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07/18/2005 12:15:13 AM · #1 |
Can we ban for all time the following subjects in photographs:
1) DUCKS (even the yellow ones with or without green grapes)
2) woodys of all form or nature
3) pictures of kids with food smeared accross their all too cute mugs
just a rant - forgive me |
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07/18/2005 12:17:57 AM · #2 |
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07/18/2005 12:18:42 AM · #3 |
and flowers
please flowers
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07/18/2005 12:19:32 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by nomad469:
Can we ban for all time the following subjects in photographs:
1) DUCKS (even the yellow ones with or without green grapes)
2) woodys of all form or nature
3) pictures of kids with food smeared accross their all too cute mugs
just a rant - forgive me |
It's unforgiveable.
Can we ban comments like this one? They come up almost as often as the photos in question.
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07/18/2005 12:20:01 AM · #5 |
| And the same photo of the Oregon Coastline?? |
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07/18/2005 12:21:35 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Can we ban comments like this one? They come up almost as often as the photos in question. |
Or How is your (fill in the blank) entry doing threads... |
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07/18/2005 12:22:11 AM · #7 |
I say just ban DPC.. it's obviously at fault here.
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07/18/2005 12:24:09 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by Artyste:
I say just ban DPC.. it's obviously at fault here. |
Just don't get rid of Fanatics or else I will go insane...completely. ;)
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07/18/2005 12:24:30 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by Artyste:
I say just ban DPC.. it's obviously at fault here. |
yeah !!!
LOL
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07/18/2005 12:24:45 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by laurielblack:
Originally posted by Artyste:
I say just ban DPC.. it's obviously at fault here. |
Just don't get rid of Fanatics or else I will go insane...completely. ;) |
Oh, no.. I wasn't including Fanatics.. dang.. I'd be lost.
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07/18/2005 12:28:14 AM · #11 |
| And the number 17. Hmmmmmm, I'm finding it just isn't doing for me anymore! |
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07/18/2005 12:28:30 AM · #12 |
Let's just put in some sophisticated image correlation software (the CIA has some good stuff) that will automatically weed out and remove from the challenge any image that has more than, say, 7 points of correlation with a previous entry. That ought to thin down the voting load...
Sheesh...
Robt.
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07/18/2005 12:30:28 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by Ivo:
And the number 17. Hmmmmmm, I'm finding it just isn't doing for me anymore! |
ah ... okay... 17 mmmmm ... okay I am not too sure but I think that we neeed 17... but um letme check k
Message edited by author 2005-07-18 00:30:47. |
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07/18/2005 12:50:11 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by nomad469:
Can we ban for all time the following subjects in photographs |
Probably not a good idea. There are some subjects that don't move me at all... such as, for example, kids on bicycles (or skateboards, etc.) in mid-air, that kind of thing. Just does absolutely nothing for me, no matter how well done. So when I come across this subject matter in a photo here, I just skip voting on it, because I know I probably can't be objective.
By the way, what is Fanatics? :) |
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07/18/2005 12:54:50 AM · #15 |
To deny a future member the opportunity to photograph a subject you were allowed to seems pretty selfish.
Prejudice in any form is pretty ugly. |
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07/18/2005 01:01:58 AM · #16 |
We ban photos that might offend some viewers. Why not ban photos that might bore some viewers i.e.
Photos that include toddlers, clouds, sunsets, moving vehicles, flowers, the color green, legs but no feet, toast, shiny droplets of water, goblets, flags, sad people, and things beginning with the letter M?
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07/18/2005 01:03:43 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by nomad469:
Can we ban for all time the following subjects in photographs:
1) DUCKS (even the yellow ones with or without green grapes)
2) woodys of all form or nature
3) pictures of kids with food smeared accross their all too cute mugs
just a rant - forgive me |
Well, I was going to submit this for something like "Leading Lines" but if your ban is enacted, would you mind modeling for me instead? LOL
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07/18/2005 01:18:45 AM · #18 |
Originally posted by srbrubaker:
We ban photos that might offend some viewers. |
Those have always been denied. If you got to win a ribbon with a (porno-type) nude photo, and the next day you proposed banning nude photos I'd consider it the same type of selfishness.
To say you are "bored" is to admit to your own failure to be able to look at a photo and evaluate it on its merits. Why should the photographer be penalized or restricted because of your lack of objectivity? If you are prejudiced against certain subjects, just skip them and go on to something else.
I find your desire to impose your aesthetics and values on others by censoring their desired method of artistic expression to be not only personally selfish, but to be one expression of what I consider an extremely unhealthy political outlook.
Message edited by author 2005-07-18 01:19:12. |
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07/18/2005 01:20:38 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by srbrubaker:
...and things beginning with the letter M? |
HEY NOW!! |
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07/18/2005 01:23:27 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by nomad469:
Can we ban for all time the following subjects in photographs:
1) DUCKS (even the yellow ones with or without green grapes)
2) woodys of all form or nature
3) pictures of kids with food smeared accross their all too cute mugs
just a rant - forgive me |
Personally, I kinda thought he was joking. After all, his portfolio contains photos of dogs, birds, and lizards. Not exactly the most uncommon of subjects... |
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07/18/2005 01:28:40 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by srbrubaker:
We ban photos that might offend some viewers. |
I find your desire to impose your aesthetics and values on others by censoring their desired method of artistic expression to be not only personally selfish, but to be one expression of what I consider an extremely unhealthy political outlook. |
Precisely.
(Where are those "this is an ronic statement" emoticons when you need them?)
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07/18/2005 01:36:31 AM · #22 |
I don't know why some people feel that some subjects should be banned or voted low because they are tired of seeing them. Yes I understand that I could become bland and mundane but you have to judge the photograph with a non-bias approach. As long as the picture does not violate the site rules I see no reason for banning a picture.
With that said, it is and always will be human nature to vote something up or down because of the subject. That's why when I vote the most the subject can take away or add to the score is -0.5 or +0.5. Then I go about judging the photograph on meeting the challenge, technical aspect, composition, and creativity. |
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07/18/2005 01:42:08 AM · #23 |
Originally posted by aboutimage:
Originally posted by nomad469:
Can we ban for all time the following subjects in photographs:
1) DUCKS (even the yellow ones with or without green grapes)
2) woodys of all form or nature
3) pictures of kids with food smeared accross their all too cute mugs
just a rant - forgive me |
Personally, I kinda thought he was joking. |
As a joke, it's the equivalent of yelling "Fire!" in a theater, and is to be most strongly discouraged for the same reasons. To post an insincere but controverial opinion is the definition of forum-trolling.
I propose we suspend all members with numbers in their usernames--we're PEOPLE, not numbers. : ) |
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07/18/2005 01:48:42 AM · #24 |
Originally posted by mk:
Originally posted by srbrubaker:
...and things beginning with the letter M? |
HEY NOW!! |
Don't worry hon, I'll start up a posse and and circle the wagon's around your home before I'll allow ya ta be banned... (cachunk of a shotgun since I ain't got no sound effects department) |
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07/18/2005 02:13:59 AM · #25 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
As a joke, it's the equivalent of yelling "Fire!" in a theater... |
You got that right! I ran screaming out of the house and into the back yard and rolled back and forth on the ground when I read that post. LOL
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