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 02/23/2011 07:55:52 AM · #26
Originally posted by Alexkc:
I really don't know what's wrong with my picture for having only a 4.82... :(


i wouldn't look too far into it, there were 195 pictures of black and white shoes.
 02/23/2011 07:59:01 AM · #27
Originally posted by mike_311:
Originally posted by Alexkc:
I really don't know what's wrong with my picture for having only a 4.82... :(

i wouldn't look too far into it, there were 195 pictures of black and white shoes.

...and you wonder why there are low votes sometimes?
 02/23/2011 08:06:18 AM · #28
You both are right.

I don't like and I don't want to complain about the votes cast for my entry, but this time I can't understand why an average soooo low for a 'regular' picture - good light and a couple of shoes. That's all ^_^
 02/23/2011 08:20:56 AM · #29
Originally posted by mike_311:
Originally posted by Alexkc:
I really don't know what's wrong with my picture for having only a 4.82... :(


i wouldn't look too far into it, there were 195 pictures of black and white shoes.


That has a role to play in it - lots of the same subject is a lot to digest. The another factor I think that plays into it is monitor calibration (I know from my own entry it was driving me crazy that it looked good on the PC, but looked far different on a laptop).

Not sweating it - the votes are early. Current stats:

Votes: 26
Views: 51
Avg Vote: 5.2308
Comments: 1

02/23/2011 08:23:56 AM · #30
Wow, talk about voter fatigue..~200 pictures of shoes, all starts blurring together unless you have a spectacular standout image!
 02/23/2011 08:26:54 AM · #31
This is one of those challenges that I suggest people vote on in chunks. It can get monotonous voting on so many shoes. I you do it in smaller chunks, you appreciate it more. I've found that to be true on many challenges.
 02/23/2011 08:46:17 AM · #32
Originally posted by vawendy:
This is one of those challenges that I suggest people vote on in chunks. It can get monotonous voting on so many shoes. I you do it in smaller chunks, you appreciate it more. I've found that to be true on many challenges.


yeah i plan to go back through, i just wanted to see what my competition was at first.
 02/23/2011 08:46:27 AM · #33
I really need to implement a new rule for myself: DO NOT CHECK MY SCORE FOR 24 HOURS.

After about 10 votes I was excited. I thought this one has real potential. Now at 37 votes it has dropped about 1 1/2 points and still seems to be sliding. Oh well. It is still not a bad score for me. I must back away from the update button and get back to work.
 02/23/2011 09:04:32 AM · #34
Votes: 36
Views: 82
Avg Vote: 6.0722
Comments: 4
02/23/2011 09:07:01 AM · #35
Two 3s in a row have dropped it a chunk.

Votes: 37
Views: 72
Avg Vote: 6.1622
Comments: 1

Happy to be above 6. :)
 02/23/2011 09:35:26 AM · #36
Votes: 35
Views: 68
Avg Vote:5.2571
Comments:1
Favorites:0
Wish Lists:0
Updated:02/23/11 09:33 am

Hard fall after last night....

After the comment think I might need to calibrate my monitor....

Message edited by author 2011-02-23 09:35:59.
 02/23/2011 09:43:00 AM · #37
dive! dive! dive! Batten the hatches -- we're going down!
 02/23/2011 10:18:14 AM · #38
Originally posted by vawendy:
This is one of those challenges that I suggest people vote on in chunks. It can get monotonous voting on so many shoes. I you do it in smaller chunks, you appreciate it more. I've found that to be true on many challenges.


That's what I'm doing. There's no way I can give fair scores after looking at 200 shoe photos, one after another after another. Chunks for sure.

Message edited by author 2011-02-23 10:18:33.
 02/23/2011 10:22:27 AM · #39
5.3000 the last 10 votes... now this includes 4... 7's and 2... 6's.... something is rotten in Denmark...wow..
 02/23/2011 10:27:36 AM · #40
I gave one 8, 12 7's and huge load of 6's and 5's. Very few photo's I found to stand out markedly from the rest!

Going to take a rest and go through the 6's again some other day to see if I can up the votes on any that I may have short-changed.
 02/23/2011 11:35:29 AM · #41
In the street photography challenge i went from 5.6 after 15 votes to a third place finish, in this challenge i've gone from 7.2 after 16 votes to 6.2 with the 48th vote, i'm contemplating banning myself from the update button for a couple of days, it's far too stressful.
 02/23/2011 11:41:54 AM · #42
Originally posted by gcoulson:
I gave one 8, 12 7's and huge load of 6's and 5's. Very few photo's I found to stand out markedly from the rest!

Going to take a rest and go through the 6's again some other day to see if I can up the votes on any that I may have short-changed.


