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12/20/2006 01:41:30 PM · #2351 |
So I'm in the free study with I suppose what could be called an outtake from another challenge, wonder how that will go down with the voters...
It should be interesting voting on Floyd. I know nothing about them so will just assume that all the photos meet the challenge and vote like it's a free study with 1/4 of the normal number of entries :D |
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12/20/2006 01:44:22 PM · #2352 |
Pink Floyd
Votes: 62
Views: 82
Avg Vote: 5.4516
Comments: 0
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12/20/2006 01:50:02 PM · #2353 |
Originally posted by mist:
It should be interesting voting on Floyd. I know nothing about them so will just assume that all the photos meet the challenge and vote like it's a free study with 1/4 of the normal number of entries :D |
Yeah, I do not know too much about them myself. "Meeting the challenge" for me would be if the photo really conveys the title or not. |
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12/20/2006 02:17:55 PM · #2354 |
I have two photos I'm considering for Free Study this month (I'll be back on 22nd to enter). One is b&w, the other color. Totally different subjects and types. What to do...
By the way, despite my DQ in for sale, I'm hoping some of my teammates will comment (thank you much  bmartuch!) I felt that something was just a bit "off" about it when I entered (I'm not talking about the black background, the thing for which I got DQ'd) and I was hoping for some insight. Much appreciated! |
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12/20/2006 03:05:26 PM · #2355 |
OK I KNEW it, a starting score of 5.200 just couldn't be true. So here's my Brown score, rocketing down for a brown ribbon...sigh...
Votes: 58
Views: 75
Avg Vote: 4.9310
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Oh, levyj43, I printed out your useful blurb on the noise thing - I now have a version of Photoshop which I think has noise reduction or whatever on it. Will try options 1 and 2, unfortunately option 3 a no-go, just got the Powershot for birthday. However would LOVE to get a DSLR. |
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12/20/2006 03:07:05 PM · #2356 |
| Oh yeah, and I did shoot sky with my ol' Samsung, so that's likely why I have so much noise...however I believe I had noise in the originial pic which I did shoot with my Canon. Maybe less. Go figure. |
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12/20/2006 03:07:55 PM · #2357 |
Thank you  klstover for my first comment. It was nice by the way. |
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12/20/2006 03:08:14 PM · #2358 |
Originally posted by noraneko:
I felt that something was just a bit "off" about it when I entered (I'm not talking about the black background, the thing for which I got DQ'd) and I was hoping for some insight. |
Well, I managed to find a couple nitpicky things? It was a good portrait really. Selective desat is often used to take attention away from busy backgrounds and maybe your shot would have been good that way (I haven't gotten around to learning how to select or mask things without creating jagged edges yet so I don't peronally use that technique.) |
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12/20/2006 03:09:11 PM · #2359 |
Welcome :-)
Been really fun to comment on them so far. :-D |
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12/20/2006 03:53:57 PM · #2360 |
| If you haven't already, be sure and read the Melethia Christmas story in the for sale outtake thread. |
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12/20/2006 03:55:14 PM · #2361 |
skewsme requested original of my For Sale entry. Here is it:
Or, rather, the title should be: don't completely darken a background unless you want a DQ!
Message edited by author 2006-12-20 15:55:28. |
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12/20/2006 03:57:36 PM · #2362 |
That is just awesome! Thanks for pointing out the link, Mary!
Message edited by author 2006-12-20 15:58:00. |
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12/20/2006 03:59:12 PM · #2363 |
We do have a tendency to mix up names here, LOL. Great story for sure!
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12/20/2006 03:59:12 PM · #2364 |
Pink Floyd
Votes: 65
Views: 139
Avg Vote: 6.0154
Comments: 1
ok back up some...
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12/20/2006 04:13:24 PM · #2365 |
Wow this is strange-
6th place with an
average vote of 7.1301
Average Vote per Commenters: 7.853
Average Vote per Users w/ Cameras: 7.113
Average Vote per Users w/out Cameras: 8.667
5th place with an
average vote of 7.1919
Average Vote per Commenters: 8.350
Average Vote per Users w/ Cameras: 7.202
Average Vote per Users w/out Cameras: 6.333
So I must have had a lot less Voters with out Cameras? It is just strange that a 2 pont spread only is .06 but I guess it works out if only 5 or 6 are w/out.
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12/20/2006 04:19:21 PM · #2366 |
Originally posted by bryantbus:
Average Vote per Users w/out Cameras: 8.667
Average Vote per Users w/out Cameras: 6.333
So I must have had a lot less Voters with out Cameras? It is just strange that a 2 pont spread only is .06 but I guess it works out if only 5 or 6 are w/out. |
Notice, the scores are 8 2/3 and 6 1/3. You had either 3 or 6 people voting w/o cameras. That's typical.
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12/20/2006 04:30:14 PM · #2367 |
Originally posted by bryantbus:
Wow this is strange-
6th place with an
average vote of 7.1301
So I must have had a lot less Voters with out Cameras? It is just strange that a 2 pont spread only is .06 but I guess it works out if only 5 or 6 are w/out. |
congrats on getting in the top ten though! it's a great shot. i never know what to think about the voters without cameras. with me it's like they either vote way higher or way lower than voters with cameras. it's almost never even with them.
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12/20/2006 04:43:42 PM · #2368 |
| It's probably because there's so few users without cameras that the results are normally extreme. It seems to be a fairly useless stat really. |
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12/20/2006 04:44:14 PM · #2369 |
| OOBIE and YAPPIE nominations are open. |
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12/20/2006 04:44:37 PM · #2370 |
Originally posted by klstover:
Yeah, I do not know too much about them myself. "Meeting the challenge" for me would be if the photo really conveys the title or not. |
MMm yeah I might try that. :) |
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12/20/2006 05:16:21 PM · #2371 |
Originally posted by klstover:
Selective desat is often used to take attention away from busy backgrounds and maybe your shot would have been good that way (I haven't gotten around to learning how to select or mask things without creating jagged edges yet so I don't peronally use that technique.) |
When I use selective desat, I usually desat the whole thing in one or two layers, then merge them and put on a mask. Then I paint the color areas with a slightly softened black brush to let the color layer show through. I haven't noticed any jagged edges with that system, and it's quite simple. You probably know that if you go outside the lines with the black brush, you can touch it up by painting with the white brush. |
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12/20/2006 05:42:13 PM · #2372 |
Brown
Votes: 69
Views: 87
Avg Vote: 5.6812
Comments: 3
When I went to bed last night this was at 7.0. Maybe there's some chance for improvement before the voting is over. |
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12/20/2006 05:43:36 PM · #2373 |
how do you get into one of these groups?
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12/20/2006 05:47:37 PM · #2374 |
Originally posted by Truegsht:
how do you get into one of these groups? |
You haven't entered a challenge since last May? |
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12/20/2006 05:50:54 PM · #2375 |
I rejoined and have an entry in brown right now...working on my next entry for "pattern II"
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