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06/01/2005 05:16:45 PM · #1 |
What do I need to do to get a decent challenge result?
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06/01/2005 05:17:34 PM · #2 |
There was a thread on this who has it in there watched section
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06/01/2005 05:17:48 PM · #3 |
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06/01/2005 05:19:18 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by xion:
A decent image. |
lol
That was funnieee.
It's not always easy but just keep trying.
Don't let them get you down. Keep plugging along. |
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06/01/2005 05:56:43 PM · #5 |
| To get a decent placement, check out my entries and do the opposite. :-) |
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06/01/2005 06:06:19 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by benhur:
What do I need to do to get a decent challenge result? |
Photograph a bird of prey head-on with a sharp lens. Failing that, photograph a sunset with a sharp lens. Failing that, photograph a (whatever) with a sharp lens.
No soft lenses need apply.
R.
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06/01/2005 06:16:18 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by benhur:
What do I need to do to get a decent challenge result? |
I quickly looked at your challenge entries.. just a few things to try
- Use the 640 pixels you are allowed to
- Try cleaner background, dpc voters don't like yellowish background, it should be white. Play with levels/curves for that
- use Unsharp mask ( or similar sharpening tools) after you have resized your images for submission
When I started submitting here, I had no clue about post-processing and my first few submission were not sharpened or color-corrected and they scored really low :( |
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06/01/2005 06:39:25 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by justine:
It's not always easy but just keep trying.
Don't let them get you down. Keep plugging along. |
It also depends on what you consider decent
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06/01/2005 06:52:28 PM · #9 |
"I took a photo....it needed composition
I composed a photo....it needed better lighting
I added lighting....it needed technique
I added technique....it needed sharpness
I added sharpness....it needed "wow"
I added "wow".....it landed a ribbon
dame it I dont have one....well I guess I need to add some more."
by Hiral Patel
I've been trying this but after bombing the last two challenges I think I need to go back to basics and not try various dumb ideas.
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06/01/2005 06:52:29 PM · #10 |
| I think the best way is to challenge yourself and compare results with images that inspire you. If you can produce images that you think have achieved what you want or close to it, you'd score & place high. |
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06/01/2005 07:09:03 PM · #11 |
You will find a style and subject matter that suits you and your audience. But browsing through your portfolio I belive you haven't found that yet. Your pictures are a little dull, not the subject matter in particular, but the composition, coloring, size and clarity. I would suggest this: Pick 5 photographers here who produce work you admire. Then for the next challenge, capture an image and post-process according to one of their styles to the best of your ability. This includes levels, curves, contrast, sat, desat, b/w, unsharp mask.
After you emulate, you actually begin to discover what you find interesting, successful and what doesn't work. And before you know it a style and source emerges. It takes time to post-process, but go overboard and then learn restrain. Most of all, force yourself to keep shooting.
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06/01/2005 07:43:53 PM · #12 |
Here it is - courtesy of scalvert...
Win a Ribbon! (long post)
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06/01/2005 09:32:56 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
Originally posted by benhur:
What do I need to do to get a decent challenge result? |
Photograph a bird of prey head-on with a sharp lens. Failing that, photograph a sunset with a sharp lens. Failing that, photograph a (whatever) with a sharp lens.
No soft lenses need apply.
R. |
LOL Robert ...
I look at your stuff all the time. I think you are great. I got a chuckle over the "what's wrong with my lighting pic?" I thought the duckie was great! What irritates me the most are people that leave comments that don't give any kind of "suggestion" at all. On my Decisions photo, I've got 2 comments, and not one of them tells me what to fix, just that they don't like it, or just say, "I'm giving you blah". I started just taking pictures of whatever I feel like and then asking for comments in the individual photo forum. I feel like I get more feedback that way.
So Robt ... can you look at my portfolio and tell me what you would suggest I work on? :) I appreciate your comments, just from what I've been reading about you! (I promise, I'm not a stalker! lol)
Tara |
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06/01/2005 09:33:55 PM · #14 |
take pictures at night and use flashlights for lighting, be creative
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06/01/2005 10:02:53 PM · #15 |
Well I have done my own little experiments and I am convinced this site is dedicated to 'what you know about photoshop' and nothing else. If you can accept that, submit your out of camera photos and slide the scale accordingly. If you can't accept that, then photoshop the hell out of your photos, add a title to describe what your photo doesn't show, and you are sure to get better scores since it is obvious that whatever the challenge states is not relevant.
Message edited by author 2005-06-03 09:30:36.
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06/06/2005 05:20:32 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by Alienyst:
Well I have done my own little experiments and I am convinced this site is dedicated to 'what you know about photoshop' and nothing else. If you can accept that, submit your out of camera photos and slide the scale accordingly. If you can't accept that, then photoshop the hell out of your photos, add a title to describe what your photo doesn't show, and you are sure to get better scores since it is obvious that whatever the challenge states is not relevant. |
I have to disagree with you Alienyst, I for one don't have the formula for ribbon restults although in one week I have one 2 of them. My photos are only slightly touched and my blue ribbon winner only sharpened and cropped and I use Paint Shop Pro 7 ;)
My advice is to do several settings of each photography session if you're doing a setup and check each result and have a go at it again until you're happy. On photos like the one I entered into the "Beauty" challenge, take photos at several different angles, several different settings, different times of day. The effort I put in seems to have given me good results.
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06/06/2005 05:39:22 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by Alienyst:
Well I have done my own little experiments and I am convinced this site is dedicated to 'what you know about photoshop' and nothing else. If you can accept that, submit your out of camera photos and slide the scale accordingly. If you can't accept that, then photoshop the hell out of your photos, add a title to describe what your photo doesn't show, and you are sure to get better scores since it is obvious that whatever the challenge states is not relevant. |
I think that you need a basic understanding of photoshop in order to do well: the limitations of the site require you to resize your image, which means that you have to make that transition with care. The limitations of digital cameras often require that the photo is balanced for display on a monitor, rather than in print (for which many digital cameras are set up). So you may have to play a little with the colour and contrast controls. Plus D-SLRs are balanced towards undersaturation and softness, as their images are intended for post-processing.
So yes: you need to understand the basics of PS to present a picture on this website and have it looking its best. But good presentation has always been a requirement in good photography. The only thing that has changed is the process required in order to display your image: rather than learning how to print, then frame and matte a photo, you must learn how to digitally process the image. I don't see a problem.
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06/06/2005 05:46:47 AM · #18 |
| Voters love your pic... lots of things to do that! |
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