Gack!! My Left foot is Basic Editing!!!

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01/17/2013 02:11:23 PM · #2

Didn't realize the challenge description had "My" in it also.
Changes the meaning of my original post.

Message edited by author 2013-01-17 14:15:42.

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

01/17/2013 02:17:13 PM · #3

Originally posted by Venser:

Didn't realize the challenge description had "My" in it also.
Changes the meaning of my original post.

That was the hardest part about it -- using my own left foot, and not having a helper available when I shot it.

Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Canon Mount

01/17/2013 02:20:16 PM · #4

My D700 has an intervalometer built in, made shooting for this one easy. The hard part was coming up with a worthwhile idea.

Mike

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

01/17/2013 03:11:31 PM · #5

is it DQable if its not your own foot?

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

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

01/17/2013 03:13:14 PM · #6

Originally posted by mike_311:

is it DQable if its not your own foot?

No, that's just part of the challenge title/description.

RyanW

Nikon D7000

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

01/17/2013 03:14:22 PM · #7

impossible to prove during; and not really relevant after.
other things such as the 30 second challenge have stated that images will be DQ'd based on not meeting the criteria (possible to tell with exif data there) but here i think it was just aimed at being creative and not just a free study of anything and saying "see, there's a left foot in this picture.... waaaaaaaaaaay down here in the horizon is a man walking, he has a left foot, therefore i'm not dnmc"

if it's your own (supposedly) you're more intimate with the photo subject; if it's someone elses and the foot is a major component of the image then i say let it be.

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01/17/2013 03:19:56 PM · #8

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by mike_311:
is it DQable if its not your own foot?

No, that's just part of the challenge title/description.

Challenge Description:
Put your left foot somewhere unusual & take a creative picture of it without getting the rest of you in the frame.

It should be though, it goes against the spirit of the challenge if it's not your own.

Message edited by author 2013-01-17 15:21:53.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

01/17/2013 03:21:46 PM · #9

I predict a runaway victory (pun intended) for the member who has a prosthetic left leg, assuming we have one :-)

Alex_Petrini

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

01/17/2013 03:25:48 PM · #10

Originally posted by RyanW:

impossible to prove during; and not really relevant after.

+1

IMO it was just a way to write a description and nothing more.

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01/17/2013 03:31:13 PM · #11

Originally posted by Alexkc:

IMO it was just a way to write a description and nothing more.

I guess Langdon needs to start putting little Ms and Ls after descriptions to let us know which are literal and which are metaphorical.

Using the word "your" is pretty definitive. No wiggle room there. I know myself and some others adhered to this, and by doing so, made it much more difficult. I'd feel cheated knowing someone ignores the definitive qualifier. But this is DPC, I know it's going to happen, and people will simply dismiss the dissenters by saying they have sour grapes.

RyanW

Nikon D7000

01/17/2013 03:45:57 PM · #12

i've been a member of the literal faction on MANY many entries, to the point sometimes that it has hurt the score.
i agree with you on the 'your foot' line, but as long as the majority of the image is the foot, it's something interesting and planned and could quite easily be the photog's foot using a remote or timer, i'm going to vote as if it's the photog's foot.

mefnj

Nikon D7100

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

01/17/2013 03:53:09 PM · #13

Only a smidgen more difficult using your own foot... I'd assume most of us have tripods and wireless remotes... I shot my silhouette at night shot all by my lonesome, and with that I had to deal with light alignment and other spatial issues...

-m

Giles

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/17/2013 04:49:49 PM · #14

Mines my left foot, it's pretty clear in the description and ill be looking for it while I vote

Mike

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Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Canon Mount

01/17/2013 04:54:16 PM · #15

I really wanted to enter, but it just didn't come how I envisioned it.

bassbone

Nikon Z8

Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S

01/17/2013 05:22:03 PM · #16

And the word 'foot' is pretty clear to...I hope nobody enters a foot that is covered by a sock or a shoe or any other thing. DQ them all!

Geesh...this place is out of control.

Alex_Petrini

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

01/17/2013 05:25:41 PM · #17

Originally posted by Venser:

Originally posted by Alexkc:
IMO it was just a way to write a description and nothing more.
I guess Langdon needs to start putting little Ms and Ls after descriptions to let us know which are literal and which are metaphorical.

Using the word "your" is pretty definitive. No wiggle room there. I know myself and some others adhered to this, and by doing so, made it much more difficult. I'd feel cheated knowing someone ignores the definitive qualifier. But this is DPC, I know it's going to happen, and people will simply dismiss the dissenters by saying they have sour grapes.

Probably you are right, I only thought that a too literal interpretation was not so important. But don't worry, there won't be any female foot in my image :)

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

01/17/2013 08:28:01 PM · #18

Originally posted by bassbone:

And the word 'foot' is pretty clear to...I hope nobody enters a foot that is covered by a sock or a shoe or any other thing. DQ them all!

Geesh...this place is out of control.

Naw... it doesn't say take a picture of a naked foot. Socks, shoes, tights, naked, it's still a foot. Whatever. But it does say take "your" foot. Not take a picture of "a" left foot.

To ignore that part, takes away the difficulty and the fun of the challenge, imo. I had difficulties with this that I never anticipated. It would have been much, much, easier using a foot model.

Some challenges are open for interpretation, but this one seemed pretty straight forward.

Message edited by author 2013-01-17 20:29:16.

giantmike

Canon EOS R6

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

01/17/2013 08:41:12 PM · #19

Originally posted by Alexkc:

Originally posted by Venser:

Originally posted by Alexkc:
IMO it was just a way to write a description and nothing more.
I guess Langdon needs to start putting little Ms and Ls after descriptions to let us know which are literal and which are metaphorical.

Using the word "your" is pretty definitive. No wiggle room there. I know myself and some others adhered to this, and by doing so, made it much more difficult. I'd feel cheated knowing someone ignores the definitive qualifier. But this is DPC, I know it's going to happen, and people will simply dismiss the dissenters by saying they have sour grapes.

Probably you are right, I only thought that a too literal interpretation was not so important. But don't worry, there won't be any female foot in my image :)

There can be a female foot...as long as it is accompanied by your left foot :)