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05/29/2006 11:11:26 AM · #26 |
Originally posted by kenskid:
The challenge is too precise to fool around...go ahead...enter a shot of a room with a chair, a radio and a shoe in it...see what happens...! |
who cares what happens. I'm here to have fun not win some stupid virtual ribbon. This site isn't just about competition but learning as well and you vocalizing a single minded opinion publicly in a forum isn't the best way to approach things. People will learn from there mistakes if thats what you'd call it and all I was suggesting was that you and everybody else open their minds to different interpretations. I probably won't enter but thats besides the point. Just open your mind a little. |
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05/29/2006 11:17:22 AM · #27 |
My God !!! I'm just stating how I will vote on this challenge and how I think others will vote. Although I've been here only a year, I feel I have some handle on what will make a DNMC entry!
With that said, you can enter a shot of a room cluttered with clothes, chairs, beds, cats, dogs, rats, mice, roaches and any other objects or creatures....I'm sure you'll "learn" something after that!
Originally posted by notonline:
Originally posted by kenskid:
The challenge is too precise to fool around...go ahead...enter a shot of a room with a chair, a radio and a shoe in it...see what happens...! |
who cares what happens. I'm here to have fun not win some stupid virtual ribbon. This site isn't just about competition but learning as well and you vocalizing a single minded opinion publicly in a forum isn't the best way to approach things. People will learn from there mistakes if thats what you'd call it and all I was suggesting was that you and everybody else open their minds to different interpretations. I probably won't enter but thats besides the point. Just open your mind a little. |
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05/29/2006 12:32:19 PM · #28 |
| ok who suggested this challenge? LOL |
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05/29/2006 12:35:57 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by karmat:
heck, I'll be happy with a empty corner. |
I think that is what I'm going to have to work with and even then I'm going to have to create an empty corner. LOL
Message edited by author 2006-05-29 12:36:43.
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05/29/2006 01:12:50 PM · #30 |
Heck, you guys are focusing on the part that's cut-and-dried, jejeje�:
"Take one thing and your camera into an empty room and photograph it."
Define "one thing", please. Heck, define "thing", please. Is a person a "thing"? Is a vase with a single flower in it one "thing" or two "things"?
How about the concept of "take...into"? If the "thing" is already in the room, does it meet the challenge?
Also, note "one thing and your camera"; a tripod is assuredly a "thing", as is a remote release. Shall we toss out any shots obviously made with a tripod and a long exposure as violating the spirit of this description?
I find myself thinking of the comedian "playing to an empty room"; the room is "empty" because there is no audience, despite that it has chairs, tables, carpets and so forth in it.
The DNMC people can have a field day with this challenge if they are of a mind to, I swear...
Robt.
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05/29/2006 01:16:16 PM · #31 |
What if we take one thing OUT of a very crowded room and photograph it elsewhere? Will that work?
(Tongue FIRMLY planted in cheek. Oww.) |
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05/29/2006 01:31:43 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by challenge description:
Your challenge this week. Take one thing and your camera into an empty room and photograph it. |
"Your challenge this week" isn't even a sentence! Why isn't anyone complaining about that? |
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05/29/2006 01:32:35 PM · #33 |
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05/29/2006 01:36:04 PM · #34 |
I don't even HAVE an empty room... :S
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05/29/2006 01:37:54 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by biteme:
I don't even HAVE an empty room... :S |
I don't think you are alone, Hanneke. I'm struggling to find a suitable corner... LOL
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05/29/2006 01:38:49 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by biteme:
I don't even HAVE an empty room... :S |
I don't think you are alone, Hanneke. I'm struggling to find a suitable corner... LOL |
I'm stalking you!
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05/29/2006 01:40:44 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I'm stalking you! |
I've noticed... LOL
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05/29/2006 01:40:57 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Heck, you guys are focusing on the part that's cut-and-dried, jejeje�:
"Take one thing and your camera into an empty room and photograph it."
Define "one thing", please. Heck, define "thing", please. Is a person a "thing"? Is a vase with a single flower in it one "thing" or two "things"?
How about the concept of "take...into"? If the "thing" is already in the room, does it meet the challenge?
Also, note "one thing and your camera"; a tripod is assuredly a "thing", as is a remote release. Shall we toss out any shots obviously made with a tripod and a long exposure as violating the spirit of this description?
I find myself thinking of the comedian "playing to an empty room"; the room is "empty" because there is no audience, despite that it has chairs, tables, carpets and so forth in it.
The DNMC people can have a field day with this challenge if they are of a mind to, I swear...
Robt. |
I tend to agree with Rob on this one. A empty room does not mean it is void of fixtures as someone mentioned earlier.
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05/29/2006 01:41:30 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by biteme:
I don't even HAVE an empty room... :S |
I don't think you are alone, Hanneke. I'm struggling to find a suitable corner... LOL |
corners are ok? I think that would work..
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05/29/2006 01:43:11 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by keegbow:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Heck, you guys are focusing on the part that's cut-and-dried, jejeje�:
"Take one thing and your camera into an empty room and photograph it."
Define "one thing", please. Heck, define "thing", please. Is a person a "thing"? Is a vase with a single flower in it one "thing" or two "things"?
How about the concept of "take...into"? If the "thing" is already in the room, does it meet the challenge?
