Score that car! - DPChallenge Forums

Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S

12/11/2007 05:20:31 PM · #126

Originally posted by eyewave:

Originally posted by tjmueller:
Well my first challenge that I commented on all pictures "myself excluded". There are allot of excellent shoots, it should be an interesting week.

Thanks for that absolutely correct comment, Tim.
. .

ETA:
You have rated 59 of 60 images (98%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 59 images (98%) in this challenge.

Woudn't it be cool, if every entrant commented on at least half of all the other entries?

I agree - I reckon that at least 28 of the 60 entries have commented on this thread, so howabout sitting down and getting some comments out against even half the shots ?

This is such a small challenge that it would only be 30 comments.

My current stats are

You have rated 43 of 60 images (72%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 35 images (58%) in this challenge.

bassbone

Nikon Z8

12/12/2007 08:06:14 PM · #127

Votes: 144
Views: 278
Avg Vote: 5.0347
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1

My score stinks - but I really like the image and can't wait to explain it after the fact...it seems I did not reach the voters...my bad

I finished voting and commenting. Some very good and creative shots - Nice work everyone.

Hipychik

Sony Alpha a6000

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

12/12/2007 08:11:44 PM · #128

Originally posted by bassbone:

I don't seem to have reached the voters either...but you liked it! Thanks for the nice comment. :)

bassbone

Nikon Z8

Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S

12/12/2007 08:13:44 PM · #129

Originally posted by hipychik:

I don't seem to have reached the voters either...but you liked it! Thanks for the nice comment. :)

You are quite welcome - my comments were honest and I did not pull punches. I really think people in the challenge had a pretty creative take on the theme and some really nice and diverse approaches resulted - a small but well done challenge.

tjmueller

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

12/13/2007 12:06:09 AM · #130

Thank you Peter "bassbone" for your informative comment

Score went below 6 today at lunch, but just came back.

Votes: 150
Views: 378
Avg Vote: 6.0267
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0

-edit spelling -

Message edited by author 2007-12-13 00:06:39.

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

12/13/2007 04:54:04 AM · #131

I'm in the bizarre position of having 3 favourites and 5.7 - how does that work ??!!

People are clearly not in the festive spirit when it comes to dishing out marks . . come on folks - it's nearly Christmas !!

Enough of the stinginess and Bah Humbug, lets have a little genrerosity and spread that love :- )

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

12/13/2007 05:33:54 AM · #132

Originally posted by Jedusi:

So I'm ahead of you now, Steve - wonder what has happened in the meantime. Well, guess we'll share the comfortable space on page 2 then - 5 seems to be the new 6.

BTW, thanks for your comment, 11 of the other 17 commenters agree with you - 5 say the exact opposite -
I'm really enjoying this challenge :)

CarpeLumen

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro

12/13/2007 06:27:57 AM · #133

sorry, that was dumb, it was a great pic

Message edited by author 2007-12-13 06:58:43.

AlexSaberi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

12/13/2007 06:29:49 AM · #134

u cant mention photos while voting is in progress

Message edited by author 2007-12-13 07:37:46.

12/13/2007 06:37:55 AM · #135

Originally posted by AlexSaberi:

Originally posted by FourTDSean:
. . .

u cant mention photos while voting is in progress

So best not to quote the offending remark then ;- )

12/13/2007 06:38:38 AM · #136

Originally posted by trevytrev:

There are always monster scores lurking in the darkness..They like to get the hopes up of the mid sixes..lol.

That's a mean, spiteful, pedantic remark.

And probably completely true! LOL!!!......8>)

12/13/2007 06:43:24 AM · #137

Originally posted by eyewave:

So I'm ahead of you now,

You must have overtaken me when I pulled in for a comfort break :- )

Originally posted by eyewave:

BTW, thanks for your comment, 11 of the other 17 commenters agree with you - 5 say the exact opposite -
I'm really enjoying this challenge :)

I have a similar issue - a number of very positive comments, and some people just not getting it at all. Hey ho . .

I'm still astonished at the scores though - I think anything above a 6 is going to be front page !

Message edited by author 2007-12-13 06:47:24.

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

12/13/2007 06:43:33 AM · #138

Originally posted by Judi:

So how many chicks are in this challenge?

Originally posted by crabappl3:

I didn't see any chicken photos in the whole challenge, sorry.-danny

Originally posted by Judi:

I bet you are sorry...I am sure you guys were hanging to see some nekkid chicks draped over the bonnet of the cars..lmao!!

I've been a car freak my entire life and I *still* don't get that.

