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 09/21/2005 11:28:19 AM · #26
bubble
would this have done well
 09/21/2005 11:31:13 AM · #27
Bubbles also look quite different depending on the angle from which you look at them (except bubbles that are a perfect globe). For example, if you have bubbles on a surface, let's say a mirror or water, and you look at them straight from the top, they look more like a flat disk than a dome. Oh well.
 09/21/2005 11:33:34 AM · #28
Did some statistic... There are bubbles AT LEAST 83% of the pics.
 09/21/2005 11:49:42 AM · #29
Iv read some of the stuff here..

So what?!?!?! so what if not all the pictures have bubles as you thought about bubles.. let the people be free and dont be stuck with th challenge topic so much.. yes it is important.. but be creative and try to think what the person was trying to achive even though its a water drop or something else.. take more care for the photo itself...

thats all about creativity...

p.s..
i didnt send photo to this challenge...

p.s.2
try to make yourself some rule points what is a high score photo:

contrast
color balanced
composition
focus
bkg/bohk/
prespective
did i say :WOW!!!
topic
 09/21/2005 11:50:00 AM · #30
FOR ALL THOSE IN DOUBT: I dont know why this is even an issue but if you dont know the difference between a bubble and a water droplet or a bubble inside a water droplet than dont vote..its not hard for me too understand the difference or to be able to make a decision in voting, but it seems there are people who are unsure. So i guess the best thing would be to not vote on any if you dont understand, than everyone wins.
 09/21/2005 11:56:37 AM · #31
Originally posted by sfalice:
...In the long run, it seems to me that since photography is, to a certain extent, a medium of illusion, if the image gives the appearance of a bubble it might well be considered one.


My point exactly!
 09/21/2005 12:18:35 PM · #32
;^)
 09/21/2005 09:39:52 PM · #33
Originally posted by jellyoooo:
Iv read some of the stuff here..

So what?!?!?! so what if not all the pictures have bubles as you thought about bubles.. let the people be free and dont be stuck with th challenge topic so much.. yes it is important.. but be creative and try to think what the person was trying to achive even though its a water drop or something else.. take more care for the photo itself...

thats all about creativity...

p.s..
i didnt send photo to this challenge...

p.s.2
try to make yourself some rule points what is a high score photo:

contrast
color balanced
composition
focus
bkg/bohk/
prespective
did i say :WOW!!!
topic


Imagine - if entries were truly appreciated for their creativity and judge based on photographic elements not wether or not the challenge has been met. Obiviously if the picture has been entered into a challenge the photographer must have thought that somehow it met the challenge.
 09/21/2005 09:50:01 PM · #34
Ah but I think meeting the challenge is really important. Because in trying to meet the challenge well I'm sometimes forced to look at things in different ways.

If I could just be lax about the challenge i could just go shoot the kind of picture I'm already good at and shoehorn it in. And it's not fair to the people who work really hard to meet the challenge well to get beat out by a prettier picture that didn't really meet the challenge.

It's like saying we're going to have a writing contest about true historical events. People go out and do all this really hard research which takes up a lot of time. Then someone wins with a piece of fiction about a fake historical event. Since they didn't have to do all the research they were able to concentrate more on their writing and that's not fair to the other writer's who really tried to stick to the spirit of the contest.

Message edited by author 2005-09-21 21:50:32.
 09/21/2005 10:07:33 PM · #35
My entry meets the challenge - however, because it is beyond a basic bubble, I am receiving comments telling me that it does not meet the challenge. But, in fact, if people were able to open their minds and look a little harder to know how it fits the challenge then the photographic elements would be appreciated and the photo better perceived as meeting the challenge. Kinda like a vicious little circle. So all I am saying is that instead of jumping to the conclusion that the photo doesn't meet the challenge - people should look at all parts of an entry to understand why it may have been submitted into a particular challenge. Ironically, more often than not we are told in the challenges to be creative!!!
 09/21/2005 10:09:46 PM · #36
Originally posted by ttreit:
Ah but I think meeting the challenge is really important. Because in trying to meet the challenge well I'm sometimes forced to look at things in different ways.

If I could just be lax about the challenge i could just go shoot the kind of picture I'm already good at and shoehorn it in. And it's not fair to the people who work really hard to meet the challenge well to get beat out by a prettier picture that didn't really meet the challenge.

It's like saying we're going to have a writing contest about true historical events. People go out and do all this really hard research which takes up a lot of time. Then someone wins with a piece of fiction about a fake historical event. Since they didn't have to do all the research they were able to concentrate more on their writing and that's not fair to the other writer's who really tried to stick to the spirit of the contest.


Well put ttreit!

That is what this site is all about: challenges. That is why there are time boundries and editing boundries. That's what makes it a CHALLENGE.

Now while I do agree it is good to "think out of the box", don't expect everyone to "get it". I am not a black and white person. I believe in creativity and "out of the box" thinking but if the challenge is titled BUBBLES, shouldn't there BE bubbles in the photo, somewhere?

So, if you just want to show off your photos and don't give a crap ab0out the spirit of the challenge or it's boundaries, go somewhere else!
:-p
Whew, my rant is over!
09/21/2005 10:47:22 PM · #37
I am really really bummin'!
Votes: 125
Views: 198
Avg Vote: 4.9840
Comments: 1

I really put a lot of effort into this picture and feel its a bit better than suds on beer..but oh well i like it... It also feels that because there is two open challenges less votes are being given out. So we might be having more options challengewise but were getting stiffed out of our votes (and comments).


09/21/2005 10:59:38 PM · #38
Hmm.. I didn't think of the possibility that people might think mine is water droplets instead of bubbles.

I think it wouldn't be too much of a harship to take a second close look if you think an image might be water droplets instead of bubbles, you might be wrong with your first impression.

That said, I can see someone considering a perfectly round drop of water as a bubble, as there are definitions that include:

a globule in a transparent solid.

something (as a plastic or inflatable structure) that is hemispherical or semicylindrical.

something that lacks firmness, solidity, or reality.

I think any of those three could describe a drop of water, I suppose the context of the photo would be key to deliver the right kind of impact.

I try to keep my mind open on the different types of bubbles you could show.. my one guideline for meeting the challenge though is the challenge topic should be visible or strongly inferred, by the image. I shouldn't have to rely on the title to understand the connection to the challenge.

This goes for all challenges, with bubble I'd better see a bubble, whatever definition of bubble you chose to portray.
 09/21/2005 11:39:10 PM · #39
Well people can vote and comment in both. And if someone chooses to focus on one they can spend more time on each photo.

Originally posted by behindthescenes:
It also feels that because there is two open challenges less votes are being given out. So we might be having more options challengewise but were getting stiffed out of our votes (and comments).

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