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05/28/2004 01:32:27 AM · #1 |
My score has been going down since the beginning of the Banana challenge. At first it was quite respectable but now it is getting smaller every time I look. Is this normal? Do the "low rollers" vote later and the "high rollers" vote earlier? Or is it just a fluke? Wondering...
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05/28/2004 01:38:30 AM · #2 |
| The Europeans are just waking up :P |
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05/28/2004 01:39:34 AM · #3 |
I don't think there's any pattern, except that your score will move all over the place, then start to slow down, and all the time, it "regresses" to your average score.
There is a small jump up usually at the end when they throw out votes that either haven't met the 20% criteria, or are deemed suspicious by the system. |
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05/28/2004 01:40:01 AM · #4 |
same thing is happening to me, making me a little agervated. But EVERYONE is entitled to their own opinion. The way I see it is, in almost every challenge I see a few, if only one, pictures that are ahead of me that I thought would be below me, and I see pictures below me that I thought should be above me. So it turns out, I guess, that I'm usually where I belong, sometimes I guess I get a little more luckly than other times.
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05/28/2004 01:43:12 AM · #5 |
| The scores seem to pick up usually around the weekend, probably because they're not voting at work. |
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05/28/2004 01:43:21 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by JackCruise:
same thing is happening to me, making me a little agervated. But EVERYONE is entitled to their own opinion. The way I see it is, in almost every challenge I see a few, if only one, pictures that are ahead of me that I thought would be below me, and I see pictures below me that I thought should be above me. So it turns out, I guess, that I'm usually where I belong, sometimes I guess I get a little more luckly than other times. |
You mean after the voting is over, right? You only can see your own score during voting, correct? I've participated in lots of the Dpreview forum challenges and in those you can see how other pics are doing while the voting is going on. This feels a bit weird to me but I think it's probably more fair since nobody gets influenced by the votes of others.
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05/28/2004 01:43:49 AM · #7 |
That's a tough one. If you ever figure it out, please share your results!
My scores have been very stable - all three entries hovering arond 5.6 on all 3 live challenges (that's very unusual they are all so close.)
The weird thing for me this week is that the "unusual viewpoint" was on a roll - it had 127 votes without a comment. But the 128th voter broke the ice. |
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05/28/2004 01:44:23 AM · #8 |
Same here with the multiple lights challenge. I have had some amazing remarks, no critiques, and my score was over 6.5 to begin with and now its dropped to 5.8 and still no critiques. Comments in the previous challenges have given me ideas, inspiration and great advice, I am seeing none of that in this challenge. I think if you are going to vote very poorly on a photograph you should state your reasoning unless its already been told to the photographer in another comment. I am here to learn, I have a nice camera (finally) and I am ready to learn somethings before I invest in a DSLR. I don't comment on many photographs myself because I am still a novice and I feel my critiques would be uneducated, but I am thankful to those who take the time to give advice.
Cheers |
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05/28/2004 03:27:13 AM · #9 |
| For multiple lights I have 158 votes, hovering around 5.5, and only one comment!? I reasoned that it was due to the large number of entries making it difficult to comment on a set % of photos. |
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05/28/2004 08:05:31 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by aerogurl:
I don't comment on many photographs myself because I am still a novice and I feel my critiques would be uneducated, |
Commenting, in some detail, is the best way to learn - at least as good as getting out and shooting, probably better (obviously provided you don't stop shooting altogether). More thoought, less firing off shots randomly in the hope of getting a good one, and not understanding what makes the difference between the couple of good ones and the pile of indifferent.
So long as you're thinking about what you say, and about the implications of what you say, then your comments will be valuable. Start from the presumption that the photographer is showing you exactly what they want to show you, rather than the common assumption that the photographer has made mistakes, and you'll be fine.
Ed
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05/28/2004 12:30:34 PM · #11 |
I am at the point now where I am setting up my shots, and using the manual settings instead of just the auto, so I am learning. I will definitely start to comment on some photos, thanks for the encouragment e301. :)
btw, I absolutely love your spoon on the plate shot. I saw that a few days ago and thought WOW!
Message edited by author 2004-05-28 12:31:24. |
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