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 03/03/2003 07:37:53 PM · #26
I just wanted to say that artistic is not necessarily bad. My submission for the yellow challenge did very well and I think it's very artistic. It's not abstract but it is definetely not a typical photo. I think a lot of the voting inconsistency comes from people trying to vote the pictures that they think are better than their low so they have a better chance of winning. They of course also tell their friends about the site and tell them what picture theirs is and tell them to give them 10's and to give everyone else 1's without even looking at the pictures. It's sad, and obviously the case, but nothing can be done about it. Just be happy if you took a good photo that you like. Still, I would like some comments on my egg picture, which I think is pretty good compared to the rest but is below 5 right now. I'm sure I'll get some comments later in the week though, so I'm not worried.
HEREis my yellow shot, if you're interested.

Message edited by author 2003-03-03 19:39:06.
 03/03/2003 08:50:49 PM · #27
Yup-I think the votes are lower then normal for the members challenge. That suprises me as I thought they would be slightly higher for some reason. Well... I just started voting and found myself scoring one point lower then normal, I guess just in spite.... Well Screw that! I don`t want to start thinking that `they` are scoring low just so that they can win. I will continue to score on the same scale that I have always used and will not consider the effect it has on my entry potential. "Buck up Clicker and take a shot next week that will win regardless of the underground current!"... Oh and excuse me...For a moment there I completly forgot what this whole thing is all about. And that is having fun! I had a blast setting up my shot and taking a bunch of shots to get it `right`. And I learned something too... Score that!
 03/03/2003 10:07:48 PM · #28
Lisa! it's between you and me! Mine doesn't "meet the challenge" either, apparently. hehe.. oh well.
 03/03/2003 11:09:53 PM · #29
Originally posted by JasonPR:
I think a lot of the voting inconsistency comes from people trying to vote the pictures that they think are better than their low so they have a better chance of winning. They of course also tell their friends about the site and tell them what picture theirs is and tell them to give them 10's and to give everyone else 1's without even looking at the pictures. It's sad, and obviously the case, but nothing can be done about it.


We had a thread last week about this (persons voting only ones or mostly) and if I understood correctly those votes are counted out when the challenge closes. Besides, I'm not that sure that there is that much of "friends" votes: just check how many entered the challenge and how many votes....

If one picture gets as much 10 as 3 means only that half the people like it and half don't but remember that the one awarding 10s will naturally score all the pictures a little higher than the one awarding 3s. In the long run, since both will award score to all picture, it will be balance. Remember that you can win with a 6 if it is the highest score...

Cheer up everybody!


03/03/2003 11:31:18 PM · #30

Cheer up everybody![/quote]


I`m cheered :)
 03/04/2003 12:47:02 AM · #31
Alright! I lied!! I said I was going to comment on all of the pictures. I have commented on more than half...I have carpal tunnel, my a$$ is pretty sore from sitting here for hours on end, and I have no lettering on my keyboard left.(C:
I guess I didn't really lie, I said I am WORKING on commenting on them all. Not sure I can do it, but there is a lot of time left. But I do have to vote and comment on the Lines, too.
I did comment on quite a few as I voted, and tonight went back through and commented going from lowest on up. I did also "uprank" quite a few. So maybe some of your scores changed. (C:
 03/04/2003 10:22:01 AM · #32
Originally posted by justine:
Agree 100%..if ya hate it tell me why.
Exasperated--EGGSASPERATED


I feel the same way. And its tuesday now. Out of 93 votes, 3 positive comments. And a 4.96!!!! Can people who dislike my picture care to comment why? Maybe people don't like the message of my picture.

Message edited by author 2003-03-04 12:50:37.
 03/04/2003 11:26:35 AM · #33
My lines are very subtle also and I am not getting a good score and have had two negative comments about the photo not meeting the challenge. I loved it and still love the shot and still think that it fits, even if the lines aren't dramatic. Some of the voters here are just very concrete about interpreting things, and sometimes I submit a photo just to see how it is taken and get very conflicting comments!
 03/04/2003 11:46:12 AM · #34
No complaints from me. I was pretty confident that my Lines picture would do well (and there is absolutely no subtelty in the lines!), and I'm happily bouncing just over and just under 7. Even so, just 8 comments.

