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01/01/2012 03:29:59 PM · #1 |
They are wonderful i know but i think we should stop.
I've found myself lazily using 'wonderful' as a description far too much. To the point where i now think to myself 'What am i doing? I have a better vocabulary than that!!'
It gets silly. This photograph is, to my mind, pretty wonderful but really....
Too much 'Wonder' spoils the broth or something.
So, for a New Years Resolution i am going to throw away 'wonderful' and replace it with something more wonder-full instead. And i propose others might like to do the same.
So, whenever you are grasped by an image and it speaks to you in the way that only the best images speak to you, don't go for the 'wonderful' comment! Instead go for two or three other words instead. I'm going to do it (and i'm a repeat offender) and i hope you will too!
*petition to end the wonderful comments ends*
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01/01/2012 03:34:57 PM · #2 |
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01/01/2012 03:42:50 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by raish:
fabulous |
That's the spirit! |
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01/01/2012 03:53:26 PM · #4 |
haha what a wonderful idea!
A good comment without adjectives is difficult to write.
[eta]
Speaking for myself, I like to know what was your first reaction. Sometimes my first reaction is...nothing. Is that the fault of the photo or do I need to make another emergency appointment with my therapist? Who knows!
To the above image, I might have said that I am blinded by the light coming off the wall, & the grass looks like it's under water. And as I gaze at that window I start to imagine what might be on the other side, in the musty dusty dark with little beams of light coming thru the holes in the roof. Is it keeping company with the dessicated remains of a poor soul locked there by someone who then abandoned the him to die slowly alone in the dark? Do the locals sometimes see a face at that window, mouth open in a silent scream? Hm?
Message edited by author 2012-01-01 16:10:54. |
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01/01/2012 03:55:23 PM · #5 |
| I find that "unbelievable" will work for both positive and negative comments ... |
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01/01/2012 03:57:19 PM · #6 |
| In the above image i linked to what i should have said was 'Satisfyingly Gnarly' not something as mundane as 'Wonderful' |
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01/01/2012 03:58:14 PM · #7 |
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01/01/2012 04:03:17 PM · #8 |
| How about a list of some wonderful substitutes... |
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01/01/2012 04:05:50 PM · #9 |
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01/01/2012 04:14:00 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by tnun:
How about a list of some wonderful substitutes... |
Dweurgarian
as in 'The house shook like a Dweurgarian cinder in the sieves of Niflheim'
Now, i know that is quite obscure but i do truly believe that if we, on DPC, are really going to progress as photographers then we really should learn a basic understanding of archaic Scandinavian. Otherwise we are just wasting our time. |
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01/01/2012 04:18:47 PM · #11 |
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01/01/2012 04:22:52 PM · #12 |
| Just wondering how long the wonderful wonderful substitutes will last... What a wunnnerful worl. |
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01/01/2012 04:28:53 PM · #13 |
I like Inconceivable!. As a PB fan i like it a lot and it is my new new years resolution to use it all the time in the new year. Not just on photos but on people as well.
 tnun you are inconceivable!!
See! That feels good doesn't it!
Message edited by author 2012-01-01 16:29:29. |
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01/01/2012 04:42:22 PM · #14 |
Fantablous thread!!! Just the wonderfullist evah!
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01/01/2012 04:46:46 PM · #15 |
| Oh, well now isn't this just wonderful? |
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01/01/2012 04:54:39 PM · #16 |
Oh, boys!
I should have known better from these bunch of ragamuffins really.
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01/01/2012 05:00:42 PM · #17 |
Conversely, you could get a series of comments from people like me... that ought to balance this out for you.
Wouldn't that be wonderful. :O)
Ray |
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01/01/2012 05:08:52 PM · #18 |
| I'll sign the petition, although it completely useless. But we have a nice voting system here and 1 vote says often more than 1000 words :) |
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01/01/2012 05:09:35 PM · #19 |
| Tut! Ray. You give excellent comments. I'd love more from you! |
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01/01/2012 05:15:41 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by hajeka:
I'll sign the petition, although it completely useless. |
That is my next petition. A petition to appreciate the completely useless. It's a tricky line to draw but i say forget the line and turn it into something else equally as useless instead.
The Brotherhood Of Nothing & The Completely Useless!
C'mon all you dadaists and worshippers of the inane!!
jOIN ME!!
or don't-whatever |
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01/01/2012 05:15:46 PM · #21 |
Stop the commenting, we need more commenting, how do I decide what is right?
LOL
BTW I think it's a Wonderful Idea, simply fabulous.... |
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01/01/2012 05:23:44 PM · #22 |
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01/01/2012 05:45:00 PM · #23 |
| We need a "Wonderful" challenge. |
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01/01/2012 05:49:13 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by tnun:
We need a "Wonderful" challenge. |
We need a 'Nothing' challenge! |
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01/01/2012 05:51:00 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by clive_patric_nolan:
Originally posted by tnun:
We need a "Wonderful" challenge. |
We need a 'Nothing' challenge! |
impossible |
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