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12/24/2007 10:36:27 PM · #76 |
Originally posted by Puckzzz:
this is not bad :-)
Votes: 55
Views: 96
Avg Vote: 6.8182
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1
Wish Lists: 0 |
"Not Bad"? Sheesh...
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12/24/2007 11:34:39 PM · #77 |
| if lingering at 4.1 hasn't been bad enough, i just had to submit proof for validation of my photo. |
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12/24/2007 11:39:34 PM · #78 |
Votes: 54
Views: 91
Avg Vote: 5.8889
Comments: 3
Favorites: 2
...still not getting any better...santa better bring me a 6pointsomething else I'll dropkick an elf or something :)
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12/24/2007 11:40:32 PM · #79 |
Originally posted by Puckzzz:
this is not bad :-)
Votes: 55
Views: 96
Avg Vote: 6.8182
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1
Wish Lists: 0 |
looks like I won't be winning anything on this one. :( |
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12/24/2007 11:46:08 PM · #80 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Originally posted by desertoddity:
i think i just bit off more than i can chew with this advanced editing thing. i got overly confident and now i'm being greatly humbled. i think i'll lay off for awhile and vote and comment and read the forums and practice and learn. |
Well, don't be too quick to back off. You heard the old saw about the young man on a corner in New York?
He's there for his first time and he got disoriented, so he stopped a passerby and asked, "How do I get to Carnegie Hall?"
The passerby just smiled and said, "Practice, son....practice!"
The only way to get better at this hobby/profession/passion/art/craft/whatever is to shoot, shoot, shoot!
You'll get a lot of crap, but after a while you'll start to notice what you do and the things you like.
Another really good way to sharpen your eye is to vote on as many challenges as you can.
When you look at 200+ images that are trying to express a similar theme, you'll unconsciously start to pick up little details that help you. You'll notice hot spots from overexposure, shallow depth of field, bokeh, and a host of other things I had not had as strengths of my own until I got here even after over 25 years of dinking around as an amateur hack photographer.
This place is awesome!
Votes: 53
Views: 84
Avg Vote: 6.0189
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0
My score has been steadily slipping all day.
You'd think Santa would bring me a nice score; I've been a good boy! LOL!!! |
i'll definitely keep shooting. i just don't think i'm ready for these 'challenges'. i love looking through and voting on them, though. i think i've voted on every one in every challenge for the last 3 weeks. i've been trying to make comments on and off today. i hope they are somewhat helpful.
this is a really great forum. i'm new here but i feel quite welcome and i can see there's a lot i can learn from reading them. |
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12/24/2007 11:48:25 PM · #81 |
I thought my entry was pretty good and was hoping for the high 5's. It peaked at 5.33 and now it's down to 5.24. I wish the low voters would leave some feedback as to why it is not better in their opinion. I've gotten 2 positive comments with only a small criticism in one of them.
I finally finished up all my commenting and voting on the Wabi-Sabi challenge and this one is next. (I'm either gonna have a bunch of people liking me for the feedback, or cussing my name.) |
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12/25/2007 01:04:34 AM · #82 |
Going up a bit...
Votes: 55
Views: 90
Avg Vote: 5.8909
Comments: 1
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12/25/2007 03:28:52 AM · #83 |
Looks like I am headed for a personal high:
Votes: 54
Views: 91
Avg Vote: 6.5741
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 12/25/07 03:10 am
Keep up the christmas spirit guys and gals, and keep guessing at what is in the picture ...
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12/25/2007 03:31:59 AM · #84 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Puckzzz:
this is not bad :-)
Votes: 55
Views: 96
Avg Vote: 6.8182
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1
Wish Lists: 0 |
"Not Bad"? Sheesh...
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:-D I know..I just don't want to jinx it by being too enthusiastic ;-)
But if it makes you feel better I won't post it when it goes up (which it has whehehehe) |
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12/25/2007 03:39:47 AM · #85 |
Hey, I feel the Christmast spirit, I will go and vote now and give you all 10s :-)
Well, at least I am not a troll ... be ready with your update button! |
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12/25/2007 03:41:50 AM · #86 |
| I need to finish voting also, didn't get around all of them yesterday. |
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12/25/2007 03:59:10 AM · #87 |
Yesterday is such a strange word, on a site with users from all over the world!
Regarding the voting, there are some really nice pictures. But Christmas spirit or not, I find it hard to give scores much higher than 5 if I don't see any perspective - even if it is a nice shot.
Maybe someone here can correct my perception of perspective ... put it into perspective, if you like, but if I see a picture which is just a close-up (but with no perspective effect), or a picture with no sense of perspective, like a flat landscape picture, then ... it is a DNMC to me ... |
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12/25/2007 04:25:36 AM · #88 |
Originally posted by B74A:
Yesterday is such a strange word, on a site with users from all over the world!
Regarding the voting, there are some really nice pictures. But Christmas spirit or not, I find it hard to give scores much higher than 5 if I don't see any perspective - even if it is a nice shot.