Message edited by author 2003-03-04 11:47:05.
 03/04/2003 11:47:29 AM · #35
i too am a bit disappointed in people's reactions to my photos ... my leading lines arent as dominant as they probably should have been ... and my egg shot .. well i DO have an original shot ... no one else did what i did ... and it's in focus .. but that's at like a 4.6 .. my leading lines is barely breaking 5 ... oh well .. there's always another challenge ... good luck everyone ...
 03/04/2003 12:55:42 PM · #36
Maybe there is nothing wrong with some of your photos. The focus could be right and so on, maybe it's just a boring picture. I admit I looked at the egg shots and I seen some good pictures, but not very many of them really stand out to me. I am not going to comment on a photo to just say "boring or this is not very interesting". It is a waste of my time. And I haven't got a comment from any of you on mine photo. Why is that? Try to comment yourselves first. Good luck and remember to comment!!
 03/04/2003 01:03:13 PM · #37
I think it is a result of voting on all of those "dispairing" shots last week.

karmat
:-)
 03/04/2003 01:13:29 PM · #38
Originally posted by Sonifo:
Maybe there is nothing wrong with some of your photos. The focus could be right and so on, maybe it's just a boring picture. I admit I looked at the egg shots and I seen some good pictures, but not very many of them really stand out to me. I am not going to comment on a photo to just say "boring or this is not very interesting". It is a waste of my time. And I haven't got a comment from any of you on mine photo. Why is that? Try to comment yourselves first. Good luck and remember to comment!!


I don't vote on the open challenges anymore, but I often have time to vote on the member challenges, and whenever I do, I comment on every photo. However, I haven't voted yet this week.

I don't think the fact that I haven't personally voted or commented on any photos yet this week makes it unfair to ask that those who HAVE voted already, and have been giving me such a low score, could tell me why.

Two comments out of the 3 I have so far tell me they don't see my leading lines, while my 3rd comment says it's a nice photo. Nothing there yet to indicate that it's just "boring"...
 03/04/2003 01:28:29 PM · #39
You know I was just about to start voting on the leading lines and I'm not really sure I have got the technique down enough to vote fairly. I think there are some nice looking photos and they may not meet the challenge for technical reasons but I honestly don't know what to look for. Don't expect too many comments from me folks unless I really really like or dislike your photo. Sorry, I just don't want to say "this doesn't meet the challenge" when I'm not really sure if it does or not.
 03/04/2003 01:42:56 PM · #40
Originally posted by JasonPR:
I just wanted to say that artistic is not necessarily bad. My submission for the yellow challenge did very well and I think it's very artistic. It's not abstract but it is definetely not a typical photo.HEREis my yellow shot, if you're interested.


I liked your photo and gave it a 10. I really don't think people looked at it the way you wanted them to. I think the voters don't have enough time or don't care to spend the time on a photo to see what the photographer is actually trying to tell. Keep shooting and don't worry about the voters, Jason. Your photos are very good.
 03/04/2003 02:13:37 PM · #41
Originally posted by JasonPR:
I just wanted to say that artistic is not necessarily bad. My submission for the yellow challenge did very well and I think it's very artistic. It's not abstract but it is definetely not a typical photo.


Jason: I just loved your picture, and think its great. I even selected as a favorite last week. The composition is excellent, half cheetah, half shadow. Great!
 03/06/2003 08:39:02 PM · #42
DPChallenge voters are a strange lot and totally unpredictable. Take the challenge "Despair". The winning photograph shows true despair. Despair was the emotion of British people living in Coventry when it was destroyed by Nazi Germany. Despair was the emotion of German people living in Dresden when the allies destroyed it.
Despair is NOT some guy's girlfriend sitting in the window of an abandoned building. Good photograph, but certainly not a representation of despair.
 03/06/2003 08:50:19 PM · #43
John, maybe she has PMS, or something. Be more sensitive. ;) lol

Originally posted by JEM:
DPChallenge voters are a strange lot and totally unpredictable. Take the challenge "Despair". The winning photograph shows true despair. Despair was the emotion of British people living in Coventry when it was destroyed by Nazi Germany. Despair was the emotion of German people living in Dresden when the allies destroyed it.
Despair is NOT some guy's girlfriend sitting in the window of an abandoned building. Good photograph, but certainly not a representation of despair.

 03/06/2003 08:58:02 PM · #44
Despair works at different levels. To me , despair is measured somehow not only at an objective level of atrocity that could be measured on a scale but at a the level perceived by the desperate person, and percieved as well in term of what ther person is ready to give ( life ? something else ? ).
Despair is perceived from 'inside' not from an outside viewer looking at the scene.
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