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03/06/2006 01:33:24 PM · #26 |
| Got it. Not out of the box. My socks stayed on. Maybe you're obsessing a little? Are the slums of 5+ so awful? ;-) What would you have scored it? |
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03/06/2006 01:36:04 PM · #27 |
I'm with you on this one Rikki. I get it, I like it, I voted highly :)
Topical, interesting, good colors, nice lines, nice composition,
Hmmmm, maybe you should have borrowed Lexi? ;P |
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03/06/2006 01:45:07 PM · #28 |
hey guys. as i started saying at the OP, the scores didn't really mean anything to me. i was just asking if people saw it during the challenge ;)
because here is what i found so far:
technically i think the image is decent. the jaggies are there but that's just due to compression most likely. the lighting is good and the focus is tack sharp.
higher score because people got it and found it clever
lower score because people felt there was no relevance to the challenge
my opinion: it probably takes less than 5 seconds for a voter to look and scan through an image. it almost seems as if an image needs to hit them on the head like a ton of bricks ;)
subtle nuances are not often taken well in challenges. however as i said, i didn't want the title to speak for the image ;) |
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03/06/2006 02:17:00 PM · #29 |
But Lexi does help.
Subtle nuance bad, Lexi good. |
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03/06/2006 02:27:02 PM · #30 |
I didn't do very well with the idea either -
Guess DPC just doesn't like plugs and sockets on a cyan background with smoke - now we know.
:-S
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03/06/2006 02:29:37 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by Rikki:
Originally posted by zeuszen:
I didn't vote on this image. If I had, I'd awarded it a 3.
The only interest it carries, IMHO, is topicality. I see no other reason for taken this shot. |
topicality. exactly because it was taken specifically for the challenge :) |
What I was trying to bring to your attention was the fact that voters may have all kinds of reasons for voting the way they do. The most obvious one, to me, was to simply enjoy the photo -or not. If it does nothing for them, the likelihood they vote low could be significant.
I would only be one of those voters who are still interested in some sort of an inspirational, emotional or aesthetic aspect of an image, even if it does meet the challenge in someone's view. |
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03/06/2006 02:47:46 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by Rikki:
I guess my image was way to out of the box for most. ...I wanted to see whether most voters would pick up the "subtle" difference in my image. I wanted to see whether the DPC voter pays close attention to the image itself. ... Well, I decided to enter eye candy, in a way, which clearly meets the challenge but might be too subtle for most. Technically I think it's a decent image and should stay above the 5s.
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Look at your voting distribution curve... It is perfectly normal with a slight overabundance in the 10s. This, I believe, unmistakenly proves that average voters "got it".
The blue background, arrangement of the cord and composition are fine in this image.
Your score was lower than you expected probably for a couple technical reasons:
1-The outlet is to much in shadow.
Perhaps some small side lighting directed at the outlet would make it more plainly visible and visually direct the viewer's attention to the "Odd Couple" nature of the image more clearly. Having an illuminated outlet with a silhouetted plug is a perfect lighting metaphor for this challenge that you could have used.
2-There is haloing and "jaggies" around plug and cord.
Those are the kiss of death for a digital image.
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03/06/2006 02:48:06 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by keegbow:
I don't think you could assume to much from the score regarding the "connection". IMHO it is an average image that scored an average score |
I hate to repeat myself :) |
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03/06/2006 02:48:52 PM · #34 |
Yes, I did see the connection and gave your picture a 6 since it was well done and met the challenge.
However, I wouldn't classify this picture as eye candy - it is pretty ordinary.
Sometimes, I'm amazed at the lengths to which people go to to analyze the voting on challenges. It is just for fun you know. I think that some people just take the whole thing way too seriously. |
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03/06/2006 02:49:08 PM · #35 |
This is an international site with more members outside of the US than in.
Since the photog didn't take this into account, people like me aren't familiar with the two-prong US plugs. The photo doesn't show the two prong socket holes, the mismatch wasn't visually apparent. So the image has no meaning to us. Just an example of "know your audience"
Brett |
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03/06/2006 02:59:22 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by KiwiPix:
Since the photog didn't take this into account, people like me aren't familiar with the two-prong US plugs. The photo doesn't show the two prong socket holes, the mismatch wasn't visually apparent. So the image has no meaning to us. Just an example of "know your audience" |
Agreed. This is what a plug *should* look like.... :p
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03/06/2006 03:04:02 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by Rikki:
hey guys. as i started saying at the OP, the scores didn't really mean anything to me. i was just asking if people saw it during the challenge ;)
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i'm with you keegbow :) |
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03/06/2006 04:12:32 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by Rikki:
i'm not bummed about it as i saw it as an experiment so all is well. |
Oh fess up! I bet a stack of dishes met their untimely demise when you saw the final results. ;) |
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03/06/2006 04:14:10 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by Rikki:
i'm not bummed about it as i saw it as an experiment so all is well. |
Oh fess up! I bet a stack of dishes met their untimely demise when you saw the final results. ;) |
doh! wait. last time i checked my dishes were paper and plastic so no worries about breaking any of them :P |
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03/06/2006 05:19:34 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by jhonan:
Originally posted by KiwiPix:
Since the photog didn't take this into account, people like me aren't familiar with the two-prong US plugs. The photo doesn't show the two prong socket holes, the mismatch wasn't visually apparent. So the image has no meaning to us. Just an example of "know your audience" |
Agreed. This is what a plug *should* look like.... :p
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Well we have both although our 3 prong plugs don't look like that. I thought Rikki's photo was more of a spoof on the problem that occurs overseas when Americans go there (or when foreigners come here). If any audience was targeted it was everybody who has experience traveling abroad.
Message edited by author 2006-03-06 17:20:17. |
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