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

03/17/2004 07:38:31 PM · #76

Yeeha! Got a Validation request - which I consider to be a compliment! Awaiting the validation which should be forthcoming shortly. Interestingly enough though I've gotten several nice comments, I'm still below a 5 - but that's cool. I still like it, and obviously a few others do as well.

Marjo

Canon EOS-7D

03/19/2004 09:16:37 AM · #77

I've received 9 comments. I would only have one if it wasn't for all the new registered voters. Thanks newbies, I appreciate them. I'm still voting (only 40% completed) because of dial up.

peecee

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

03/19/2004 09:49:10 AM · #78

184 votes, 4 comments,just a fraction under 5 and can't seem to break that 5 barrier, time yet I suppose.Maybe with so many submissions most people are voting first then commenting afterwards if they have time.
I unsubmitted my original entry and sent another, hope I haven't made a mistake :)

UNCLEBRO

Canon EOS-30D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

03/19/2004 10:06:00 AM · #79

What's a good score to have around this time?
Is there a lot of swing still to come?
Or is a score now, indictive of what it will end up.

EL-ROI

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

03/19/2004 10:08:15 AM · #80

My score hasn't changed much since voting began...It's hovered between 5.65 and 5.75!

Russell2566

03/19/2004 10:17:50 AM · #81

I have a really good image this challenge, but I'm getting some low scores because some people don't think it "fits the challange perfectly". I'm a little disapointed, it's a really good shot!

Prof_Fate

03/19/2004 10:51:26 AM · #82

Originally posted by TerryGee:

Funny thing is you mention artistic and technical which are both good reasons to vote for a pic, but you don't mention about the voters who miss both of those. They vote simply on the challenge. Nothing more.
I believe that
1. the photo should be artistic in some way(yes this is subjective)
2. the photo should be technically well done
3. the photo should meet the challenge in some way
my score reflects all of the above, not just 1 or 2 of them.

I agree. I comment mostly on items 2 and 3, 1 being very subjective. My current parallel pic is at 5.7/147 votes. Istarted out a tad over 6, so things have been going downhill ever since ;). Of the 7 comments 6 are totally complimentary, 1 a suggestion(regarding #1 above). That must mean I hit #2 and 3 on the head, and #1 is subjective, but 5.7 is not likley to be good enough to hit the top 30% so I need more artistic lessons or something.

chris

03/19/2004 01:36:44 PM · #83

Okay, I'm really annoyed! I haven't pm'd, nor will I, any of the commenters who've left these comments, but I'm beginning to think there are a host of people out here who have no idea what the word parallel means! I've had at least three comments from folks saying that there is no parallel in my picture. Lemme tell ya, if they can't see the two lines side by side, then I have to agree with someone in another thread - they must be blind. Frankly, on my going through and voting, there were very few entries that really had parallel LINES (which afterall is what the challenge is for) depicted to my way of thinking, but rather than make snide comments, I tried to see them from a different perspective. Folks, PLEASE read the challenge description and if you don't get it, pick up a dictionary!

Okay, rant off - now I feel not one whit better.

Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM

03/19/2004 01:41:53 PM · #84

I'm getting the same comments. It's like they have a preconceived idea of what they want to see before they even look at the image.

orussell

Canon EOS Rebel T6s

03/19/2004 01:43:20 PM · #85

Originally posted by kaycee:

Sure hope your not a luthier. :)

03/19/2004 01:46:44 PM · #86

Nope, no guitars in my shot! But looking at the commenters, the three who've made these comments are non-members. Not that that means anything ;-).

MikeO

Fujifilm x100

03/19/2004 01:59:27 PM · #87

I have quite a few comments and they all like the picture but a couple have commented that the lines are not parallel, but they are just like this explanation below of parallel lines

''Two lines are parallel if they are always
the same distance apart and in the same
plane''.

03/19/2004 02:01:39 PM · #88

Perhaps they think Parallel means the same thing as Perpendicular!

MikeO

Fujifilm x100

03/19/2004 02:11:05 PM · #89

Originally posted by kaycee:

Perhaps they think Parallel means the same thing as Perpendicular!

Yeh, your probably not far wrong there!

03/19/2004 02:14:18 PM · #90

.... or converging.

03/19/2004 02:17:32 PM · #91

Yep, I saw lots of converging lines, lots of angles and squares or rectangles.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

03/19/2004 02:20:50 PM · #92

At least with squares and rectangles some of the lines are parallel.

Bibliophile

Nikon D200

03/19/2004 02:21:15 PM · #93

I'm new here and have voted on only a few other challenges but have come up with a system that works for me. I go through them all rather quickly (1 to 2 hours in this case) and place things at 4-5-6-and 7. Based on technical, artistic and challenge aspects in that order. Once I'm all the way through the pictures I go back and look through the 7's to rate them again (usually higher), then the 6's and so on down to 4. The 7's will usually be voted higher in my second round while the 4's are often voted lower, so if I don't have time to complete the contest at least I won't vote anyone lower than I think they deserve. I usually don't comment until my second round of voting because I want to see what is an 'overdone' topic and what is truly original.

That's my two cents for the person who asked about voting a couple days ago. If anyone has a different system I'd love to hear it.

UNCLEBRO

Canon EOS-30D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

03/19/2004 02:30:22 PM · #94

But the description says:

"Photograph a subject where parallel lines provide or strengthen the composition of the image."

I take that as meaning that the lines have to be an important part of the picture and not just a couple of lines stuck in the corner!

But I guess everyone will interperet it differently?

03/19/2004 02:33:58 PM · #95

At least with squares and rectangles some of the lines are parallel.

Yep, that's why I've been voting very loosely on this challenge. I realize that the way I see it is only my perspective. But it DOES seem to me when you've got a subject in which at least two lines are very obviously side by side that it should be interpreted by ANYBODY as fitting the challenge.

03/19/2004 02:37:49 PM · #96

But someone may want another set of lines side by side to match the first set in order to fit the challenge.