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01/14/2008 08:55:02 AM · #776 |
my rivers and streams is doing about what i expected. Its just a snapshot
Rivers & Streams
Votes: 24
Views: 43
Avg Vote: 5.2500
Comments: 2
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01/14/2008 09:02:34 AM · #777 |
| Mine's on 5.5. Which is alright, but I really quite like the shot, so I'm not that happy about it. lol I should learn not to get attached to shots, but I just can't help it... |
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01/14/2008 09:03:19 AM · #778 |
| Btw, for the Best of 2007 challenge, does it need to be something noone's seen before? Or is it ok to stick in a shot that's been sitting in my portfolio for a while? |
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01/14/2008 09:06:38 AM · #779 |
| Certainly last year plenty of the highest ranking photos had been in portolios previously. I don't see any problem, as it is natural that if it is your best of the year you will have placed it in your portfolio. I would suggest that you move the portfolio version to your workshop until voting is complete. |
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01/14/2008 09:07:39 AM · #780 |
| Thanks, cool, done that :) I'll be intrigued to see how it does. |
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01/14/2008 09:43:03 AM · #781 |
Originally posted by purpleflutterby13:
Btw, for the Best of 2007 challenge, does it need to be something noone's seen before? Or is it ok to stick in a shot that's been sitting in my portfolio for a while? |
Originally posted by SaraR:
Certainly last year plenty of the highest ranking photos had been in portolios previously. I don't see any problem, as it is natural that if it is your best of the year you will have placed it in your portfolio. I would suggest that you move the portfolio version to your workshop until voting is complete. |
Sounds like a good strategy to me too, but I'd be interested to hear what any lurking SC member might think about it... :) |
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01/14/2008 09:46:29 AM · #782 |
Originally posted by krnodil:
Originally posted by purpleflutterby13:
Btw, for the Best of 2007 challenge, does it need to be something noone's seen before? Or is it ok to stick in a shot that's been sitting in my portfolio for a while? |
Originally posted by SaraR:
Certainly last year plenty of the highest ranking photos had been in portolios previously. I don't see any problem, as it is natural that if it is your best of the year you will have placed it in your portfolio. I would suggest that you move the portfolio version to your workshop until voting is complete. |
Sounds like a good strategy to me too, but I'd be interested to hear what any lurking SC member might think about it... :) |
I'm not an SC, but I do know it is allowed. I did it last year and I did it again this year. Just hide your portfolio image first.
eta: You must not have used it as a challenge entry previously though.
Message edited by author 2008-01-14 09:47:52. |
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01/14/2008 10:39:31 AM · #783 |
Rivers & Streams
Votes: 35
Views: 54
Avg Vote: 4.5714
Comments: 0
'nuff said! ;p
btw way Jeffrey and Barbara, yes, new bf...wonderful man, into energy healing, attending Barbara Brennan School of Healing, also owns a lightweight airplane currently in Halifax. Very very mature despite being five years younger than me (but he chased me, so he's a cougar hunter...besides cougars are mostly WEALTHY older women who actively pursue younger men so I don't really meet the criteria, lol) and not camera-shy like a couple I could name. |
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01/14/2008 11:06:41 AM · #784 |
Rivers & Streams
Votes: 32
Views: 64
Avg Vote: 5.5625
This has been gradually climbing from a 5.1 with 10 votes last night. I hope the trend continues. |
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01/14/2008 11:08:54 AM · #785 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
btw way Jeffrey and Barbara, yes, new bf...wonderful man, into energy healing, attending Barbara Brennan School of Healing, also owns a lightweight airplane currently in Halifax. Very very mature despite being five years younger than me (but he chased me, so he's a cougar hunter...besides cougars are mostly WEALTHY older women who actively pursue younger men so I don't really meet the criteria, lol) and not camera-shy like a couple I could name. |
I'm happy for you, Susan. This is a great beginning to the new year. |
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01/14/2008 12:50:52 PM · #786 |
same old same old for me...
