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07/07/2008 01:51:34 PM · #76 |
Originally posted by hahn23:
The most uninteresting, boring and lowest degree of difficulty shots are the couple of images which carried the challenge description to an extreme. Those are the images which deserve a "1", even if they technically met their own extreme interpretation of the challenge. |
You have just described my image...but why the hate for us deconstructivists? I wanted to create an image that was a big middle finger to the world of color. Don't subjugate my postmodernist discourse with your sophmoric, intellectually sterile grand narrative conceptions of photography!
Philistines, the lot of you :)
Oh, my score:
Votes: 42
Views: 58
Avg Vote: 5.0238
Comments: 0
Message edited by author 2008-07-07 13:52:43. |
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07/07/2008 01:54:17 PM · #77 |
Originally posted by kandykarml:
I'm shocked that it never occured to me how literal people would take the word "point" when it came to this challenge.
I just hit an eve 5.000 after living in the 4's since voting started.. I thought I followed the challenge really well and I thought I found an interesting shot to enter too.. Oh well !!! |
i'm right there with you.
taking so much care to be sure not to be DNMC is taking the fun out of DPC for me.
oh yeah:
Votes: 46
Views: 78
Avg Vote: 4.9783
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Message edited by author 2008-07-07 13:57:36. |
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07/07/2008 02:06:36 PM · #78 |
Originally posted by briantammy:
taking so much care to be sure not to be DNMC is taking the fun out of DPC for me. |
See, and I look at it the opposite way. The whole point of this website is to CHALLENGE yourself. It would be boring and less fun if it were just a constant free study competition. I think really challenging myself to come up with something that solidly adheres to the challenge topic is what is making me a better photographer and a more creative person. I'm a great photographer when I stick to the subjects that I'm comfortable with and I could probably shoehorn those subjects into most challenges if I tried hard enough. But forcing myself to step out of my comfort zone and try something new so that it fits the challenge without worrying about it being a shoehorn has probably done more to improve my photography skills than anything else. |
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07/07/2008 02:08:18 PM · #79 |
My 5 only lasted for one vote.. lol
Votes: 44
Views: 67
Avg Vote: 4.9773
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Updated: 07/07/08 02:06 pm
I'm back where I belong.. :-) |
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07/07/2008 02:19:59 PM · #80 |
Votes: 48
Views: 81
Avg Vote: 6.1042
Comments: 3
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I was at 5.4 this morning... so I am slowly climbing the ladder of respectability.
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07/07/2008 02:29:12 PM · #81 |
[quote=kandykarml] I'm shocked that it never occured to me how literal people would take the word "point" when it came to this challenge.
I just hit an eve 5.000 after living in the 4's since voting started.. I thought I followed the challenge really well and I thought I found an interesting shot to enter too.. Oh well !!! [/quot
I didn't take point as literal but did feel that most of the background should be one color and the subject another. This could go on in discussion ad infinitum.
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07/07/2008 02:30:29 PM · #82 |
Originally posted by Wenders11:
Originally posted by briantammy:
taking so much care to be sure not to be DNMC is taking the fun out of DPC for me. |
See, and I look at it the opposite way. The whole point of this website is to CHALLENGE yourself. It would be boring and less fun if it were just a constant free study competition. I think really challenging myself to come up with something that solidly adheres to the challenge topic is what is making me a better photographer and a more creative person. I'm a great photographer when I stick to the subjects that I'm comfortable with and I could probably shoehorn those subjects into most challenges if I tried hard enough. But forcing myself to step out of my comfort zone and try something new so that it fits the challenge without worrying about it being a shoehorn has probably done more to improve my photography skills than anything else. |
i actually agree with you on this point to a large degree. I'm referring to being extremely literal. I took the definition of point to mean "spot" of color rather than "pinpoint" of color. my entry this week seemed clearly to meet the challenge before i entered it. so that settled in my mind i focused on the technicals. i spent lots of time on the lighting, clarity, composition and in post proc. took extra time to make sure it was clean and perfect. And although my original looks like i may have been desaturated to highlight the color, i actually took steps to insure that it wouldn't be perceived that way so as not to violate the challenge description.
