FYI: YOU SUCK! - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/19/2010 12:57:19 PM · #1

Those of you voting down wonderful shots with 1s or 3s or even 5s just because of...

1. You're an idiot
2. You have no idea what makes a good photograph.
3. You're on another DPL team...

Whatever the reason, I just felt it was important to let you know loudly and clearly...

YOU SUCK
YOU SUCK
YOU SUCK

Thanks and have a nice day.

Five_Seat

Canon EOS-6D

05/19/2010 01:01:03 PM · #2

Someone call the Wambulance! STAT!

Message edited by author 2010-05-19 13:01:18.

smardaz

05/19/2010 01:02:41 PM · #3

i guess i suck then, i see alot of 5's even when i am not in the dpl.....

Olympus 14-42mm f.3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom

05/19/2010 01:03:31 PM · #4

Originally posted by smardaz:

i guess i suck then, i see alot of 5's even when i am not in the dpl.....

Those wouldn't be wonderful shots though. :)

MikeO

Fujifilm x100

05/19/2010 01:03:34 PM · #5

e10icus

Olympus E-500 EVOLT

05/19/2010 01:04:56 PM · #6

Originally posted by klkitchens:

Repressing one's feelings is not healthy.
It can lead to things like hypertension and other nasties.
You should learn to express your true feelings.

Olympus 14-42mm f.3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom

05/19/2010 01:05:02 PM · #7

e10icus

Olympus E-500 EVOLT

05/19/2010 01:06:35 PM · #8

...that's better.

Luci11e

Nikon D40

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR

05/19/2010 01:10:49 PM · #9

Originally posted by klkitchens:

Oh yeah????
Well, you too!

K3Master

Pentax K-3

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

05/19/2010 01:12:28 PM · #10

For some reason, I have this huge urge to go vote 1s, 2s, and 3s.

LaMas

Nikon D50

Sigma 17-35mm f/2.8-4.0 EX DG Aspherical HSM for Nikon

05/19/2010 01:16:28 PM · #11

I think it was everyone that felt a wave of 3's 4's and 5's
What can you do but take a deep breathe and be proud of your own work no matter what dpc has given you for a score. Do it for yourself my friend.

LaMas

Nikon D50

Sigma 17-35mm f/2.8-4.0 EX DG Aspherical HSM for Nikon

05/19/2010 01:18:02 PM · #12

Originally posted by K10DGuy:

For some reason, I have this huge urge to go vote 1s, 2s, and 3s.

NAaaa... make up for it... give out some 8's and 9's

Sigma 17-35mm f/2.8-4.0 EX DG Aspherical HSM for Nikon

05/19/2010 01:19:45 PM · #13

Originally posted by LaMas:

Oh I do... was just having a little fun. :)

I'm 200+ challenges in and no ribbon. Doubt I ever will.

LaMas

Nikon D50

05/19/2010 01:24:12 PM · #14

Originally posted by klkitchens:

Originally posted by LaMas:
I think it was everyone that felt a wave of 3's 4's and 5's
What can you do but take a deep breathe and be proud of your own work no matter what dpc has given you for a score. Do it for yourself my friend.

Oh I do... was just having a little fun. :)

I'm 200+ challenges in and no ribbon. Doubt I ever will.

LOL.. I feel your pain. Not sure where the heck that truck of 3's and 4's came from but it stung a good bit... whatever... I'll slash their tires in the morning!! :)

BrennanOB

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

05/19/2010 01:37:08 PM · #15

When your scores get you down, keep in mind that there are members here who have entered less than ten challenges who have an average vote of under 4. Some people have seemingly very high standards. Very high.When I see 1s and 2s on top notch work I think "What are you? High?"

Take solace in the occasional comment from some of the folks who's work you admire, who like what you are doing. This is not a juried exhibition, anyone is free to enter their work, so some is more polished than others; anyone is free to vote, so some are more informed than others. Ill take bad votes and seemingly idiotic comments, if that means I get input from some of the talented and giving people who make up the heart and soul of this membership. And there are always postumous ribbons to shoot for.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

05/19/2010 01:40:07 PM · #16

Originally posted by klkitchens:

Originally posted by smardaz:
i guess i suck then, i see alot of 5's even when i am not in the dpl.....

Those wouldn't be wonderful shots though. :)

Wonderful according to whom?

