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07/05/2006 12:11:59 PM · #26 |
| If I recognise the style, and don't like the photographer, then I give them a 1 just to stop them ribboning. |
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07/05/2006 12:17:36 PM · #27 |
I give a 1 or 2 to an image if it is not mine... ;-)
Well, it has to be BAD. BAD BAD BAD. If I think it was taken by a blind crow, then it will get a low score. If there is no point of interest, does not meet challenge, no effort, technically wrong, worse than a snapshot. |
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07/05/2006 12:19:13 PM · #28 |
10 - It really impresses me, I'm envious. Ye Olde Wow Factor
9 - Pretty much the same as 10 but a small distraction - has some wow
8 - Not quite 9 a larger distraction on a good shot - has some wow
7 - Very good shot, doesn't have a wow however
6 - A good shot, one I would be happy with.
5 - A nice shot, not a grabber, but nice, needs some work
4 - A shot that missed the mark
3 - A bad shot, effort seems not to be there
2 - A really bad shot, no effort to apply any basic precepts
1 - Blatantly a bad shot, seemingly intentionally so
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07/05/2006 12:29:07 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by rblanton:
10 - It really impresses me, I'm envious. Ye Olde Wow Factor
9 - Pretty much the same as 10 but a small distraction - has some wow
8 - Not quite 9 a larger distraction on a good shot - has some wow
7 - Very good shot, doesn't have a wow however
6 - A good shot, one I would be happy with.
5 - A nice shot, not a grabber, but nice, needs some work
4 - A shot that missed the mark
3 - A bad shot, effort seems not to be there
2 - A really bad shot, no effort to apply any basic precepts
1 - Blatantly a bad shot, seemingly intentionally so
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Don't you take meeting the challenge into consideration in your voting?
"While voting, users are asked to keep in highest consideration the topic of the challenge and base their rating accordingly." This sentence appears in both the Basic and Advanced rules.
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07/05/2006 12:34:04 PM · #30 |
Refractions in cocktail glasses = one :-)
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07/05/2006 01:49:58 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by coolhar:
Originally posted by rblanton:
10 - It really impresses me, I'm envious. Ye Olde Wow Factor
9 - Pretty much the same as 10 but a small distraction - has some wow
8 - Not quite 9 a larger distraction on a good shot - has some wow
7 - Very good shot, doesn't have a wow however
6 - A good shot, one I would be happy with.
5 - A nice shot, not a grabber, but nice, needs some work
4 - A shot that missed the mark
3 - A bad shot, effort seems not to be there
2 - A really bad shot, no effort to apply any basic precepts
1 - Blatantly a bad shot, seemingly intentionally so
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Don't you take meeting the challenge into consideration in your voting?
"While voting, users are asked to keep in highest consideration the topic of the challenge and base their rating accordingly." This sentence appears in both the Basic and Advanced rules. |
Yup. If I can see they tried but Im iffy on the meeting of challenge, benefit to shooter. If its not close, I take off depending on my subjective assessment. No formula for this part, just how I feel at moment, however I am not a big penalizer for DNMC if I can see an attempt was made. |
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07/05/2006 02:42:28 PM · #32 |
I practically never give 1's or 2's, and usually only a handful of 3's. I give a lot of 4's, a zillion 5's, a lot of 6's, and not usually a whole heck of a lot over 6, though in some challenges there are a ton of what I think of as really good images.
I'm pretty easy on meeting the challenge, because from my own experience I'm aware that images that the shooter honestly believes meet the challenge often are seen differently by many voters. For me, meeting the challenge is basically a yes/no decision, I don't really go by degrees here; although I will give extra points to an image that meets the challenge in a stunningly creative way.
My attitude is that the challenge topic is a means of focusing us in a general direction, not an "assignment" that is "graded" by how obvious that matchup is. Indeed, I think there's a real tendency in DPC for relatively average images to outscore much superior ones simply because they so obviously meet the challenge, and I don't personally care for that approach.
From my perspective, most of what's submitted to the challenges is right around "average" in its quality; not real bad, not real good, just pluggin' along; including most of my own entries, I might add :-) I rarely encounter images that are so horrendous they deserve a really low score.