Very nicely and honestly put Gary! I just wanted to open a forum where instead of greedily counting our marks and votes we discuss the particular challenge in its totality. I found this one (lonely shoes) very poorly represented (me included since I participated also). There are mostly, in my opinion, banal, uninteresting, pedestrian (pun intended) photos of shoes in a more or less advanced state of decrepitude. The B&W is not well employed and seems applied because of the requirement only. Some pictures are very dark (probably in hope of becoming more "artistic") or too blurry (same reason)and if they were not in the context of the this challenge they could be used in any other challenge. I will certainly revisit my scores but so far I gave four 8s mostly for ideas. I stopped at score 4 precisely because there was no way to separate the banal from the less banal or plain boring.

There were a lot of discussions on the forum recently about giving the 1 mark. Well, I got it plenty and do not mind it at all and I gave it sparingly since I consider myself still too new to the site and feel a bit diffident about it. But it is a valid mark if given from the mind and heart.
In what consists taste, especially in art, even if done as a hobby, there is no general acceptance and to feel persecuted or rudely treated should be the risk we all take by doing it. I understand that the subject could fall under personal moral or ethic principles that should not affect the evaluation of its quality or shall not censor an image. Sometimes there is a surfeit of sunsets, flowers, pretty girls, sexy girls, glasses .... and if they don't go beyond the element of prettiness, shock value or sheer technical quality they fall into redundancy.

I believe that we shall meet a challenge and enrich it. Just meeting a challenge is a bit like a childish task. At least that's how I approach it, not an easy chore.
I am trying to figure out why this challenge in particular is lacking so much imagination.
Well, I have more to add but I am already sorry for using so many words.
I think that Pascal said so poignantly:
"The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter"
 02/23/2011 11:55:17 AM · #43
I think i might have a shoe fetish problem or something, contrary to what other people have said i really enjoyed looking through the photos, maybe its coz i prefer B&W, i'll go back & vote later.
 02/23/2011 11:56:10 AM · #44
good post, Mariuca.
 02/23/2011 12:02:10 PM · #45
something tells me, we aren't going to see anther shoe challenge for quite sometime.
 02/23/2011 12:09:42 PM · #46
You have rated 196 of 196 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 6 images (3%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 6.0765.

Fun to view the gems in this challenge.
 02/23/2011 12:46:34 PM · #47
Originally posted by mariuca:

Very nicely and honestly put Gary! I just wanted to open a forum where instead of greedily counting our marks and votes we discuss the particular challenge in its totality. I found this one (lonely shoes) very poorly represented (me included since I participated also). There are mostly, in my opinion, banal, uninteresting, pedestrian (pun intended) photos of shoes in a more or less advanced state of decrepitude. The B&W is not well employed and seems applied because of the requirement only. Some pictures are very dark (probably in hope of becoming more "artistic") or too blurry (same reason)and if they were not in the context of the this challenge they could be used in any other challenge. I will certainly revisit my scores but so far I gave four 8s mostly for ideas. I stopped at score 4 precisely because there was no way to separate the banal from the less banal or plain boring.

There were a lot of discussions on the forum recently about giving the 1 mark. Well, I got it plenty and do not mind it at all and I gave it sparingly since I consider myself still too new to the site and feel a bit diffident about it. But it is a valid mark if given from the mind and heart.
In what consists taste, especially in art, even if done as a hobby, there is no general acceptance and to feel persecuted or rudely treated should be the risk we all take by doing it. I understand that the subject could fall under personal moral or ethic principles that should not affect the evaluation of its quality or shall not censor an image. Sometimes there is a surfeit of sunsets, flowers, pretty girls, sexy girls, glasses .... and if they don't go beyond the element of prettiness, shock value or sheer technical quality they fall into redundancy.

I believe that we shall meet a challenge and enrich it. Just meeting a challenge is a bit like a childish task. At least that's how I approach it, not an easy chore.
I am trying to figure out why this challenge in particular is lacking so much imagination.
Well, I have more to add but I am already sorry for using so many words.
I think that Pascal said so poignantly:
"The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter"


This is great feedback and very honest. I appreciate and agree with most of it.

Although now you have me worried about my entry and how it will be perceived. :S
 02/23/2011 12:50:45 PM · #48
Originally posted by hahn23:
You have rated 196 of 196 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 6 images (3%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 6.0765.

Fun to view the gems in this challenge.


i didnt get a comment from you.
 02/23/2011 12:51:58 PM · #49
Originally posted by kichu:


This is great feedback and very honest. I appreciate and agree with most of it.

Although now you have me worried about my entry and how it will be perceived. :S


This was the last thing I wanted to do to you or anybody! I am worried by my image! I took the picture the day before and then posted it at almost the last minute. Next time .... What matters is the discipline of doing what you decided to do. 100% perspiration ....
 02/23/2011 12:56:12 PM · #50
Haha, no worries. I actually really love my shot, so I'm ok with it. My main goal right now is to bump out my first two challenge entries so that they don't appear on my profile. Yuck. I'm sure ANY shots I take from here on out will beat those two!
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