Clowns
Votes: 328
Views: 477
Avg Vote: 5.2652
Comments: 16
Rivers & Streams
Votes: 32
Views: 56
Avg Vote: 5.0000
Comments: 0
two low scores that I was quite unpleasantly surprised by. but the difference is that I look at my first page of challenges and I'm proud of every shot on that page. Each one was the shot I wanted to take, looking the way I want it to look. There is no corresponding lift of scores, however. And that is why I feel so at home here (on this thread, not on dpc). :)
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01/14/2008 01:03:18 PM · #787 |
It's funny, I swear both my photography and the post-processing I do has gotten radically better over the last year. I mean, I started the year not knowing what an aperture was, whereas now I fell pretty competent behind a camera, my shots are technically sound, I know how to pull off what I want to get in a shot. Weirdly though, my scores haven't shifted a bit. And all my top highest scoring shots are still the ones taken with my P&S.
But I love photography, it's making me look at the world in different ways, and I'm getting what I want from it. So yeah, I feel at home here :) |
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01/14/2008 01:40:19 PM · #788 |
Originally posted by purpleflutterby13:
It's funny, I swear both my photography and the post-processing I do has gotten radically better over the last year. I mean, I started the year not knowing what an aperture was, whereas now I fell pretty competent behind a camera, my shots are technically sound, I know how to pull off what I want to get in a shot. Weirdly though, my scores haven't shifted a bit. And all my top highest scoring shots are still the ones taken with my P&S.
But I love photography, it's making me look at the world in different ways, and I'm getting what I want from it. So yeah, I feel at home here :) |
I agree with you on all counts. My scores stay the same but I feel that I'm better at this then a year ago. I think my problem is that I think out side the box and don't have the same thought process that others do. But I'm still here learning and having fun. |
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01/14/2008 01:42:42 PM · #789 |
Originally posted by purpleflutterby13:
It's funny, I swear both my photography and the post-processing I do has gotten radically better over the last year. I mean, I started the year not knowing what an aperture was, whereas now I fell pretty competent behind a camera, my shots are technically sound, I know how to pull off what I want to get in a shot. Weirdly though, my scores haven't shifted a bit. And all my top highest scoring shots are still the ones taken with my P&S.
But I love photography, it's making me look at the world in different ways, and I'm getting what I want from it. So yeah, I feel at home here :) |
It's great that you have learned so much in the past year. I have too, and that's why I love DPC. But as with you, all but one of my top 5 shots were taken with my P&S camera. I have had a severe learning curve (and set back) with the DSLR. However, I feel confident that in 2008 I will replace at least a couple of those P&S shots on my top row. Let's make that a goal for 2008. How many do you think we could reasonably shoot for? |
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01/14/2008 01:51:28 PM · #790 |
Originally posted by JuliBoc:
Originally posted by purpleflutterby13:
It's funny, I swear both my photography and the post-processing I do has gotten radically better over the last year. I mean, I started the year not knowing what an aperture was, whereas now I fell pretty competent behind a camera, my shots are technically sound, I know how to pull off what I want to get in a shot. Weirdly though, my scores haven't shifted a bit. And all my top highest scoring shots are still the ones taken with my P&S.
But I love photography, it's making me look at the world in different ways, and I'm getting what I want from it. So yeah, I feel at home here :) |
It's great that you have learned so much in the past year. I have too, and that's why I love DPC. But as with you, all but one of my top 5 shots were taken with my P&S camera. I have had a severe learning curve (and set back) with the DSLR. However, I feel confident that in 2008 I will replace at least a couple of those P&S shots on my top row. Let's make that a goal for 2008. How many do you think we could reasonably shoot for? |
Sounds like a good goal :) As tempted as I am to say "Hell yeah, all 5", something tells me I'll be looking at that Spinning shot on my front page for a long time to come... Something like 3 might be reasonable though? I mean, a whole year is ahead of us, right? :) |
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01/14/2008 01:52:52 PM · #791 |
Originally posted by cosprenks:
Originally posted by purpleflutterby13:
It's funny, I swear both my photography and the post-processing I do has gotten radically better over the last year. I mean, I started the year not knowing what an aperture was, whereas now I fell pretty competent behind a camera, my shots are technically sound, I know how to pull off what I want to get in a shot. Weirdly though, my scores haven't shifted a bit. And all my top highest scoring shots are still the ones taken with my P&S.