What the heck do pretty women have to do with a car?

Most of my best friends are women, and they don't seem to want to look at pictures of copol cars with half-nekkid guys draped over them.

They see that a truly cool car is beauty in its own right.

People lose their looks.....a truly great car design *never* does!

timfythetoo

Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

12/13/2007 07:05:08 AM · #139

Votes: 154
Views: 344
Avg Vote: 5.6299
Comments: 20

Very pleased with my current score. Especially since I took the road less traveled. That and its out of the 4's.

Dirt_Diver

Nikon D3s

12/13/2007 07:10:52 AM · #140

HOLY CRAP for the first time during this challenge I FINALLY broke into the 6's. I would like to thank all the people that gave me their 4's and 3's and who ever gave me the 1... Well I'll buy you a new pair of glasses.

Votes: 158
Views: 346
Avg Vote: 6.0000
Comments: 14

12/13/2007 07:12:52 AM · #141

Originally posted by Lowcivicman99:

Well I know that if I get ribbons out the ying-yang I might have something there and actually start promoting and getting business as a photographer.

Dude!!!!

*NEVER* let the voters dictate your dream!

I've sold probably 50 prints of a shot that was on the front page of a local small newspaper, and it kind of launched my career in this area.

It's a statement about clashing philosophies together in a strange stolen moment, and it got a low 5 when I entered it in a challenge.

By the time that I had entered it, it had already circulated here and gained me some local celebrity, so I knew that the voting was a reflection on strictly the image's merits and not the story behind it.

In more cases than not, truly good photography does get a helping hand from the story.

So......IMNSHO, I would never gauge my level of competency by the way the voters view my work......that's merely my slice of humble pie for dessert!.......8>)

12/13/2007 07:30:03 AM · #142

Originally posted by crabappl3:

Please don't base your desire to open your own photography business on what a bunch of people you don't know rate your photos on here. I have seen many people with skills we'd as a collective rate 5 or less have very successful photography careers. A lot of it has to do with how you work with people and capture the image your client wants. Join a local photography club and get some prints in their faces for their review. Talking one on one with another photographer about what your picture's strengths and weaknesses are will go a long way to improving your work.-danny

What he said!.........8>)

Seriously, my work has improved so much since getting here I wouldn't know where or how to start explaining it. But it has NOT been from entering the challenges......it's been from being a member of a side team, being involved in the side challenges/projects, and that ever-so-important one-on-one, even in a virtual sense, with another photographer.

I learned something about cars in this challenge that I wasn't aware of and I like top think I'm pretty much in touch with the car world.

The thing is, this place has the ability to challenge us all to really push ourselves out of our comfort zone, to try to satisfy a need that cannot be defined, and make us reach like no other place or client can.

There are some days I just want to pound my head in frustration with what my score is doing, and others I just stare and laugh.

After a little over a year and a half and 67 challenges, I still have no freakin' clue as to a guaranteed winning formula (Short of moving to Iceland, anyway.....) and yet I still feel like I'm a pretty decent photographer who is always looking to improve.

I voted 37 images in THIS challenge a 6 or better, only one 10, but as someone described earlier, I wouldn't change this image one iota, and I faved it!

Coming from a 30+ year automotive background, and specifically, classic, antique, and high performance cars, that's really saying something.

12/13/2007 07:35:10 AM · #143

Originally posted by FocusPoint:

Taking a toy car picture is like covering your entire face in Portrait challenge.

Trust me, you didn't want to see my face!

Besides, I didn't want to crack my new lens!

ROTFLMSOAO!!!

ETA: Duh, Jeb.....here's my mediocre score:
Votes: 154
Views: 273
Avg Vote: 5.3506
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

Message edited by author 2007-12-13 07:40:04.

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

12/13/2007 07:44:32 AM · #144

Originally posted by timfythetoo:

Votes: 154
Views: 344
Avg Vote: 5.6299
Comments: 20

Very pleased with my current score. Especially since I took the road less traveled. That and its out of the 4's.

I don't get that at all!

My score has virtually not budged in 135 votes!

Votes: 29 Votes: 154
Views: 52 Views: 273
Avg Vote: 5.4828 Avg Vote: 5.3506
Comments: 4 Comments: 13
Favorites: 0 Favorites: 0

kawesttex

Apple iPhone 11 Pro

12/13/2007 07:49:42 AM · #145

Bunch of 5s in my score! :-)

Votes: 155
Views: 255
Avg Vote: 5.5355
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

12/13/2007 07:55:26 AM · #146

Some of you have some mighty nice automobiles - or at least know people who do!