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04/12/2005 01:51:37 AM · #51 |
| hi im new here.. how can i enter this challenge? |
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04/12/2005 02:12:25 AM · #52 |
The submission´s time finished last sunday at 0:00. You´re welcome.
Originally posted by Mike_R:
hi im new here.. how can i enter this challenge? |
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04/12/2005 02:29:20 AM · #53 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by keegbow:
Extreme Action in a photoghrapic sense should portray some sort of movement. |
Mine does, although I bet 98% of the voters will claim it's static. |
I agree that the best scores will portray movement. Some people here, though, equate movement to motion blur, which is incorrect. The challenge details state that the shot may be with or without motion blur.
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04/12/2005 03:15:02 AM · #54 |
Originally posted by RedOak:
My Goal to this site is to learn to better myself in photography. I don't care about Ribbons, but i believe the closer i get to a ribbon, the better i'm supposed to get. Although i have recently noticed that being in the top20 average is enought as there is too much subjectivity for the challenge's ratings to be efficient. Instead, i try asking some of the people i hold dear and respect in this comunity, asking for their advice and hard critics. That way i can be sure i'll get what i want.
Now concerning the 'Extreme Action' challenge, there was mention about not taking the litteral sens of the dictionary and thinking in a photographic aspect. Well this is exactly what came in my mind. Not saying i think about people having guns to their heads all the time; but i did think about all the horror that is so EXTREME in this world; thinking about a documentary i saw, filmed and featuring the world-reknowned Doctor Patch Adams, who went to Afghanistan during the war to recomfort helpless people. I saw Blood, Screams, Pain and American Soldiers killing innocents. I will not bring this conversation into a political debate by mentionning this, but one particuliar picture hit me pretty hard... one of a soldier in shades of beige, with all his might, pointing his gun to an innocent women. The picture doesn't show any action, it is very still, i don't even know if the soldier ever pulled the trigger. BUT I'LL BE DAMNED IF THIS IS NOT THE MOST EXTREME ACTION EVER TAKEN TO AND BY A HUMAN BEING. PERIOD.
I'd like for people to realise that photography is not only about fashion and landscapes and babies and cats and dogs. There's a reason for the Pulitzer price; why a lot of war photographers and journalists die, trying to bring pictures of the cruelties of the war. And some of those photographers are amongts the best in our world. I happen to be of those who'd like to do that, who believe pictures is one of the key to at least slow down war, horror and pain.
Now my picture, as i said, was just a test. I choose not to release it to the challenge because it wasn't worked on enought, the composition stops at the model (foreground) and the rest is just a living room. Also, its a test shot. But i felt the need to know what the audience saw in the pic. What i got is ZERO COMMENTS on the photography, and 100% incredulous comments about it being violent and 'too much'. I would certainly characterize that as EXTREME. I've taken an action and a choice to convay a strong emotion in this picture, and i've certainly succeeded. I also wanted to show that i can and try to think 'outside the box' by showing a different school of thinking. And so far, all i get as a message is, i should've went to my local arena and snaped a few pictures of someone snapping a puk in a goal.
But none the less, thank you all for your time and thoughts on the subject, i shall not display this kind of work here again.
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If anything, your shot wasn't extreme enough. All I saw was a guy pose with a gun to his head. Had the face communicated fear or distress then maybe it'd evoke more feeling. From a photography standpoint, it's emotionally lacking.
The difference with Pulitzer shots is that the emotion they portray is stark, raw, vivid, and real. It's the type of photography that tells a story. I don't think that's something that can be staged.
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04/12/2005 02:06:47 PM · #55 |
Originally posted by Sammie:
Do you realize how much children (even those who don't think they are children like 15 - 19 year olds) imitate things they see? |
It's an interresting point of view, and although part of me agrees, part of me also thinks of all the shots portraying extreme sports that kids may try to reproduce and hurt themselves at, yet no one talks about that.
I guess I'm doing the devil's advocate some :) |
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04/13/2005 07:19:23 PM · #56 |
Originally posted by Sammie:
Originally posted by robgo:
Are we in a puritanical PG-13 personal morality website or a website/community about the art and technique of photography? |
Do you realize how much children (even those who don't think they are children like 15 - 19 year olds) imitate things they see? |
Yeah, I know when I first saw it, I immediately thought "Hey, it'd be fun to go out and imitate the picture! That'd be prudent and smart! >:-(
Give us a break. We're not all idiots.
