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10/21/2008 07:32:41 PM · #401 |
Votes: 125
Views: 235
Avg Vote: 6.5040
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0
clawing....its...way...back...up...from troll-inflicted wounds... |
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10/21/2008 07:42:50 PM · #402 |
Votes: 123
Views: 250
Avg Vote: 6.7154
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0
Message edited by author 2008-10-22 19:45:58. |
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10/21/2008 07:48:17 PM · #403 |
Well, I haven't really weighed in on the zoo vs. Non-zoo issue, but my question is which glass is better for Wildlife...Nikon or Canon?
::Runs away to make more popcorn and vaguely thinks about polishing the halo:: |
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10/21/2008 07:49:36 PM · #404 |
Originally posted by hihosilver:
Well, I haven't really weighed in on the zoo vs. Non-zoo issue, but my question is which glass is better for Wildlife...Nikon or Canon?
::Runs away to make more popcorn and vaguely thinks about polishing the halo:: |
The one with the Photographer attached ready for the shot. |
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10/21/2008 07:51:45 PM · #405 |
To the attackers:
I give up. I have adjusted my scores to reflect a min vote of 5 for all shots that are non-human. I hope that you are proud that you have now driven another person away from dpc because they were not a sheep like yourself.
The 1142 helpful comments I have given will never grow. The improvements that a growing photographer may have been able to make due in part to encouragement and suggestions from me will take longer.
Have fun playing with the other sheep, patting each other on the back until you realize that it is meaningless to do so.
Message edited by author 2008-10-21 19:55:58. |
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10/21/2008 07:52:48 PM · #406 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
Originally posted by hihosilver:
Well, I haven't really weighed in on the zoo vs. Non-zoo issue, but my question is which glass is better for Wildlife...Nikon or Canon?
::Runs away to make more popcorn and vaguely thinks about polishing the halo:: |
The one with the Photographer attached ready for the shot. |
Perfect answer!!!! If you had a P&S and were ready for the shot...that's all that matters. Look at what Joey Lawrence shot with a 1.3mp p&s when he was 15. Frickin UNBELIEVABLE. No wonder site members bought him a camera.
ETA: Ernie...if you leave dpc you'll never see the shot of that pendant...
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10/21/2008 07:54:10 PM · #407 |
Originally posted by basssman7:
To the attackers:
I give up. I have adjusted my scores to reflect a min vote of 5 for all shots that are non-human. I hope that you are proud that you have now driven another person away from dpc because they were not a sheep like yourself.
The 1142 helpful comments I have given will never grow. The improvements that a growing photographer may have been able to make due in part to encouragement and suggestions from me will take longer.
Have fun playing with the other sheep, patting each other on the back until you realize that it is meaningless to do so. |
Maybe just step away from the forums, not DPC entirely? |
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10/21/2008 07:55:48 PM · #408 |
Originally posted by basssman7:
To the attackers:
I give up. I have adjusted my scores to reflect a min vote of 5 for all shots that are non-human. I hope that you are proud that you have now driven another person away from dpc because they were not a sheep like yourself.
The 1142 helpful comments I have given will never grow. The improvements that a growing photographer may have been able to make due in part to encouragement and suggestions from me will take longer.
Have fun playing with the other sheep, patting each other on the back until you realize that it is meaningless to do so. |
Maybe just take a little break. I for one would hate to lose you. |
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10/21/2008 07:57:53 PM · #409 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
The one with the Photographer attached ready for the shot. |
::Daintily nibbles on popcorn::
Hmmmm...so the best lens is the one in wise hands? I'll go with that! Thanks!
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10/21/2008 07:58:22 PM · #410 |
| Sorry, I am not trying to turn this thread into a "save me" thread. please do not do that. Please go back to posting scores, as it should be. |
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10/21/2008 08:01:04 PM · #411 |
Originally posted by basssman7:
To the attackers... |
Noting that an entry regarded as acceptable the last three times this challenge ran shouldn't suddenly be a DNMC isn't an attack. It's a difference of opinion. However sheep, as domesticated animals, would be a DNMC.
Message edited by author 2008-10-21 20:11:45. |
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10/21/2008 08:08:24 PM · #412 |
Basssman, I'd give all the zoo shots DNMC votes as well but the fact remains you can't quite tell what's what. The fair thing to do is to just vote based on the available information at hand and not guess at it. I think that more than anything is what stirred the masses against you.
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10/21/2008 08:12:44 PM · #413 |
Originally posted by jhomrighaus:
As a side note, I really hate it when people feel the need to copy in the text of the challenge description as if you were somehow not aware of it. |
Sorry, that would have been me. It's a balance between trying to make sure people are aware of why I said DNMC and patronizing people. I assume others have the problem of missing some key words I do. But I did tell you I wasn't voting. So, what's the consensus here, quote description, just put DNMC and maybe a terse blurb about the reason or don't comment at all?
So far I'm at my 5th worst after rising from 4.1, my 2nd worst, after 30 votes. I finally got some comments today helping explain my score a bit.
Votes: 120
Views: 202
Avg Vote: 4.5667
Comments: 4
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10/21/2008 08:20:40 PM · #414 |
Originally posted by basssman7:
To the attackers:
I give up. I have adjusted my scores to reflect a min vote of 5 for all shots that are non-human. I hope that you are proud that you have now driven another person away from dpc because they were not a sheep like yourself.
