
Avg Vote: 5.0000
Comments: 3
Photojournalism III
Votes: 133
Views: 244
Avg Vote: 5.5113
Comments: 8
The Beginning of the End
Votes: 28
Views: 50
Avg Vote: 5.2143
Comments: 0
I actually thought the Beginning of the End would be doing better though.
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10/29/2007 10:10:05 AM · #1332 |
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10/29/2007 10:21:00 AM · #1333 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
Lovely shot, Lea. |
Very nice, Lea.....
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10/29/2007 10:27:32 AM · #1334 |
I'm just whining, so ignore this if you want....
For the first time since being at DPC, I turned off my scores. I'm just so disgusted at what was really looking like my first 7+ score has done.
It's now down to just a pretty good score. And that sucks, because I feel guilty for not being grateful for a 6.6+ score, but DAMN!!!!! At 15 votes or so, it was 7.5455, and almost a full day down the road, it was still a little bit above 7. Then, of course, I got my first validation request, it was cleared, and then the score has continued to trickle on down to where it is going to be 4th on my profile page.
So.....I just turned the damn scores off and it is what it is.
Odd......I don't feel like participating any more. Go figure.
Message edited by author 2007-10-29 10:29:11.
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10/29/2007 10:44:01 AM · #1335 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
I'm just whining, so ignore this if you want....
For the first time since being at DPC, I turned off my scores. I'm just so disgusted at what was really looking like my first 7+ score has done.
It's now down to just a pretty good score. And that sucks, because I feel guilty for not being grateful for a 6.6+ score, but DAMN!!!!! At 15 votes or so, it was 7.5455, and almost a full day down the road, it was still a little bit above 7. Then, of course, I got my first validation request, it was cleared, and then the score has continued to trickle on down to where it is going to be 4th on my profile page.
So.....I just turned the damn scores off and it is what it is.
Odd......I don't feel like participating any more. Go figure. |
Duh-uh - fifteen votes is not a representative sample.
1. 15 votes tells you V. little (see above)
2. if it starts high it'll go down, if it starts low it'll go up (not withstanding Sod's law, or even the original Murphy's)
3. there isn't a rule 3
4. if it's that bad, go lobby whatever sort of political representative you have in your local form of democracy, explain the problem and the note down the response so you can take it to bed with you and chant it. Obviously this doesn't help, but it can be soothing... |
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10/29/2007 10:52:15 AM · #1336 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
I'm just so disgusted at what was really looking like my first 7+ score has done.
It's now down to just a pretty good score. And that sucks, because I feel guilty for not being grateful for a 6.6+ score, but DAMN!!!!! At 15 votes or so, it was 7.5455, and almost a full day down the road, it was still a little bit above 7. Then, of course, I got my first validation request, it was cleared, and then the score has continued to trickle on down to where it is going to be 4th on my profile page.
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Take heart, Jeb. My Half photo, that won the yellow ribbon was at 7+ after 50 votes. I also watched it gradually sink the rest of the week. You're right, it's a bad feeling. But you could still have a surprise at the end, as I did. |
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10/29/2007 10:52:41 AM · #1337 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
At 15 votes or so, it was 7.5455, and almost a full day down the road, it was still a little bit above 7. |
This is why early results (one day is still early) are useless except to predict broadly (like within about half a point) of where your score will end up.
They also go the other way. My recent macro entry was at 5.33 after 3 votes and ended up a full point higher.
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10/29/2007 10:58:58 AM · #1338 |
| I tried something new for "Beginning ...", because I had a point to make. Big mistake. Husband really liked it -- that should have been a clue, but I can't seem to learn that lesson. Anyway, I'm now embarrassed, and feel like pulling the shot, but I don't want to waste a DQ, because you never can tell when you might need it for a real DQ problem. Well, I've lived through other embarrassments, and they were soon forgotten after the challenge ended. This too shall pass. |
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10/29/2007 11:01:31 AM · #1339 |
And I've been getting pretty good at starting out at about a 5.3 and pretty much staying in that ballpark, so there!
Jeb, if'n you're that pissed off at a score a lot of us would consider beyond exceptional, then you're taking this all WAY too seriously.
And in a side not, at some point I hope to post some pics and stories of my adventures here. Some sad and poignant, some just sort of adventurous. Stay tuned... (All depends on when I get time to edit and when I get time on a computer - hard to come by either at the moment.) |
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10/29/2007 11:52:00 AM · #1340 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
And I've been getting pretty good at starting out at about a 5.3 and pretty much staying in that ballpark, so there! |
Except for those two 7+ scores!
Originally posted by Melethia:
Jeb, if'n you're that pissed off at a score a lot of us would consider beyond exceptional, then you're taking this all WAY too seriously. |
Well, if you read my post closely, I stated that I feel like I shouldn't be upset, and I'm really not upset about a 6.6+ score, it's that with nine really decent, enthusiastic comments, and having stayed above 6.8 for a couple days, I'm just disgruntled that it has done nothing but a downward slide since the beginning.......even after validation.
So that's why I'm whining.....because of a six day score slide and feeling like I'm not allowed to be pissed off about it 'cause it's still a good score. To be truthful, at this point, if it rallies and goes back up, it's supremely unlikely to rally that much so I'm just uninspired about the end result.
If that makes me a whiny baby, fine, I just know for sure now that I've hit that same wall that Jeffrey was talking about last week or so, and having been around long enough to know that I'm no Shannon Calvert, Joey Lawrence, or Manny Librodo, so maybe that's just it for me.
So be it.....I just have to get some acceptance, and I guess if I want to refine the skills I have, I need to go back to school and/or consider better glass, whatever.
I may be done with the "On my own" learning curve.
