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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

09/18/2009 12:45:05 AM · #376

Sometimes mathematics looks great!

basssman7

Nikon D500

09/18/2009 12:52:33 AM · #377

Originally posted by vlado:

So the only real constant in those voting stats is that voter have been getting less harsh i.e. more generous in th past 6 months.

I think she is referring more to some specific challenges that seem to really stand out, especially in the short term.

School- median score of 5.1685

Veggie- median score of 5.1656

Lines- median score of 5.1108

These are 3 of the last 5 completed challenges.

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

09/18/2009 12:58:14 AM · #378

Originally posted by vlado:

Originally posted by AmeedEl-Ghoul:
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Please please please .07 to beat my PB.
Please please please .17 to get my frist 7

Close battle between the two of us... Amee

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Though, I reckon the ribbons will all be in the 7s.

@Steve ( Yo_Spiff)... got your comment. THANKS a MILLION! You Rock! :)

@Wendy ( vawendy)... you recently commented somewhere (can't locate the actual comment) that the voting has been a bit harsher recently. Looking at the trends on the average score for all challenges, I come to the following conclusions:
a) trend for entire DPC history - negligible reduction of average (trend line had slope of -0.00028)
b) trend for last 18 months - negligible (trend line has a slope of -0.00013)
c) trend for last 12 months - negligible reduction of average (trend line has a slope of -0.000048)
d) trend has INCREASED over the last 6 months - negligible improvement of average (trend line had slope of +0.00028)

That's just looking at the average scores... looking at the highest score

a) trend for entire DPC history - negligible reduction of average (trend line had slope of -0.000091)
b) trend for last 18 months - negligible (trend line has a slope of -0.00021)
c) trend for last 12 months - negligible increase of average (trend line has a slope of +0.0000061)
d) trend has INCREASED over the last 6 months - slight improvement of highest (trend line had slope of +0.0013)

Trends for the lowest score

a) positive slope
b) negative slope
c) negative slope
d) positive slope

So the only real constant in those voting stats is that voter have been getting less harsh i.e. more generous in th past 6 months.

yup, I know that--but I was just speaking over the last 20 challenges. In the last 20 challenges, there has been 3 or 4 (can't remember which) challenges that averaged 5.1x; in the previous 20, there was only 1.

vlado

Canon EOS-70D

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

09/18/2009 01:04:57 AM · #379

That's right... and you linked it to the end of summer (northern hemisphere of course... because we down in the southern hemisphere don't really warrant consideration ;) ) , didn't you? In interesting hypothesis... will look into it. :)

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

09/18/2009 01:06:35 AM · #380

Originally posted by vlado:

yup, because you have no excuse for the drop in voting--you should be happy and upbeat--it's the end of winter! So I figured it was all the northern hemisphere's fault!

09/18/2009 01:06:46 AM · #381

Originally posted by vlado:

Close battle between the two of us... Ameed

I'd love to think we are battling on the Blue :)

vlado

Canon EOS-70D

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D

09/18/2009 04:20:27 AM · #382

Originally posted by vawendy:

Originally posted by vlado:
That's right... and you linked it to the end of summer (northern hemisphere of course... because we down in the southern hemisphere don't really warrant consideration ;) ) , didn't you? In interesting hypothesis... will look into it. :)

yup, because you have no excuse for the drop in voting--you should be happy and upbeat--it's the end of winter! So I figured it was all the northern hemisphere's fault!

Looking at the data over the 7 years of DPC there looks to be a fairly constant fluctuation in the average score and it doesn't look like its linked to the Northern Hemisphere seasons.

Some interesting factoids from the data:

- 6 of the 16 challenges between "Lucky" and "End" had an average below 5.2 earlier this year (i.e. worse than the recent spell)
- 2007 had only one challenge with an average below 5.2... for the entire year!!!
- Percentage wise, the worse to best years (assuming number of challenges with an average <5.2 is the criteria for bad) are 2004 (46%), 2002 (42%), 2005 (40%), 2003 (29%), 2009 (16%), 2006 (15%), 2008 (8%), 2007 (1%).

