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01/26/2009 08:34:53 AM · #76 |
Originally posted by Gio66:
someone who explain to me this thread please?
i'm new on DPC and I'm trying to understand all... |
Another thing you will certainly have a question on is how people know what the individual votes were. We use a spreadsheet to figure it out.  Hawkeyelonewolf has a good one you can find on his profile page.
Also you might find this thread to be useful: The Unauthorized Beginner's Guide to DPC
As for my own score, I was pleasantly surprised this morning:
Votes: 35
Views: 58
Avg Vote: 6.2286
Comments: 2
Favorites: 1 |
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01/26/2009 09:28:34 AM · #77 |
Sitting at a 4.55 - right where i expected.
but I got a FAVE!
That makes it all better. :) |
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01/26/2009 09:34:51 AM · #78 |
Originally posted by jaysonmc:
See you at the bottom:
Votes: 6
Views: 8
Avg Vote: 3.0000 |
Out of the box....Into the fours.
:)
Votes: 35
Views: 51
Avg Vote: 4.5714
Message edited by author 2009-01-28 07:45:17. |
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01/26/2009 09:57:12 AM · #79 |
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01/26/2009 10:01:50 AM · #80 |
Votes: 40
Views: 64
Avg Vote: 5.7750
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0
Disappointing. I expected better. But then again, I usually do. ;-) |
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01/26/2009 10:10:04 AM · #81 |
Votes: 41
Views: 65
Avg Vote: 6.1250
Comments: 3
Favorites: 1
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01/26/2009 10:15:05 AM · #82 |
Lemme guess - you stepped out of the box on this one, yes? :-) Fun to step out of the box (I should know) but definitely gotta take the score with a grain of salt (or a truckload full) when you do! |
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01/26/2009 10:18:06 AM · #83 |
Votes: 42
Views: 73
Avg Vote: 5.4762
Comments: 0
Favorites: 1
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01/26/2009 10:19:25 AM · #84 |
and going up - I'm pumped!
Votes: 45
Views: 71
Avg Vote: 6.6444
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 01/26/09 10:18 am
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01/26/2009 10:20:32 AM · #85 |
Votes: 43
Views: 64
Avg Vote: 5.9070
Comments: 2
OK, I'm going to bed now. And when I wake up I want to see my score back above 6. Got that?! :) |
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01/26/2009 10:39:14 AM · #86 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
Lemme guess - you stepped out of the box on this one, yes? :-) Fun to step out of the box (I should know) but definitely gotta take the score with a grain of salt (or a truckload full) when you do! |
Yeah... but this is one of those where it's clearly meeting the challenge and not shoehorned. Just frustrating that instead of "Hmm... Well, yeah, it IS a tree and I never thought of that, but yeah it qualifies", you get hammered with sub-4 scores.
But when you do a photo for (another) challenge and say 3 others had the same idea, you get slammed because you're NOT original. By that token nearly every entry in this challenge is not "original" because they are all subtle variations on the exact same thing.
Not griping as much as observing the inconsistencies... |
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01/26/2009 10:40:16 AM · #87 |
Started off at a 7.5, went up to an 8.5 by the time I went to bed last night, I was tickled pink with it being at 7.75. Knew it wasn't going to stay at that range of course but, was hopeful of a personal best!
Just took a break to come in and check and saw this score. :(
Votes: 47
Views: 78
Avg Vote: 5.9574
Comments: 0
Favorites: 1
The "overnight" (in my part of the world anyways) voters were brutal and it's still going this morning.
Forget my tea....going to have a drink at lunch! ;-))
Ah well....the wonderful news is that I have a FAVE!!! That makes me happy!! |
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01/26/2009 10:44:31 AM · #88 |
Could it be??? A top-ten back-to-back with the brown!? I'd be so proud :)
Votes: 40
Views: 61
Avg Vote: 4.0000
Comments: 0
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0 |
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01/26/2009 10:46:23 AM · #89 |
Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf:
Originally posted by Melethia:
Lemme guess - you stepped out of the box on this one, yes? :-) Fun to step out of the box (I should know) but definitely gotta take the score with a grain of salt (or a truckload full) when you do! |
Yeah... but this is one of those where it's clearly meeting the challenge and not shoehorned. Just frustrating that instead of "Hmm... Well, yeah, it IS a tree and I never thought of that, but yeah it qualifies", you get hammered with sub-4 scores.
But when you do a photo for (another) challenge and say 3 others had the same idea, you get slammed because you're NOT original. By that token nearly every entry in this challenge is not "original" because they are all subtle variations on the exact same thing.
