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05/26/2004 12:40:33 AM · #1 |
"Gnawer"
Can you guys tell me if it suffered mainly because it was "another" nailbiter entry?
I am more happy with my 5.213 (and 69%) than I would have been with the 5.04 I had when I checked an hour before voting ended. :) However, I was really happy with the photo and it extremely upset me that it was probably being 'punished' for being 'unoriginal.'
I knew when I entered that there would be at least one or two other nailbiters, but how was I supposed to know that there would be 12?!?!
Message edited by author 2004-05-26 00:41:11.
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05/26/2004 12:44:53 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by Ami Yuy:
"Gnawer"
Can you guys tell me if it suffered mainly because it was "another" nailbiter entry?
I am more happy with my 5.213 (and 69%) than I would have been with the 5.04 I had when I checked an hour before voting ended. :) However, I was really happy with the photo and it extremely upset me that it was probably being 'punished' for being 'unoriginal.'
I knew when I entered that there would be at least one or two other nailbiters, but how was I supposed to know that there would be 12?!?! |
If you thought of it then chances are so did someone else. It happens a lot in the challenges and people don't always score better if there image is original or hasn't been done by someone else. |
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05/26/2004 12:48:41 AM · #3 |
I think I would've given an "9" or "10". Contrast is good. Composition looks good with the closeup crop. His expression gives a feeling of anxiety or worriness which is usually the reason for nailbiting.
Sorry didn't vote on any of the entries in the "habits" challenge. |
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05/26/2004 12:55:52 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by notonline:
If you thought of it then chances are so did someone else. It happens a lot in the challenges and people don't always score better if there image is original or hasn't been done by someone else. |
Apparently they did. However, if there had been only 2 or 3 of them, I doubt it would have been an issue.
Originally posted by faidoi:
I think I would've given an "9" or "10". Contrast is good. Composition looks good with the closeup crop. His expression gives a feeling of anxiety or worriness which is usually the reason for nailbiting. |
Thank you! Lol, yeah the expression, I didn't notice that until I was editing. He just automatically switched into the "chewing mode" when I posed him. Lol, he channeled all the nervous energy of lettimg me take his picture into chewing. :)
Edit: To reply to faidoi
Message edited by author 2004-05-26 00:58:03.
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05/26/2004 12:58:36 AM · #5 |
Ami,
Actually I didn't "punish" your image because it was another "nail biter." It is extremely well done - and probably the best of the "nail biter" series." I especially liked the great tonal range - but disliked the fact that it seemd so "staged." See my original comments.
But 69% in this challenge was really good! |
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05/26/2004 01:01:57 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by photom:
Actually I didn't "punish" your image because it was another "nail biter." It is extremely well done - and probably the best of the "nail biter" series." I especially liked the great tonal range - but disliked the fact that it seemd so "staged." See my original comments. |
*nods* I know everyone didn't "punish" it, but I could tell from the forums and in general that it was by some. Well, it was staged, but I was going for a "portrait style" photo, so that's why. I don't have the equipment (yet) to take a candid shot I'd be happy with (the background would be too distracting).
Thank you for commenting!
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05/26/2004 06:48:36 PM · #7 |
Anyone else? Anyone want to tell me why they didn't like it?
77 people gave me a 4 or less, so I'd like to know why. ^_^
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05/26/2004 07:01:43 PM · #8 |
oooh...so sorry i didn't comment at the time. this was definitely my favorite of the nail-biter many and i gave it an 8. it probably deserved a 9 for photographic quality, technique and general appeal but i might have been a bit swayed by the "another nail-biter" thing.
of course my cigaret was (besides a soso foto) given comments like "yawn" so i think there was a tendancy for many folks to use commonness as a reason to discount points.
great shot.
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05/26/2004 07:03:41 PM · #9 |
ps...i didn't think it looked staged at all.
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