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 07/14/2011 11:59:35 PM · #1
Challenge: Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives (Jul. 1st 2011 - Jul. 7th 2011)
Rules: Advanced Editing
Submissions: 57
Voting Deadline: Jul. 14th 2011
Details: In honor of the greasy spoon, local "cuisine", and the summer road trip season, take an interesting photo of a local eating establishment. The title should be the name of the restaurant, followed by city and state.
Stats: You have rated 57 of 57 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 4 images (7%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 5.7719.
 07/14/2011 05:19:18 PM · #2
Originally posted by Kelli:
There's an easy way to check for dq's during a challenge. Open the challenge by clicking on the title of the challenge, next to the title is a little paper looking icon. Click that. It gives all the stats including dq's. And yes, there has been 1 in this challenge.

Cool -- I didn't know that.
 07/14/2011 03:43:14 PM · #3
There's an easy way to check for dq's during a challenge. Open the challenge by clicking on the title of the challenge, next to the title is a little paper looking icon. Click that. It gives all the stats including dq's. And yes, there has been 1 in this challenge.
 07/14/2011 12:46:47 PM · #4
it's showing 57 of 57 for me now. and i have no horse in the race.
 07/14/2011 11:20:35 AM · #5
Originally posted by Marc923:
Originally posted by FourPointX:
this morning, from my work pc, it let me see and vote on the 58th image. wierd. not sure why you olny see 57 and i see 58. not entered in the challenge. one may have been pulled and re-inserted by sc?


Well, it looks like one got a DQ. Now shows I voted on 56 entries. With mine it shows there are now 57 entries. I wonder if I'm missing one.


No same here.
 07/14/2011 11:09:46 AM · #6
Originally posted by FourPointX:
this morning, from my work pc, it let me see and vote on the 58th image. wierd. not sure why you olny see 57 and i see 58. not entered in the challenge. one may have been pulled and re-inserted by sc?


Well, it looks like one got a DQ. Now shows I voted on 56 entries. With mine it shows there are now 57 entries. I wonder if I'm missing one.
 07/14/2011 10:31:07 AM · #7
this morning, from my work pc, it let me see and vote on the 58th image. wierd. not sure why you olny see 57 and i see 58. not entered in the challenge. one may have been pulled and re-inserted by sc?
07/14/2011 09:19:31 AM · #8
You have rated 57 of 57 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 57 images (98%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 6.0351.

And mine is on the yo-yo. Goes down, goes up, goes down.

Votes: 115
Views: 258
Avg Vote: 5.8783
Comments: 4
07/14/2011 06:43:17 AM · #9
Originally posted by RianBotes:
Originally posted by FourPointX:
funny though, one image wouldn't load and wouldn't let me vote on, although i could see the thumbnail, anyone else see this happen?


mmmm Im a little concerned now since I had the problem with my own image not wanting to load at one point but i saw the thumbnail. I was wondering about it but thought nothing of it in that it might be just my network here. Now that I hear you saying this it could be not just my computer and could be with other images and other people as well. Nobody else has mentione dit but let's hear from others.. ?

PM me the name of your image i'll let you know if it was it, if not i'll let you know what i scored your image :)
07/14/2011 02:22:12 AM · #10
Originally posted by FourPointX:
funny though, one image wouldn't load and wouldn't let me vote on, although i could see the thumbnail, anyone else see this happen?


mmmm Im a little concerned now since I had the problem with my own image not wanting to load at one point but i saw the thumbnail. I was wondering about it but thought nothing of it in that it might be just my network here. Now that I hear you saying this it could be not just my computer and could be with other images and other people as well. Nobody else has mentione dit but let's hear from others.. ?

Message edited by author 2011-07-14 02:22:33.
 07/14/2011 12:23:36 AM · #11
My Dive just Dived!
 07/13/2011 09:35:16 PM · #12
what an enjoyable challenge to vote on. i felt like i ate at an amazing assortment of eateries on a trip around the world. thank you all.

