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 03/25/2009 08:54:11 PM · #1
The topic reads - "Take a photograph using a shutter speed of exactly 1 seconds."
I got a comment from someone who doesn't understand how my picture fits the challenge.
How can you NOT have met the challenge if you used a 1 second exposure? Did I miss something?
 03/25/2009 09:06:18 PM · #2
Frustrating for sure! It will be 'their perception' of what a 1 second exposure should look like that they are rating your entry against.
 03/25/2009 09:32:50 PM · #3
I think the point here is that just having a 1-second exposure for the sake of a 1-second exposure is not sufficient to engage the voters. I mean, if you shoot a picture of a statue, who cares if it's 1/30 or a full second? Who can tell the difference? So the voters are looking for images that have a REASON to be be 1 second, ya know? Makes sense to me. I mean, as a voter, what *other* criterion do I have to judge on, other than that "This is a creative/effective way to use a 1-second exposure!" or somesuch...

R.
 03/25/2009 09:53:27 PM · #4
What Bear says: none of my one seconders had much of a reason, nor were any of them all that enticing, so I didn't enter.
 03/25/2009 09:54:51 PM · #5
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I think the point here is that just having a 1-second exposure for the sake of a 1-second exposure is not sufficient to engage the voters. I mean, if you shoot a picture of a statue, who cares if it's 1/30 or a full second? Who can tell the difference? So the voters are looking for images that have a REASON to be be 1 second, ya know? Makes sense to me. I mean, as a voter, what *other* criterion do I have to judge on, other than that "This is a creative/effective way to use a 1-second exposure!" or somesuch...

R.


I agree, the static pictures, while still 1 sec. exposures, don't really convey the meaning of the challenge to me. Seems like you need some movement to make it work.
 03/25/2009 09:59:00 PM · #6
I'm a contrary bastard I guess ... I deliberately submitted an entry that addressed the 1 second requirement only in the most oblique of terms. No conventionally visible evidence at all. There was, however, a surplus of obliqueness, judging by the score.
 03/25/2009 10:02:08 PM · #7
I also took some photos for this challenge, but could not get the effect that I wanted with only 1 second, so did not enter. I felt that the 1sec should add to the photo in ways that help it, not as a 1sec portrait with the person trying to ver very, very still..........
I havn't voted or commented the challenge, but to me there appears to be photos that have a shorter shutter speed, as well as a few with a longer shutter speed. If they do well, they will be checked I am sure.
 03/25/2009 10:02:47 PM · #8
Looking at the top 10 finishers of the previous 2-second challenge, 6 had an element of movement whereas 4 did not. However most of the 4 that did not have movement were night time shots where clearly a long exposure time is needed.
 03/25/2009 10:21:11 PM · #9
I can see why you are confused after viewing the images.
 03/25/2009 10:25:06 PM · #10
Originally posted by CEJ:
I can see why you are confused after viewing the images.


Agreed...

R.
 03/25/2009 11:14:11 PM · #11
I have voted some entries highly that don't show motion or reveal the 1 second exposure in an obvious way. I feel for you, PennyStreet.
 03/26/2009 12:33:08 AM · #12
Originally posted by ubique:
I'm a contrary bastard I guess ... I deliberately submitted an entry that addressed the 1 second requirement only in the most oblique of terms. No conventionally visible evidence at all. There was, however, a surplus of obliqueness, judging by the score.


ubique was oblique. how unique.

:P
 03/26/2009 01:10:54 AM · #13
Originally posted by karmat:
ubique was oblique. how unique.
:P

Oh yes. I hadn't thought of that.
The correct Latin pronunciation would be oo-bic-kway was o-blic-kway. how u-nic-kway.
It's a sort of verbal burlesque (bur-less-kway).

Message edited by author 2009-03-26 01:13:09.
 03/26/2009 01:28:01 AM · #14
Originally posted by ubique:
Originally posted by karmat:
ubique was oblique. how unique.
:P

Oh yes. I hadn't thought of that.
The correct Latin pronunciation would be oo-bic-kway was o-blic-kway. how u-nic-kway.
It's a sort of verbal burlesque (bur-less-kway).


I feel like I've been sucked into a space-time continuum tear and deposited into a pig latin nightmare.
 03/26/2009 01:57:25 AM · #15
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
Originally posted by ubique:
Originally posted by karmat:
ubique was oblique. how unique.
:P

Oh yes. I hadn't thought of that.
The correct Latin pronunciation would be oo-bic-kway was o-blic-kway. how u-nic-kway.
It's a sort of verbal burlesque (bur-less-kway).


I feel like I've been sucked into a space-time continuum tear and deposited into a pig latin nightmare.


Wow! Now I know why I was missing DPC!
03/26/2009 02:42:28 AM · #16
<<<< 8 years of freakin' Latin in school, and I'm still stunned by that one :-)

R.
 03/26/2009 03:34:45 AM · #17
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
<<<< 8 years of freakin' Latin in school, and I'm still stunned by that one :-)

R.

It's because you took freakin' Latin instead of the regular more run-of-the-mill Latin.
 03/26/2009 04:51:42 AM · #18
Completely off-topic, but hey, Bear, you've got a new camera!
 03/26/2009 06:02:13 AM · #19
Ew-na amera-ca?? Ool-Ca!
 03/26/2009 09:13:54 AM · #20
Originally posted by ubique:
It's a sort of verbal burlesque (bur-less-kway).

Or ur-lesk-bay.
03/26/2009 09:40:43 AM · #21
My 1 second exposure didn't work as desired due to an overly bright subject. I entered it in Abstract Motion instead and it's only doing so-so in that challenge. Back to the drawing boards...

Message edited by author 2009-03-26 09:41:33.
 03/26/2009 10:15:21 AM · #22
You have rated 132 of 132 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 6.2348.

I'm in a voting-only mood. I take it for granted that a 1-second exposure was used, with purpose, by the photographer. That saves me the trouble & worry of second-guessing everything, looking for cheaters & loosers & shoehorns. I enjoyed voting this challenge. What strikes me is the obvious talent some photogs have for seeing & capturing that spark of what makes us human, alive & striving. Musicians of the spirit, their photographs cause my soul to resonate in harmony. It wasn't until I stopped trying & started appreciating the work of others that I realized this. Thank you for the great example everyone, I will do my best to follow in your wake.
 03/26/2009 02:08:10 PM · #23
Originally posted by SaraR:
Completely off-topic, but hey, Bear, you've got a new camera!


Someone noticed! I was just given this oldish prosumer by a friend, so it's my new keep-it-in-the-car camera. I like it because it zooms and manually focuses by lens rings, the old-fashioned way. Seems pretty cool.

R.
 03/26/2009 02:39:42 PM · #24
There might be some photos that needed 1 second, but don't have motion--Mine is one.

(and it's doing poorly, btw)
 03/26/2009 06:09:51 PM · #25
Well, my photo could go either way but I think a 1-Second Exposure challenge is slightly different from a Convey One Second challenge. Possibly.
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