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 04/08/2004 01:02:05 PM · #1
Would you advise whether I should submit a shot to a challenge where the photo itself does not convey the message, but the title gives the viewer the necessary knowledge to fully understand the concept behind the piece?

Just as a side-note, this is for the Strength challenge and the shot that I got today is a motivational piece, but does not convey the message in the photo itself.

Thanks!
Lee
 04/08/2004 01:06:58 PM · #2
Do you care if you get a good score or not?
 04/08/2004 01:08:17 PM · #3
Well, I think it's implied that I was wondering whether to submit the shot in order to score highly, so YUP!
 04/08/2004 01:11:15 PM · #4
So you have a shot to convey strength, but the strength of the strength isn't in the shot. Therefore you have to put the strength in the title.

IMHO This formula equals low score...
 04/08/2004 01:18:25 PM · #5
You should do what you feel is best. Some people feel titles can compliment an image, others feel it can detract, some dont even look at the titles. Personally, I prefer titles that are titles and not essays or far too obvious, such as ... "Flower (this is intentionally soft focus)" or "Red Barn (I didnt saturate the red)" or "Look @ me I'm very pretty" and so on. Another common title faux pas is to have the challenge title be the submission title, such as "This is a wheel" or "View outside my window" or "Building Symmetry" and so on. Additionally, titles that are thin attempts at connecting the challenge theme dont usually do well, such as "A red barn that got blew over by the wind" for a weather challenge, or "A white cat drinking milk on a white background" for a pet challenge and so on.

You'll get people who will think 'oh, now I get it, cool' and those who think 'he's telling me what I should think' and those that just do not think. So go with what you are most comfortable with! After all, it's just for fun!
 04/08/2004 01:21:48 PM · #6
I'll repeat (and expand on) what I replied in another thread going on at the moment...

Although my subject in the Portraits challenge was not the best looking :-(, I believe the title did get me some points, as indicated by several of the comments there.

//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=64428

I do believe a title can enhance any photo. I always try to make it meaningful and helpful in interpreting my intention with the image. The issue with 'a picture is worth a thousand words' is that no two people will ever come up with the same 1000 words. ....and they shouldn't. However, if your intent is to make an unambiguous statement with your image, then often a few carefully chosen words help focus the viewer. On the other hand, if you want to involve the viewer and let the image speak to him/her, then leave the words to the viewer's imagination.
 04/08/2004 01:24:08 PM · #7
Originally posted by moodville:
Some people feel titles can compliment an image, others feel it can detract, some dont even look at the titles.


I am afraid that they won't see it and be like WHA?

And my title is nothing that says stupid things like NO EDITS and stuff (thats covered in another thread in fact).

Now I know that this is not the greatest example but take this shot for instance from the Motivational Poster challenge.

.Motivational

If you did not see the wording (although yes, i know that that was sorta part of the challenge) but if you did not read you wouldn't understand. Thanks so far, but I want to see how other people would react as to clarify this whole thing for me so that I can make a better decision. I am hoping for a better shot, but am starting to fall in love with this one. Thanks mood.

Edit: link fix

Message edited by author 2004-04-08 13:25:09.
 04/08/2004 01:48:08 PM · #8
In the orange challenge, I was torn between photographing Tic Tacs or Cheese Puffs!
But then I suddenly came up with the title "The Tic Tac Tactic" and I knew that I had to go with that.
In the end it was a pretty crappy shot, but I just loved the title so much, I didn't care!
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