It's kind of a compressed scale, I guess, but it suits me; and it gives me wiggle room to adequately reward the really outstanding images; if you get a 7 or higher from me, it's giving you a significant jump on the group as far as my scorecard goes :-)
R.
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07/05/2006 02:55:47 PM · #33 |
Someone said recently that they will score all flower shots at 3. (This was before and possibly inspired the Flowers challenge)
I don't have any silly rule like that, but there seem to be several flower shots titled "After the rain".
I'm with Bear, I don't give out many 1s, 2s, 3s or 9s, 10s.
There are times when I feel like giving a 1 or 2 but then I figure they're going for the 'brown' and I give them a 6 instead. ;-) |
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07/05/2006 03:01:46 PM · #34 |
My new voting scale is based on amount of nudity.
1 non-human, no nudity.
2 male, no nudity
3 male, full nude
4 female no nudity
5 female, suggests nudity, but doesn't show enough to prove it
6 female, clothed, but tempting
7 female, skantly clad
8 female, bikini shot, underwear, etc
9 female, fully nude but lighting distracts from full effect of the nudity
10 female, in-your-face nudity ... more than likely shot by DrJones :-)
Soory, but that's how I'm voting from now on and you can't change my mind :-P
Edit to add: Also a 10 for any nude self-portrait of Judi :-)
Message edited by author 2006-07-05 15:12:55.
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07/05/2006 03:03:58 PM · #35 |
so ... you'd rather see a fully nude male than no human at all?
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
My new voting scale is based on amount of nudity.
1 non-human, no nudity.
2 male, no nudity
3 male, full nude
4 female no nudity
5 female, suggests nudity, but doesn't show enough to prove it
6 female, clothed, but tempting
7 female, skantly clad
8 female, bikini shot, underwear, etc
9 female, fully nude but lighting distracts from full effect of the nudity
10 female, in-your-face nudity ... more than likely shot by DrJones :-)
Soory, but that's how I'm voting from now on and you can't change my mind :-P |
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07/05/2006 03:04:55 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
My new voting scale is based on amount of nudity.
1 non-human, no nudity.
2 male, no nudity
3 male, full nude
4 female no nudity
5 female, suggests nudity, but doesn't show enough to prove it
6 female, clothed, but tempting
7 female, skantly clad
8 female, bikini shot, underwear, etc
9 female, fully nude but lighting distracts from full effect of the nudity
10 female, in-your-face nudity ... more than likely shot by DrJones :-)
Soory, but that's how I'm voting from now on and you can't change my mind :-P |
I'll accept that IF you're willing to apply that voting scale evenly regardless of the age or weight of the model, LeRoy...
R.
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07/05/2006 03:06:18 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by hopper:
so ... you'd rather see a fully nude male than no human at all?
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Not really, but I tried to keep my voting scale objective for the sake of the female members :-P
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07/05/2006 03:09:03 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I'll accept that IF you're willing to apply that voting scale evenly regardless of the age or weight of the model, LeRoy...
R. |
Ofcourse, I'm an equal opportunity voter :-)
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07/05/2006 03:25:23 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
My new voting scale is based on amount of nudity.
1 non-human, no nudity.
2 male, no nudity
3 male, full nude
4 female no nudity
5 female, suggests nudity, but doesn't show enough to prove it
6 female, clothed, but tempting
7 female, skantly clad
8 female, bikini shot, underwear, etc
9 female, fully nude but lighting distracts from full effect of the nudity
10 female, in-your-face nudity ... more than likely shot by DrJones :-)
Soory, but that's how I'm voting from now on and you can't change my mind :-P
Edit to add: Also a 10 for any nude self-portrait of Judi :-) |
Don't you take meeting the challenge into consideration in your voting?
"While voting, users are asked to keep in highest consideration the topic of the challenge and base their rating accordingly." This sentence appears in both the Basic and Advanced rules.
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07/05/2006 03:30:20 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by coolhar:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
My new voting scale is based on amount of nudity.
1 non-human, no nudity.