Also, note "one thing and your camera"; a tripod is assuredly a "thing", as is a remote release. Shall we toss out any shots obviously made with a tripod and a long exposure as violating the spirit of this description?
I find myself thinking of the comedian "playing to an empty room"; the room is "empty" because there is no audience, despite that it has chairs, tables, carpets and so forth in it.
The DNMC people can have a field day with this challenge if they are of a mind to, I swear...
Robt. |
I tend to agree with Rob on this one. A empty room does not mean it is void of fixtures as someone mentioned earlier. |
I would agree and some good points have been made to that such as Bear's above reference to the comedian, but I think most voters won't feel that way.
Message edited by author 2006-05-29 13:43:32. |
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05/29/2006 01:48:31 PM · #41 |
We could be testing the "removal of minor distracting elements" rules with this one: it may be easier to digitally "empty" the room after taking the photo...
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05/29/2006 01:49:02 PM · #42 |
Originally posted by Elvis_L:
I would agree and some good points have been made to that such as Bear's above reference to the comedian, but I think most voters won't feel that way. |
Oh, for SURE they won't... Or I'm pretty sure anyway... The whole post was vaguely sarcastic. There are, as usual, a gazillion possible interpretations and a gazillion voters who can (and probably will) shoot each one down. Give it your best, following your heart, and let the 10's fall where they may...
R.
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05/29/2006 01:51:21 PM · #43 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Elvis_L:
I would agree and some good points have been made to that such as Bear's above reference to the comedian, but I think most voters won't feel that way. |
Oh, for SURE they won't... Or I'm pretty sure anyway... The whole post was vaguely sarcastic. There are, as usual, a gazillion possible interpretations and a gazillion voters who can (and probably will) shoot each one down. Give it your best, following your heart, and let the 10's fall where they may...
R. |
Yea I got the sarcasm:) but you do raise a good point as to if a person is a thing (or would be considered one in the eyes of most voters) |
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05/29/2006 01:59:38 PM · #44 |
Well, if I were not going to be vying for 3rd in the LoD, I would steer wide and clear of this challenge. Not every challenge topic can be a winner, I guess, but this one has disaster written all over it. A few thoughts:
1) Not everybody has an empty room. Decreases participation.
2) Not everybody has a wide enough lens. Decreases participation.
3) We are going to see 95% of the challenge be creatively challenged shots which all look the same. We will have 5% of the challenge be worth looking at.
4) DNMC is going to have a field day with letter of the law as well as intent. Empty corner? Close up? What about any artificial lighting? Does that count as a thing? (i.e. what about "things" behind the camera.
5) The winners will still be excellent shots. I haven't seen a challenge yet which didn't have at least 3 quality entries.
I will go on record here on Monday predicting 146 entries with roughly 12 shots above 6.0 (norm would be 25). I will also be the first to retract all this if DPC proves me wrong (they have before). Yes, my entry will be in there. With the way it's been going the last 5 challenges, it will be among the 95% that are creatively uninspired. |
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05/29/2006 02:33:25 PM · #45 |
*I* think it could bring some interesting results.
I'm crying because I found the PERFECT spot last week while on a "wander the backroads and see what we can find" day, was going to enter it in architecture but wasn't happy with the shots for that theme, couldn't find a way to shoehorn it into Beatles, but decided it was definitely a "revisit" with more lighting etc. It's just too far to revisit this soon unless I could come up with another reason for driving up there, which I can't :(
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05/29/2006 02:40:21 PM · #46 |
| ok so i have a hamster who lives in his own 'room' if i were to empty his cage and place one thing in there - the hamster would this be ok?? |
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05/29/2006 02:42:32 PM · #47 |
Originally posted by richard42:
ok so i have a hamster who lives in his own 'room' if i were to empty his cage and place one thing in there - the hamster would this be ok?? |
Would it be ok? of course. would it be cute? most likely. would it lose some votes I would say so. If you love the idea and can be ok with a posibly bad score I say do what you like. |
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05/29/2006 07:23:46 PM · #48 |
Originally posted by biteme:
I don't even HAVE an empty room... :S |
I didn't either. But then I remembered that I own a snowshowel - one of those big wide ones.
Now I have a room that is empty except the 'junk bank' on the back wall ;)
But seriously - how big might that item be? Can you for instance empty a room and bring in a sectional coach for the shoot? Technically that should not be DNMC |
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05/29/2006 07:51:00 PM · #49 |
Originally posted by biteme:
I don't even HAVE an empty room... :S |
You might just hop over to Heemstede LOL, I've a beautiful house with a large empty attick, 4 empty bedrooms, an empty bathroom, an empty dining and sitting room and even the kitchen is empty.
Just sold my late aunt's house (build in 1930, never have been changed since). I think I'll be there next Friday and Saturday.
Message edited by author 2006-05-29 19:52:47.
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05/29/2006 08:19:51 PM · #50 |
Originally posted by Titia:
Originally posted by biteme:
I don't even HAVE an empty room... :S |
You might just hop over to Heemstede LOL, I've a beautiful house with a large empty attick, 4 empty bedrooms, an empty bathroom, an empty dining and sitting room and even the kitchen is empty.
Just sold my late aunt's house (build in 1930, never have been changed since). I think I'll be there next Friday and Saturday. |
Now that's just MEAN, making us drool like that! :) |
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