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Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR

01/05/2006 11:49:06 AM · #26

Originally posted by hannafate:

...maybe for some people city life is effing DEPRESSING...

I know that's true for a lot of rural folks!

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

01/05/2006 11:57:48 AM · #27

As a voter, using my vote, to vote my opinion, should I care about what the challenge means to somone else?

I don't think so.

:-P

edmeng

Apple iPhone 13 Pro

01/05/2006 12:09:46 PM · #28

Originally posted by hannafate:

I just get so frustrated with bare comments about something not meeting the challenge, when I think it does.

I know exactly what you feel; I think we all have been there.

01/05/2006 12:11:21 PM · #29

Originally posted by Megatherian:

Originally posted by pawdrix:
...and for the record I don't give a damn about the DNMC's...

Originally posted by pawdrix:
And for the record I haven't commented and will not give any DNMC's

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding but these lines make it sound like you don't care if and entry does not meet the challenge. If it doesn't matter if an entry meet the challenge then we are just left with Free Study.
I'm not trying to single you out, a lot of people have this attitude, just trying to clarify.

I am a big stickler for meeting the Challenge and I just counted what I believe to be 8 weak entries including a few DNMC's, in my opinion, on the first page alone. That's just my opinion, of course.

I just don't like getting or giving those DNMC comments though occasionally, rarely I do hand out similar staements in the form of a question to the photographer. Seems more diplomatic.

I myself have recieved two loosely stated DNMC's ("...but not city life") and another that I can't quote. I've also recieved 5 comments saying "perfect for the Challenge" of the 14 comments I have....so that's what I meant by "I don't give a damn". I don't care because I happen to think...know they are wrong. I thought it was funny that I got two of those comments myself...which I never get and even funnier that I think there are so many weak or DNMC's in the Challenge itself. Normally I would be stunned but by the look of the entries in this one...it somehow makes sense that this would occur.

In general, I think this Challenge is a mess and that's not a complaint btw...I'm shrugging it off but I thought it would be so easy and so straightforward...that's what's confusing.

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01/05/2006 12:24:59 PM · #30

Originally posted by pawdrix:

I don't care because I happen to think...know they are wrong.

My vote is never wrong. My vote reflects my opinion. My opinion may be different, but it's mine. Hence, my vote is never wrong.

01/05/2006 12:30:07 PM · #31

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

Originally posted by pawdrix:
I don't care because I happen to think...know they are wrong.

My vote is never wrong. My vote reflects my opinion. My opinion may be different, but it's mine. Hence, my vote is never wrong.

Slip...no argument from me...these are just opinions.

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

01/05/2006 12:46:17 PM · #32

Originally posted by pawdrix:

Slip...no argument from me...

Perhaps a thumbwrestling match, then? Rock Paper Scissors?
:-D

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

01/05/2006 01:09:10 PM · #33

Originally posted by hannafate:

[rant mode]...Comments on the quality of the photo would be helpful. Not comments on my interpretation of the challenge.

rrr.[/rant mode]

Out of the box interpretations of the challenge theme, like yours (bear in mind I can see which photo is yours) will inevitably draw some number of DNMC comments. It's the way it is. When you have 300+ different folks voting, you will have 300 different opinions of what meets the challenge, some very narrow, some very broad and many in between.
Take it as an indicator, if you get a LOT of these, that you MIGHT have done a better job of linking to the challenge theme. I've been guilty of this in the past, and have always had a forehead-slapping "DOH!" moment as a result.
Don't obsess about comments, take them for what they are worth, and try to disconnect your emotional attachment to your shot and really hear what the commentors are saying. You really do learn more from mistakes than from successes.

_eug

Nikon D50

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/05/2006 01:13:06 PM · #34

Originally posted by Rae-Ann:

If you asked me for a white chocolate truffle cake, and I gave you one that had Chipotle chili pepper chocolate truffle filling, you would not be happy ( well you might, it is awesome haha)

Oh, she had to pull out the pastry chef hat and torment us with yummy desserts. Can I have both even though I only asked for the white chocolate truffle cake.

I think I'll like the other one, but I'm only giving you a 3 for it. ;)

talmy

Nikon D300s

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 16-85 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR

01/05/2006 01:15:20 PM · #35

Regarding suburban and rural photos in this challenge. There is no requirement that one enters a challenge, so if you are not near a city, just enter the Shapes challenge.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/05/2006 01:43:47 PM · #36

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

Originally posted by pawdrix:
Slip...no argument from me...

Perhaps a thumbwrestling match, then? Rock Paper Scissors?
:-D

Rock, Paper...Fish Head?

_eug

Nikon D50

01/05/2006 01:51:58 PM · #37

You mean Dogfish Head beer?

01/05/2006 01:54:36 PM · #38

HBunch

HP PhotoSmart 315

01/05/2006 01:57:23 PM · #39

hannafate. You are quite upset about the fact that you received DNMC comments and in fact called people 'snobs' due to their opinions of your photo. However, I notice that you yourself like to leave such 'dnmc' comments. One (and I quote) even says "Lame interpretation of the challenge". Obviously different people think different ways. That's just fine. You left a comment on a photo of a lake in the collections challenge that stated that it did not meet the challenge. Maybe, just maybe, this is part of their photo collection, or maybe they collect palm tree leaves, or coconuts, or maybe they are a scientist and collect water samples. Fact is, you don't know.
Fact is, what seems like city life to YOU just might not seem like city life to ME. For you to jump in here and call people snobs for leaving DNMC comments, when you yourself leave them, is not right in my opinion.

On a side note...did you all see Setzler's "Hypocrite" thread? Some good readin there.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

01/05/2006 02:00:28 PM · #40

Originally posted by pawdrix:

Hehe, my second-lowest scoring entry ever, yet it's still one of my favourites, and fits the City Life challenge better than some of the actual entries. :-D

Nitin

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

01/05/2006 02:01:59 PM · #41

01/05/2006 02:04:06 PM · #42

HBunch, you're like an election campaign Columbo!
:-)

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

01/05/2006 02:11:51 PM · #43

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

Originally posted by pawdrix:

Hehe, my second-lowest scoring entry ever, yet it's still one of my favourites, and fits the City Life challenge better than some of the actual entries. :-D

That fish head might even ribbon in City Life, if only it were sitting on top of a pile of carpet samples...on a country road.

Message edited by author 2006-01-05 16:45:42.

shamrock

Nikon D300

01/05/2006 04:43:25 PM · #44

Originally posted by Nitin:

Care to share, Nitin? ;P

riot

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

Helios 40-1 85mm f/1.5

01/05/2006 06:26:04 PM · #45

Hey just be thankful your shapes entry didn't get a comment saying it would fit better in city life, even though it has nothing to do with a city and has no visible life in it...

mpeters