Not griping as much as observing the inconsistencies... |
I guess in this case, the only differences could be in who did it best??? This is a particularly hard challenge to not only be "original" on but, also to vote on. There are certain challenges I'll only comment in and not score. This may be one of them. However, my hat is off to so many creative entries. Finding a single tree, especially with no others in the background is particularly difficult. Finding one, alone, with an interesting background is even more difficult. I had to contort myself to get an angle to capture a single tree and not get any others in the shot. I salute everyone who tried this challenge!
(I think quite a number of us are still recovering from frost bite ;-)) |
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01/26/2009 10:53:48 AM · #90 |
Originally posted by PhotoInterest:
Finding a single tree, especially with no others in the background is particularly difficult. Finding one, alone, with an interesting background is even more difficult. I had to contort myself to get an angle to capture a single tree and not get any others in the shot. I salute everyone who tried this challenge! |
I've seen a few with multiple trees in the shot, but with the single tree as the MAIN subject, it still fits the challenge just fine, IMO. Now if the main subject were a cluster of trees or a forest, that might be different.
Votes: 48
Views: 78
Avg Vote: 6.1458
Comments: 4
Favorites: 1 |
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01/26/2009 11:17:51 AM · #91 |
Some really great shots. Unfortunatly mine is not one of them! :D
Votes: 46
Views: 66
Avg Vote: 4.7609
Comments: 0
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 01/26/09 11:16 am
Stats: You have rated 209 of 210 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 27 images (13%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 6.2823.
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01/26/2009 11:34:37 AM · #92 |
Wow...just got to say, glad I didn't put my tree photo in the contest! There are some really good ones. Went out, got frost bite, vehicle broke down and didn't get a single shot I thought was good enough : >(
I'm gonna go do some voting...**don't tell the boss** |
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01/26/2009 12:01:45 PM · #93 |
Getting a lot of 6's, which is actually pulling me down now. (That's a change of pace!)
Votes: 51
Views: 85
Avg Vote: 6.1373
Comments: 5
Favorites: 1 |
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01/26/2009 12:04:55 PM · #94 |
Originally posted by yospiff:
Originally posted by PhotoInterest:
Finding a single tree, especially with no others in the background is particularly difficult. Finding one, alone, with an interesting background is even more difficult. I had to contort myself to get an angle to capture a single tree and not get any others in the shot. I salute everyone who tried this challenge! |
I've seen a few with multiple trees in the shot, but with the single tree as the MAIN subject, it still fits the challenge just fine, IMO. Now if the main subject were a cluster of trees or a forest, that might be different.
Votes: 48
Views: 78
Avg Vote: 6.1458
Comments: 4
Favorites: 1 |
Yeah, Steve...I agree with you that having other trees in the background is fine. I was merely making mention of the difficulty in finding a tree shot with no other trees in it or around them. A number of shots found that situation and shot it. I was simply making a statement that it was difficult to find a "stand alone tree". Nothing more. :) |
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01/26/2009 12:05:39 PM · #95 |
Originally posted by yospiff:
Getting a lot of 6's, which is actually pulling me down now. (That's a change of pace!)
Votes: 51
Views: 85
Avg Vote: 6.1373
Comments: 5
Favorites: 1 |
I'm enjoying where a FOUR will pull my score up. :)
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01/26/2009 12:39:45 PM · #96 |
Votes: 51
Views: 87
Avg Vote: 5.5294
Comments: 2
hey im fine with that. ive always been happy with 5.5s |
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01/26/2009 12:54:10 PM · #97 |
Votes: 56
Views: 80
Avg Vote: 4.4107
Comments: 1
Favorites: 1
This is my FIRST favorite - pretty cool. I knew the picture wouldn't speak to everyone. |
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01/26/2009 01:35:05 PM · #98 |
Doh! I missed the cutoff. I saw some message about the board being down so some deadlines were extended by a day so I thought I had more time.
Message edited by scalvert - Forum Rule #2- Please do not discuss specific challenge entries or outtakes until voting has ended.. |
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01/26/2009 01:49:58 PM · #99 |
Votes: 52
Views: 79
Avg Vote: 5.2885
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0
The wrong damn challenge to try and "get back into the swing of things" on. I've never been good at trying to make simple objects look exciting. |
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01/26/2009 02:00:04 PM · #100 |
Votes: 58
Views: 90
Avg Vote: 5.3103
Comments: 1
drifted down to the upper end of my "normal" range overnight... |
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