The 1142 helpful comments I have given will never grow. The improvements that a growing photographer may have been able to make due in part to encouragement and suggestions from me will take longer.
Have fun playing with the other sheep, patting each other on the back until you realize that it is meaningless to do so. |
Bassman...I'm not going to try to save you because you are strong enough to be your own hero.
Remember, that some sheep are really wolves in sheep's clothing and not always going to hail your words as the opinion of the day and probably not meant against you personally. However, to carry this day, show us the higher road and understand pouting probably won't help your cause, but your good photography...WILL.
Just my two cents...;-) |
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10/21/2008 08:22:09 PM · #415 |
Guys...
One voter alone cannot sway the whole challenge results drastically if you know statistics (I am sure we do). It isnt fair to take low-score-frustrations out on a single voter.. howmuchever disagreeing his voting tactics are from the 'mass'. He has a right to vote the way he wants, and ultimately is responsible for the comments he makes (if any).
I know this post alone cannot make the bitterness go away.. it keeps happening again and again (I have been there...:-).. but just consider the fact that there is already enough cut throat politics in real life.. do you really need more???
Just wait and watch the scores and appreciate how great some of us are with their images. Not everyone is supposed to like all images.... thats just not gonna happen. Learn something new.. and get a better one next time. And if you dont want appreciate others efforts (in photography and commenting and voting) and always expect a blissful world here on DPC, you need to do a reality check and figure out why you are so streesed and annoyed... is the cause somewhere else that is being displaced on a virtual forum?
Try to have fun... and if you cant, may be DPC isnt what you thought it is, well.. find what brings fun to you.. not stress. It doesnt bring stress to me...at least not anymore. Not everyone will appreciate your images or comments or voting pattern.. thats a reality. If you dont know that, you will get shocked every challenge. If you do understand that, you will find a way to outweigh the cons of being on DPC with the benefits.
Just my opinion:-) |
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10/21/2008 08:28:42 PM · #416 |
***************REMINDER: THIS IS A SCORES THREAD********************
If you need to discuss something else, please start a new thread in an appropriate forum.
***************REMINDER: THIS IS A SCORES THREAD********************
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10/21/2008 08:29:36 PM · #417 |
You have rated 122 of 159 images (77%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 109 images (69%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 5.5574.
back to earth everyone |
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10/21/2008 08:35:24 PM · #418 |
He-he. I posted this in here earlier (pg 3 I think)...the "wildlife conversation", a.k.a. scores thread, of 2008 appears to be crushing that of 2007.
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10/21/2008 08:46:13 PM · #419 |
My goodness but this is a verbose bunch!
Meanstwhile, back at the challenge:
You have rated 158 of 159 images (99%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 40 images (25%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 6.5127
More comments coming. Apparently I liked a lot of the images I saw; that's the highest average I think I've ever given out! I must have been in a good mood when I voted. Or maybe there really are a lot of good images in there. I'll figure that out as I struggle to articulate why I gave the scores I did.
And in answer to  hihosilver: Sigma! This week, for me ;-) |
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10/21/2008 09:25:05 PM · #420 |
Votes: 126
Views: 238
Avg Vote: 6.4921
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0
*sigh* if I only had a fave... |
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10/21/2008 09:57:49 PM · #421 |
Votes: 124
Views: 224
Avg Vote: 6.0565
Comments: 8
Favorites: 1
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 10/21/08 09:56 pm
snaffles gimme ".3" points, I give you my fav :P |
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10/21/2008 10:04:06 PM · #422 |
I'm so excited - a personal best so far by .3763!!!
Votes: 128
Views: 256
Avg Vote: 6.4688
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 10/21/08 09:54 pm
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10/21/2008 10:09:05 PM · #423 |
Originally posted by Judi:
Whilst I don't agree with zoo shots in a wildlife challenge...I didn't vote anyone down for the possibility of being a zoo shot. There are some nice images in there...but there are also some crap images. Some images have be so badly cropped in that the image has started to wain in quality...others have the focus on anything but the animal and some monitors really do need calibration....some animals are just not in their natural colours. Whilst other images need a hit with the contrast slider....they look like something a mobile phone would capture....without the editing expertise of a photographer. All of this could be other reasons for people getting low votes...not just the possibility of zoo haters voting. |
Dont be hating cause I took a zoo photo with a cell phone camera and pimped it out with Photoshop!
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10/21/2008 10:25:17 PM · #424 |
I think for those that took a zoo shot and were able to hide the zoo factor (bars, concrete, fence, polar bears with palm trees, etc) that they should not be scored lower for the simple reason that you can not always tell and while you are hurting one shot - you are favoring another for perhaps the exact same violation. Now if there was no effort to hide the zoo factor then do as you will. I will repeat myself - that while voting in the studio portrait contest I only dinged those that I KNEW were outside as in leaning up against a tree - laying in the grass, etc. Of course, this is art and a contest so it is both subjective and open to interpretation - two variables that can lead to a huge variance.
Have fun all and Bassman - I hope you won't leave you have been helpful to me since I got involved a few months ago and I appreciate your efforts. |
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10/21/2008 11:16:29 PM · #425 |
| I so hope I can figure out a way to enter purple socks in one of this weeks challenges. |
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