Contrasting Avatars - DPChallenge Forums

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

03/24/2015 11:59:34 AM · #1

Sorry if this is in the wrong place. I'm not suggesting Avitars as a challenge topic.

What I am wondering is if it might be possible to make the distinction between member challenge and open challenge avitars more prominent? As my eyesight gets worse and worse it is nearly impossible for me to distinguish between the two. It is a problem in the forums as well, but not so critical at that point.

Anyone else with the same problem?

RyanW

Nikon D7000

03/24/2015 12:03:25 PM · #2

This would be for general discussion, as opposed to a challenge suggestion; but it could be an interesting challenge none-the-less.

The difference between paid/unpaid member challenges is that anything that ends on Tuesday night/starts on Wednesday morning (right now Blur) is the open challenge. All other challenges are paid-member challenges.

03/24/2015 12:20:36 PM · #3

Originally posted by RyanW:

Perhaps one of the PTBs could move this to the proper place. I originally tried to put it in Web Site Suggestions, but it is closed.

I understand the difference between member/non member challenges. My difficulty is in understanding, when viewing the home page, which is which. The avitars are very hard to distinguish and there is no verbage as to member challenge or not, nor is there any mention of what day the challenges are associated with. The only information on the front page is how much time is left to enter and how many entries so far. If the member avitars were simply a brighter color it would clear everything up easily.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

03/24/2015 12:32:01 PM · #4

Originally posted by jemison:

The avitars are very hard to distinguish and there is no verbage as to member challenge or not, nor is there any mention of what day the challenges are associated with.

If you click on the "Challenges" menu header you get a page which clearly summarizes all of the challenges which are currently open for submission, in voting, or recently completed.

nygold

Nikon D5000

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G

03/24/2015 02:09:23 PM · #5

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by jemison:
The avitars are very hard to distinguish and there is no verbage as to member challenge or not, nor is there any mention of what day the challenges are associated with.

If you click on the "Challenges" menu header you get a page which clearly summarizes all of the challenges which are currently open for submission, in voting, or recently completed.

Here is his question. "What I am wondering is if it might be possible to make the distinction between member challenge and open challenge avitars more prominent?"

When you view it from the front page the little avitar people look the same, one has a blue shirt and one has a gray shirt.
When looking at it on a phone or ipad it's very hard to tell the difference between the two.
He's asking if there is a way to make it easier to distinguish between the two without clicking the challenge.
That's what I think he's saying.

glad2badad

Apple iPhone 16 Pro

Lensbaby Sweet 35 Optic

03/24/2015 03:05:27 PM · #6

Originally posted by nygold:

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by jemison:
The avitars are very hard to distinguish and there is no verbage as to member challenge or not, nor is there any mention of what day the challenges are associated with.

If you click on the "Challenges" menu header you get a page which clearly summarizes all of the challenges which are currently open for submission, in voting, or recently completed.

Here is his question. "What I am wondering is if it might be possible to make the distinction between member challenge and open challenge avitars more prominent?"

When you view it from the front page the little avitar people look the same, one has a blue shirt and one has a gray shirt.
When looking at it on a phone or ipad it's very hard to tell the difference between the two.
He's asking if there is a way to make it easier to distinguish between the two without clicking the challenge.
That's what I think he's saying.

+1 It is very difficult to see the difference.

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

03/24/2015 05:20:03 PM · #7

Yes, but shouldn't basic info be on the home page? why not either post what sort of challenge it is or make the avitars look different from each other. Simple, and doesn't force you to go to another location to find out.

Mike

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

03/24/2015 07:38:40 PM · #8

Originally posted by jemison:

because that would require a change to the website and Tool puts out new albums more often than that occurs. :P

bohemka

Nikon D700

Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG HSM for Nikon

03/24/2015 07:44:33 PM · #9

Can we get one for people with red hair?

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

03/24/2015 09:34:56 PM · #10

Originally posted by jemison:

I think that space on the front page is limited, and a summary of the challenges seems plenty for that location, and that one more click to get the full details of all the challenges is not that great a burden ...

Personally, I'd have no objection to a color change though ... maybe registered users could have white or yellow shirts ...

Enlightened

Nikon D7100

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

03/24/2015 10:14:35 PM · #11

If the avatars are to show the difference between members and non members why can't the colours be changed to help people who have eye sight issues see them better? It is a very reasonable request when you understand why the request is being made.

Message edited by author 2015-03-24 23:48:51.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

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

03/24/2015 11:27:21 PM · #12

They are "avatars", actually... I dropped a note to the boss, see what he thinks....

Lydia

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

03/25/2015 12:15:11 AM · #13

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

They are "avatars", actually... I dropped a note to the boss, see what he thinks....

Bear is our friend.

03/25/2015 12:37:22 PM · #14

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

They are "avatars", actually... I dropped a note to the boss, see what he thinks....

Can't ask for more than that - spell check and action rolled into one!

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

03/25/2015 05:05:05 PM · #15

+1 I too wish the "color" of the avatars were different as well, being the kind of color blind that I am I can not tell them apart as well..

