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01/09/2007 08:05:10 PM · #676

Originally posted by levyj413:

Finally, a homework assignment for anyone who wants to do well at DPC: read scalvert's thread on how to win a ribbon.

Jeff, thanks for bringing this to our attention. I spent much of the afternoon reading that and following the trails that lead from it. Very worthwhile -- like spending the afternoon in a photography seminar.

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

01/09/2007 08:06:55 PM · #677

Originally posted by alans_world:

I have to apologize to team suck, for being a bit quiet, although I have been lurking in the shadows.

Alan, please take care of your family first. This Web site, and indeed the rest of the world, will still be here afterwards. The reverse isn't necessarily true. I'm sending good thoughts your way.

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

01/09/2007 08:07:29 PM · #678

I awarded Suckers in this thread:

//www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=525180

Please stop by and congratulate the deserving winners.

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01/09/2007 08:10:11 PM · #679

This is a note to our newer members about scoring trends during voting.

It's rarely worth looking at scores for about 24 hours. Almost every challenge I've been in, the first few votes are very high and then generally plummet for the first day. Then they generally stay stable or rise until the final night, when they often climb a bit. I guess the same people tend to vote on each day, and the first nighters have different, harsher standards than most.

So although it's nice to be above 6 after 5 votes or so, don't get your hopes up. Similarly, if it's 4, don't despair. Just wait about a day to get a sense of where things are really going.

On the flip side, once you hit 100 votes, things settle down, and after 150, it's rare to see things go even 0.1 either direction, with 0.2 being really rare.

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

01/09/2007 08:10:55 PM · #680

Originally posted by JuliBoc:

Originally posted by levyj413:
Finally, a homework assignment for anyone who wants to do well at DPC: read scalvert's thread on how to win a ribbon.

Jeff, thanks for bringing this to our attention. I spent much of the afternoon reading that and following the trails that lead from it. Very worthwhile -- like spending the afternoon in a photography seminar.

Good! :)

Now you know the kind of thing I read to come up with my suggestions; none of it was original to me!

noraneko

Canon EOS R5

01/09/2007 08:19:05 PM · #681

alans_world keep us posted on how everything is going with your family, my best wishes are with you! As

levyj413 says, DPC and Team Suck will still be here and rooting for you.

NikonJeb you may very well be in ribbon territory. At the very least, I'll bet you'll make top 10 and get a little star in your profile. I can't wait to see your shot!

I just entered Songs with the weirdest photo I've ever taken. Totally a new approach for me. I'm expecting a moderate score at best - technically I think the photo is okay, but artistically... well, you'll either love it or hate it. And

levyj413 I promise it does meet the challenge this time :-)

xianart I love your dark, moody photos. Don't sell out on us :-) I do understand wanting that high score now and again with a crowd-pleaser though.

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

01/09/2007 08:23:02 PM · #682

I'm in Black&White. Most of you will recognise my model, lol. I'm sure I'll finish towards the bottom of the pack since I don't have a studio, or lights, or backdrops, or well you get the picture. It's OK, we had fun.

quiet_observation

Canon EOS-7D

01/09/2007 08:51:25 PM · #683

Me bad-after Song Titles-I will probably have to change my user name and go into hiding for awhile.

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

01/09/2007 08:58:47 PM · #684

Originally posted by quiet_observation:

Me bad-after Song Titles-I will probably have to change my user name and go into hiding for awhile.

With those titles, I think it will be a naughty, naughty challenge! LOL. I'm sure we'll all love it ;P

01/09/2007 09:52:40 PM · #685

And again it's rising.....I can't take this!!!!

Procrastination
Votes: 113
Views: 188
Avg Vote: 6.8938
Comments: 12

And the nice things people are saying!!!!

Oh, thanks ever so much for the link to Shannon's ribbon tutorial.

What a terrific article!

meyers

Canon EOS-6D

01/09/2007 11:01:30 PM · #686

Got my first comment on my fences picture. I was this close to getting through the challenge with no comments..

Votes: 251
Views: 286
Avg Vote: 5.1116
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0

JuliBoc

Apple iPhone 6s+

01/09/2007 11:35:15 PM · #687

Originally posted by noraneko:

NikonJeb you may very well be in ribbon territory. At the very least, I'll bet you'll make top 10 and get a little star in your profile. I can't wait to see your shot!

And Catherine, you have your own little star in your profile now. Congrats!

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01/09/2007 11:55:41 PM · #688

Okay, I'm in song titles. For the sake of my models, I hope it does well.

