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 08/29/2006 05:13:01 PM · #26
I wouldn't hang my ribboning camera self-portrait on the wall either, though I AM very proud of it. It was a challenge that was quite limiting and I think all three of us on the homepage did well on expressing that challenge creatively. Obviously the voters agreed!

08/29/2006 05:17:41 PM · #27
Originally posted by boomtap:
The free study is going to have some nice images. It would be hard to pick which one would win in that group I bet.

I don't know I just don't like the home page right now.


Gee, thanks :)
 08/29/2006 05:20:00 PM · #28
Originally posted by BeeCee:
I wouldn't hang my ribboning camera self-portrait on the wall either, though I AM very proud of it. It was a challenge that was quite limiting and I think all three of us on the homepage did well on expressing that challenge creatively. Obviously the voters agreed!


Absolutely! This "hanging on the wall" criterion is absolutely ridiculous. If there was a "garbage" challenge, I'd like to think hanging the winners on my wall is the least thing on my mind. And I'd like to think that if someone DID succeed in making a wall-worthy image of garbage, then it would not be a good answer to the challenge...

Although I guess it depends what you usually put on your walls :-)

R.
 08/29/2006 05:25:40 PM · #29
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Although I guess it depends what you usually put on your walls :-)R.


Garbage! :P

With difficult challenges like the ones lately (not only the camera selfportrait or stupid stupid, but also bits & pieces, and peas), it's hard to come up with a beautiful pic I think, but it's all about creativity with the challenge-theme.

Like BeeCee said, I wouldn't hang my bits & pieces-photo on the wall either, but I am SO proud of it! And that's what it's all about, right?

The winners were the best in the challenge, according to the voters. And that's what it's all about too.
08/29/2006 05:48:27 PM · #30
Well, I am quite picky about photos I pick as favorites (as pointed out by someone on another thread). Two of the front page got favs from me, so I think things are just fine.

The challenge topics were quite hard...
 08/29/2006 06:03:25 PM · #31
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
If there was a "garbage" challenge ...

R.


Umm, Robert? Were you not thinking of Garbage or Garbage II? :)

There are many stunning shots on DPC. But beauty is, to me, only a small part of DPC's charm and appeal. This is about challenging yourself on deadline to meet some specific theme, while also producing the best possible photo. That's how we expand our horizons.

And if we learn something that helps us take a gorgeous shot under other cirumstances, wonderful!
 08/29/2006 06:09:22 PM · #32
Haven't read the whole thread, but in all honesty, you need to look at what the winners were up against. Not all challenges have got topnotch photos. As to hanging on the wall, that is not really something that wins challenges. Not all images are pretty pretty for home decor. Photography is about many things, including contrast, presentation, subject, clarity, uniqueness, etc. So even if you feel that the current homepage winners don't belong there, perhaps the challenge just didn't lend itself to what you would consider to be a "normal" winning quality.
 08/29/2006 06:21:33 PM · #33
Originally posted by boomtap:
I just think that maybe the voting has been a bit strange. This is not a dig on the photos that have won lately, I liked them and scored them all very well. Any thoughts? I have not entered in a couple weeks and was just surprised by the final tally.

I repeat! I am not bashing any of the winners at all!


why haven't you entered then? WPL!!!! chop chop!
lol
08/29/2006 06:26:15 PM · #34
I feel the same way.

Normally when I pull up the website infront of someone who isn't into photography or don't know what DPC is, the thumbnails grab their attention...

In all honesty, the front page is just full of what looks to me like your typical snap shots from your last weekend of family activities.
 08/29/2006 06:36:48 PM · #35
Originally posted by deapee:
I feel the same way.

Normally when I pull up the website infront of someone who isn't into photography or don't know what DPC is, the thumbnails grab their attention...

In all honesty, the front page is just full of what looks to me like your typical snap shots from your last weekend of family activities.


Those must some pretty dysfunctional families...
 08/29/2006 06:38:11 PM · #36
Originally posted by deapee:
I feel the same way.

Normally when I pull up the website infront of someone who isn't into photography or don't know what DPC is, the thumbnails grab their attention...

In all honesty, the front page is just full of what looks to me like your typical snap shots from your last weekend of family activities.


isn't part of the point of photography to make everyday things look amazing?

08/29/2006 06:38:58 PM · #37
Excuse me, but there is a difference between beauty and eye candy. I'm glad to get a break from the eye candy, and I only wish it were as pronounced a break as you say it is.
 08/29/2006 06:42:25 PM · #38
Originally posted by deapee:
I feel the same way.

Normally when I pull up the website infront of someone who isn't into photography or don't know what DPC is, the thumbnails grab their attention...

