Official Team D50 Thread - DPChallenge Forums

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

04/25/2007 06:29:52 PM · #626

well i think i speak for everyone,
you are a great team member and an excellent photographer, and would def. ask you to reconsider! if you absolutely can't do it , then we'll look for someone to fill in your shoes. :(

cheers,

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

04/25/2007 06:34:58 PM · #627

as of now

our team has the following members confirmed

zaflabout
neophyte
brielle
aerogurl
(hsolakidis) need to report to base:)

i am hoping kteach will reconsider her decision!

i'll keep everyone informed as the DPL grows near!

04/25/2007 07:23:19 PM · #628

Hello Team D50!

I want everyone on the team to feel free to message me anytime. Send me a PM and I will send you all my contact info, email, aim, msn, etc.

I hope we can all work together to raise our overall average and learn a little something in the process.

Go D50!
Dana

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

04/26/2007 03:15:54 PM · #629

updated:

zaflabout
neophyte
brielle
aerogurl
dreamy
(hsolakidis) need to report to base:)

i am still hoping kteach will reconsider her decision
other wise we'll have one more spot to fill:(

kteach

Nikon D50

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6

04/26/2007 04:06:41 PM · #630

Hi guys! I appreciate the kind words, but I'm just afraid I won't have enough time to get something in every week, and I don't want to leave you with a pile of zeros! If you really can't find a replacement member, I'll be happy to stay on the roster and enter as much as I can, but I'd rather root you on this time around if that's possible!

Oh, and welcome to the team aerogurl! I love that owl shot in your portfolio (I'm partial to owls)!

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6D ED

04/26/2007 04:22:12 PM · #631

Originally posted by kteach:

Oh, and welcome to the team aerogurl! I love that owl shot in your portfolio (I'm partial to owls)!

Thanks Melanie. I LOVE going to the Carolina Raptor Center, its about 15 minutes from my home. All the raptor shots in my portfolio were taken with my point and shoot with a telephoto lens on, so I really need to get out there with my new D50 and get some better and sharper shots! Again, Thanks for the welcome and I hope we get to compete together next DPL or whenever the future permits.

dreamy

Nikon D50

04/26/2007 04:36:37 PM · #632

Hello everybody

Iâ��m happy to be the new member of D50 team

My name is Ralitza

I received my first camera when I was 7.
Took plenty of pictures during my childhood and teenage years.

Then for a long period stayed a bit away from photography â�� apart from taking family and child pictures.

I bought a my D50 DSLR last June. And think made quite of a progress for this months

Looking ahead for further progress as a member of the team

And of course for a lot a fun

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

04/26/2007 05:11:16 PM · #633

i just pmed hsolakidis to confirm his participation. waiting for his reply.
so as of now we have 5 members confirmed,
1 pending

and we have bmartuch and kteach cheering for us from the sidelines:)
i'll keep you guys posted

cheers,

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

04/26/2007 09:00:05 PM · #634

updated:

zaflabout
neophyte
brielle
aerogurl
dreamy
karinn
(hsolakidis) need to report to base still, i am waiting for his pm.

allright guys it seems our team is almost complete, i want to welcome our new members all three of them have exceptional portfolio and i beleive they are going to be a great addition to our team!

cheers,

update,
hsolakidis reported , so we are good to go :)

Message edited by author 2007-04-26 21:01:42.

neophyte

Nikon D810

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

04/26/2007 09:06:44 PM · #635

Good to go!!!!! Welcome and welcome back!

karinn

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D

04/26/2007 09:12:28 PM · #636

hello everyone..

My name is KÃ¡ri and I'm from Iceland.

The age is 22 and got my first camera 1 year ago.

I'm looking forward for this tournament..

Message edited by author 2007-04-26 21:46:16.

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

04/27/2007 12:06:19 PM · #637

is anyone in any of the challenges right now ?

if so how are you guys doing in these?

karinn

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D

04/27/2007 03:43:44 PM · #638

Well.. I'm in the kitchenware challenge..

Votes: 147
Views: 264
Avg Vote: 5.8163

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

04/27/2007 04:19:58 PM · #639

I'm in the Bubbles II challenge.. I started shooting at 9:30pm, took an hour long distance phone call, edited and submitted it, all before midnight... it was right down to the wire.. Haven't ever done that before, and won't be doing it again..

Votes: 168
Views: 253
Avg Vote: 5.6726
Comments: 4

Message edited by author 2007-04-27 16:21:25.

Brielle

04/27/2007 04:21:58 PM · #640

Nothing, yet for me..but I have one in for Free Study. VERY different...guess we'll see how I do! :oP

neophyte

Nikon D810

04/27/2007 04:32:51 PM · #641

Same here. Busy at work so Team D50 is the perfect excuse to get out and shoot.

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

04/27/2007 05:03:17 PM · #642

kitchenware for me, it's been a 6 for the past 2 days,

today it dropped to 5.875, 16 comments thought,

and that was really really a last minute submission (started shoting @ 11:30, finished at 11:45, pped and submitted by 11:58!), if i had more time for pp it would have been a totally different score.
oh well , that's what you get for getting inspired very late :)

04/27/2007 05:59:29 PM · #643

I started a thread a while back about starting a DPL team but no one seemed committed enough for my liking. There were things I wanted to accomplish by starting a new team and now since I have joined D50, I wanted to propose my ideas to the group. Remember, with the new SC tools we won't be voting on each others images in challenges, so everything I propose is legal and ethical.

