Trying too hard? - DPChallenge Forums

03/28/2010 05:41:19 AM · #1

I have done four -that's right- 4! shoots for the orange challenge, and I'm still not happy.

Why is it that great results come so easily sometimes, and yet sometimes you can try really really hard and get nowhere?!

Covert_Oddity

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/28/2010 05:59:20 AM · #2

You're lucky, I can't even come up with ideas for one! I'm going to end up sitting this one out.

Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

03/28/2010 06:03:14 AM · #3

A random combination of experience, inspiration and pure old luck is my guess. I may also be sitting this out unless I just happen to shoot something that suits or I have a flash of inspiration involving a shoehorn.

Stagolee

Kodak Easyshare C180

Canon EF 50mm f1.2L

03/28/2010 06:04:17 AM · #4

Originally posted by Lonni:

Hey Lonnie, I think the title of the thread sums it up. Trying too hard! just go with your the shot you like the most.
I know what you mean about great results coming easily. I've hardly been doing any photography lately but today I managed to get three different challenge entries in, all of them were easy to come by and I like them, that's all that counts :)

Stagolee

Kodak Easyshare C180

Canon EF 50mm f1.2L

03/28/2010 06:05:31 AM · #5

oh yeah forgot to mention colour challenges really suck and are usually hard to score well in. I normally don't enter them.

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

03/28/2010 06:12:50 AM · #6

Originally posted by keegbow:

oh yeah forgot to mention colour challenges really suck and are usually hard to score well in. I normally don't enter them.

The problem is that I'm now addicted to the update button :(

Stagolee

Kodak Easyshare C180

Canon EF 50mm f1.2L

03/28/2010 06:40:23 AM · #7

Originally posted by Lonni:

Originally posted by keegbow:
oh yeah forgot to mention colour challenges really suck and are usually hard to score well in. I normally don't enter them.

The problem is that I'm now addicted to the update button :(

It's a good addiction. Can't wait till I have 3 entries running at once..... been a long time since i have had a triple update !!

KarenNfld

03/28/2010 08:36:26 AM · #8

Originally posted by Lonni:

I have done four -that's right- 4! shoots for the orange challenge, and I'm still not happy.

I've done the same thing......3 seperate ideas all shot, and I'm thinking of doing 2 more today if I get the time. I'm not happy with what I've got so far either.

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

03/28/2010 08:47:01 AM · #9

Yup. I've done three ideas, and they were all lousy ideas (and didn't work out well), and I'm already saying this morning that I have no ideas for orange!!

I've been trying way too hard lately. The problem is, when you try harder and harder, things get worse and worse because you're desperate. So if you find a way out of this loop, let me know!

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

03/28/2010 08:50:27 AM · #10

Hehe. Glad I'm not alone. I've actually now made peace with the orange challenge. I've picked a shot, and I'm happy.

I hope you guys get something you're happy with too.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

03/28/2010 10:12:23 AM · #11

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

This challenge is MADE for your shoehorn, dude; just go buy a can of orange spray paint :-)

R.

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

03/28/2010 03:18:13 PM · #12

You might be able to find an orange shoe horn -- but orange shoes are NOT in this year! Went to two different shoe stores hoping for a cute or funky pair of orange shoes. No such thing.

Cory

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM

03/28/2010 03:31:54 PM · #13

Orange spray-paint check.

Hair dye, Check

Monkey, Check..

Don't you wish I actually went to all that trouble :)

--I just wonder how many people are going to nail me for following the challenge description..

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

03/28/2010 06:23:27 PM · #14

Mine. Is. Orange. Dammit.

So why do I sense yet another FAIL coming on? Sigh....

Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon

03/28/2010 06:30:22 PM · #15

Originally posted by Melethia:

Mine. Is. Orange. Dammit.

Hehe. I'm so with you :) That is the main thing worrying me about my shot, but the challenge description leaves it quite open. That won't stop the description sticklers from voting it down though... I can hear it now - "The whole photo isn't orange", "It isn't orange enough", "That looks yellow on my monitor", "It just doesn't say 'orange' to me".

Hope I'm wrong.

mBastin

Nikon D80

03/28/2010 06:36:27 PM · #16

I have a picture ready but I can't think of a name that isn't awful.

Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon

03/28/2010 06:38:46 PM · #17

Originally posted by mBastin:

I have a picture ready but I can't think of a name that isn't awful.

Just don't call it untitled. Drives me insane :)

mBastin

Nikon D80

03/28/2010 06:50:51 PM · #18

Originally posted by Lonni:

Just don't call it untitled. Drives me insane :)

well.. back to the drawing board it is. haha

Hipychik

Sony Alpha a6000

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

03/28/2010 06:52:49 PM · #19

Originally posted by Melethia:

Mine. Is. Orange. Dammit.

So why do I sense yet another FAIL coming on? Sigh....

I'm getting the same feeling with mine!

kiwinick

Sony DSLR-A550

Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha

03/28/2010 06:53:40 PM · #20

Being happy with a shot can take a little time I thought my entry in the entrances challenge took forever, It was only after self medicating my self with several large cans of Tui Pale Ale that I finally captured a possibe blue ribbon entry, Now I would not reccoment this course of action for all and sundry,but one could substtute any other form of alcoholic libation to aid the process

CNovack

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

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

03/28/2010 07:09:30 PM · #21

Originally posted by keegbow:

oh yeah forgot to mention colour challenges really suck and are usually hard to score well in. I normally don't enter them.

Well you can't do worse than I did in the Purple III challenge ....I broke the glass dining table from the heat from the lights AND I self DQed because I was not quick enough with the retract button and it rolled over.

And I *KNEW* that this was going to happen - my idea when I called for more color challenges like orange required some objects I had. I gave them on loan to the school for a display for an upcoming event and Bibbty Bobbety Boo Gosh Darn It, the challenge was announced two days later. Sigh....

JokersSoul

Canon EOS-50D

Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Canon

03/28/2010 07:11:27 PM · #22

Originally posted by kiwinick:

Aren't All artists drunks, addicts, or hippies? j/k

We have to be able to get in the right frame (pun intended) of mind.

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

03/28/2010 11:04:17 PM · #23

ok, I hated this challenge because I couldn't think of anything. I spent way to much time shooting a lot of stuff that turned out to be total junk. But now that I'm two days away from the shot, I think it's fun, and I like it. I also got a couple of other shots tonight that are fun and different. So I'm feeling much better about this challenge. I'm not expecting much from my entry, because of its many different short-comings, but hopefully some people will think it's fun.

oh no!! now I have to think about entrances and exits!

macwilyum

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

03/28/2010 11:52:11 PM · #24

i give up after shooting for the last hour... and i'm losing my update button too......