You have rated 57 of 58 images (98%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 4 images (7%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 7.0175.

funny though, one image wouldn't load and wouldn't let me vote on, although i could see the thumbnail, anyone else see this happen?
 07/13/2011 01:52:18 PM · #13
Originally posted by Rorschach:
Just as luck would have it of course my entries of which I still have the original RAW files are steadily dropping as voting goes on but the entry of which I lost the RAW file is slowly going up.

Ps. Is that your score at this moment Wendy? 7.3? If so that beats mine by a large margin and could mean that there are at least 5 or more entries above mine.


Just for fun...check out this page. It may be helpful!! Best of luck! Free file recovery software for Mac
 07/13/2011 10:12:58 AM · #14
Up to the 100 vote mark. Pretty consistent on this one, hovering in the tiny violin zone.

Votes: 100
Views: 213
Avg Vote: 5.9600
Comments: 5
07/12/2011 05:01:42 PM · #15
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Originally posted by Rorschach:
Ps. Is that your score at this moment Wendy? 7.3? If so that beats mine by a large margin and could mean that there are at least 5 or more entries above mine.

Give up now, the woman is a steamroller. I've started congratulating her before the challenge begins.


I believe there are 3 out there that if they enter, forget about a ribbon. Well, in my case I can forget about a ribbon every challenge.
 07/12/2011 04:45:20 PM · #16
Originally posted by Rorschach:
Ps. Is that your score at this moment Wendy? 7.3? If so that beats mine by a large margin and could mean that there are at least 5 or more entries above mine.

Give up now, the woman is a steamroller. I've started congratulating her before the challenge begins.
 07/12/2011 04:39:34 PM · #17
Just as luck would have it of course my entries of which I still have the original RAW files are steadily dropping as voting goes on but the entry of which I lost the RAW file is slowly going up.

Ps. Is that your score at this moment Wendy? 7.3? If so that beats mine by a large margin and could mean that there are at least 5 or more entries above mine.

Message edited by author 2011-07-12 16:39:58.
 07/12/2011 03:27:37 PM · #18
7.3



Message edited by author 2011-07-12 16:22:01.
 07/12/2011 01:53:49 PM · #19
Originally posted by mefnj:

Couldn't you withdraw image so as not to get a DQ?


I vote (as if this were an election) to keep it in. If you withdraw the image it goes away, and no one can see it, ever. If you leave it in, it is no stain on your record, and at least for a few days we can all see it near the top where it ought to have been but for the caprices of the gods of the hard disks. If (when) it gets DQed just put in the post you wrote below in the notes and it can serve as a warning to those who come after, and the community will be able to see the work, which must be quite nice to earn that score.
 07/12/2011 01:26:09 PM · #20
That sucks. My approach is to have a few CF cards and rotate them, using the oldest ones first. This way I usually still have the original memory card of the session available until the challenge is over.
07/12/2011 01:22:33 PM · #21
Originally posted by RianBotes:
Hey Fred
Im really sorry to hear about what happened. im inclined to think that you will be ending up in the top 5 and even ribbon with a score like that. I dont think you should wish for your score to drop. let it finish where it must and if you do get into the top 5.... You yourself will know the truth and thats what's important. Knowing that you do have a ribbon (whatever) regardless the shot being DQed or not.

Further i do hope somebody knows of free software but if not.. It's one of those lessons learnt in life. Hard to swallow

Best of luck


Fred
I feel your pain. I was probably going to have a top spot finish in the Chips challenge, but I used a borrowed camera b/c mine was being repaired, and didn't check the year of the date...I could kick myself really hard, but I learned my lesson and always check now.

Couldn't you withdraw image so as not to get a DQ?

Sorry,
-mefnj
 07/12/2011 12:39:42 PM · #22
Hey Fred
Im really sorry to hear about what happened. im inclined to think that you will be ending up in the top 5 and even ribbon with a score like that. I dont think you should wish for your score to drop. let it finish where it must and if you do get into the top 5.... You yourself will know the truth and thats what's important. Knowing that you do have a ribbon (whatever) regardless the shot being DQed or not.

