A few things keeping me from a paying membership

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

02/20/2004 06:28:53 PM · #26

Originally posted by Miah:

you pricks like to read rants just so you can complain of bitching and moaning? waste your time however you like, i suppose.. to each their own..

*ouch* the extreme overgeneralization really cuts me deep.

02/20/2004 06:29:26 PM · #27

i was obviously referring to the two people complaining because i was ranting.

GoldBerry

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

02/20/2004 06:30:10 PM · #28

Originally posted by Miah:

i was obviously referring to the two people complaining because i was ranting.

mmkay

02/20/2004 06:31:47 PM · #29

I think the Admins are allowed some power at their disgression to throw out bad challenges... Or wait, you're right ecce, I just want everyone to claim they left their photographs in their sister's computer.

GoldBerry

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

02/20/2004 06:33:59 PM · #30

Originally posted by Miah:

Hey, if you seriously think you've been unfairly treated because your photo was quite obviously over the heads of most DPC voters, you have the floor, and even though you've pissed off 90% of the viewers to this thread [lol], I think everyone is interested to know the story...well, okay so maybe not EVERYONE, but I am.

TommyMoe21

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

02/20/2004 06:35:09 PM · #31

Ask your sister to check her recycle bin.

02/20/2004 06:35:38 PM · #32

thanks tommy, but i'm already disqualified.

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

02/20/2004 06:38:11 PM · #33

whether or not it was over their heads.. i feel that the title and insinuations were just too vulgar for them.. The photograph might have meant something to me.. but I like to keep it that way.. I really don't want to explain why I took the picture or what i mean by it. I don't think that's why i was disqualified.

MikeO

Fujifilm x100

02/20/2004 06:41:05 PM · #34

Originally posted by Miah:

i was obviously referring to the two people complaining because i was ranting.

It was not so much a rant - I can handle ranting - but you sounded more like some spoilt brat who did something wrong but blames eveybody else. Like I said before if you dont like the rules that the majority follow you have the choice. Its no good blaming other people - the buck stops with you.

Pedro

Nikon D200

02/20/2004 06:42:56 PM · #35

I love your use of "they". Like this group of 7000 or so people all have one mind and thought process. you can *feel* whatever you want but the simple fact is you didn't provide proof, and a DQ was requested.

Discretion has nothing to do with it.

JPR

Sony Alpha a55

Sony DT 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Super Wide Angle Zoom

02/20/2004 06:42:59 PM · #36

I liked your photo a lot. I assumed it was a simple double exposure, but it could just as easily have been photoshopped. Knowing the rules and the general fear of photoshopping on the site I would have kept the original file if the photo had been mine, expecting to have to submit it as proof. There is no way to get beyond not having the proof and it IS your fault. There is no way the administration, no matter what their IQ, could tell the difference without you following the simple rule of keeping the original file with the exif info. But hey, now you know. At least you didn't have an 8. I enjoy your photography and think you should stick around and not get so upset about it, it's just for fun after all.

I completely agree about your "general discussion" forum beef btw.

02/20/2004 06:45:42 PM · #37

This isn't a rant, how? Chin, just because my rant rubs you the wrong way doesn't mean I'm not allowed this. I blame you, chin.. You are the reason this happened to me.

02/20/2004 06:49:43 PM · #38

They, He, She.. I don't know how admins take care of these 'proof' requests.. I'm not trying to blame everyone.

Ecce_Signum

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

02/20/2004 06:51:35 PM · #39

Originally posted by Miah:

This isn't a rant, how? Chin, just because my rant rubs you the wrong way doesn't mean I'm not allowed this. I blame you, chin.. You are the reason this happened to me.

Erm, I think YOU are the reason this happened to you Miah. Regardless of the authenticity of the pic rules is rules. I personally didn't understand why you got dq'd but hey, it happened maybe we will all learn from your demise in this challenge?

MikeO

Fujifilm x100

02/20/2004 06:53:21 PM · #40

Ok Jerimiah - i take full resposibilty. its all my fault . there, there, there. Anyway dont get angry - get even!!

Cam

Sony DSC-F717

02/20/2004 06:53:36 PM · #41

To be honest, this has to be the most lenient sites around with there forums. Most sites you would have been banned for calling admins asshats, bastards and what ever else you called them.

If it was my site you would be gone.

Message edited by author 2004-02-20 18:56:30.

robsmith

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG for Canon

02/20/2004 06:54:38 PM · #42

Please ignore all the idiots and join up, I look forward to reading your self-serving drivel twice-weekly.

ScottK

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

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

02/20/2004 06:57:42 PM · #43

Originally posted by GoldBerry:

I remember the pic, and I remember giving it probably more thought than I'd ever given another photo. I can't remember what I ultimately decided apon, but I made a mental note "too risque for the ma-and-pa operation of DPC" even though I liked it....admittedly I wasn't sure what Rusted Steel Slut meant. And by not sure, I mean I had no clue. Whatever statement you were making went right over my head and NOT because I thought it was inappropriate...I just plum didn't get it...

This is really interesting (along with your comments that followed). You really liked it, because you thought it had some deep meaning, but you had no idea what that meaning was, and if it didn't have that deep meaning, then you don't like it...

So, I have to ask, what was it that made you initially say you liked it? What was it about the photo (which you say you do, then don't quite, remember) that made you say you like it? Was it simply that it said something you thought might be taboo, or might be offensive to some people? Is that all it takes to make a good photo?

(Hope this isn't percieved as an attack. I'm not trying to be beligerently arguementative. Just trying to raise the question of why some people see "offensive" or "dirty" or "unconventional" as automatically having a likeable quality.)