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11/10/2004 03:03:59 PM · #51 |
Originally posted by BradP:
Should have posted late last night when it was sOh well, still time to make it back over the 7 mark. |
I, for one, am giving out only marks 5 through 10 on this challenge... Because of the overall terrible quality of the vast majority of entries :( If i were to rate it normally i would have to only give 1's, 2's and 3's 95% of the time... :(
It seems a lot of people define 'macro' as a 'semi-blurred shot of a random object found in the kitchen', not caring about quality, composition, impact or artistic appeal.
I think we need to think of a way not to limit the number of entries, but increase the quality of the entries.
Nothing personal against you, just ranting out of disappointment with what i've seen. |
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11/10/2004 03:11:18 PM · #52 |
Originally posted by yurasocolov:
Nothing personal against you, just ranting out of disappointment with what i've seen. |
I have to agree. I was all excited because I thought I would see a lot of really cool shots, but the majority seem to be not so good. Not to say that there isn't any good ones. There's plenty of amazing shots, but just not near as many as I had hoped. |
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11/10/2004 03:14:19 PM · #53 |
A score of 5 is the new 6.
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11/10/2004 03:15:07 PM · #54 |
Originally posted by yurasocolov:
Originally posted by BradP:
Should have posted late last night when it was sOh well, still time to make it back over the 7 mark. |
I, for one, am giving out only marks 5 through 10 on this challenge... Because of the overall terrible quality of the vast majority of entries :( If i were to rate it normally i would have to only give 1's, 2's and 3's 95% of the time... :(
It seems a lot of people define 'macro' as a 'semi-blurred shot of a random object found in the kitchen', not caring about quality, composition, impact or artistic appeal.
I think we need to think of a way not to limit the number of entries, but increase the quality of the entries.
Nothing personal against you, just ranting out of disappointment with what i've seen. |
LOL, I couldn't agree more, though I'm not going to adjust my scale. I said something similar to your quote in this thread. |
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11/10/2004 03:19:24 PM · #55 |
Votes: 92
Views: 114
Avg Vote: 4.8043
Comments: 0
Almost 100 votes and no comments.
That's a shame cause I really wanted te hear some comments on my submission.
Well, there's still time.
G'luck all.
Message edited by author 2004-11-10 15:20:10. |
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11/10/2004 03:48:48 PM · #56 |
Votes: 99
Views: 112
Avg Vote: 5.0303
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 11/10/04 03:00 pm
Still above 5 but slowly falling back down :(
hope I stay over 5
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11/10/2004 04:16:13 PM · #57 |
Originally posted by alithenake:
I have tried something that now I might regret... It is a Macro but it doesn't look like... I have concetrated more on the composition and lightning, colors...
I had other ideeas, but... |
Looks like I made the same mistake. (Avg Vote: 4.0930)
Tried to make small items look like it was originally very large. Too successful I guess. One comment says doesn't look macro even when I was working very close up with best macro lense I have.
O'well, live and learn. Just bought some close-up add on lenses last night to help with that problem. |
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11/10/2004 04:20:18 PM · #58 |
Votes: 114
Views: 138
Avg Vote: 5.4123
Comments: 6
Favorites: 1
getting a lot of "over sharpened" comments. Am I mistaken or does a close up macro not show detail? lol I sharpened my photo once in photoshop (filter, sharpen) nothing extra, nothing extreme.. o well, LOTS of great images out there!!!
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11/10/2004 05:36:16 PM · #59 |
| Three great comments and 4.89 so far????? Makes me wonder if people use a 1 as a place holder to sort photos in the beginning of a challenge :) |
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11/10/2004 05:42:31 PM · #60 |
Votes: 120
Views: 151
Avg Vote: 5.5333
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
1st comment was great gave me a 10
2nd wasn't bad, but said doesn't meet the challenge (but would have done great in calendar, which i never thought about!) |
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11/10/2004 06:01:38 PM · #61 |
Votes: 112
Views: 133
Avg Vote: 4.3750
Comments: 1
man and i really liked this one, its sucks..i really get down about these things...what is wrong with me......like it really matters you know
ok im done feeling sorry for myself....now everyone go give mine a 10...its the one that is a macro |
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11/10/2004 06:08:22 PM · #62 |
Votes: 118
Views: 135
Avg Vote: 4.9576
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 11/10/04 06:00 pm
just hovering under 5 - still personel best
i wanna get back to 5 :p, once you have the taste of a 5 you want more
give me more :)
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11/10/2004 06:36:36 PM · #63 |
[quote=yurasocolov]
It seems a lot of people define 'macro' as a 'semi-blurred shot of a random object found in the kitchen', not caring about quality, composition, impact or artistic appeal.[quote]
This description of macro made me grin. :) |
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11/10/2004 07:09:45 PM · #64 |
I am running at 5.5
The comments are very useful this time around, due to the fact they are telling me what my gut said all along. I should have listened to my gut. Instead I am listening to you guys. LOL.