The essence of my idea is Team Communication. To chat and show our images either to the group (as in a forum, either a DPC supplied private Team D50 Thread [which they are discussing for the new DPL], or making our own forum/chatroom) and/or individually (as in instant messaging chats with one or more members, email, etc), so that we can (if we want) discuss entries before challenges or just be there for each other in general for processing tips, etc.

With the new tools the SC have implemented to keep us from "friend voting" or voting for our teammates, this leaves us open to utilize our relationship as a team and help us all become better photographers. I in no way plan to or want anyone to cheat, go against the spirit of DPC or do anything they do not personally want to do. But I know for a fact this already existed before the WPL (hence the "friend voting" crackdown) and I think anyone who doesn't seek and/or take advice from others are at a disadvantage.

I am here to become a better photographer, to raise my average score, etc.. winning a make believe ribbon is a great affirmation of my work, but I am here to learn, and if I can, be learned from.

When I mentioned this before I got feedback from other members. I am only seeking opinions in this thread from my teammates, anyone else should PM me.

~ Dana

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

04/27/2007 06:21:55 PM · #644

i can tell you how we did it before. we never saw each other entries:)

what your suggesting is ethical on the basis that none of us will vote on the challenge we are competing in.
why?
simply because i have in mind what my team pictures will ook like, hence i might not vote on those, but i might be harsher on others that approach a similar concept.

accordinly io personaly DO NOT vote in challenges i am in, this i avoid any misunderstunding with the SC.

now the problem is this,
three weekly challenges
say everyone of us submit to different ones, that means none of us can vote in any challenge, that's very bad if you ask me.

what i suggest is this, we did it with the first team D50 in WPL3
we used to give pp tips to each other but on picture NOT participating in challenges just to learn.

per say, i went to a park, i got a nice shot of a tree and a nice shot of a cabin there. in both of these the sky is the major element, you want to bring it out, you are not sure how, you like the tree more, but you are sure that we won't recognize the house is yours, you can ask us how to fix that one and then learn to modify the others.

in other words, you can ask about an independent photo, TOTALLY not related to the one you are submitting, but one that require similar processing techniqe.
a better example, IR, you are not sure how to do it , you take a shot of anything and you can ask how to fix it, we'll show you , then you can go and take whatever shot you want and fix it the way you want, the knowledge has been passed, no damage was done , and everyone is happy:)

i hope put things in a better perspective for everyone. of course i am more than open to discussion about this topic from the rest of the team.

cheers,

PS: i must add we all want to improve, and thanks to DPC i learned more than i could have ever imagined about photog:) and hopefully this WPL we will all kick some A**, Go TEAM D50!

Message edited by author 2007-04-27 18:24:23.

04/27/2007 08:21:53 PM · #645

Originally posted by zaflabout:

I think you have misunderstood. We can vote on any challenge we want, whether we enter it or not. What SC means is that we can not vote on each others individual submissions to any challenges, not that we can not vote on an entire challenge just because we or our teammate entered it. In other words, "no voting on images you have seen prior to entry". Say I enter "kitchenware", you can vote on all images in that challenge except my image, per current rules.

The whole "friend voting" thing has opened a whole new door for DPC. Now that we can not vote on our friends or team mates images, discussing them is not forbidden. I think its a good thing. I'm glad SC got these tools and are able to track our voting. I've been a member here for 4+ years, I have seen this site grow, and this is just another direction its heading in. This makes it so that we CAN help each other, why shouldn't we?

I am very happy to discuss ANY image, be of any help, discuss any PP tips, etc.. Just msg me :)

~Dana

Message edited by author 2007-04-27 20:27:04.

karinn

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D

04/28/2007 06:42:20 AM · #646

Damn I like this new rules..

I agree with aerogurl... why shouldn't we.. ??

But I'm such a newbie, what should I know.

-Kari-

hsolakidis

Nikon D50

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

04/28/2007 06:49:34 AM · #647

Hi to everyone, old and new!

Captain, I think we need a new thread!

Harry

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

04/30/2007 06:47:00 AM · #648

my kitchenware entry ended with a 6, and now my tryptich is at 6.28 ,after the first phase of bad voting :) so i am expecting this to go up. i am taking a risk with my free study let's see how it goes.

how are you guys doin?

04/30/2007 05:38:42 PM · #649

Bubbles II
Avg Vote: 5.7460 (anything better than my personal average is good to me, still wish I had been inspired earlier and not entered in a rush)

Triptych II
Avg Vote: 6.3902

I had a 6.7 last night in Triptych, I just knew I would wake up to a 5.xx but only went down a few tenths. woohoo :) I am looking forward to Free Study, and NOT AT ALL for the scoring, because I am sure it won't do that well... but its a image thats very personal to me :)

Message edited by author 2007-04-30 17:40:50.