Does your score get the STAMP of approval?

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

09/20/2013 04:31:21 PM · #8

You have rated 32 of 32 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 7.1875.

Bummer I didn't have time and inspiration to pull together something, but it the overall quality of the entries is impressive. Good luck!

Dr.Confuser

Nikon D800

09/22/2013 04:30:59 PM · #9

OUTSTANDING work DPC photogs!

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

09/22/2013 04:59:28 PM · #10

I was disappointed.
Many of the entries are very lovely photos, but not suitable for this challenge.

When you have a very small subject or small text, it might look fine in 800 pixels, but it just doesn't work in the size of a STAMP.

I thought part of this challenge was to consider the fact that a stamp is very small, and therefore has very different dynamics to an ordinary photo. Many people paid zero attention to this, and simply produced a pretty picture.

snaffles

Nikon D7100

09/22/2013 05:46:32 PM · #11

Originally posted by Beetle:

Surely you weren't expecting the entries to be stamp-sized?

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

09/22/2013 05:52:31 PM · #12

Originally posted by snaffles:

Surely you weren't expecting the entries to be stamp-sized?

No, I certainly wasn't.

But if you actually WERE to design a stamp, you would need to take into consideration how the final product will look.

There is no point having text that is readable but small in photo size, because it turns into a tiny little mess on your finished product. Same for the main subject(s) - you need to keep in mind how small they will look.

A stamp has no room for clutter, the subject needs to be big enough to still be seen, and in order to be able to read any text, it needs to be a certain size once it is down to stamp size.

Have I expressed myself better now?

snaffles

Nikon D7100

09/22/2013 06:46:28 PM · #13

Yes, I do see your point, and yes there are some entries on which I wholly agree. Some entries seem to have completely ignored critical elements. If you're a professional GD than I can see your frustration. In that case too, if you have an entry in, it should ribbon.

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

09/22/2013 07:10:28 PM · #14

No Susan, I don't have an entry. And I'm not a GD - I just applied common sense and imagined each one as an actual stamp - even went back and looked at them as thumbnails, which in this case actually helps the process of "judging".

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

09/22/2013 07:10:47 PM · #15

Originally posted by Beetle:

A stamp has no room for clutter, the subject needs to be big enough to still be seen, and in order to be able to read any text, it needs to be a certain size once it is down to stamp size.

On a related note, it may just be that my poor eyes are getting older, but it's getting harder and harder to READ what's on a real stamp these days. Regardless, I made sure the key elements were readable at thumbnail size on my design, which seems to fulfill the function "stamp". It's not often, after all, that the THUMB is the "real size" of the finished product, and the actual entry a greatly-enlarged sample of it :-)

snaffles

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

09/22/2013 07:26:17 PM · #16

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Beetle:
A stamp has no room for clutter, the subject needs to be big enough to still be seen, and in order to be able to read any text, it needs to be a certain size once it is down to stamp size.

On a related note, it may just be that my poor eyes are getting older, but it's getting harder and harder to READ what's on a real stamp these days. Regardless, I made sure the key elements were readable at thumbnail size on my design, which seems to fulfill the function "stamp". It's not often, after all, that the THUMB is the "real size" of the finished product, and the actual entry a greatly-enlarged sample of it :-)

Exactly. Thanks Robeart!

Message edited by author 2013-09-22 19:29:20.

Pug-H

Pentax K10D

Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax

09/22/2013 07:56:46 PM · #17

Originally posted by Beetle:

There is no point having text that is readable but small in photo size, because it turns into a tiny little mess on your finished product. Same for the main subject(s) - you need to keep in mind how small they will look.

A stamp has no room for clutter, the subject needs to be big enough to still be seen, and in order to be able to read any text, it needs to be a certain size once it is down to stamp size.

Have I expressed myself better now?

In the real world, there are many stamps that have text so small that you can't read them without magnification, as in these stamps I have here in front of me (Japanese prefectural flowers.) And then there's this series of photos of World Heritage Sites (the Japanese love World Heritage Sites): Machu Picchu, Angkor Wat, Grand Canyon.
And remember the snorkelling Santa Australian Christmas stamp from a few years ago? You'd never know that the year was written on it unless you magnified it.