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07/27/2026 12:16:30 AM · #1 |
Like Lev I am also puzzled about the score of my entry:
I know DPCers don't like photos of sculptures but I thought these two created an interesting new image with a message. |
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07/27/2026 11:59:47 PM · #2 |
Oh, well, I guess I will never know how many of low votes were DNMCs caused by an assumption that only one image was involved as mentioned in a few of the comments. I still think that the minimum of 2 images should have been required for validation. This way I would get a vote from  kasaba and maybe less low votes which might have helped my team.
Message edited by author 2026-07-28 00:02:50. |
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07/28/2026 10:48:07 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by MargaretNet:
Oh, well, I guess I will never know how many of low votes were DNMCs caused by an assumption that only one image was involved as mentioned in a few of the comments. |
As a reminder anyone who made such a comment: the rules require that you vote as if the image is legal. |
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07/28/2026 11:16:47 AM · #4 |
Though I did question, during voting, the "legality" of a League entry recently (not this particular challenge), I also voted as if the editing WAS legal even as I was doing so.
I gave this a 6 - above average for me in the challenge - and at least some of that score was based on how very WELL the compositing was done - the way you inserted the one into the other is quite remarkable.
BYW, a 6 (which is what yours ended up with) is a VERY respectable score, IMO. In fact, I spent a very long time on my entry and used 4 different files and it was VERY apparent that I had done so and, in the end, I'd have killed for a a 6. Well, maybe not literally, but I was quite disappointed :) |
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07/28/2026 11:29:23 AM · #5 |
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My comment stands as written. I voted a 6. |
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07/28/2026 11:58:44 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by MargaretNet:
Oh, well, I guess I will never know how many of low votes were DNMCs caused by an assumption that only one image was involved as mentioned in a few of the comments. ... |
I've reread the comments on the image, and I only see one comment thinking it was not a composite, certainly not three or more (a few). ??? Some comments praised the work that went into the editing.
As for "low votes", there were only two votes below a 5 (and FWIW, it wasn't me - I gave it a 5, along with 15 other voters).
The quest for knowledge / feedback on using a sculpture is certainly a valid question and one worth pursuing. |
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07/28/2026 12:41:28 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
..I gave it a 5... |
Why? |
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07/28/2026 12:57:03 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by MargaretNet:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
..I gave it a 5... |
Why? |
It was "ok" but didn't grab my full attention. The two parts were fairly evident but slightly off in that the sculpture part of it seemed mismatched with the metal. The metal was sharp and detailed and the cement(?) felt muddled and soft (guess that's the nature of some weathered sculptures). All of this was perhaps a little subliminal being on the fly. With some extra time studying it now one could almost say the softer feel of the sculpture worked in your favor to represent human flesh and motherhood? |
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07/28/2026 12:58:05 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by MargaretNet:
Oh, well, I guess I will never know how many of low votes were DNMCs caused by an assumption that only one image was involved as mentioned in a few of the comments. I still think that the minimum of 2 images should have been required for validation. This way I would get a vote from kasaba and maybe less low votes which might have helped my team. |
My humble apology. Then, as I said in my comment, your work is amazing. |
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07/28/2026 01:02:01 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by MargaretNet:
Oh, well, I guess I will never know how many of low votes were DNMCs caused by an assumption that only one image was involved as mentioned in a few of the comments. |
As a reminder anyone who made such a comment: the rules require that you vote as if the image is legal. |
Thank you for the reminder - I was contemplating asking, but in the end didn't.
Normally I don't really think much whether something may or may not DQ and I just vote. But this for me was just so "real" with the rock edge around the metal "insert" and I assumed the author had spotted this and was using it as an "out the box" entry, as it would have been a composite, had it been a single sculpture ... It will teach me to try and get into other people's heads.
Again, sorry Margaret
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07/28/2026 11:20:40 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by kasaba:
Originally posted by MargaretNet:
Oh, well, I guess I will never know how many of low votes were DNMCs caused by an assumption that only one image was involved as mentioned in a few of the comments. I still think that the minimum of 2 images should have been required for validation. This way I would get a vote from kasaba and maybe less low votes which might have helped my team. |
My humble apology. Then, as I said in my comment, your work is amazing. |
No worries, thanks! :) |
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07/28/2026 11:32:06 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
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It was "ok" but didn't grab my full attention. The two parts were fairly evident but slightly off in that the sculpture part of it seemed mismatched with the metal. The metal was sharp and detailed and the cement(?) felt muddled and soft (guess that's the nature of some weathered sculptures). All of this was perhaps a little subliminal being on the fly. With some extra time studying it now one could almost say the softer feel of the sculpture worked in your favor to represent human flesh and motherhood? |
Not really, the choice of materials was the artist's, metal was a rather obvious choice for the gun. My job was to put bits of both together to depict those who suffer the most during the war they did not want. It is a metaphor that may have been lost on some voters. There may have also been some who simply don't like any images of guns and always vote these down. I admit I am one of those voters, especially if the gun seems to be revered in the photo. Anyway, who knows as the other 15 plus 2 of the voters say anything. |
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07/28/2026 11:36:52 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by MargaretNet:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
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It was "ok" but didn't grab my full attention. The two parts were fairly evident but slightly off in that the sculpture part of it seemed mismatched with the metal. The metal was sharp and detailed and the cement(?) felt muddled and soft (guess that's the nature of some weathered sculptures). All of this was perhaps a little subliminal being on the fly. With some extra time studying it now one could almost say the softer feel of the sculpture worked in your favor to represent human flesh and motherhood? |
Not really, the choice of materials was the artist's, metal was a rather obvious choice for the gun. My job was to put bits of both together to depict those who suffer the most during the war they did not want. It is a metaphor that may have been lost on some voters. There may have also been some who simply don't like any images of guns and always vote these down. I admit I am one of those voters, especially if the gun seems to be revered in the photo. Anyway, who knows as the other 15 plus 2 of the voters say anything. |
Holy crap! The metal is a gun? I see the trigger now, but the figures in there threw me off. |
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