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11/10/2004 07:27:19 PM · #65 |
| Maybe once people get dinner in their bellies, they'll vote happier and more often :) BTW, I am making peanut butter cookies right now... If anyone wants to give me a good score and a constructive comment... *grin* |
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11/10/2004 07:31:55 PM · #66 |
Originally posted by yurasocolov:
It seems a lot of people define 'macro' as a 'semi-blurred shot of a random object found in the kitchen', not caring about quality, composition, impact or artistic appeal. |
I was actually quite tempted to copy and paste this to a fair number of objects.
However, a few of these kitchen implements were actualy quite good.
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11/10/2004 08:29:09 PM · #67 |
A friend of mine told me this, and I just checked it out at encyclopedia.com. He said "a fruit is a flower", and the site agrees "matured ovary of the pistil of a flower, containing the seed"
So if a fruit is a flower, does that change the voting on all the Apple pics? (not in my mind, but I thought I'd throw that out there for discussion) |
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11/10/2004 08:33:46 PM · #68 |
The slide continues fell from 5.8 to 5.3 when i woke up.... NOW IM SCARED TO GO TO SLEEP!! I know...
1.CANDYMAN
2.CANDYMAN
3..........
Aint got the bottle |
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11/10/2004 09:27:22 PM · #69 |
Originally posted by moswyn:
Maybe once people get dinner in their bellies, they'll vote happier and more often :) BTW, I am making peanut butter cookies right now... If anyone wants to give me a good score and a constructive comment... *grin* |
Hiya Kim~ I'LL LEAVE YOU A GOOD SCORE AND COMMENT! Send cookies! (Good luck with your first entry!)
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11/10/2004 10:37:35 PM · #70 |
Crud. I solemnly swear to never use another border again in a challenge. ;-) I added a border to my image, and now I'm feeling the pain. My entry is at 6.27, but according to most of my comments, it would have been better without my 5 pixel border.
Crud. And double crud. I just wonder how well I would be doing in the challenge if I didn't have the border. Live and learn, I guess!
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11/11/2004 01:20:45 AM · #71 |
Just a tip on how not to take a Macro, I was trying to get this mantis and the darn thing had other plans. Nothing like looking through the view finder and seeing a bugs belly.
My wife took this pic and as her camera got closer it jumped on to hers. goofy bug. |
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11/11/2004 03:29:18 AM · #72 |
| I'm sitting a little over 5 with 4 comments and156 votes. I'm happy with this as it is a much better showing than the last 2 challenges |
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11/11/2004 04:03:29 AM · #73 |
Originally posted by awpollard:
Just a tip on how not to take a Macro, I was trying to get this mantis and the darn thing had other plans. Nothing like looking through the view finder and seeing a bugs belly.
My wife took this pic and as her camera got closer it jumped on to hers. goofy bug. |
Unique approach to getting a macro of a mantis Andy....love the composition of the shot, ;) think I'd give this one an 8 or a 9 :P
sue |
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11/11/2004 04:21:07 AM · #74 |
Iam starting to wish we did have bugs and flowers, because i have not seen a lot of inspiring images in this challenge.
Or I could just have the blues from going through so many images anyway I look forward to some great bug shots. |
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11/11/2004 04:24:18 AM · #75 |
Originally posted by awpollard:
My wife took this pic and as her camera got closer it jumped on to hers. goofy bug. |
Maybe because of it's reflection on the lens? Aren't they big on fighting? Or am I thinking of old kung-fu flicks?
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