2 male, no nudity
3 male, full nude
4 female no nudity
5 female, suggests nudity, but doesn't show enough to prove it
6 female, clothed, but tempting
7 female, skantly clad
8 female, bikini shot, underwear, etc
9 female, fully nude but lighting distracts from full effect of the nudity
10 female, in-your-face nudity ... more than likely shot by DrJones :-)
Soory, but that's how I'm voting from now on and you can't change my mind :-P
Edit to add: Also a 10 for any nude self-portrait of Judi :-) |
Don't you take meeting the challenge into consideration in your voting?
"While voting, users are asked to keep in highest consideration the topic of the challenge and base their rating accordingly." This sentence appears in both the Basic and Advanced rules. |
Oh, ok... darn... simple fix, +1 for each that fits the challenge. LOL
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07/05/2006 03:38:24 PM · #41 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Oh, ok... darn... simple fix, +1 for each that fits the challenge. LOL |
You've discovered the fabled '11' vote? |
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07/05/2006 04:07:17 PM · #42 |
Being a little trigger happy on the DNMC button is a tragic flaw ... there are definitely those who refuse to even get near the perimeter of the box ... not to mention outside it.
Originally posted by Guyver:
Originally posted by boomtap:
Originally posted by BobsterLobster:
Blatantly not meeting the challenge. |
Yep, that does it for me. |
Okay, but what does "blatant" mean in your opinion.
This shot of mine got a few DNMC's (i'm assuming by the comments, yet it could just very well be a bad shot :P )
It was for the "something old" challenge, and it is in fact a tree stump, which, in all possible meanings, is ancient.
So would this classify as 'blatantly not meeting challenge?"
I still believe I met it head on.
I have a closet full of examples :p |
Message edited by author 2006-07-05 16:07:36.
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07/05/2006 04:19:49 PM · #43 |
Originally posted by hopper:
...we're trying to determine which photo is MOST liked. |
I disagree. I think we are voting on the merits of each photo. If we were trying to determine which was most liked we would have a ranking system rather than a rating one. My opinion of course.
FWIW, I don't think I have ever given a 1 or 2. |
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07/05/2006 04:27:48 PM · #44 |
I never vote 1 nor 2 , my minimun vote is 3 and it has to be a very bad photo (no interest , bad composition , bad edition , bad crop , etc.)
As english is not my first language , I don't vote lower if I don't understand/get the title and always try to be open mind with DNMC .
Of course it's a competition but there's no need to offend , many of us are here to learn.
What I specially dislike it's the after challenge "why have I scored so low" questions or people (not only newbies ) complaining for a DQ for not following the rules.
I read the rules and if I'm not sure about something allowed I prefer to ask , I don't feel stupid for that.
Many times my favorites photos are not the winners but the game is like that.
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07/05/2006 04:46:06 PM · #45 |
Originally posted by jemison:
FWIW, I don't think I have ever given a 1 or 2. |
Nor have I. Lowest I gave was 3 recently. Conversely, I don't think I've given a 10 yet. This isn't to say no images have been worthy of a 1 or a 10, and I rather agree with those who point out that the entire scale is available for voting. I suppose I just interpret the extremes of the scale to be just that - extremes. |
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07/05/2006 04:55:23 PM · #46 |
| 1=absolutely no redeeming qualities. |
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07/05/2006 04:56:58 PM · #47 |
I would like to know!!!
I have a 6+ average with 124 votes...now I get a "1" |
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07/05/2006 04:56:59 PM · #48 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
1=absolutely no redeeming qualities. |
I was wondering why you always say I'm number one :-P
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07/05/2006 04:59:24 PM · #49 |
I don't give out many 1's. Usually totally OOF, horrible lighting, bad composition, just a blob of unknown. 2's are either extremely bad or don't meet the challenge and also have some technical problems. A really good shot that doesn't meet the challenge gets a 3.
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07/05/2006 05:06:10 PM · #50 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by BeeCee:
1=absolutely no redeeming qualities. |
I was wondering why you always say I'm number one :-P |
I thought one meant 1 non-human, no nudity.
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