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 06/01/2012 10:51:36 AM · #51
Originally posted by Ecce Signum:
"Imagine you work for a newspaper/magazine and the editor asks you to go out and take a shot of a, b, or c, using their choice of lens and wanting a specific result by a certain date, now, lets say they wanted a picture of a steam train in a rural setting and you went out and shot a new London underground train in a tunnel."


Around here though... Such a photo would be DNMC yet still ribbon.
 06/01/2012 11:04:37 AM · #52
I don't think 28mm would make a very good impression. I'm out.
 06/01/2012 11:07:06 AM · #53
Originally posted by Mark-A:
Originally posted by snaffles:
...

See, MarkA, you are allowed to sharpen - I was pretty sure of it but still half-asleep so didn't want to post prematurely.

Now, are we done whining about Minimal?! I'm a single-capture person so I wasn't very happy with the way Advanced went from being single-capture to allowing up to 10 captures a few years back, but I don't go on and on about it.


Unfortunately no it doesn't help at all, the sharpen feature is NOOOOO where near the same as sharpen in RAW processing software.

And again I repeat I am not whinging lol seriously take a look at my posts they are not whingy at all or not intended to sound that way anyway.


Sorry Mark, didn't mean that you were the one whom imnsho was doing the whinging :-)
 06/01/2012 11:07:41 AM · #54
.... the widest lens in your bag while taking your picture this week.
What if the widest lens in the bag is 600mm this week? I'm sure it'll get the DNMC vote even though it shouldn't.

CS

Message edited by author 2012-06-01 11:07:58.
 06/01/2012 11:18:48 AM · #55
Originally posted by cosmicassassin:
.... the widest lens in your bag while taking your picture this week.
What if the widest lens in the bag is 600mm this week? I'm sure it'll get the DNMC vote even though it shouldn't.

CS

so take a trip down the road to ottawa and borrow my 10-20mm for a few shots of your bum
 06/01/2012 01:55:57 PM · #56
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Setting the camera to RAW+JPG...


mine stays in RAW. i'll upload my wide angles shots to 500px and you guys can see them there...



Message edited by author 2012-06-01 14:20:00.
 06/01/2012 06:44:05 PM · #57
Originally posted by Mark-A:
Originally posted by gyaban:
Some change is good, or one gets bored :)


Oh I agree and I will happily enter Basic editing, I just think the Minimal is a bit too restrictive - plus images from the 5D3 are very soft from camera and require sharpening in DPP to make them usably sharp, I might mess around with some settings and try and get results ok from camera but as I would rarely if ever use it again I don't see it's really worth the effort ;)


well, remember in Minimal you can:

sharpen your entry using your editing software’s “sharpen” or equivalent option. The use of customizable sharpening tools, such as Unsharp Mask, is not allowed.

so come on... misery loves company! ;-)
 06/01/2012 07:18:57 PM · #58
Originally posted by mike_311:
not true, i think expert should be limited to specific topics (like super powers) a topic that could be enhanced by its use, not run one every week. its gets old.


I think rule sets and challenge topics should be randomised }:-)
 06/01/2012 07:37:37 PM · #59
Originally posted by james_so:
Originally posted by mike_311:
not true, i think expert should be limited to specific topics (like super powers) a topic that could be enhanced by its use, not run one every week. its gets old.


I think rule sets and challenge topics should be randomised }:-)


I think it might be fun to have weekly challenges with the same topic with Minimal, Basic and Advanced rules, might be a tad hard for the voters but would love to see the ribbons that week.
 06/01/2012 09:14:18 PM · #60
Originally posted by james_so:
Originally posted by mike_311:
not true, i think expert should be limited to specific topics (like super powers) a topic that could be enhanced by its use, not run one every week. its gets old.


I think rule sets and challenge topics should be randomised }:-)

That is truly an awesome idea. Random rulesets for every challenge. That would make it interesting.
Maybe then, we wouldn't get the 15 expert to every 2 minimal.

CS
 06/01/2012 09:42:45 PM · #61
Originally posted by james_so:


I think rule sets and challenge topics should be randomised }:-)


how would it be any different?
 06/01/2012 11:22:31 PM · #62
For me, this challenge will separate the photographers from the processors.. Maybe im from the old school of thought when i say that i believe photographs shud capture the creativity and the mood (feeling) that the photographer wanted to depict, rather than just the processing skills.

Of course, maybe i just say this coz im not much of an expert in processing.. And not really an expert in photography either (just starting out). However, im quite keen to see what my fellow colleagues came up with for this level playing ground challenge. Also, needless to say, im gonna enter this challenge too:-)
 06/02/2012 12:32:34 AM · #63
Originally posted by snaffles:
And as always, peeps, if you don't like Minimal, then why bother whinging on about it? Just don't enter this challenge! It really is that simple.


+1... Pretty much sums it up... Applies to any challenge.
 06/02/2012 03:04:27 AM · #64
Originally posted by rockyrajan:
.... im quite keen to see what my fellow colleagues came up with for this level playing ground challenge....


