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04/12/2006 05:56:10 AM · #26 |
First entry in a challenge;
Votes: 17
Views: 17
Avg Vote: 5.0000
Comments: 0
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 04/12/06 05:10 am
See how it goes, i know it's not brilliant but it would be nice to get an average score i guess.
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04/12/2006 07:10:44 AM · #27 |
My second challenge and im hoping for a better outcome.
Votes: 16
Views: 25
Avg Vote: 6.1875
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Someone said that it wasnt a candid just because of the name, isnt that being a little rough? |
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04/12/2006 07:34:34 AM · #28 |
Votes: 26
Views: 32
Avg Vote: 5.2308
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 04/12/06 07:32 am
All four comments have a same message for me. I am hoping to get more similar comments...
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04/12/2006 09:04:15 AM · #29 |
| Just got a one.... The trolls are lurking..... ;) |
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04/12/2006 09:43:13 AM · #30 |
this morning my score was sitting at a respectable 6.2 with 22 votes.
NOW with 29 votes it has slumped to 5.4
What's happening??????
Help needed :)
Kev |
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04/12/2006 09:55:27 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by kevrobertson:
this morning my score was sitting at a respectable 6.2 with 22 votes.
NOW with 29 votes it has slumped to 5.4
What's happening??????
Help needed :)
Kev |
yep, me too...dropping like a stone
Votes: 27
Views: 38
Avg Vote: 5.2222
Comments: 1
and this is a slow vote...
Bianca
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04/12/2006 09:59:03 AM · #32 |
Originally posted by Rikki:
Originally posted by naldslc:
Cough, BS, Cough! ;-)
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*cough* why would i? *cough*
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Are you two having proctology exams? =o
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04/12/2006 10:02:41 AM · #33 |
LOL - At least my score was climbing - From very bad to bad. As I looked at my entry I realised that it looks very much like a "MY KIDS" photo - which it is not.
I had one comment - somebody saying that the shot would've looked better in natural light. OK - next time when doing a candid entry, I will ask the subjects to come to my studio so that I can have better lighting when doing a candid entry. Very good idea. Thought the idea of a candid shot was to catch somebody as they are doing something - UNPOSED!!!! Which is exactly what my shot is.
Ag well - back to the drawing boards.
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04/12/2006 10:12:05 AM · #34 |
Agck
Votes: 34
Views: 47
Avg Vote: 6.0588
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0 |
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04/12/2006 10:14:50 AM · #35 |
| I started out this morning at 5.6, a personal best. Now I'm down to 5.2, but at least I have 3 comments already. |
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04/12/2006 10:15:57 AM · #36 |
Would be nice to get some comments on mine, is there anyway to look at a persons challenge entry from their profile whilst voting is still in progress?
If so feel free to comment on mine, thanks alot.
Down to 4.5789 after 38 votes now. :( |
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04/12/2006 10:21:46 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by Kerm:
Would be nice to get some comments on mine, is there anyway to look at a persons challenge entry from their profile whilst voting is still in progress?
If so feel free to comment on mine, thanks alot.
Down to 4.5789 after 38 votes now. :( |
NO! You should only comment on the photo from the voting page. This whole challenge is about not knowing who enetered what. We wouldn't want to pick favorites because we know who they are, now would we???
A totally unbiased voting system. It is early in the game yet. A LOT of entries and plenty of time for voting....
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04/12/2006 10:39:43 AM · #38 |
OK even I thought my entry was only so-so, and that is wholly reflected in the score :)
But I am surprised, this one is not one of our better challenges, quality wise. Candid is tough!
I am surprised at the number of portraits and pet photos, IMHO I didn't think that would be considered Candid...this one will be tuff to score. Maybe that explains the lower votes ( aside , from Mr RIkki!! congrats!) |
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04/12/2006 10:41:27 AM · #39 |
Kerm-Don't know if that's legal or not but it's certainly considered bad form.
I'm honestly have to say that I'm dissapointed all around...with my score....the entries...and events in the Middle East...
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04/12/2006 11:04:00 AM · #40 |
There are some really good entries but I'm surprised as well to see so many pet and non-candid shots. My picture is candid but technically not the best. It was a simple point and click shot and the moment was gone before I could shoot again. Based on my comments I got an emotional response from at least two of three people. Based on how the recent scores are coming in(6, 3, 5), it seems like some are seeing what I saw and others either don't see it, or can't get past the imperfections.
I have a feeling that some of these pets which are technically superior to mine will score higher. I took an awesome shot of a seagull over the weekend and was halfway tempted to enter it... |
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04/12/2006 11:05:27 AM · #41 |
I have to say this has been a painful one for me to vote on so far, and I suspect this will be one of the lowest scoring challenges in terms of my own voting.
On the candid challenges, I give a good bit of weight to whether the photographer made any attempt to leave their comfort zone to get a shot, or whether they just snapped something and considered it to be a candid.