But I love photography, it's making me look at the world in different ways, and I'm getting what I want from it. So yeah, I feel at home here :) |
I agree with you on all counts. My scores stay the same but I feel that I'm better at this then a year ago. I think my problem is that I think out side the box and don't have the same thought process that others do. But I'm still here learning and having fun. |
And that's why we're in Team Suck, right? :) |
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01/14/2008 02:33:01 PM · #792 |
I can definitely see a growth in my skills over the year.
Proof ?
This was actually taken mid-2006
And this, taken at the end of 2007
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01/14/2008 04:20:36 PM · #793 |
Originally posted by purpleflutterby13:
Originally posted by cosprenks:
Originally posted by purpleflutterby13:
It's funny, I swear both my photography and the post-processing I do has gotten radically better over the last year. I mean, I started the year not knowing what an aperture was, whereas now I fell pretty competent behind a camera, my shots are technically sound, I know how to pull off what I want to get in a shot. Weirdly though, my scores haven't shifted a bit. And all my top highest scoring shots are still the ones taken with my P&S.
But I love photography, it's making me look at the world in different ways, and I'm getting what I want from it. So yeah, I feel at home here :) |
I agree with you on all counts. My scores stay the same but I feel that I'm better at this then a year ago. I think my problem is that I think out side the box and don't have the same thought process that others do. But I'm still here learning and having fun. |
And that's why we're in Team Suck, right? :) |
Same here!! I can take technically sound pix now but my scores still tend to meander around in the 4s, occasionally surfacing in the 5s... Dunno whether to do 6 or Best of 2007...probably 6 cause at least I can count that high ;-) |
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01/14/2008 06:04:28 PM · #794 |
Chalk me up with the group of us that have hit "the wall" photographically and cannot seem to make that next step. I am frustrated seeing my top pic being one from 2006!
My main goal is the get that top pic knocked back a couple spots.
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01/14/2008 06:08:52 PM · #795 |
| I'll probably never be technically sound, lol. And, I'm sure I'll never fit the pretty picture profile. But I like my pictures. It makes me happy. My scores suck and sometimes that gets to me. But, I can live with it. My current scores are a 4.5 and a 4.9 ;) |
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01/14/2008 06:21:53 PM · #796 |
| I have given up on being technical sound. Too many other things to do |
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01/14/2008 06:37:31 PM · #797 |
I am entering the following photo to a local Audubon contest, same as my 3erd highest challenge entry, reprocessed and sized for 8By10. What do you think.
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01/14/2008 06:40:42 PM · #798 |
| I think the Audobon will love it. |
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01/14/2008 06:46:20 PM · #799 |
Originally posted by Redneck:
I am entering the following photo to a local Audubon contest, same as my 3erd highest challenge entry, reprocessed and sized for 8By10. What do you think.
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As a photo I think it is excellent. Great exposure, sharpness, composition, I love the photo. However be aware that an Audobon contest might "look down" on a photo of one of the most common birds, this being a female mallard. For a contest of this type the subject might play a role as well as the beauty of the photograph.
I hope it does very well for you. :) Let us know what happens.
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01/14/2008 06:54:50 PM · #800 |
| LOL Ernie, after a year here I have developed quite a tough skin. Besides having a 200mm on a full frame camera dosent exactly give me a lot of reach. |
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