Further i do hope somebody knows of free software but if not.. It's one of those lessons learnt in life. Hard to swallow

Best of luck
 07/12/2011 11:08:14 AM · #23
This might sound totally weird but I hope my score drops so I don't end up in the top 5.
Why? Well here's why.

My letter to site council:
Dear site council,
I have lost the original ORF (RAW) file of my Diners and Dives challenge entry. I was updating my AppleMac which runs Mac OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.6 to the later version which is Mac OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to ready it for the Mac OSX Lion update which is expected soon. When the update was finished I discovered that my Photo editor LightZone was not responding anymore. After some enquiries on the LightZone forum it became apparent that the Java update which I did at the same time as the Mac OSX update was causing this problem with LightZone. I decided to revert back to the first version of Mac OSX Leopard by doing a re-install with the Mac OSX Leopard install disc. This would also revert Java back to the install disc version and the problem with LightZone would be solved. After that I was going to re-update to Mac OSX Snow Leopard version 10.6.6 which was stable on my computer and with which my LightZone editor functioned without problems. However something went horribly wrong d uring this re-install process. Instead of choosing for Archive and Install I chose for a clean install and discovered afterwards that all my RAW image files which had been stored on my desktop had disappeared. Gone. Including many documents which I had not backed up. Included in the lost photo\'s is the original ORF(RAW) file of my challenge in the \"Diners and Dives\" challenge. Looking at my current score I am now worried that it will finish in the top 5 thus requiring verification. All I do have left is the edited and converted TIFF file at full resolution which was backed up on a CD rom with all my other edited TIFF files. I normally also back up my selected RAW files on CD ROM but only do so once in a while normally and had not backed them up yet. As far as computers go I am far from an expert and should not have attempted this by myself I now realize. So what happens now? Must I hold thumbs that my entry falls out of the top 5 or if it does inadvertently end up in the top 5 will it suffice this time if I send the edited and converted Tiff file as proof? The exif data is all intact on the Tiff file still showing that it was shot with my Olympus E1 and edited in LightZone and including the date and time of the photo being taken.

The reply of course was what I expected namely no, not possible. Rules are rules. I'm OK with that and understand but it would be a pity to have it DQ'd nevertheless.
They did suggest I look for a data recovery program and I did and found quite a few. They all advertise FREE download and the wording for some makes you think the demo is free. No go Joe, those I tried take an hour or two to do the scan and then show the results with the message that you have to purchase the program in order to be able to retrieve the lost files. I wish the wording of those program blurbs mentioned that before I started a 1 to 2 hour scan of my hard drive. Unfortunately I am not prepared to pay $49 to $99 just to retrieve 1 image that I might need for verification. Unless someone here knows of a free program for retrieving ORF files. I couldn't find one. If the worst scenario happens and I end up in the top 5 I will just have to accept a DQ then.

Ps.Oh yes...my current score: Hope it drops some more.
Votes: 89
Views: 200
Avg Vote: 6.6404
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 07/12/11 11:09 am

Message edited by author 2011-07-12 11:15:46.
 07/11/2011 12:09:49 PM · #24
Originally posted by Marc923:

Some good comments. I find it kind of funny that elements I made a point of adding are turning people off.


lol... I hate when that happens!

Originally posted by adigitalromance:

For the rest of the week, the grumpy ones are left to vote in a way that attempts to indicate their apparent dislike of happiness, sunshine and life.


Hear hear! (I represent that remark - not!)
 07/11/2011 11:34:36 AM · #25
The people who stay up and vote on the night of rollover likely suffer from a sort of late night delirium that causes good feelings, appreciation for photography and exceptionally high votes.

For the rest of the week, the grumpy ones are left to vote in a way that attempts to indicate their apparent dislike of happiness, sunshine and life.
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