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07/07/2008 02:37:08 PM · #83 |
Originally posted by briantammy:
Originally posted by Wenders11:
Originally posted by briantammy:
taking so much care to be sure not to be DNMC is taking the fun out of DPC for me. |
See, and I look at it the opposite way. The whole point of this website is to CHALLENGE yourself. It would be boring and less fun if it were just a constant free study competition. I think really challenging myself to come up with something that solidly adheres to the challenge topic is what is making me a better photographer and a more creative person. I'm a great photographer when I stick to the subjects that I'm comfortable with and I could probably shoehorn those subjects into most challenges if I tried hard enough. But forcing myself to step out of my comfort zone and try something new so that it fits the challenge without worrying about it being a shoehorn has probably done more to improve my photography skills than anything else. |
i actually agree with you on this point to a large degree. I'm referring to being extremely literal. I took the definition of point to mean "spot" of color rather than "pinpoint" of color. my entry this week seemed clearly to meet the challenge before i entered it. so that settled in my mind i focused on the technicals. i spent lots of time on the lighting, clarity, composition and in post proc. took extra time to make sure it was clean and perfect. And although my original looks like i may have been desaturated to highlight the color, i actually took steps to insure that it wouldn't be perceived that way so as not to violate the challenge description. |
Gotcha. I definitely agree that this challenge was confusing and open to different interpretations. I'm intersted to see who ends up winning because everyone seems to be voting with a different idea of what the challenge was supposed to be. I think we should all just call this challege a wash and never speak of it again. :) |
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07/07/2008 02:39:35 PM · #84 |
Originally posted by briantammy:
Originally posted by Wenders11:
Originally posted by briantammy:
taking so much care to be sure not to be DNMC is taking the fun out of DPC for me. |
See, and I look at it the opposite way. The whole point of this website is to CHALLENGE yourself. It would be boring and less fun if it were just a constant free study competition. I think really challenging myself to come up with something that solidly adheres to the challenge topic is what is making me a better photographer and a more creative person. I'm a great photographer when I stick to the subjects that I'm comfortable with and I could probably shoehorn those subjects into most challenges if I tried hard enough. But forcing myself to step out of my comfort zone and try something new so that it fits the challenge without worrying about it being a shoehorn has probably done more to improve my photography skills than anything else. |
i actually agree with you on this point to a large degree. I'm referring to being extremely literal. I took the definition of point to mean "spot" of color rather than "pinpoint" of color. my entry this week seemed clearly to meet the challenge before i entered it. so that settled in my mind i focused on the technicals. i spent lots of time on the lighting, clarity, composition and in post proc. took extra time to make sure it was clean and perfect. And although my original looks like i may have been desaturated to highlight the color, i actually took steps to insure that it wouldn't be perceived that way so as not to violate the challenge description. |
If I actually vote this time around, I'll be using "spot" as a guideline.
I find your description of what you did to get the shot interesting, because that's what I would typically do. I took my picture because something caught my eye and I took a few shots - the challenge was nowhere near my mind. A half hour before rollover I went through hundreds of pictures to see if I had anything worthy for the challenge. What I wouldn't give for another 5 minutes of pp or better yet a reshoot!
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07/07/2008 02:49:34 PM · #85 |
Originally posted by Sachlichkeit:
Originally posted by hahn23:
The most uninteresting, boring and lowest degree of difficulty shots are the couple of images which carried the challenge description to an extreme. Those are the images which deserve a "1", even if they technically met their own extreme interpretation of the challenge. |
You have just described my image...but why the hate for us deconstructivists? I wanted to create an image that was a big middle finger to the world of color. Don't subjugate my postmodernist discourse with your sophmoric, intellectually sterile grand narrative conceptions of photography!
Philistines, the lot of you :)
Oh, my score:
Votes: 42
Views: 58
Avg Vote: 5.0238
Comments: 0 |
Gee, I've never even visited Philistia.
