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07/24/2005 09:21:34 PM · #1 |
I was just wondering what you all felt about these 2 pictures. The first one was entered in the Macro IV challenge in July 26, 2004. It received a 6.567 and was 12th/248. It was title "A Female Rubythroat Hummingbird"
This one was in the recent Independence challenge. I had meant to title it "Free As A Bird" but for some crazy breakdown in my brain neurons I title it "A Male Rubythroat Hummingbird". It received a 6.067 and was 24/138.
I personally like the "Male Hummingbird" picture better. I was wondering why you all think the score was lower. Was it the Title? I am not complaining. I am very happy with the result. Just interested from a learning perspective. |
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07/24/2005 09:24:53 PM · #2 |
| I didn't vote on the independence entries, but I guess it was probably seen as a stretch of the challenge topic. So maybe "Free As A Bird" would have been a better scoring title. |
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07/24/2005 09:28:12 PM · #3 |
| It's clearly the title. It doesn't quite fit the challenge when used with the original title. My two cents. |
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07/24/2005 09:29:09 PM · #4 |
I agree, it must have been because of the challenge fit. I think the quality of clarity of yours is very good.
I think, while titles are great, they shouldn't make or break the image. It should be all about the challenge criteria and the image.
Nice work and patience on that one.
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07/24/2005 09:29:47 PM · #5 |
Even if retitled, the image is less relevant to an "independence" challenge than the other was to a "macro" challenge, so the lower score makes sense to me. Also, I think the female version appealed to people for the extraordinary clarity of its frozen motion. The blurred wings in the male shot, while aesthetically interesting, don't answer to that need so many voters seem to have for "precision"...
R.
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07/24/2005 09:47:34 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
Even if retitled, the image is less relevant to an "independence" challenge than the other was to a "macro" challenge, so the lower score makes sense to me. Also, I think the female version appealed to people for the extraordinary clarity of its frozen motion. The blurred wings in the male shot, while aesthetically interesting, don't answer to that need so many voters seem to have for "precision"...
R. |
Thanks for the comments. What do you think about the backrounds? Which do you prefer? |
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