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Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

06/18/2010 08:22:32 PM · #1851

Good suggestion. I will probably try that, thanks!

Originally posted by kenskid:

This isn't a DPC Challenge. Can you do a good clone job on that and resubmit?

Originally posted by Prash:
Congrats Lev!!!!

Not that it compares in any way to any of the other great pictures accepted/rejected by 1X (of course:-), I still tried this one in my immaturity:

It was under consideration for about 2 days. Then I got a rejection, and no comments. I also submitted it for critique, and this is what I got:

"...the only slight issue I have is the 2 blurred orange shapes in the top left hand corner of the image offer a slight distraction from an otherwise simple but striking composition."

"...there's something that doesn't convince me... I just see two beautiful coloured spots on a neutral background."

:-):-)

yanko

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/18/2010 09:20:00 PM · #1852

Originally posted by bspurgeon:

Originally posted by yanko:
That said, how many rejections have people received on free study entries that did well? And by that I mean very high 6s or 7+ scores.

My only 7+ FS is on 1x. I submitted two other FS, both 6.6+, both rejected. Lev is likely a good example for this; I'm sure many of his 30+ published images were free study entries. You?

Well I'm probably the wrong person to ask because I haven't been submitting my most successful challenge photos. So far I've only submitted 1 photo that's in my top 32 score-wise. As far as free studies, I've had 2 out of 4 accepted.

LevT

OM System OM-1

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

06/18/2010 10:10:09 PM · #1853

according to my stats

yanko is right on the money. among my eight submitted 6.5+ "Free Study" and "Hidden Gem" images, all but one made it, and among those below 6.5 which I submitted (also eight, I think) none were accepted. Very strong correlation indeed, which means that voters here and there used mostly similar criteria. However there are definitely some differences in tastes - artificially over-saturated colors, obvious HDR, and sharp animal portraits fly high here and have much less chance at 1x. So this high correlation may not apply to all high-scoring FS images.

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

06/18/2010 10:12:36 PM · #1854

I'm not about to submit my doll or my Eiffel Tower shot, regardless of their successes here. And the last one I had accepted scored a dismal mid-5 from you lot. Not that I'm bitter or anything.

06/18/2010 10:14:01 PM · #1855

Originally posted by Melethia:

Not that I'm bitter or anything.

LOL. I can't digest the two words 'bitter' and 'Melethia' in the same sentence.. I don;t think you can ever be that;-)

bspurgeon

Fujifilm x100

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

06/19/2010 12:03:14 AM · #1856

Originally posted by Melethia:

I'm not about to submit my doll or my Eiffel Tower shot, regardless of their successes here. And the last one I had accepted scored a dismal mid-5 from you lot. Not that I'm bitter or anything.

Of my DPC entries at 1x (5), one pulled a 5.1 here.

06/19/2010 12:12:34 AM · #1857

I went to check your profile and it says it is not finished. I'd like to see that 5.1 shot !

Originally posted by bspurgeon:

Originally posted by Melethia:
I'm not about to submit my doll or my Eiffel Tower shot, regardless of their successes here. And the last one I had accepted scored a dismal mid-5 from you lot. Not that I'm bitter or anything.

Of my DPC entries at 1x (5), one pulled a 5.1 here.

bspurgeon

Fujifilm x100

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

06/19/2010 02:05:37 AM · #1858

Originally posted by kenskid:

I went to check your profile and it says it is not finished. I'd like to see that 5.1 shot !

Originally posted by bspurgeon:
Of my DPC entries at 1x (5), one pulled a 5.1 here.

I have a feeling you went to the Homepage, which I've not set up. The regular profile works.

Here is the 5.1, slightly different from the 1x version.

njsabs

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/19/2010 02:08:18 AM · #1859

Interesting find for me as well. I have had 37 images that I shot for challenges here accepted over at 1x. I have had 11 images that I shot for DPC rejected at 1x. The correlation is quite high. I do submit alot more emotional stuff over there. My lowest scoring accepted image at 1x, was a 6.1 at DPC. My highest scoring rejection on 1x, was a 6.7 here at DPC.