Message edited by author 2008-07-07 14:50:25. |
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07/07/2008 03:23:08 PM · #86 |
Originally posted by Jutilda:
[quote=kandykarml] I'm shocked that it never occured to me how literal people would take the word "point" when it came to this challenge.
I just hit an eve 5.000 after living in the 4's since voting started.. I thought I followed the challenge really well and I thought I found an interesting shot to enter too.. Oh well !!! [/quot
I didn't take point as literal but did feel that most of the background should be one color and the subject another. This could go on in discussion ad infinitum.
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Views: 77
Avg Vote: 5.4773
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I totally agree with this.. I took it as it meant that your subject needed to be an obvious section of color as opposed to the background.. Not that it had to be as miniscule as an actual point, but there needed to be a difference in your subject and it's background.. Some of these shots have 8-10 different colors in them and don't seem to have any specific color direction.. But, some are very clearly trying to direct the viewers eye by using color and I don't think those should be DNMC.. That's just how I'm voting.. |
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07/07/2008 06:29:04 PM · #87 |
| One thing I noticed in this thread as it appears not alot of people are getting many comments. Is there anyone out there with more than 3?? |
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07/07/2008 06:33:22 PM · #88 |
Originally posted by Ivory:
One thing I noticed in this thread as it appears not alot of people are getting many comments. Is there anyone out there with more than 3?? |
I just got my 2nd comment, and it was from you! Thanks! |
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07/07/2008 06:35:47 PM · #89 |
| Some of the posts and difference of opinions about what the challenge means almost scared me off of making comments but then I thought better of it and am going to try to comment on as many as I can. |
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07/07/2008 07:48:18 PM · #90 |
Votes: 53
Views: 82
Avg Vote: 5.1132
Comments: 0
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Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 07/07/08 07:44 pm
It's getting better.. :-) |
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07/07/2008 08:21:26 PM · #91 |
Uh-oh, somebody screwed up (besides me entering this image). I was hanging just below 5.0 all day, but now ...
Votes: 50
Views: 88
Avg Vote: 5.0400
Comments: 2
I'll be posting a thread afterward demanding to know what in the world the high voters were thinking.
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07/07/2008 08:32:08 PM · #92 |
Well another last minute toss in........
Votes: 57
Views: 96
Avg Vote: 5.4035
Comments: 1
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I need to start getting these shots taken before the night of the challenge!! |
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07/07/2008 08:50:26 PM · #93 |
| I did not start to well, but now in the early sixes, and a favorite, which really pleases me. A feel we have as nice number of very pleasing images that suit the challange, and some that that are questionable. All the best everyone, and looking forward to seeing the result..... |
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07/08/2008 01:39:52 AM · #94 |
| After 60 votes, 89 views: 6.1000 and 2 comments. |
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07/08/2008 08:22:36 AM · #95 |
Originally posted by MG:
After 60 votes, 89 views: 6.1000 and 2 comments. |
I hate you ;~P |
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07/08/2008 09:15:48 AM · #96 |
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07/08/2008 09:24:36 AM · #97 |
Originally posted by Jutilda:
Originally posted by MG:
After 60 votes, 89 views: 6.1000 and 2 comments. |
I hate you ;~P |
No worries: four over-night votes and it̢۪s heading South :-D
Besides – I haven’t voted on this challenge yetâ€Â¦ |
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07/08/2008 09:41:10 AM · #98 |
Votes: 63
Views: 113
Avg Vote: 4.5714
Comments: 1
Apparently.. I..... SUCK!!!!!!!!! My first 4ish score... feeling like pondscum..the fungus that feeds on pondscum...:(
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07/08/2008 09:44:01 AM · #99 |
Votes: 61
Views: 143
Avg Vote: 5.0820
Comments: 0
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 07/08/08 09:37 am |
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07/08/2008 10:58:36 AM · #100 |
Votes: 68
Views: 125
Avg Vote: 5.7059
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