As to taking this too seriously? Maybe I am, but I've watched too many people here at DPC continuing to learn and grow at a prodigious rate, and that's what I want as well.......to continue to learn and grow, and that is serious stuff, IMO.
Edit for spelling and what appears to be the batteries in my wireless keyboard tring to die.
Message edited by author 2007-10-29 11:54:06.
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10/29/2007 12:18:11 PM · #1341 |
I was the recipient this morning of one of the most wonderful compliments.
A casual friend of mine contacted me, told me that she had been looking through my most recent photos, and she had something to ask me.
She and her boyfriend are getting married next summer, and she wanted to know if I would photograph the wedding !!!
Now, she knows that I am *not* a professional by any means, and she will have a few members of her family there who are serious photo hobbiests as well.
I forwarded her my print prices list, but told her that I had no idea what to say for my time.
So - now I turn to you, my fellow TS'ers.
I have, to this point, only done 2 family portrait sessions, with one more coming up. I am working for the price of prints, and a signed waiver to use the photos as I see fit.
But - this wedding would be ~ 3 hours away. Which would mean gas, overnight accommodation and meals for 2 days. And likely more post-work just to view the images.
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10/29/2007 12:55:14 PM · #1342 |
Originally posted by kashi:
But - this wedding would be ~ 3 hours away. Which would mean gas, overnight accommodation and meals for 2 days. And likely more post-work just to view the images. |
Don't forget the babysitter.
Sounds like it might be more time and trouble than it's worth, unless you have a desire to become a wedding photographer. Then it would be good experience and add to your credentials. If that is not your goal, you might just take it for the very nice complement that it is, and politely decline. |
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10/29/2007 01:04:16 PM · #1343 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
I'm just whining, so ignore this if you want....
For the first time since being at DPC, I turned off my scores. I'm just so disgusted at what was really looking like my first 7+ score has done.
It's now down to just a pretty good score. And that sucks, because I feel guilty for not being grateful for a 6.6+ score, but DAMN!!!!! At 15 votes or so, it was 7.5455, and almost a full day down the road, it was still a little bit above 7. Then, of course, I got my first validation request, it was cleared, and then the score has continued to trickle on down to where it is going to be 4th on my profile page.
So.....I just turned the damn scores off and it is what it is.
Odd......I don't feel like participating any more. Go figure. |
I do not mean this to be pointed exclusively at you Jeb. I was so hoping the whining about scores would not reach this peaceful corner of DPC. Team Suck HQ is where I go to get away from whining and other general complaining. I certainly hope this is just a rare thing.
DPC is full of ranting and other unhappiness. I was so hoping we could limit this ONE thread to happy things, contests won, new cars, happy announcements. is this too much to ask, or am I being a Pollyanna again?
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10/29/2007 01:07:18 PM · #1344 |
Originally posted by kashi:
But - this wedding would be ~ 3 hours away. Which would mean gas, overnight accommodation and meals for 2 days. And likely more post-work just to view the images. |
Originally posted by JuliBoc:
Don't forget the babysitter.
Sounds like it might be more time and trouble than it's worth, unless you have a desire to become a wedding photographer. Then it would be good experience and add to your credentials. If that is not your goal, you might just take it for the very nice complement that it is, and politely decline. |
That is, in all likelihood, what I am going to do.
My hubby would stay at the hotel with the kids, so we could enjoy the next day as a family.
No, wedding photography is not my goal. I top my hat to those who can do it and especially those who do it well. I'm terrified at the very thought of a wedding shoot - there are NO retakes for that.
But I'll say - did I ever glow when she asked me !
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10/29/2007 01:09:59 PM · #1345 |
 BAMartin - maybe just a teeny bit too pollyanna in that view, but it's one with good intentions, and it's a good reminder for us all of what Team Suck is meant to be.
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10/29/2007 01:18:45 PM · #1346 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
with nine really decent, enthusiastic comments |
Try to focus on those comments. My rainbow entry didn't crack 6, but the commenters averaged 7.8 and I have the glowing comments to prove it. :) I just take it as meaning I really connected with some folks, which is about all I can do.
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10/29/2007 01:21:01 PM · #1347 |
Life is full of good and bad news - it's the poetry of life.
But continuous, compulsive whining about a 6+ score on dpchallenge is pathetic and boring. |
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10/29/2007 01:55:14 PM · #1348 |
Team Suck Spotlight: ephln
    
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10/29/2007 02:17:16 PM · #1349 |
good idea, jayson!
hey, my first comment on my end pic is glowing, and gives a 10, yet my score is 5.3. guess which i'm more excited about? mind you, if i really cared about scores, i'd shoot different things, wouldn't i?
i just signed up to sell my prints at a local emporium. woohoo! cross fingers!
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10/29/2007 03:13:49 PM · #1350 |
Originally posted by quiet_observation:
Life is full of good and bad news - it's the poetry of life.
But continuous, compulsive whining about a 6+ score on dpchallenge is pathetic and boring. |
If this is directed at me after your track record, I'm aghast.
And if it is, I'm really sorry that trying to express the angst over having a score that I will *NEVER* see other than by sheer luck is so pathetic that it bores you.
I even tried to state that it wasn't the score that upset me so much as the steady downward decline AFTER already realizing that my shot at a score I'm likely to never achieve was already gone.
Excuse me for hoping and voicing my frustration.
You're right, I should have known better than to whine about it, but every day I watch people getting better and better, yet it really doesn't happen for me any more, it's just more of the same because I finally realize where my scoring potential is, and I'm there.
I just didn't expect this kind of a response here.
Consider this my resignation from Team Suck in any and all capacity, I won't whine here any more.
Edited because among other things I can't do for sh*t is type.
Message edited by author 2007-10-29 15:16:23.
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