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Canon PowerShot Pro 90 IS

04/12/2004 09:44:58 PM · #31

Originally posted by littlegett:

Me? Big headed pro. Give me a frikken break. Take a look at my profile before you make those assumptions. You wanna see bad shots, go through my list. Big headed pro. LOL You must be kidding right?

coolhar

04/13/2004 12:09:15 AM · #32

Giving people the option to withdraw a picture that was not doing well would break continuity with the 200 or so past challenges in regards to the Avg Vote Received statistic. It may not mean much to some, and is slightly corrupted by the trends in voting, but that statistic is a measure that some of us use to guage our own progress. I made it a New Years Resolution to have a higher Avg Vote Received by the end of '04. I don't think the continuity of that stat is something we should do away with. It serves a purpose.

jimmyn4

Canon EOS-7D

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Canon

04/13/2004 12:19:55 AM · #33

Totally off subject but why not a 24 hour period of non-voting and just browsing of others' photos and then let the voting begin? Just a thought, maybe scores would be a little higher or even lower? Might allow voters time to let some images sink in. Who knows?
Now on topic, being that I suck real bad; I could see that it might be nice to remove a photo from voting every now and then. No I am not being sarcastic.

e301

04/13/2004 01:16:59 AM · #34

I think this option would be a bad idea. Effectively, you'd be allowing people to enter a challenge or not depending on whether they're going to score well, or not. What on earth is the point of that?

E

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

04/13/2004 01:48:25 AM · #35

Well at least I didn't get any death threats.....yet. Yikes!! Just a suggestion. Peace. ;)

Message edited by author 2004-04-13 01:49:22.

tolovemoon

Canon EOS Rebel SL1

04/13/2004 02:47:01 AM · #36

well if it can be reviewed for qualifications, DQed, unsubmitted before voting started, disqualified, ect..... then sure sounds good to me first 24 hours a picture can be unsubmitted! I know I have had a few, got 1 now in windows challenge, worst yet!!!

But then again if we take away all the low average voted pics before the week got started then voting would be hard to compare quality cause only higher rated pictures would be left. Theres got to be beginning middle and end.....or other words first and last and we need to be able to learn and train the eye to better our own photography!

It can be frustrating though with the number of entries, If I had time I would vote love to view all of them and vote for too....
There has to be another way though seeing how theres so many entries, like splitting the challenge entries into categories of voting so that the overwhelm of so many pictures wont make it so hard,,,,maybe like when submitting to a challenge there could be a box to check like amature, professional, mentor , mentee, hobbiest, student, ect.....
Shucks though that couldnt be right either,when the object is to learn from everyone, heck this is almost a rant topic! (sorry for rambling on not making sense)

missile

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

04/13/2004 02:57:54 AM · #37

What is your objective in submitting photos? If it is to better your skills they why would you want to remove - feedback is the stuff of champions. Alternatively if you submit photos so that your profile looks good I think that is a little short sited. It is like quitting in the first quarter if your team is losing. I don't like, I think it encourages an becoming behaviour.

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

04/13/2004 09:19:00 AM · #38

I'd rather see something that encouraged people to enter only their best work, rather than something that would potentially encourage even more mediocre entries.

Case in point, I entered 'window view' and unsubmitted it on Sunday, because it wasn't very good. I've done that on several occasions in the past too. If I knew I could pull it after the first day of voting, I'd probably just enter it 'just in case' even though I know it would only score a 5 or 6, then remove it from voting when that got proved correct in the first day.

I suspect that the inital pool would end up much larger if we went this way.

Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye for Nikon

04/13/2004 09:35:19 AM · #39

Originally posted by Gordon:

I can see that happening, no doubt, Gordon, but not to any great degree.

Most people here don't have the 'eye' you have nor the self-control to unsubmit just before a deadline. If you could bottle your ability to recognize what is good and bad, in your own work, and sell it you would be rich(er). You don't have a tutorial do you? This is not meant as sarcasm BTW.

muckpond

Nikon D200

04/13/2004 09:56:41 AM · #40

i agree with gordon. i think we would be artificially inflating the numbers with crappier shots.

also, what would stop me from just not voting during the first 24 hours?

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

04/13/2004 10:45:45 AM · #41

Originally posted by orussell:

You don't have a tutorial do you? This is not meant as sarcasm BTW.

//mcgregorphoto.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=2 :)

ellamay

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

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

04/13/2004 10:50:32 AM · #42

I think that once a year (new years perhaps) removing your lowest shot from portfolio would cut us all a bit of slack, yet not completely changing things. Hey even jjbeguin has a last place shot, yet we all know he is a very good photographer. : )