Don't Fence Me In with these scores

05/09/2011 07:31:45 AM · #26

High at the start and then down?

Originally posted by SEG:

Same old story.

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

05/09/2011 07:31:56 AM · #27

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colorcarnival

Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital

05/09/2011 07:33:42 AM · #28

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

Not a lot of votes yet, but quite surprised at this. Maybe all the generous folks are out early.

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No, I don't think they are.... :)

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I'm surprised too. It's a fairly decent shot.

SEG

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D

05/09/2011 07:40:22 AM · #29

Originally posted by kenskid:

High at the start and then down?

Originally posted by SEG:
Same old story.

Don't know how it started. Just checked it this morning. 4.75.

05/09/2011 07:57:41 AM · #30

5.46 going down

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

05/09/2011 08:41:32 AM · #31

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Mid 5s is good. I gave out several 7s and 8s so I know where mine should place.

Originally posted by kenskid:

5.46 going down

Yo_Spiff

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

05/09/2011 08:45:42 AM · #32

Held up surprisingly well overnight. Still expecting to see it drop into the 5's, though.

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sjhuls

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/09/2011 09:04:27 AM · #33

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Probably a decent score for this entry

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

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

05/09/2011 09:06:36 AM · #34

Quite surprised at this:

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Though it's been falling consistently. Was at 6.8 at 11 votes, 6.7 at 14, 6.6 at 18, etc. I think I just had some happy voters in the beginning. :D

Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

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

05/09/2011 09:12:53 AM · #35

In the expected drop now.

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Ken

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

05/09/2011 09:21:09 AM · #36

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I'm loving the comments, and at least one noticed exactly the effect I was going after.

J-Me

Sony DSLR-A200

Sony 75-300 mm f/4.5-5.6

05/09/2011 10:02:59 AM · #37

Originally posted by colorcarnival:

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Not a lot of votes yet, but quite surprised at this. Maybe all the generous folks are out early.

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No, I don't think they are.... :)

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I'm surprised too. It's a fairly decent shot.

Join the club, Michelle LOL. Went to bed at a 6.2 and just looked to find this...

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And, I was all excited, thinking that maybe, I'd broken out of my 4 and low 5 rut. *SIGH*

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm 1:35-4.5G ED

05/09/2011 10:11:27 AM · #38

5.48 25 votes

Using the DPC Widget to get scores !

5.50 24 votes

By how it is lurking between 5.48 and 5.55 it looks like I'm getting 5s and 6 votes. More 6 than 4s !

Message edited by author 2011-05-09 10:44:14.

Socom

Nikon D80

05/09/2011 10:23:50 AM · #39

Well I have to say I am more then pleasantly surprised my score stayed pretty good overnight :)

Course now it's probably going to be a like a rock that found its favorite hill

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SEG

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D

05/09/2011 10:40:42 AM · #40

I'm on a sub 5 score roll on these last few challenges. I will have to rethink my POV entry cause I know it's not DPC worthy and I need to get out of this slump!

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Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D

05/09/2011 10:48:14 AM · #41

Originally posted by SEG:

SEG

Nikon D7100

05/09/2011 10:50:51 AM · #42

Originally posted by kenskid:

Unless you're worried about your OVERALL average on DPC, then I would enter the best photo you have for any given contest.

Just think...by not entering, you have ZERO chance to get tips on improving on that photo. This does not mean that entering it will get you some comments, but at least there is a chance.

If I start out to shoot for a challenge, 9/10 times I will enter it.

Originally posted by SEG:
I'm on a sub 5 score roll on these last few challenges. I will have to rethink my POV entry cause I know it's not DPC worthy and I need to get out of this slump!

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Solid advice. I just know that I'm not too happy with my POV entry. I'm gonna tweak it in the next few days and see if I can create something I like better.

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

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

05/09/2011 11:23:34 AM · #43

Originally posted by kenskid:

+1 on this one. If I bother to shoot something for a challenge, I enter it, regardless of how I think it will do. Why go through the bother of shooting otherwise? I went out of my comfort zone and way out of my way to shoot for a particular challenge. I didn't bother entering it, because I didn't think it was good enough. I really regretted it, and I've always wondered what type of reaction it would have gotten. I figure that it's just as important to learn to take the lumps as well as the accolades. Who knows, you may be surprised? Or it might get hammered, but you might gain a nugget of valuable insight. If you don't enter, you don't have a chance at either outcome.

KristinaG

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

05/09/2011 11:28:02 AM · #44

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Ammie

Nikon D500

Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM

05/09/2011 11:37:22 AM · #45

Originally posted by vawendy:

Originally posted by kenskid:
Unless you're worried about your OVERALL average on DPC, then I would enter the best photo you have for any given contest.

Just think...by not entering, you have ZERO chance to get tips on improving on that photo. This does not mean that entering it will get you some comments, but at least there is a chance.

If I start out to shoot for a challenge, 9/10 times I will enter it.

Originally posted by SEG:
I'm on a sub 5 score roll on these last few challenges. I will have to rethink my POV entry cause I know it's not DPC worthy and I need to get out of this slump!

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+1 on this one. If I bother to shoot something for a challenge, I enter it, regardless of how I think it will do. Why go through the bother of shooting otherwise? I went out of my comfort zone and way out of my way to shoot for a particular challenge. I didn't bother entering it, because I didn't think it was good enough. I really regretted it, and I've always wondered what type of reaction it would have gotten. I figure that it's just as important to learn to take the lumps as well as the accolades. Who knows, you may be surprised? Or it might get hammered, but you might gain a nugget of valuable insight. If you don't enter, you don't have a chance at either outcome.

I enter regardless too. I can't wait for the next challenge just to read what the entrants say about that specific challenge. I learn everyday and enjoy photography more than any score.

05/09/2011 12:16:11 PM · #46

As far as tweaking it....hopefully this means re-shooting a different set-up or reshooting the same set-up to get a better photo.

If you feel the image isn't worthy of DPC and you try to improve it in Photoshop....it won't make in better IMO.

Originally posted by SEG: