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10/10/2005 11:41:12 AM · #1 |
I took some shots intended for the Celebration Challenge but didn't manage to submit it as I was so busy in school today (end of the quarter grades). Maybe my unconscious tells me that my work is not good enough. Here they are. Comments welcome.
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10/10/2005 12:17:41 PM · #2 |
Perhaps not as "crowd-appealing" as your trademark ribboning images, but certianly both excellent shots. My question is, do you only enter images you feel deep down will ribbon? Geeze, that never stopped me. I just have fun, post up the results, and play the "game". Even though the ONLY shots of mine that do well are scenics...
Robt.
Message edited by author 2005-10-10 12:44:30.
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10/10/2005 12:29:39 PM · #3 |
I'm only in it for the fun too. Maybe I'd see it differently if I were pulling in thousands of dollars a month through DPC.
I'll trade either of your images for mine, which is currently sub-fiving it. :-D
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10/10/2005 12:53:32 PM · #4 |
| Manny..... of course these pictures are great, but Robt. has a point - it's a given, everyone who enters these "contests" has 2nd guess thoughts of about how well their entry will score. I am surprised that your unconscious surfaced about this subject - the idea of even contemplating those unknowns is a waste of time and energy IMO, better spent on your pictures, or with your students - The numerous threads about "should I enter or not, because I don't think it will score high" are frankly not really worth this much effort, considering that variations on this thread come up again and again, and considering I could simply give you the information you need about your picture after it is entered. I don't enter every challenge either but when I do spend my precious time & effort to prepare for a challenge I submit it. I may not necessarily like it, or love it, but it is what I have. I also may suspect in my unconscious that my image is not good, great or a winning image, but it is the best that I have done and it is representative of what kind of photographer I really am given my limitations. |
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10/10/2005 01:33:45 PM · #5 |
Librodo, I cannot really warm to the first image. I think it is just a little too busy for my liking. (My eyes are just not sure what I should be focussing on. I do, however, love the 2nd one. What would you have titled it?
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10/11/2005 07:48:12 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
My question is, do you only enter images you feel deep down will ribbon?
Robt. |
If I take a picture intended for the challenge, I will post it no matter what. However, I held back on these images because one, I didn't take it purposely for the challenge (one is for the Digital Photography Club which I sponsor in school and the other one for a street photography project I am doing for another site) and two, I didn't really see a strong connection of these two shots for the Celebration challenge.
I do take a lot of pictures and I am posting them mostly at my pbase account (and also a lot in trekearth and treklens) so these pictures will definitely serve its purpose.
I just wanna have fun too.:) But being a Filipino, I kinda become too passionate about anything I put my heart and soul into, photography being one of them.
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10/11/2005 07:52:31 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by undieyatch:
I don't enter every challenge either but when I do spend my precious time & effort to prepare for a challenge I submit it. I may not necessarily like it, or love it, but it is what I have. I also may suspect in my unconscious that my image is not good, great or a winning image, but it is the best that I have done and it is representative of what kind of photographer I really am given my limitations. |
Well-said. I do that for pictures that fit the challenge very well. But I have to admit that sometimes a bad score (and I had a lot), dampen my spirit and sink my mood for the whole week. And I am suppose to have FUN. So I have learned my lessons.:)
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