I'd say that a good 75% of the shots are simply NOT candid, or little effort went into them. I don't want to be any more specific than that during voting, but I really feel like most of these shots are skirting the challenge.
Sorry to be mopey and whiny... must be the weather :) |
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04/12/2006 11:06:48 AM · #42 |
Did anyone else find it difficult to take pictures of strangers? i found myself rushed and i only got one shot out of each idea. i have many "could have been great if only i had..." shots
maybe i should work on this do it doesnt feel like i just commited a crime and am fleeing the scene
Votes: 45
Views: 56
Avg Vote: 4.1778
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0
well i suppose i learned somthing.
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04/12/2006 11:07:43 AM · #43 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
I have to say this has been a painful one for me to vote on so far, and I suspect this will be one of the lowest scoring challenges in terms of my own voting.
On the candid challenges, I give a good bit of weight to whether the photographer made any attempt to leave their comfort zone to get a shot, or whether they just snapped something and considered it to be a candid.
I'd say that a good 75% of the shots are simply NOT candid, or little effort went into them. I don't want to be any more specific than that during voting, but I really feel like most of these shots are skirting the challenge.
Sorry to be mopey and whiny... must be the weather :) |
I agree on both accounts - the fact that a lot of them aren't candid and the weather. It's horrible right now in these parts of te country ;( |
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04/12/2006 11:07:48 AM · #44 |
I just have on thing to say about the scoring on Candid:
OUT DAMN TROLLS!! OUT I SAY!! GO BACK TO LIVE UNDER YOUR BRIDGE AND STAY THERE!
Deannda
Mine's not perfect but DANG! |
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04/12/2006 11:10:25 AM · #45 |
I definitely think that this challenge will be one of the lowest scoring that we have seen in a long time. Looks to me that the majority of the pics are posed portraits and not candid at all. With all the being said I myself am guilty of taking a bad picture as evident by score which looks to be my lowest scoring ever!!!
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04/12/2006 11:16:12 AM · #46 |
I'm not the greatest by any means...YET, mind you, but I question a lot of these entries! I am not impressed with over half of them. I took 176 shots to find the right one...and got it. I asked permission from that person,(whom I do not know) to use it in this contest, they said OK. Since then, they have seen it, bought 2 16x20's and a packet of the other shots. Here, I'm just sitting at 5.3590. hmmmmmmm
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04/12/2006 11:22:12 AM · #47 |
Originally posted by marcellieb:
LOL - At least my score was climbing - From very bad to bad. As I looked at my entry I realised that it looks very much like a "MY KIDS" photo - which it is not.
I had one comment - somebody saying that the shot would've looked better in natural light. OK - next time when doing a candid entry, I will ask the subjects to come to my studio so that I can have better lighting when doing a candid entry. Very good idea. Thought the idea of a candid shot was to catch somebody as they are doing something - UNPOSED!!!! Which is exactly what my shot is.
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I think that might have been me who commented, in which case the subject was looking directly at the camera, which doesn't exactly scream 'unposed' to me. Either way, it's just a suggestion/comment, no need to get worked up about it. |
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04/12/2006 11:22:18 AM · #48 |
Iagree with Alan's points about the images in the challenge - so far, at any rate. It's been a while since I had time for a concerted voting session and I was looking forward to this one.
However, taking candid shots is damn difficult; I still struggle with the reluctance, even though I've been doing it for about a year now. The ability to overcome the nervousness and tension, and still to think calmly and quickly about composition, allied with an ability that can only be learned to expect certain movements and situations requires immense speed of thought, and complete and instinctive control of your camera. But then, this is the challenge - and if it were easy, what would be challenging about it?
I'm immenseley impressed that so many people entered images for this one - we could all have simply found something chrome of course. Even the wildlife shots and other DNMC candidates - whihc really will only be victims of Joe Voter's opinion anout what makes a 'candid'. |
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04/12/2006 11:24:24 AM · #49 |
given the fact that good candids are extremely difficult to due, why not adjust your voting scale just a pinch ... rather than handing out a bunch of 3's?
Street shooting (while very sligtly different from just candids) is an imperfect science. Things like motion blur, out of focus areas, unavoidable obstacles, etc are a little more accepted as "the norm" in these types of shots.
A quick flipping thru of street photography galleries (google search) will perhaps help you to enjoy the voting a bit more.
That being said, I'm about 25% done with voting and I think people have done pretty well. Yes, there's a bunch of non-candids there, but there's also some excellent work :) |
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04/12/2006 11:25:22 AM · #50 |
Originally posted by Rae-Ann:
I am surprised at the number of portraits |
Portraits can be candids.
I first took one picture of my subject which must have heard the shutter since he turned and looked in my direction and i took another picture. In my books thats a candid but i think ill get hammerd for it. |
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