Maybe someone here can correct my perception of perspective ... put it into perspective, if you like, but if I see a picture which is just a close-up (but with no perspective effect), or a picture with no sense of perspective, like a flat landscape picture, then ... it is a DNMC to me ... |
Maybe someone is thinking "out of the box"; maybe the perspective isn't visual, it's metaphorical; or allegorical; or lyrical. Look at the image and judge the image. If I see something that I immediately think doesn't meet the challenge, I look again; and then again; and then assume if I still don't see it, it's because I missed it, not because it isn't there. I at least give the image a chance (more than 1.5 seconds or whatever the average view prior to vote is here). The photographers who've submitted deserve at least that much.
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12/25/2007 04:34:12 AM · #89 |
Originally posted by B74A:
Yesterday is such a strange word, on a site with users from all over the world!
Regarding the voting, there are some really nice pictures. But Christmas spirit or not, I find it hard to give scores much higher than 5 if I don't see any perspective - even if it is a nice shot.
Maybe someone here can correct my perception of perspective ... put it into perspective, if you like, but if I see a picture which is just a close-up (but with no perspective effect), or a picture with no sense of perspective, like a flat landscape picture, then ... it is a DNMC to me ... |
I am glad mine was to your liking. THNX for that lovely comment and a Merry Xmas to you too! |
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12/25/2007 04:34:56 AM · #90 |
Originally posted by desertoddity:
if lingering at 4.1 hasn't been bad enough, i just had to submit proof for validation of my photo. |
You DO seem to be getting slapped around a bit.
Welcome to DPC! LOL!!!
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12/25/2007 04:45:39 AM · #91 |
By the way..
Isn't this thread in the wrong section?
Shouldn't it be in Current Challenge? |
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12/25/2007 04:51:41 AM · #92 |
Originally posted by Puckzzz:
Originally posted by B74A:
Yesterday is such a strange word, on a site with users from all over the world!
Regarding the voting, there are some really nice pictures. But Christmas spirit or not, I find it hard to give scores much higher than 5 if I don't see any perspective - even if it is a nice shot.
Maybe someone here can correct my perception of perspective ... put it into perspective, if you like, but if I see a picture which is just a close-up (but with no perspective effect), or a picture with no sense of perspective, like a flat landscape picture, then ... it is a DNMC to me ... |
I am glad mine was to your liking. THNX for that lovely comment and a Merry Xmas to you too! |
Looking forward to see which one it is :-)
Done voting, a few 4s (no perspective plus dull picture), one 10, the rest stockastically in between ... |
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12/25/2007 04:56:50 AM · #93 |
Originally posted by Puckzzz:
By the way..
Isn't this thread in the wrong section?
Shouldn't it be in Current Challenge? |
Tanja, I don't know. <sheepish grin> I started it, and "Challenge Results" seemed appropriate at the time (we are discussing real-time results, yes?)...whereas "Current Challenge" is for the submission period for a challenge (so that folks can discuss what their entries should be). I could be wrong--it wouldn't a first for me! :-(
Message edited by author 2007-12-25 04:57:37.
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12/25/2007 10:08:07 AM · #94 |
Originally posted by Puckzzz:
I made one comment about a photo being a bit dark. But the funny thing is, my monitor is calibrated, and lots of times I'm the one getting the 'too dark' comments :P |
That makes sense. On a properly calibrated monitor your image looks fine, but on an improperly calibrated one (most monitors, actually) it is likely to "look too dark"; a properly calibrated monitor is brighter than most people like for "normal" usage.
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12/25/2007 12:50:09 PM · #95 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Puckzzz:
I made one comment about a photo being a bit dark. But the funny thing is, my monitor is calibrated, and lots of times I'm the one getting the 'too dark' comments :P |
That makes sense. On a properly calibrated monitor your image looks fine, but on an improperly calibrated one (most monitors, actually) it is likely to "look too dark"; a properly calibrated monitor is brighter than most people like for "normal" usage. |
I have multiple computers, so I'll prepare my entry on my calibrated monitor, then view it on an uncalibrated, general monitor (like most web surfers would have). Then, if it is too dark, I try to find a nice looking half-way point.
For my own photos (non-DPC entries), I forgo the other monitor and save/print from the calibrated-biased image.
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12/25/2007 03:30:58 PM · #96 |
Came back up a little......must have been Christmas benevolence! LOL!!!
Votes: 62
Views: 101
Avg Vote: 6.0968
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0
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12/25/2007 03:54:39 PM · #97 |
Votes: 63
Views: 123
Avg Vote: 6.5873
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 12/25/07 03:53 pm
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12/25/2007 04:09:30 PM · #98 |
With my first challenge (Seeing the Unseen) topping out at an average of 4.793 I am happy to find this second entry currently doing better (albeit a mere morale builder).
...............there is a long way to go before we reach the finish line so there is plenty of time for ups and downs.
votes: 69
views: 115
avg vote: 5.3333
comments: 2
favorites: 0
wish list: 0
Message edited by author 2007-12-25 16:10:42. |
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12/25/2007 07:08:22 PM · #99 |
up and down, up and down
Votes: 72
Views: 106
Avg Vote: 6.2222
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
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12/26/2007 04:26:57 AM · #100 |
Geesh...someone didn't get what they wanted for Christmas.
last two votes average 5...
still can't complain though :-)
Votes: 75
Views: 127
Avg Vote: 6.8133
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1
Wish Lists: 0 |
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