Late Night - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/04/2005 03:26:11 PM · #33

For my late night entry, I spent a good time trying to think if I had tilt in my photo or it was a perspective....I wanted to correct the perspective, but its not allowed in basic, so I ended up rotating

phreakon

Olympus C-740UZ

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

05/04/2005 03:36:10 PM · #34

Originally posted by theSaj:

Best comments ever! These occurred right next to each other and are proof "beauty is in the eye of the scorer"

Commenter A) Yeah so. Not very interesting, now is it...? [No Camera -- Vote Only]

Commenter B) very interesting [Camera]

*lol*

Nice to know my photo is both very interesting and not very interesting.

If you cut and pasted directly, then commentor A also hit my photo with, "How many of shots are there of this. Not too original is it...?"

Apparently, climbing wall over a busy street on a bridge and then trekking through lots of broken glass and exposed (possibly) live wires, while in a prohibited area does nothing more than get me a, "not too original" shot. Man, so much for going the extra mile on that one, huh?

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

05/04/2005 03:46:55 PM · #35

Were we supposed to make sure our image had "wow" factor?
I didn't see that in the challenge description, but a commenter made it known that it was missing.
The other 10 commenters & 2 favs so far didn't mention it.

gaurawa

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/04/2005 04:28:44 PM · #36

Originally posted by BradP:

Were we supposed to make sure our image had "wow" factor?

yes Brad, you should or else please don't submit :p

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

05/04/2005 04:37:39 PM · #37

Of all people, you should know better...one must read between the lines in the challenge description...sheesh! ;^)

Originally posted by BradP:

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

05/04/2005 04:40:44 PM · #38

I guess I should have read between the lines.
Maybe I wouldn't sitting at a 6.5 right now.
:(

buzzmom

Panasonic DMC-FZ20

05/04/2005 04:46:21 PM · #39

i counted i believe 13 that obviously were not taken outside according to the challenge...wow there goes my average vote cast {flush}
now im trying to go back and comment and im afraid im going to cause strikeslip to explode!!!

Message edited by author 2005-05-04 17:02:15.

We1mx3

Minolta DiMAGE A2

05/04/2005 05:18:09 PM · #40

People can be brutal...and it's nothing even about the quality of the shot it's self...

Can you remove your current challenge from the homepage?

05/04/2005 05:19:35 PM · #41

Ummm - 6.5? Don't worry about those lines Brad. ;^)

Originally posted by BradP:

I guess I should have read between the lines.
Maybe I wouldn't sitting at a 6.5 right now.
:(

gloda

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

05/04/2005 05:37:14 PM · #42

Originally posted by BradP:

I guess I should have read between the lines.
Maybe I wouldn't sitting at a 6.5 right now.
:(

I wouldn't call that sitting. But, yeah, it depends on your point of view. I'm at 6,4 now and it's probably gonna be my third highest entry!

RonBeam

Minolta DiMAGE 7

05/04/2005 07:09:56 PM · #43

Originally posted by PhantomEWO:

Hi ya'll,
Love some of the comments on late night. Even the one that says "looks more like dinner time to me". WOW in some places, especially tourist areas people eat way into the early morning. I guess 10:07 pm was not late enough. snip I'll try realy hard if we get a chance again to take the pic at 1159 pm.;)
If we get a challenge of "Early Morning" I'll be certain to get that picture taken at 0001 am because 6 or 6 am is too late I'm sure.
Just having fun, no offense to anyone, love the comments!

That was my comment, Sir. I understand that people can dine at all hours. Though I usually eat supper prior to 9 PM, I have dined out into the wee hours, as probably everyone has at some time. For that matter, people can go bicycling at all hours. But would a shot of people on bikes (even in the dark) suggest Late Night to the majority of viewers? I actually rated your shot well, but was trying to inform you that a nearly filled dining area will not, to the majority of people, suggest a late night activity.

I am sure you took my comment constructively, as your email to me indicated; but not every comment should be overlooked just because it is not applause.

boomer

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

05/04/2005 07:10:54 PM · #44

I haven't read this whole thread (I'm actually running late for the airport) but here's what's frustrating to me. I have a darn good entry that was taken OUTDOORS at NIGHT. However, there's no sky showing, and I suppose it IS possible that the subject could have been taken indoors (although not bloodly likely!). Can't say much more without giving away my imnage, but i'm getting comments like 'GREAT photo, but since I can't be sure you weren't outside and it was night, I'm giving it a 5."

C'mon people, where's the benefit of the doubt? Doesn't the fact that the whole scene is lit by artificial lights help?

If I had widened the shot to include some night sky, the shot would have been half as good.

Oh well, I've vented! lol

Matthew

Peleng 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye MC In M42 Mount

05/04/2005 07:24:45 PM · #45

I am not so sure: I see an awful lot of 3s and 4s - over half the challenge on my first round of voting allocation. There are only a handful that I think are great.

I was not going to submit in this challenge, as I took a reasonably half hearted photo with minimal effort (unlike the previous couple of challenges) but am scoring reasonably well with it (6.4) - so quite glad I did. I think that is largely down to there being relatively few shots that manage to capture a late night feel and remain interesting (taking a subject that might be interesting by day, and taking a photo with flash, does not make it a "late night" photo in my book!).

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

05/04/2005 07:37:35 PM · #46

Uh-oh, do you mean that there is discontent about the meaning/description/definition of THIS challenge?

It was pretty simple: Take a photograph outside late at night.

There's really only two parameters.
1) Outside
2) Late at night

If someone uses flash, or "paints" a picture using a flashlight, uses available light (streetlamp, etc...), or takes a time delay (bulb) photo - these are irrelevant to meeting the challenge, they are all valid methods available to the photographer.

Originally posted by legalbeagle:

...(taking a subject that might be interesting by day, and taking a photo with flash, does not make it a "late night" photo in my book!).

papa

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

05/04/2005 07:41:55 PM · #47

Well yea, it can meet all the rules to a tee, but still suck.

I look at whether or not it captivates me first...then look to see if it fits the challege. I don't personally score lower for stepping outside the box...but it's gotta work either way.

Strikeslip

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

05/04/2005 07:45:22 PM · #48

Originally posted by Barry:

Barry, you've earned a spot in the 'enemies' column of the big chart on my wall! The only way you can make it up to me is to go back to every single photo you made a tripod comment on and replace that comment with "I love Slippy!" Now, get to work!

Originally posted by buzzmom:

....snip... now im trying to go back and comment and im afraid im going to cause strikeslip to explode!!!

Buzzmom, somehow that sounds erotic coming from you...
;-)

05/04/2005 08:15:34 PM · #49

My point is that there are only really two rules...

Otherwise, I agree with you completely! The photo must be worth looking at (i.e. composition, focus, etc...).

Originally posted by papa:

Matthew