SEG

Nikon D7100

09/18/2009 06:57:53 AM · #383

Started this challenge with a 5.6 after the first (and heaviest day of voting) and have slowly creeped up throughout the voting to a 5.96. Not nearly enough to win with all the great scores in this thread but I may be able to break 6.0 for the first time since joining.....maybe?

LVicari

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

09/18/2009 07:27:07 AM · #384

Originally posted by AmeedEl-Ghoul:

Originally posted by vlado:

Close battle between the two of us... Ameed

I'd love to think we are battling on the Blue :)

Right behind you 2

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LadyK

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

09/18/2009 08:53:34 AM · #385

oh fun, bumped another .1 while i was asleep. that doesnt seem to happen much. coolio

Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

09/18/2009 09:36:01 AM · #386

Always seems weird to get over a 6, and then good votes of 6 are what slowly pulls me down. A few 6's, a 5 or two, and then a high vote will yank it back to a 6.3.

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Lutchenko

Nikon D700

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon

09/18/2009 11:47:49 AM · #387

Well I'm just hanging on to my 6... just lol

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Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

09/18/2009 12:16:45 PM · #388

I'm hanging in there too, not the score I'd dreamed of but an OK number. Shoulda entered one of the extreme ones, but I wanted to do "true" HDRI for this rather than exaggerated tone mapping...

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R.

see

Canon PowerShot S95

09/18/2009 12:27:29 PM · #389

I have a 7 (in my) score...

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Message edited by author 2009-09-18 12:29:55.

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

09/18/2009 02:27:23 PM · #390

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I think thats it, I am not going to break my personal best, nor hit the 7 :( Lets see if even gunna ribbon,

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

09/18/2009 02:30:23 PM · #391

Back over 6.3 again after being down for awhile. Anything over 6.0 in this one is a happy score, but it's fun being back over 6.3.

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It makes me want to try the process again, well, almost, it was an extremely painful learning process because of some of the software I was using. (instructions? what instructions? Obviously I can figure it out myself... :D

dsa157

Canon EOS-50D

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

09/18/2009 03:01:59 PM · #392

Originally posted by Bugzeye:

art from one person who gave me a nice comment but said it was a non-traditional HDR photo. The problem with that is I have no idea what the difference is between traditional and non-traditional considering the HDR technique is not really all that old, at least not in the digital sense. For me it is about the process of bringing out the lights and darks of the image. Not the what I think can sometimes be excessive tonemapping.

I am having the same issue. I deliberately tried to make a "normal" looking image with a "High Dynamic Range" using Photomatix rather than making an other worldly tone mapped picture like I usually do. Someone did point out a technical flaw in my shot which is killin' me to see now, but most of the comments have been that there is "no HDR" there. Not true, unfortunately, but it is what it is. :(

Dave

SteveJ

Canon EOS-7D

09/18/2009 03:12:04 PM · #393

Originally posted by vawendy:

That's what I have done with my image, it is currently sitting at 5.99 and I deliberately tried to keep the normality in the image. I have since redone it using a different programme and I like the new, revamped image and think it would have appealed to DPC and scored better. I will upload it after the challenge finishes.

LadyK

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

09/18/2009 04:07:35 PM · #394

You have rated 64 of 155 images (41%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 52 of 155 images (34%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 7.5469

well jeez im being generous this challenge

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

09/18/2009 04:16:50 PM · #395

Originally posted by LadyK:

How come my vote dropped then :(

Yo_Spiff

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

09/18/2009 04:18:34 PM · #396

Originally posted by AmeedEl-Ghoul:

How come my vote dropped then :(

As high as yours is right now, there's more room underneath it!

K3Master

Pentax K-3

Pentax D-FA* 70-200mm f/2.8 ED DC AW

09/18/2009 04:21:20 PM · #397

Originally posted by AmeedEl-Ghoul:

Originally posted by LadyK:
You have rated 64 of 155 images (41%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 52 of 155 images (34%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 7.5469

well jeez im being generous this challenge

How come my vote dropped then :(

I re-voted and decided to give everyone a 1 for arguing with me ;D

I'm kidding, of course.

09/18/2009 04:21:35 PM · #398

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

Originally posted by AmeedEl-Ghoul:
How come my vote dropped then :(

As high as yours is right now, there's more room underneath it!

Jealousy? :PPPPPPPPPPPPPPP Just kidding steve :)