Meanwhile, if you'd care to help me figure out how best to do a shot of my models' hands, I'd appreciate it! Here's the thread:
//www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=525487&page=1#3202862

Message edited by author 2007-01-10 00:21:54.

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01/10/2007 12:33:04 AM · #689

Song Title - 4.5

I tell ya, I'm on a roll!

klstover

Panasonic DMC-FZ8

01/10/2007 12:35:20 AM · #690

I have a great idea for match!! Well I'm not sure how it'll be received but it doesn't matter as it has (yes, past tense) been very very very fun to photograph and think about and yay!!

griz210

Nikon D300s

01/10/2007 12:36:48 AM · #691

b&w portrait 5.5 but it wont hold.
i just looked and there are some great shots in this challenge

JuliBoc

Apple iPhone 6s+

01/10/2007 12:38:42 AM · #692

I'm going to bed. The first vote on my B/W Portrait was 5 and the second vote was 1. No explanation. It's hard to recover a decent average after something like that.

01/10/2007 12:39:09 AM · #693

OK, I looked at the thumbs for Songs, and my score is pretty accurate. There are some very good entries - quite creative! And in retrospect, mine really does suck. Live and learn. :-) (Though really you'd think I'd have figured that out by now... I *knew* not to enter it...)

Message edited by author 2007-01-10 00:39:43.

mist

Canon EOS-60D

01/10/2007 02:19:13 AM · #694

One thing is starting to nark me lately - it's when people only mark comments as "useful" if they are positive, suck up, type comments. Crits that say negative things just get left, even if they are actually showing how to improve.

I used to be amused by this as I would browse through photos, but lately it's beginning to be a "thing that I don't much like". I mean, do people not gain anything from a negative crit? Are some folk's egos so fragile?

01/10/2007 02:26:50 AM · #695

Some folks just don't like criticism, or the particular angle of the criticism. I have one I haven't marked (but will do so eventually) that simply reads "Bird poop". I'm not entirely sure how to take that, but I guess it's helpful?

I've turned scores off. It's definitely one of those weeks I should have shot for the challenge then not entered.

mist

Canon EOS-60D

01/10/2007 02:40:39 AM · #696

Originally posted by Melethia:

Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about the sort of comment where someone just basically says "your photo is rubbish", I'm talking about things like you'll see say five comments on a shot that will say something inane like "nice piece of fluff" that are marked as helpful, and on that same shot you might see a comment that says "you have a nice piece of fluff, but the sharpness seems a bit off, and you seem to have chosen a very shallow depth of field that doesn't quite work" and that will be left.

01/10/2007 03:04:33 AM · #697

Well.....back to reality....first my AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

Procrastination

Votes: 116
Views: 197
Avg Vote: 6.8966
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 01/10/07 02:10 am

Now......here's my candidate for the Suckie and the OOBIE....
Black and White Portrait II

Votes: 22
Views: 43
Avg Vote: 3.5455
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 01/10/07 02:10 am

I'm thinkin' that it's *SO* OOB that a visiting troop of trolls has been whipped into a voting frenzy......methinks they *DON'T* like it......8>)

So is there a Suckie award for the entry that sucks the most?

I think I'm gonna have that one nailed!!!!

This is my worst score EVER!!!!

I may have out-clevered myself right down the tubes!

The funny thing is that all the comments are good ones.

I still like it, oddly enough and it even kind of amuses me the it has upset some voters.

Side Note: I just voted on a B&W entry that I think is possibly one of the finest pics I have ever seen!

Message edited by author 2007-01-10 03:28:45.

01/10/2007 03:05:56 AM · #698

Originally posted by JuliBoc:

I'm going to bed. The first vote on my B/W Portrait was 5 and the second vote was 1. No explanation. It's hard to recover a decent average after something like that.

How do you determine that?

I'd love to know how the votes are going.

01/10/2007 03:28:45 AM · #699

Jeb - it's math, not magic. If you keep hitting the update button often enough you can see the scores change as votes come in. Lot of folks have spreadsheets where they type in each change as they see it and it tells you the vote.

For instance if you hit update, it shows 1 vote, score is a 5, then hit update and it shows 2 votes, score is a 5.5, you just received a 5 followed by a 6 (which would be good!) However if that first vote is a 5, then you hit update and have 2 votes and a score of 3, your second vote was a 1 (which would not be good.)

I just turn scores off when they're particularly uninspiring (like now, with a sub-5 score going in Songs) and I don't have a copy of a spreadsheet - someone else may. Even when my scores are decent I don't hit update. I just let it update on the hour when the site does it.

Message edited by author 2007-01-10 03:30:00.