I am currently sitting at 103 images published, and 130 images rejected (ouch) :O/

Message edited by author 2010-06-19 03:54:42.

denbote

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

06/19/2010 02:19:22 AM · #1860

6 published and 13 rejects so far for me. My last FS entry was published.

salmiakki

Apple iPhone 16 Pro

Sony Sonnar T* 35mm F2.8 ZA

06/19/2010 02:21:41 AM · #1861

Originally posted by yanko:

Originally posted by bspurgeon:

Originally posted by yanko:
That said, how many rejections have people received on free study entries that did well? And by that I mean very high 6s or 7+ scores.

My only 7+ FS is on 1x. I submitted two other FS, both 6.6+, both rejected. Lev is likely a good example for this; I'm sure many of his 30+ published images were free study entries. You?

My recent high scoring FS was rejected immediately (before I even submitted it for the FS here). Also both my ribbons were rejected. (But it's no surprise, everything I have ever submitted has been rejected and I've been a member at 1x since 2007!)

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

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

06/19/2010 02:25:55 AM · #1862

Another one rejected, currently in voting at DPC, where it's just over 6.0

R.

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

06/19/2010 11:25:40 AM · #1863

Jennifer, you have an OUTSTANDING acceptance rate there. No suprise, though!

06/21/2010 08:25:49 PM · #1864

I got my first rejection from my first entry.

I have a question though. I know someone that submitted a photo...it didn't make it. However, they were able to offer it up for critique from the community. What happens when a shot gets published? Is it rotated every day? What is the advantage of being published on that site?

06/21/2010 09:50:59 PM · #1865

Originally posted by kenskid:

Sorry I don't think this is the answer you are looking for, but for one, the jubilant would be able to say they have a portfolio on a site, and

Ursula has one there too:-)

06/21/2010 09:54:25 PM · #1866

I tried my last submission again after taking care of some of the critique comments:

.

SPLAT! Rejected.

alexzen

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

06/21/2010 10:22:30 PM · #1867

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
My latest reject is coming out of voting tonight with, possibly, a 7-score, though it just dipped below 7 for the first time all week this morning.

This is the latest one they rejected:

Given that my 2 acceptances have had this sort of surreal smoothness to them, I had hoped this might pass as well. Would have beennice having a ribbon and a 1x on the same image...

R.

Robert, I am surprised this did not get published. As soon as I saw it, I expected it to get accepted at 1x. The illusive screening process.... Gets us to keep trying harder. Wonderful image, regardless.

Ken

ursula

Fujifilm X-T2

06/22/2010 12:06:30 AM · #1868

Originally posted by kenskid:

You ask, "is it rotated every day?" Pictures are published about 1 per hour, 24 hours a day. So max of 24 pictures per day. Over the last month, about 22 pictures were published on a daily basis. The concept is a continuous magazine.

You also ask, what happens when a shot is published. It is on the front page for a minimum of 8 hours, and it goes into your portfolio at 1X. The advantage (from my POV) is the exposure, the number of views, which can't be rivaled anywhere (for me, and I think for many dedicated amateurs). For example, I have 176 published images so far, and an average of 23,437 unique views per image. That is a total of more than 4 million views overall. My most popular image has almost 100,000 views, my least popular a bit over 5,000 views. Unique views as I understand it are unique IP addresses over a period of time (I don't know the period of time). Even if some of the views are repeats, it is still an amazing number of views. The number of contacts I've had from that is quite impressive. Unless you're famous, you can't get that kind of exposure anywhere else that I know. It's probably plain old big ego, but I like that kind of exposure. I want my pictures to be seen, and 1X has proven to be the best vehicle to have them seen on the net. I can have the same pictures on my homepage and get a few views, same other places like Photo.net or others, but not over 20 thousand per picture. Other than that, I don't know - the honour? Same as winning a ribbon here at DPC, it doesn't really mean anything, but, man, it is fun, big time! Maybe it's just a feel-good thing, I don't know.