In all honesty, the front page is just full of what looks to me like your typical snap shots from your last weekend of family activities.


Thanks for encouraging a new photographer who just got her first ribbon. I'm now on my way to pull my silhouette entry, since my best is only a snapshot.
 08/29/2006 06:56:27 PM · #39
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Originally posted by deapee:
I feel the same way.

Normally when I pull up the website infront of someone who isn't into photography or don't know what DPC is, the thumbnails grab their attention...

In all honesty, the front page is just full of what looks to me like your typical snap shots from your last weekend of family activities.


Thanks for encouraging a new photographer who just got her first ribbon. I'm now on my way to pull my silhouette entry, since my best is only a snapshot.


for god's sake don't do that from one person's opinion. you're obviously good enough to win a ribbon.

08/29/2006 06:59:01 PM · #40
I don't think the winners of these challenges have been undeserving, but the nature of the challenges have lent themselves to a different style of photography than that to which we've become accustomed. I thought that Stupid was a difficult challenge to vote upon because the entries were so wildly different from what I'm used to seeing. Fire was a very narrow topic. So was Camera Self-Portrait. And I don't think that anyone is going to argue that the Magic & Mystery winners are subpar.

Wait until rollover tonight - I'm betting that Scene It and Silhouette are incredible. There are a lot of really fantastic shots in Image Without Subject, even with all the confusion and controversy over what it all means. And the Free Study? Oh, just look out, that's bound to be a ridiculously high quality field.

Message edited by author 2006-08-29 18:59:29.
 08/29/2006 06:59:10 PM · #41
Whether one person or 1,000 people like the winners or hate the winners..the point is..they won.

I think it's fine for people to say whether they hate, love or just feel unmoved one way or the other about photographs. People shouldn't take offense at others peoples taste.

Haven't you ever been at an art show or a museum and someone (even I have said this) says they don't like something? It doesn't negate the fact that the object is there on display, perhaps sporting an award or a million dollar price tag :-D
 08/29/2006 07:03:03 PM · #42
Personally, I blame scalvert for not getting in his photo those butterflies flying out of the book and glitter sprinkled in the light.
 08/29/2006 07:07:32 PM · #43
Originally posted by BeeCee:


Thanks for encouraging a new photographer who just got her first ribbon. I'm now on my way to pull my silhouette entry, since my best is only a snapshot.


lol...If you're willing to let my general opinion of the thumbnails from the front page influence your participation in a challenge, then I really do feel sorry for you. If you're just kidding or trying to stir things up, then your point is taken...unecessary, but taken.

It's not like I was the only one that said, in one way or another, that the images on the front page seemed a bit under the normal front-pagers. Besides...why would you care that much what I think anyway?

---EDIT

anyway...

let me know if you want me to say what I think about your photo specifically.



Message edited by author 2006-08-29 19:10:30.
 08/29/2006 07:10:39 PM · #44
I would agree with Achoo, I think the images are fine. They are certainly different from past challeges, but I would argue that these winners on the front page are more "real" or "realistic". They dont have some of the hyper color saturation etc. that tend to make many of the pictures appear artificial.

Just my opinion.
 08/29/2006 07:14:40 PM · #45
Well, considering that I have spent the last few months in vague terror of the generic DPC voter who lives for pouty supermodels and car commercials, it's something of a relief to see this thread and finally put some specific names and faces on this beast.
 08/29/2006 07:16:05 PM · #46
Originally posted by posthumous:
pouty supermodels


I'm sorry did you say something else? Also, link? :P

Message edited by author 2006-08-29 19:16:23.
 08/29/2006 07:17:41 PM · #47
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by posthumous:
pouty supermodels


I'm sorry did you say something else? Also, link? :P


they're usually clothed, though, because of the prude contingent... ;P
 08/29/2006 07:28:31 PM · #48
Originally posted by brimac:
I would agree with Achoo, I think the images are fine. They are certainly different from past challeges, but I would argue that these winners on the front page are more "real" or "realistic". They dont have some of the hyper color saturation etc. that tend to make many of the pictures appear artificial.

Just my opinion.


I think the winners are deserving most of the time. I am concerned when 2 of the top 3 finishers (Stupid, Stupid) are DQ'd. Particularly when the DQs are for invalid accounts, ghost accounts and/or vote manipulation. Kind of casts a pall on the whole process, IMO. Makes you wonder you might be getting away with it.
 08/29/2006 07:44:14 PM · #49
Quality of winning shots, imo, is fine. However when you have challenges that promote setup over execution, the winning shots reflect that. Don't like the way the front page looks, gripe about the challenge ideas being chosen.
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