To me they both look grey to me and I can not tell the shades apart whatsoever.. For us sight challenged people, it would be a good thing

Message edited by author 2015-03-25 17:07:48.

aliqui

Nikon D300s

03/25/2015 09:17:22 PM · #16

What are all these blind folk doing on a photography website? ;)

giantmike

Canon EOS R6

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

03/25/2015 09:21:32 PM · #17

Originally posted by aliqui:

What are all these blind folk doing on a photography website? ;)

Voting...

Bazinga.

03/25/2015 09:52:41 PM · #18

No voting on color challenges LOL!

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

03/25/2015 10:20:37 PM · #19

Originally posted by aliqui:

What are all these blind folk doing on a photography website? ;)

About 8-10% of men have Red-Green color-blindness ... but if you use Photoshop's densitomiter ("Info" window) you can edit correctly without seeing the colors -- in the "old days" I sometimes had to edit pictures on a black-and-white monitor.

On a more positive note, the University of Washington today announced a collaboration with a biotech company to proceed with testing of gene therapy to correct this color vision defect.

Originally posted by jgirl57:

+1 I too wish the "color" of the avatars were different as well, being the kind of color blind that I am I can not tell them apart as well...

Your case is then quite rare -- I think only about one in a thousand women (including my aunt) is color-blind.

Message edited by author 2015-03-25 22:23:48.

Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG HSM for Nikon

03/25/2015 10:21:13 PM · #20

Originally posted by aliqui:

What are all these blind folk doing on a photography website? ;)

I know it was meant in jest, but my eyesight is failing me. I have developed wrinkling of the retina in my right eye, which distorts everything in a way very similar to what you see when you are asked to name the letters/numbers that you see for security reasons. Everything I see in the camera viewfinder is distorted to the point that I can't, for instance, make out whether a person's eyes are open in a head shot. I see generalities through the lens, and have to rely on auto focus. It is very frustrating, but I am determined to carry on. I am finding it to be an interesting transition anyway.

Luckily, I still have good vision in my left eye, but it is not my dominant eye, and I am constantly battling to treat it as if it was the dominant eye. Makes for lots of dizzy spells and extremely slow recovery from long sessions of photography, computer, reading etc. This has been going on for a little over a year now and my left eye is gradually adapting to the task...complicated by the fact that an earlier lasik procedure lazed my left eye so that it was my closeup, or reading eye.

Bill

Look! It's the blind photographer!

bohemka

Nikon D700

03/25/2015 10:42:00 PM · #21

Can we have one to designate NRA members?

tanguera

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

03/25/2015 10:51:06 PM · #22

Originally posted by jemison:

Originally posted by aliqui:
What are all these blind folk doing on a photography website? ;)

I know it was meant in jest, but my eyesight is failing me. I have developed wrinkling of the retina in my right eye, which distorts everything in a way very similar to what you see when you are asked to name the letters/numbers that you see for security reasons. Everything I see in the camera viewfinder is distorted to the point that I can't, for instance, make out whether a person's eyes are open in a head shot. I see generalities through the lens, and have to rely on auto focus. It is very frustrating, but I am determined to carry on. I am finding it to be an interesting transition anyway.

Luckily, I still have good vision in my left eye, but it is not my dominant eye, and I am constantly battling to treat it as if it was the dominant eye. Makes for lots of dizzy spells and extremely slow recovery from long sessions of photography, computer, reading etc. This has been going on for a little over a year now and my left eye is gradually adapting to the task...complicated by the fact that an earlier lasik procedure lazed my left eye so that it was my closeup, or reading eye.

Bill

Look! It's the blind photographer!

Wow. You're an inspiration. If it's any consolation on the color thing, I've always felt the color difference in the avatars was too subtle.

03/26/2015 09:54:31 AM · #23

Very admirable Bill, I so respect people when issues like that don't stop them from what they want to do, Kudos to you.

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For my blindness, it's more described as a color deficiency not a full color blindness. I can see many colors, I just can not tell what the different shades are, or tell the exact shade of what something is like blue and purple, I know there's a difference, I just don't know what it is, if that makes sense... Doctor told me it was a moderate red-green deficiency.

I call my home a green home because I think it has all green walls. It's actually different shades of tan, we laugh all the time over it.
I can distinguish some colors together as long as it is a huge shade apart like red and white, yellow and white, black and white, blue and yellow. It is funny sometimes especially when I shop and I think I am buying a cute red outfit and my family will laugh and tell me its pink and I don't like wearing pink.

Message edited by author 2015-03-26 09:57:27.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

03/26/2015 12:01:37 PM · #24

Originally posted by jgirl57:

For my blindness, it's more described as a color deficiency not a full color blindness. I can see many colors, I just can not tell what the different shades are, or tell the exact shade of what something is like blue and purple, I know there's a difference, I just don't know what it is, if that makes sense... Doctor told me it was a moderate red-green deficiency.

This is similar to my defect -- still called "color-blindness" even though I see colors, just not the same as most others. To me it manifests as an inability to see the red component of "mixed" colors, so it's hard to distinguish purple and blue, green and brown, lavender and light blue, etc. I can see "pure" colors -- bright green leaves, a red red rose -- just fine.