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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

11/28/2007 08:00:08 AM · #2001

Originally posted by posthumous:

What raish is trying to say is don't worry so much about whether certain people are in Team Suck or not.

Sounds like we need to start a non-official team, which cannot score, called Team Limbo.

They can however, drink fruit drinks with umbrellas and dance on the beach al night long.

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

11/28/2007 08:09:57 AM · #2002

Hey Bruce, nice series! I know what fun it is to be stuck waiting for transportation, but the places I get stuck don't have fast food courts or book stores to browse. They do have bottled water - one cannot board a plane without it. They aren't as picky about it this time of year, though. And at some locations, there are donated paperbacks, for which we're all quite grateful.

Next time you get stuck, try DFW (Dallas-Fort Worth). It's a photogenic airport and you can take the little train 'round to all the terminals while you have nothing better to do.

p.s. Anyone else want a Christmas card? PM me a snail mail address if you do.

Message edited by author 2007-11-28 08:10:33.

meyers

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

11/28/2007 08:26:19 AM · #2003

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

What I *don't* get is the comment that I was left that talked about how well the colors worked together.

Umm......that's the *other* challenge!!!!

Well, it might not be the focus of the challenge, having colors work well together helps any color picture.

Note: I haven't commented (or voted!) in a challenge in awhile, so don't think I'm defending my own critique.

Message edited by author 2007-11-28 08:26:34.

11/28/2007 08:43:49 AM · #2004

Ugh - My face hurts today, and I'm talking funny.

On Monday night, I broke one of my molars while eating a chocolate-covered cranberry. Last night I went in to my dentist, only to find that it was not fixable, and had it pulled right then and there.

Advil and Gravol got me through the night last night, but with 3 little kids to care for, I cannot sleep the day away today. I wish I could.

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

11/28/2007 09:17:39 AM · #2005

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

Originally posted by posthumous:
What raish is trying to say is don't worry so much about whether certain people are in Team Suck or not.

Sounds like we need to start a non-official team, which cannot score, called Team Limbo.

They can however, drink fruit drinks with umbrellas and dance on the beach al night long.

How about the Olympic Conceptual Limbo Team?

colorcarnival

Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital

11/28/2007 09:28:13 AM · #2006

Originally posted by kashi:

Oooch ouchie. Man I hate anything having to do with the dentist. How could something like that happen with just eating a cranberry? Poor thing. Hope the pain wears off soon.

11/28/2007 09:39:05 AM · #2007

Originally posted by colorcarnival:

Oooch ouchie. Man I hate anything having to do with the dentist. How could something like that happen with just eating a cranberry? Poor thing. Hope the pain wears off soon.

The cranberry was frozen :blush:

11/28/2007 10:04:03 AM · #2008

Originally posted by kashi:

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man, that hurts just thinking about it!!!!

My sympathies, and you take care of yourself.

I have two words for the kids during this time: Duct Tape!......8>) (jk!)

11/28/2007 10:05:24 AM · #2009

Originally posted by posthumous:

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

Originally posted by posthumous:
What raish is trying to say is don't worry so much about whether certain people are in Team Suck or not.

Sounds like we need to start a non-official team, which cannot score, called Team Limbo.

They can however, drink fruit drinks with umbrellas and dance on the beach al night long.

How about the Olympic Conceptual Limbo Team?

Heh, heh! You're a sick little monkey! I like it......8>)

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

11/28/2007 11:04:18 AM · #2010

I think it's an important part of the Suck Twelve Step Program to share our serenity as well as our despair. This morning I awoke to a 4.8 on my complementary colors photo. At first, I felt the terrible anomie that so often accompanies a low score. But after reading my one comment, succinctly explaining what was disliked about my photo, a sense of Serenity washed over me. Everything the commentor disliked about the photo is precisely what I liked. I realized that I had achieved what I wanted to achieve with that photo. I realized that those things which made it look unpolished to his eye were exactly the same things that made it look intimate and real to my own. Then I looked at my 4.8 in drewmedia. The very things that made it look chaotic to the voters were the things that made it exciting and fun to me. I realized that for these photos FOUR WAS MY RED BADGE OF COURAGE. Learn to Love the Four.

And when you get a THREE, then you can really get the party started...

edited to add: the first thing you lose when you get older is prepositions. I forget what the second thing is...

Message edited by author 2007-11-28 11:05:00.

colorcarnival

Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital

11/28/2007 11:19:40 AM · #2011

I embrace the four. Here's my Complementary Colors score - the lowest I've seen so far...

Votes: 30
Views: 42
Avg Vote: 4.5667
Comments: 2

And if it gets the brown, that would be fine. I put it in knowing EXACTLY why people would not like it, because voters, in general, have a certain way that they "believe" a photo should look. So one comment gave me a reason why they did not like it, and that was the reason why i do LOVE it! hehe

In my eyes, it's a beautiful photo!

Originally posted by posthumous:

Everything the commentor disliked about the photo is precisely what I liked. I realized that I had achieved what I wanted to achieve with that photo. I realized that those things which made it look unpolished to his eye were exactly the same things that made it look intimate and real to my own.

Message edited by author 2007-11-28 11:19:56.

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

11/28/2007 12:04:15 PM · #2012

i'm considering entering one for the free study. i love it, and will embrace the 4 with pride...

o, and my where's drew? is still sub-5.

quiet_observation

Canon EOS-7D

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

11/28/2007 12:46:20 PM · #2013

Originally posted by posthumous:

The ability to bend and touch your toes.

JuliBoc

Apple iPhone 6s+

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

11/28/2007 01:02:36 PM · #2014

In true Team Suck fashion, I'm stuck in the muck in Alone. Went to bed with 4.6 and still have 4.6 with 65 votes. I had two possible entries for this challenge, and chose the one that evidently takes longer than 2 seconds to appreciate.

11/28/2007 01:03:55 PM · #2015

y'all are making me feel bad that I'm not voting as much. Right now I'm saving up for the Free Study... I wish I could start voting in advance...

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

11/28/2007 01:04:42 PM · #2016

Originally posted by quiet_observation:

The ability to bend and touch your toes.

I thought I lost that when I got fatter...

Charlene

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

11/28/2007 01:10:25 PM · #2017

In the spirit of Team Suck, I am also embracing my 4 that is in the Alone challenge. It's also what I wanted to enter, and some comments have gotten it, others have not. If everyone could see into my head, it would be quite a scary place. So this is a good thing :)

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

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

11/28/2007 03:57:27 PM · #2018

Well, I've just entered my definitely 4 worthy shot in FS. I love it. Yet I know it will get trashed. I'm OK with that. My drewmedia is currently at 4.6. Embrace the 4's, embrace the suck... lol!

11/28/2007 03:59:46 PM · #2019

Oh, I'm embracing my suck BIG time - my drewmedia entry has done a nice reverse-jeb, and jumped up to a 4.1 !

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

11/28/2007 04:35:28 PM · #2020

I don't quite know what to make of this, actually.

Alone In A Crowd
Votes: 84
Views: 131
Avg Vote: 6.0357
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

Four of the five comments have been complimentary about the colors! LOL!!!

Message edited by author 2007-11-28 16:53:38.

raish

Olympus C-2500L

11/28/2007 05:05:43 PM · #2021

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

I think you should feel basically good about it, and even that some people are beginning to perceive the the dedication of the input and the quality of the output in your pictures. Alternatively, I'm designing a line in camera straps with a quickly detachable spiky end for self-flagellation.

colorcarnival

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital

11/28/2007 07:34:01 PM · #2022

hehe I got a validation request on a sub-5 picture :D