There's no such thing as a level playing ground - anywhere.
 06/02/2012 03:13:22 AM · #65
Originally posted by jomari:
There's no such thing as a level playing ground - anywhere.

True that. Never has been. Never will be. Never should be.

Originally posted by snaffles:
And as always, peeps, if you don't like Minimal, then why bother whinging on about it? Just don't enter this challenge! It really is that simple.

+1 goes for any challenge topic or editing rules

Personally, I hate minimum even more than I hate basic, but I'm happy to see a minimal challenge if it makes some of our members happy. That said, it doesn't cost anything to enter, so I might just enter anything. :) Peace.
 06/02/2012 08:03:18 AM · #66
Minimal checkpoints as I head out this morning:

1. Clean sensor
2. Double bubble level on hot shoe
3. Picture style set to match my subject (sharpness +4, Contrast +1, Saturation +1, Color Tone 0)
4. Quality = RAW & JPG Large Fine
5. Auto White Balance
6. Tripod
7. Mentally aware of 95% view through viewfinder vs. 100% image captured on sensor. (need to check the edges)
8. More coffee
9. Sunscreen 30 spf
10. iPhone charged as redundant backup image capture device

eta:
11. Clean front element of wide angle lens ; )
12. Clean soft grad ND filters (pec pads and eclipse fluid)
13. Remove polarizing filter from camera bag to prevent inadvertant use (I don't want a banded sky today).

Message edited by author 2012-06-02 09:30:21.
 06/02/2012 01:42:23 PM · #67
Man, I'm having a problem with minimal editing. Did a shoot this morning, and they all need some sort of adjustment. So far, dull, dull, dull.

Out to try again.
 06/02/2012 01:52:21 PM · #68
Originally posted by The_Tourist:
Originally posted by snaffles:
And as always, peeps, if you don't like Minimal, then why bother whinging on about it? Just don't enter this challenge! It really is that simple.


+1... Pretty much sums it up... Applies to any challenge.


+2 ... and like Art says, this applies to any aspect of the challenges. And while the challenge topics may not offer a suitable subject for everyone, I think that we all can benefit in some way by participating under the various rule sets. There is always something to learn or practice.
 06/02/2012 01:57:35 PM · #69
Thanks for starting this thread. I can read basic, advanced and expert, but somehow I always misses the word "minimal" when a challenge is announced. Main advantage of minimal editing is imho that you don't have to edit very much :) Did entered a nice photo, but I wished I could have cropped it (a very little tiny bit).
 06/02/2012 10:02:51 PM · #70
I think that lately, everyone is just whining way to much about everything.
 06/02/2012 11:17:59 PM · #71
Originally posted by tanguera:
I think that lately, everyone is just whining way to much about everything.


But I want a...ah, nevermind, been around whining toddlers all day. ;)
 06/02/2012 11:53:52 PM · #72
Originally posted by jomari:
Originally posted by rockyrajan:
.... im quite keen to see what my fellow colleagues came up with for this level playing ground challenge....


There's no such thing as a level playing ground - anywhere.


Yeah i guess ur right.. Some of u have access to better, more exotic locations. Lol

Jokes apart, what i just meant is that the minimal editing gives us guys (i mean the ones who are no good at processing) a chance to showcase what we have without looking bland among the likes of gyaban.
06/03/2012 08:59:20 AM · #73
Completed the successful capture of a JPG wide-angle image. I appreciate the shift of focus to getting everything right (or nearly so) at the moment of image capture. It takes thinking and planning and extra time. (But, time saved on PP.) I found myself saying, "Now I won't be able to fix this in postprocessing, so I need to do X, Y & Z." This emphasis on camera skills pointed out to me how sloppy and dependent I had become on resurrecting slightly flawed images with PP software. My image will not do that well in the challenge, but it was a lot of fun to rediscover some mothballed field techniques.
 06/03/2012 11:13:15 AM · #74
Aside from liking minimal editing rules or not--How in the world do I know if the shot was taken with a wide-angle lens? I honestly can't figure out how to tell by looking at the shot whether it is DNMC by reason of not using wide-angle lens. If I vote DNMC, which I don't. I'm worried that DNMC voters will judge my shot as DNMC by reason of it not looking like a wide-angle lens shot.
 06/03/2012 11:22:22 AM · #75
Originally posted by pixelpig:
Aside from liking minimal editing rules or not--How in the world do I know if the shot was taken with a wide-angle lens? I honestly can't figure out how to tell by looking at the shot whether it is DNMC by reason of not using wide-angle lens. If I vote DNMC, which I don't. I'm worried that DNMC voters will judge my shot as DNMC by reason of it not looking like a wide-angle lens shot.


That's why I'm not entering this one. My widest is 28mm. That's not wide in anyone's book and getting a bunch of dnmc votes would just suck.
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