On a different note, this is how I'm faring:
Votes: 177
Views: 329
Avg Vote: XX.8983
Comments: 19
Favorites: 1
And, I've got a de-lux special addition Artyste comment. It was comment #4.
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04/13/2005 10:28:00 PM · #57 |
Originally posted by xtabintun:
On a different note, this is how I'm faring:
Votes: 177
Views: 329
Avg Vote: XX.8983
Comments: 19
Favorites: 1
And, I've got a de-lux special addition Artyste comment. It was comment #4. |
I didn't get an Artyste comment. :(
My guess is that your score is a X.8983. Maybe even a X.8983 with that many comments and a favorite. Good luck!
Votes: 184
Views: 296
Avg Vote: x.xxxx
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 04/13/05 10:15 pm
;~)
Message edited by author 2005-04-14 08:35:48. |
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04/14/2005 07:55:25 AM · #58 |
| I find it strange that there is no "What's your Action Score" interest? |
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04/14/2005 07:59:38 AM · #59 |
people are holding their cards close to their chest ..
nothing like a bit of surprise ... |
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04/14/2005 08:32:32 AM · #60 |
Mine looks a bit like xtabintun's score. Probably caused by the username.
Votes: xxx
Views: xxx
Avg Vote: x.xxxx
Comments: xx
Favorites: x
Wish Lists: x
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04/14/2005 09:09:16 AM · #61 |
Votes: 197
Views: 364
Avg Vote: 5.3096
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 04/14/05 09:05 am
Well... my score isn't suprising =) I submitted my "final" photo at 12:01am, so it wasn't accepted. Oh well. But this one is doing a little better than I thought. At least it's someone's favorite =) |
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04/14/2005 09:18:15 AM · #62 |
Originally posted by xion:
Mine looks a bit like xtabintun's score. Probably caused by the username.
Votes: xxx
Views: xxx
Avg Vote: x.xxxx
Comments: xx
Favorites: x
Wish Lists: x
Updated: xx/xx/xx xx:xx xx |
Votes: xxx
Views: xxx
Avg Vote: x.xxxx
Comments: xx
Favorites: x
Wish Lists: x
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mine too
we're tied !!
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04/14/2005 09:23:34 AM · #63 |
Ok, let's share it for real.
Votes: 199
Views: 420
Avg Vote: 6.8442
Comments: 19
Favorites: 3
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 04/14/05 09:22 am |
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04/14/2005 09:23:44 AM · #64 |
| Its currently my highest rated photo, and I'm hoping for a top ten finish. At this point it will compensate for my crappy Accidental Letter entry. |
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04/14/2005 09:28:58 AM · #65 |
Mine's back down to 5.79. It climbs to almost 6 and then drops again.
6.8 sounds pretty good, xion. good luck.
Message edited by author 2005-04-14 09:32:23. |
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04/14/2005 11:52:40 AM · #66 |
Votes: 201
Views: 375
Avg Vote: X.9701
Comments: 21
Favorites: 1
Just to not conform :D
Message edited by author 2005-04-14 12:17:30. |
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04/14/2005 01:59:41 PM · #67 |
| I just hope my score stops fluctuating and stays around where it is... I need it to bump my ducky photo from my highest rating section of my profile. =) |
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04/14/2005 02:05:05 PM · #68 |
| I give all of you credit just for entering, I wasn't able to find anything to enter. It's hard to find extreme action! I have learned that what you like in a shot is important even if others don't have the same vision...I even like the more bizarre shots of extreme action , they are creative. |
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04/15/2005 09:59:15 AM · #69 |
Votes: 218
Views: 452
nearly 4x views as total entries ...
possibly a silly question but
i presume the #of votes stays contstant if someone changes thier vote - or is that part of the adjustment at the end of voting ?
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04/17/2005 10:18:44 AM · #70 |
Originally posted by ralphnev:
Votes: 218
Views: 452
nearly 4x views as total entries ...
possibly a silly question but
i presume the #of votes stays contstant if someone changes thier vote - or is that part of the adjustment at the end of voting ? |
During the voting, the number of votes stays the same if the voter changes their vote and just the score is adjusted.
I'm up a little on score but more importantly it was picked as a favorite! :D |
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