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11/29/2004 08:05:27 PM · #1 |
Sorry for my ignorance but can you enlighten me with this topic. I already should've learned this.
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11/29/2004 08:20:53 PM · #2 |
historic sites, monuments, unusual buildings, etc. Examples:
Mount Rushmore, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Eiffel Tower, etc. |
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11/29/2004 08:32:59 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by dartompkins:
historic sites, monuments, unusual buildings, etc. Examples:
Mount Rushmore, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Eiffel Tower, etc. |
Great! Now I can't do any of those...
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11/29/2004 08:37:19 PM · #4 |
Could also be a landscape landmark. (Right?)
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11/29/2004 08:41:01 PM · #5 |
| Well, it doesn't have to be reknown, I imagine. Just any monument of sorts. I plan to photograph a local monument (guess which one :o) ) so I imagine anything that represents something would work |
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11/29/2004 08:47:47 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by xtabintun:
Well, it doesn't have to be reknown, I imagine. Just any monument of sorts. I plan to photograph a local monument (guess which one :o) ) so I imagine anything that represents something would work |
Just be prepared to get a few low votes due to the voters perception that if they don't recognize it, then it is not a landmark. See my Authority entry and comments for verification of that one!
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11/29/2004 08:49:56 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by bestagents:
Originally posted by xtabintun:
Well, it doesn't have to be reknown, I imagine. Just any monument of sorts. I plan to photograph a local monument (guess which one :o) ) so I imagine anything that represents something would work |
Just be prepared to get a few low votes due to the voters perception that if they don't recognize it, then it is not a landmark. See my Authority entry and comments for verification of that one! |
Actually, I think I got hit from the same subject in Heroes, because it wasn't a Soldier/Policeman/Fireman. Not that I'm complaining about the score, it's my best yet :) |
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11/30/2004 06:13:47 AM · #8 |
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
why do they pick this challenge the EXACT DAY i get back from a trip to rome and paris?!?!?!?
*weep* |
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11/30/2004 07:14:18 AM · #9 |
| well i live in italy... hope to have time to do somethin good ^^ |
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11/30/2004 07:24:13 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by bestagents:
Just be prepared to get a few low votes due to the voters perception that if they don't recognize it, then it is not a landmark. |
Your advice is probably and unfortunately accurate. However, if it were entirely true, there'd be absolutely no hope for those who live in places where real local landmarks would be unrecognisable in this international arena.
I really hope that the voters open their minds a bit in this one. |
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11/30/2004 08:37:07 AM · #11 |
A landmark is a landmark, be it for a town, a city, a province/state, a country or the whole world.
It also can be natural or man-made. It can be beautiful or an eye-sore.
The emphasis is, like the challenge descriptor clearly states, to "show off your creative vision in capturing it". Basically, take an interesting picture of something your know is a landmark where you are and let others deal with it.
This is a straightforward challenge that it easy to understand. Just try to have an "out of your backyard" approach to voting.
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11/30/2004 10:10:00 AM · #12 |
landmarks! ohh boy i'm doomed. I liable to be the first person in DPC to get a negative score. I live in middle of nowhere. In arkansas there are no landmarks. Nothing of even minor interest ever happens here. Land marks yup they sound like this in arkansas " well go down to the big tree by bubbas farm. Take a left at the chicken house. then go by where all the trees used to be. Go up the hill and go past cooters. When you get down near the creek you'll find the store."
Landmarks... that may just be a heck of a challenge.
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11/30/2004 10:15:52 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by tristalisk:
landmarks! ohh boy i'm doomed. I liable to be the first person in DPC to get a negative score. I live in middle of nowhere. In arkansas there are no landmarks. Nothing of even minor interest ever happens here. Land marks yup they sound like this in arkansas " well go down to the big tree by bubbas farm. Take a left at the chicken house. then go by where all the trees used to be. Go up the hill and go past cooters. When you get down near the creek you'll find the store."
Landmarks... that may just be a heck of a challenge. |
I know how you feel, I'm stuck in Switzerland - who's ever heard of a landmark in Switzerland?!? ;)
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11/30/2004 10:24:44 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by tristalisk:
landmarks! ohh boy i'm doomed. I liable to be the first person in DPC to get a negative score. I live in middle of nowhere. In arkansas there are no landmarks. Nothing of even minor interest ever happens here. Land marks yup they sound like this in arkansas " well go down to the big tree by bubbas farm. Take a left at the chicken house. then go by where all the trees used to be. Go up the hill and go past cooters. When you get down near the creek you'll find the store."
