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04/01/2010 12:10:25 AM · #133

Unless I didn't get the Memo (and that's entirely possible) the reprobates called out in this thread had nothing to do with the plethora of "Final Exit" entries in the "Exit" challenge. That's another conspiracy entirely. Perhaps deserves its own thread?

pawdrix

Nikon D700

04/01/2010 10:01:12 AM · #134

Originally posted by scalvert:

Originally posted by Melethia:
I'm not sure how to incorporate a bit of creativity into a challenge without causing a bit of a fracas.

Creativity needn't involve a group.

I know this is in response to a two day old post but...

Les Fauves
Cubists
Expressionists
Surrealists
and of course, Abstract Expressionists

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

04/03/2010 05:16:29 PM · #135

OMG, I've been away from DPC for a couple of weeks as I was out of town on work and I get back to find all this. I am especially shocked that

Bear_Music was involved after the nastiness he started against me in the 47 Steps challenge (and has not apologised). In the thread he started then he said

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Now, I haven't checked to see how many, if any, other entries are equally flagrant, but this attitude sort of ticks me off big-time. A whole lot of us entered into the spirit of the challenge

Surely the behaviour in this challenge makes him a huge hypocrite! Very disappointing.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

04/03/2010 05:41:57 PM · #136

Originally posted by Nuzzer:

OMG, I've been away from DPC for a couple of weeks as I was out of town on work and I get back to find all this. I am especially shocked that Bear_Music was involved after the nastiness he started against me in the 47 Steps challenge (and has not apologised). In the thread he started then he said

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Now, I haven't checked to see how many, if any, other entries are equally flagrant, but this attitude sort of ticks me off big-time. A whole lot of us entered into the spirit of the challenge

Surely the behaviour in this challenge makes him a huge hypocrite! Very disappointing.

You've GOT to be kidding? It's about fooling people. This is what you wrote in your photographer's comments:

Originally posted by Nuzzer:

So this is nowhere near where I live but if you didn't know that until you read this then it doesn't really matter does it? ;)

See the difference? I have beautiful landscapes within a quarter mile of my house but I followed the description and shot some freakin' dead leaves and sticks 47 steps away. YOU got an honorable mention star and thumbed your nose at us. And we had no way of knowing whether your shot met the challenge until after the fact.

In the Product challenge, the voters could (and did) make up their minds whether what I did was meeting the challenge or not, and score me accordingly. Nobody was conning anybody. Nobody hid anything.

R.

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

04/03/2010 05:53:17 PM · #137

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Nuzzer:
OMG, I've been away from DPC for a couple of weeks as I was out of town on work and I get back to find all this. I am especially shocked that Bear_Music was involved after the nastiness he started against me in the 47 Steps challenge (and has not apologised). In the thread he started then he said

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Now, I haven't checked to see how many, if any, other entries are equally flagrant, but this attitude sort of ticks me off big-time. A whole lot of us entered into the spirit of the challenge

Surely the behaviour in this challenge makes him a huge hypocrite! Very disappointing.

You've GOT to be kidding? It's about fooling people. This is what you wrote in your photographer's comments:

Originally posted by Nuzzer:
So this is nowhere near where I live but if you didn't know that until you read this then it doesn't really matter does it? ;)

See the difference? I have beautiful landscapes within a quarter mile of my house but I followed the description and shot some freakin' dead leaves and sticks 47 steps away. YOU got an honorable mention star and thumbed your nose at us. And we had no way of knowing whether your shot met the challenge until after the fact.

In the Product challenge, the voters could (and did) make up their minds whether what I did was meeting the challenge or not, and score me accordingly. Nobody was conning anybody. Nobody hid anything.

R.