Remember, everything is subjective and that what you feel is wonderful another may not as is obvious in the votes given.

Message edited by author 2010-05-19 13:44:07.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR

05/19/2010 02:43:35 PM · #17

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by klkitchens:

Originally posted by smardaz:
i guess i suck then, i see alot of 5's even when i am not in the dpl.....

Those wouldn't be wonderful shots though. :)

Wonderful according to whom?

Remember, everything is subjective and that what you feel is wonderful another may not as is obvious in the votes given.

Sorry no... there are some magnificent, magazine quality shots that are given a rash of 1s by those who are ignorant, jealous or both.

It's not my judgment of the photos that are in question, but the one-givers.

Luci11e

Nikon D40

05/19/2010 02:52:56 PM · #18

Originally posted by klkitchens:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by klkitchens:

Originally posted by smardaz:
i guess i suck then, i see alot of 5's even when i am not in the dpl.....

Those wouldn't be wonderful shots though. :)

Wonderful according to whom?

Remember, everything is subjective and that what you feel is wonderful another may not as is obvious in the votes given.

Sorry no... there are some magnificent, magazine quality shots that are given a rash of 1s by those who are ignorant, jealous or both.

It's not my judgment of the photos that are in question, but the one-givers.

I gotta agree. In my opinion just taking the shot and uploading should get you more than a 1.

SaraR

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

05/19/2010 03:06:22 PM · #19

Originally posted by Luci11e:

In my opinion just taking the shot and uploading should get you more than a 1.

Why? For effort? I have given out one votes, and most challenges give out the odd two. I vote based on my own opinion, and utilise the full range of scores available to me. At the end of the day, if nobody uses the 1-3 end of the range it merely compresses the scores together. There are plenty of really bad photos that are uploaded to challenges, and a whole heap that are just not very good. I see no reason why I shouldn't give the really bad ones a 1,2 or 3.

Luci11e

Nikon D40

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR

05/19/2010 03:11:31 PM · #20

Originally posted by SaraR:

Originally posted by Luci11e:
In my opinion just taking the shot and uploading should get you more than a 1.

Why? For effort? I have given out one votes, and most challenges give out the odd two. I vote based on my own opinion, and utilise the full range of scores available to me. At the end of the day, if nobody uses the 1-3 end of the range it merely compresses the scores together. There are plenty of really bad photos that are uploaded to challenges, and a whole heap that are just not very good. I see no reason why I shouldn't give the really bad ones a 1,2 or 3.

Yeah for effort. That's just the way I see it.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

05/19/2010 03:12:18 PM · #21

Originally posted by klkitchens:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by klkitchens:

Originally posted by smardaz:
i guess i suck then, i see alot of 5's even when i am not in the dpl.....

Those wouldn't be wonderful shots though. :)

Wonderful according to whom?

Remember, everything is subjective and that what you feel is wonderful another may not as is obvious in the votes given.

... there are some magnificent, magazine quality shots ...

According to you. It's your opinion. Someone else's opinion will probably disagree with yours. Neither is wrong. They're just different.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

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

05/19/2010 03:25:32 PM · #22

Originally posted by klkitchens:

This may be true in the case of some hypothetically trollish low voters, but it's easy for me to imagine there existing a class of voter who thinks that "magnificent, magazine-quality shots" are a craft, not an art, and who wants to reward the truly artistic, alternative visions of reality that some of our members consistently produce. And this voter will give low votes to the plastic, "packaged" images s/he encounters and high votes to everything that seems unadorned and "real" to him/her.

I got no quarrel with that. Nor do I have any quarrel with what I see as a staggering number of "wasted 10's", high scores being given to what are, to my eye anyway, essentially prepackaged, plastic, soulless images with lots of bling and no heart; and I see that all the time.

So it's all good. I am reminded of the late, great Kurt Vonnegut's 53rd Calypso of Bokonon from Cat's Cradle â��

Oh, a sleeping drunkard
Up in Central Park,
And a lion-hunter
In the jungle dark,
And a Chinese dentist,
And a British queen â��
All fit together
In the same machine.

Nice, nice, very nice;
Nice, nice, very nice;
Nice, nice, very nice â��
So many different people
In the same device!

R.

Message edited by author 2010-05-19 15:48:08.