I hope this answers your question a little.

06/22/2010 12:22:36 AM · #1869

Yes...the number of views per photo is enough to make it exciting to get a photo in!

Originally posted by ursula:

Originally posted by kenskid:
I got my first rejection from my first entry.

I have a question though. I know someone that submitted a photo...it didn't make it. However, they were able to offer it up for critique from the community. What happens when a shot gets published? Is it rotated every day? What is the advantage of being published on that site?

You ask, "is it rotated every day?" Pictures are published about 1 per hour, 24 hours a day. So max of 24 pictures per day. Over the last month, about 22 pictures were published on a daily basis. The concept is a continuous magazine.

You also ask, what happens when a shot is published. It is on the front page for a minimum of 8 hours, and it goes into your portfolio at 1X. The advantage (from my POV) is the exposure, the number of views, which can't be rivaled anywhere (for me, and I think for many dedicated amateurs). For example, I have 176 published images so far, and an average of 23,437 unique views per image. That is a total of more than 4 million views overall. My most popular image has almost 100,000 views, my least popular a bit over 5,000 views. Unique views as I understand it are unique IP addresses over a period of time (I don't know the period of time). Even if some of the views are repeats, it is still an amazing number of views. The number of contacts I've had from that is quite impressive. Unless you're famous, you can't get that kind of exposure anywhere else that I know. It's probably plain old big ego, but I like that kind of exposure. I want my pictures to be seen, and 1X has proven to be the best vehicle to have them seen on the net. I can have the same pictures on my homepage and get a few views, same other places like Photo.net or others, but not over 20 thousand per picture. Other than that, I don't know - the honour? Same as winning a ribbon here at DPC, it doesn't really mean anything, but, man, it is fun, big time! Maybe it's just a feel-good thing, I don't know.

I hope this answers your question a little.

Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

06/22/2010 12:23:47 AM · #1870

Oh man....that shot looks like the kind of stuff that makes it !

Originally posted by Prash:

I tried my last submission again after taking care of some of the critique comments:

.

SPLAT! Rejected.

ursula

Fujifilm X-T2

06/22/2010 12:25:30 AM · #1871

Originally posted by kenskid:

Oh man....that shot looks like the kind of stuff that makes it !

Originally posted by Prash:
I tried my last submission again after taking care of some of the critique comments:

.

SPLAT! Rejected.

May I ask, why would you say that? I had nothing to do with the not publishing of this image (I've been gone for the last 10 days), but I'm very curious why you would think that it is the kind of image that makes it. To me it doesn't look anything like that.

ursula

Fujifilm X-T2

Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

06/22/2010 12:27:06 AM · #1872

Originally posted by alexzen:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
My latest reject is coming out of voting tonight with, possibly, a 7-score, though it just dipped below 7 for the first time all week this morning.

This is the latest one they rejected:

Given that my 2 acceptances have had this sort of surreal smoothness to them, I had hoped this might pass as well. Would have beennice having a ribbon and a 1x on the same image...

R.

Robert, I am surprised this did not get published. As soon as I saw it, I expected it to get accepted at 1x. The illusive screening process.... Gets us to keep trying harder. Wonderful image, regardless.

Ken

Same question here as with the poppy image - why would you expect it to be published? Again, I had nothing to do with this image at 1X (I have been gone a lot lately), but I wonder why you would say that.

06/22/2010 12:33:05 AM · #1873

Originally posted by ursula:

Originally posted by kenskid:
Oh man....that shot looks like the kind of stuff that makes it !

Originally posted by Prash:
I tried my last submission again after taking care of some of the critique comments:

.

SPLAT! Rejected.

May I ask, why would you say that? I had nothing to do with the not publishing of this image (I've been gone for the last 10 days), but I'm very curious why you would think that it is the kind of image that makes it. To me it doesn't look anything like that.

Ursula: first of all, I am a big fan.
Next, if you could please take some time to be brutally honest about how banal/common this shot is, I will try and improve what I can.

Puhleaazzeee????

Thank you.