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08/11/2021 07:09:25 AM · #1 |
I had no great expectations when I entered the Smile challenge, but I didn't expect my entry to polarise people quite as much as it did.
I don't ever recall receiving such a low proportion of 5s with similar proportions of votes above and below 5.
While my score was mediocre at best, I prefer this outcome to one of total indifference.
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08/11/2021 07:42:20 AM · #2 |
  (note these were made when there were a lot more votes) |
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08/11/2021 07:58:11 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
(note these were made when there were a lot more votes) |
Impressive. What photo achieved the ideal voting pattern?
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08/11/2021 08:02:33 AM · #4 |
| Sorry, those are hypothetical cases, just based on a larger number of votes than we get these days (100, to make the math easier). |
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08/11/2021 08:36:13 AM · #5 |
I liked it (8), and in the end isn't that all the really matters?
The answer is no. |
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08/11/2021 08:40:45 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by Venser:
I liked it (8), and in the end isn't that all the really matters?
The answer is no. |
Yes, and no. Two things matter - that I liked it, and that a few other people did.
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08/11/2021 09:51:08 AM · #7 |
| I liked it fine but it didn't perticularly read as a smile to me. |
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08/11/2021 11:04:49 AM · #8 |
I'd been doing a good job of voting on challenges, but I did forget to vote on this one and then ran out of time.
I looked at the photo, and the interesting thing is that it actually creeped me out. It was a very visceral reaction. Sometimes that type of reaction can elicit a high score or a very low score. I'm wondering if some of the scoring was the same type of reaction.
I was banking on the more emotional reaction from my entry, and didn't get that, either.
I would have thought that photographers would have understood that type of smile: "Do I really want to be here taking these shots?" type of reaction.
I think this type of challenge relies more on emotional reactions more than challenges like still life, or vanishing point, etc. When we look at a smile photo -- we want to feel the joy. We want it to make us smile. And that's a hard thing to do. |
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08/11/2021 11:54:21 AM · #9 |
I loved your photo, Wendy. I really thought it would do better.
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08/11/2021 12:57:15 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
the interesting thing is that it actually creeped me out. |
I clearly have that effect on people ;D
Message edited by author 2021-08-11 12:58:03. |
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08/11/2021 12:59:34 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by SaraR:
Originally posted by vawendy:
the interesting thing is that it actually creeped me out. |
I clearly have that effect on people ;D |
Yeah! I'm blaming it on Sara. :) |
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