My point is that your attitude is no different from mine - not that the specifics are the same. You were taking the p*ss to a large degree, just as I was. It's the same thing.

chromeydome

Nikon D7000

04/03/2010 05:58:02 PM · #138

Originally posted by Nuzzer:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Nuzzer:
OMG, I've been away from DPC for a couple of weeks as I was out of town on work and I get back to find all this. I am especially shocked that Bear_Music was involved after the nastiness he started against me in the 47 Steps challenge (and has not apologised). In the thread he started then he said

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Now, I haven't checked to see how many, if any, other entries are equally flagrant, but this attitude sort of ticks me off big-time. A whole lot of us entered into the spirit of the challenge

Surely the behaviour in this challenge makes him a huge hypocrite! Very disappointing.

You've GOT to be kidding? It's about fooling people. This is what you wrote in your photographer's comments:

Originally posted by Nuzzer:
So this is nowhere near where I live but if you didn't know that until you read this then it doesn't really matter does it? ;)

See the difference? I have beautiful landscapes within a quarter mile of my house but I followed the description and shot some freakin' dead leaves and sticks 47 steps away. YOU got an honorable mention star and thumbed your nose at us. And we had no way of knowing whether your shot met the challenge until after the fact.

In the Product challenge, the voters could (and did) make up their minds whether what I did was meeting the challenge or not, and score me accordingly. Nobody was conning anybody. Nobody hid anything.

R.

My point is that your attitude is no different from mine - not that the specifics are the same. You were taking the p*ss to a large degree, just as I was. It's the same thing.

Not even CLOSE to the same thing: yours was a deception revealed only after the fact, the abstract catalogue entries were OBVIOUS at the time of voting, giving voters a chance to decide at the time (one even commented "blatant disregard for the challenge theme--1"

No one had the same opportunity with your 47 steps entry. BIG difference. HUGE difference. You may not want or choose to see it, but it is there for others to see.

Message edited by author 2010-04-03 17:58:15.

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

04/03/2010 06:01:31 PM · #139

Originally posted by chromeydome:

Originally posted by Nuzzer:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Nuzzer:
OMG, I've been away from DPC for a couple of weeks as I was out of town on work and I get back to find all this. I am especially shocked that Bear_Music was involved after the nastiness he started against me in the 47 Steps challenge (and has not apologised). In the thread he started then he said

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Now, I haven't checked to see how many, if any, other entries are equally flagrant, but this attitude sort of ticks me off big-time. A whole lot of us entered into the spirit of the challenge

Surely the behaviour in this challenge makes him a huge hypocrite! Very disappointing.

You've GOT to be kidding? It's about fooling people. This is what you wrote in your photographer's comments:

Originally posted by Nuzzer:
So this is nowhere near where I live but if you didn't know that until you read this then it doesn't really matter does it? ;)

See the difference? I have beautiful landscapes within a quarter mile of my house but I followed the description and shot some freakin' dead leaves and sticks 47 steps away. YOU got an honorable mention star and thumbed your nose at us. And we had no way of knowing whether your shot met the challenge until after the fact.

In the Product challenge, the voters could (and did) make up their minds whether what I did was meeting the challenge or not, and score me accordingly. Nobody was conning anybody. Nobody hid anything.

R.

My point is that your attitude is no different from mine - not that the specifics are the same. You were taking the p*ss to a large degree, just as I was. It's the same thing.

Not even CLOSE to the same thing: yours was a deception revealed only after the fact, the abstract catalogue entries were OBVIOUS at the time of voting, giving voters a chance to decide at the time (one even commented "blatant disregard for the challenge theme--1"

No one had the same opportunity with your 47 steps entry. BIG difference. HUGE difference. You may not want or choose to see it, but it is there for others to see.

Maybe you are right, I was just trying to annoy Bear with that post anyway.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

04/03/2010 06:05:55 PM · #140

Originally posted by Nuzzer:

Maybe you are right, I was just trying to annoy Bear with that post anyway.

Thanx for acknowledging that, friend. It's all water over the dam anyway. BTW, I'm sorry if I was a little intemperate at the time, which I probably was. It just happened to be a hot-button issue for me, and really in the end it's all just a game for a virtual ribbon.

So, I apologize, if belatedly.

Peace?

R.