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10/09/2006 08:03:29 AM · #1 |
600+ images. Wow! Bound to have a few slip thru the cracks.
Some of the photo's I voted highly did quite well, but a handful ended up with a surprising finish IMO.
 - Nice finish at 39th place, but figured this for a top 10.
 - Good finish at 68th place, kinda saw this breaking the top 20.
The shockers for me...
 - 173rd? Sub 6 score?
 - 180th? Sub 6 score?
The underdog with potential...
 - 448th place. Had hoped this would do a little better. Perhaps with a couple of tweaks?
Anyway, that's my take on a handful of entries.
Anybody else have any surprises, shockers, that you'd care to share? Please, not your own - we're always surprised, and/or shocked with our personal entries. :D
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10/09/2006 08:14:01 AM · #2 |
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10/09/2006 08:17:36 AM · #3 |
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10/09/2006 08:40:50 AM · #4 |
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10/09/2006 08:45:12 AM · #5 |
I voted 30 entries a 9 in this challenge and 3 tens - most of whom finished quite high - but here are a few not already mentioned that I loved and didn't get the finish I thought they should - although they still did pretty well.
     
My favourite far and away was bear_music's beautiful coastline
which was robbed of a ribbon by some cruddy hypersaturated landscape, which luckily for me is mine
Message edited by author 2006-10-09 08:46:17.
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10/09/2006 09:45:24 AM · #6 |
Too many to list, but here's a few:
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10/09/2006 09:48:01 AM · #7 |
well, since nobody else is going to mention it, I was robbed in this challenge. maybe this is a hijack, but so be it. I usually don't complain about the score but lately I've been on a streak of near 6's and 6+'s and I don't understand why this didn't get at least a 5.8+
the moon was rising just as the sun was setting, and atmospheric turbulence distorted it to this "bad looking moon"
most commenters seem to like it, even if they don't know why, but in general the voters didn't seem to like it. Why?
I didn't expect top 10, but 372?
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10/09/2006 10:00:33 AM · #8 |
I missed this one...
Such a nice artistic approach - you can almost feel the motion and activity. Creativity was awarded in this case with a finish of 349. :>/ |
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10/09/2006 10:38:58 AM · #9 |
you people have good taste. you've covered a lot of my high scores already. But this was a great challenge and I still have some more!
These all got 10s from me. If you wonder why, click on them and read my comments:
 did well but should have done better.
 sigh... from another time... another world...
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10/09/2006 10:39:37 AM · #10 |
I loved this as well:
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10/09/2006 10:48:59 AM · #11 |
| This would be great for the morning challenge. |
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10/09/2006 11:36:34 AM · #12 |
I only managed to vote on 200, but in that, here are my lowest placing high scores.
My only 10:
in 118th?
Some 8s:
 99th
 151st
 235th
 257th
There were some great shots in this challenge!
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10/09/2006 12:08:15 PM · #13 |
Some I thought would have scored higher (some scored very well, just not in the place I thought they should have):
39th
 105th
 127th
 271st
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10/09/2006 12:21:01 PM · #14 |
Some that I scored highly which were ranked more lowly -
 - placed 134th
 - placed 46th
 - placed 66th
- placed 97th |
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10/09/2006 12:21:39 PM · #15 |
This image finished with a sub-5 score, in 499th place. I thought it was absolutely beautiful, and gave it an 8:
R. |
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10/09/2006 12:45:15 PM · #16 |
This one too - it came in 136th.
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10/09/2006 01:20:34 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
This image finished with a sub-5 score, in 499th place. I thought it was absolutely beautiful, and gave it an 8:
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Hear, hear, Robert! One day we can expand the horizon of DPC!
"You know, this isn't bad. I think I would have cloned out the sharp fringe at the front of the far wing. I'm sure this is getting hammered, eh? Something speaks to me though. Extra point for the balls of entering this at DPC (which tends to shriek at abstracts unless it's an abstract challenge). 7"
Message edited by author 2006-10-09 13:21:39.
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10/09/2006 01:36:21 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Hear, hear, Robert! One day we can expand the horizon of DPC!
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Says the guy who enters the very DPC-friendly richly saturated landscapes. :-) Take the lead, Doc; step across the line now and then. |
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10/09/2006 02:35:54 PM · #19 |
These images all did very well so perhaps they're not really considered hidden gems... rather it's a sign of respect for those who venture out of their comfort zone (in some cases) and who express themselves in unique and challenging ways. Non conformists all.
Rd
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10/09/2006 02:48:40 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Hear, hear, Robert! One day we can expand the horizon of DPC!
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Says the guy who enters the very DPC-friendly richly saturated landscapes. :-) Take the lead, Doc; step across the line now and then. |
Haha! Don't think that thought didn't cross my mind. Unfortunately my curse is I like that kind of stuff. I've tried to go away from it from time to time, but I am not very good at it...
I did have a "grunge" phase about three months ago where I was entering muted shots or shots which were at least mildly disturbing...two managed 6 scores, the other three were solidly in the 5's somewhere...
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10/09/2006 02:52:35 PM · #21 |
one of the most under rated in my opinion |
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10/09/2006 02:53:29 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Hear, hear, Robert! One day we can expand the horizon of DPC!
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Says the guy who enters the very DPC-friendly richly saturated landscapes. :-) Take the lead, Doc; step across the line now and then. |
It's a tough one, first of all to be able to step across the line, second to deal with the low scores.
But it sure would be good to expand the horizon of DPC. I'd love that. It would be very helpful for a lot of us I think. |
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10/09/2006 04:19:23 PM · #23 |
Message edited by author 2006-10-09 16:20:32. |
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10/09/2006 04:36:25 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by ursula:
It's a tough one, first of all to be able to step across the line, second to deal with the low scores.
But it sure would be good to expand the horizon of DPC. I'd love that. It would be very helpful for a lot of us I think. |
Ursula, with your talent I'd love to see what you came up with. And the few times DrAchoo did step out of the box, I loved his photos.
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10/09/2006 04:39:12 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
Originally posted by ursula:
It's a tough one, first of all to be able to step across the line, second to deal with the low scores.
But it sure would be good to expand the horizon of DPC. I'd love that. It would be very helpful for a lot of us I think. |
Ursula, with your talent I'd love to see what you came up with. And the few times DrAchoo did step out of the box, I loved his photos. |
Thank you. I love trying to step out of the box, but it's not so easy always. It's also funny (and sad) how tied we are to numbers - how important that stupid high score becomes. Very sad. |
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