Landmarks... that may just be a heck of a challenge. |
Wow, your lucky... where I'm at we don't have trees and creeks and hills. |
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11/30/2004 10:28:38 AM · #15 |
We live in an old village mill (about 4-500 years old) there is an old milk churn at the front of the house with 'Mühle' (German for 'Mill') handpainted on it - would something like that class as a landmark I wonder.
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11/30/2004 10:59:50 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by Beagleboy:
A landmark is a landmark, be it for a town, a city, a province/state, a country or the whole world. |
... ears are pricked, pens are put down, computers keyboards fall silent - all eyes focus on the next line...
Originally posted by Beagleboy:
It also can be natural or man-made. It can be beautiful or an eye-sore. |
... excitement builds - knowing nods of agreement all around...
Originally posted by Beagleboy:
The emphasis is, like the challenge descriptor clearly states, to "show off your creative vision in capturing it". Basically, take an interesting picture of something your know is a landmark where you are and let others deal with it. |
... ripples of applause are heard across the globe...
Originally posted by Beagleboy:
This is a straightforward challenge that it easy to understand. Just try to have an "out of your backyard" approach to voting. |
... and they're standing, euphoric and triumphant- a wry smile spreads across the faces of fallen heros whose shots have been misunderstood and underrated in the past.
Yes, yes, yes!!!
: )
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11/30/2004 11:10:45 AM · #17 |
Just a message to Zoomdak:
How about trying a different landmark for this challenge eh? :)
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11/30/2004 11:13:01 AM · #18 |
Originally posted by colda:
I know how you feel, I'm stuck in Switzerland - who's ever heard of a landmark in Switzerland?!? ;) |
The Matterhorn is pretty recognizable ... at least to folks from Southern California : )
You could take a picture of one of those banks where politicians and crooks hide their money from the authorities : (
Or a Rolex or some Emmenthaler cheese :) |
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11/30/2004 11:14:10 AM · #19 |
| In Jim Thorpe there's a several ton piece of nearly pure coal sitting in the middle of the town, I would imagine something like this would also count. Anything distinct about a town. Probably something you'd mention while giving directions would be fine. What do you think? |
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11/30/2004 11:14:42 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by Konador:
Just a message to Zoomdak:
How about trying a different landmark for this challenge eh? :) |
I have that problem ... I have some really good landmarks available but I've already used them. |
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11/30/2004 11:16:06 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by kyebosh:
... something you'd mention while giving directions would be fine. |
Sounds like a "mark on the land" to me : ) |
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11/30/2004 11:17:07 AM · #22 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by colda:
I know how you feel, I'm stuck in Switzerland - who's ever heard of a landmark in Switzerland?!? ;) |
You could take a picture of one of those banks where politicians and crooks hide their money from the authorities : ( |
That would be no problem, want the history that goes with it? ;)
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11/30/2004 11:30:46 AM · #23 |
Originally posted by colda:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by colda:
I know how you feel, I'm stuck in Switzerland - who's ever heard of a landmark in Switzerland?!? ;) |
You could take a picture of one of those banks where politicians and crooks hide their money from the authorities : ( |
That would be no problem, want the history that goes with it? ;) |
Maybe someday, but I wouldn't post it in this thread or it will end up in the Rant forum : )
Actually, one of the main problems with those Swiss bank accounts is that I don't have one.
I just remembered, I've actually shot one of your best-loved "landmarks"
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11/30/2004 11:33:09 AM · #24 |
muckpond, I feel your pain.
I was at Mt St. Helens on Sunday, taking pics of a well known active volcano complete with little puffs of steam/smoke.
Came home, downloaded the photos and at 9pm (that is midnight DPC time) saw the challenge "Landmark".
Boooo hoooo! |
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11/30/2004 11:39:54 AM · #25 |
...and some of my shots are sooooo cool, too!
aaaauuuuuuuuggggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
(I'll post some later...stuck at work now.) |
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