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Canon RF 24-105mm F/4L IS USM

10/10/2007 12:22:44 AM · #1

Sometimes I wish those big numbers would show up here so I would be sleeping right now instead of having heart attack last seconds :P

That's it for me putting any scores to threads for any challenges, no more. I am planning to give heart attacks to the others soon :P

Venom

Canon EOS R

10/09/2007 08:12:22 PM · #2

Well it's nearing the count down...

10...

9...

8...

7...

6...

5.4056

I'll find out if it'll hold the .4 or not shortly.

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Simms

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

10/09/2007 06:22:02 PM · #3

Originally posted by marcusvdt:

Originally posted by Simms:
just finished voting on this challenge, in my opinion very very weak and uninspiring, very snapshotty most of the time.. 2 clear ribboners in there, the rest are pretty so so. :(

Can you tell us what are the ribboners in you opininon?

no, as its bad form to talk about individual entries during a challenge.

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

10/09/2007 04:13:36 PM · #4

pix-al

Canon EOS-5D

10/09/2007 04:01:57 PM · #5

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My most comented on image! Really surprised that this has been sitting at over 6 for a few days now. Fingers crossed it will stay there!

david_c

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

10/09/2007 03:17:29 PM · #6

Originally posted by Simms:

just finished voting on this challenge, in my opinion very very weak and uninspiring, very snapshotty most of the time.. 2 clear ribboners in there, the rest are pretty so so. :(

Well, thanks for your vote, but everyone else is giving me 4's. Bastards!

marcusvdt

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

10/09/2007 03:04:13 PM · #7

Originally posted by Simms:

just finished voting on this challenge, in my opinion very very weak and uninspiring, very snapshotty most of the time.. 2 clear ribboners in there, the rest are pretty so so. :(

Can you tell us what are the ribboners in you opininon?

Simms

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

10/09/2007 02:43:53 PM · #8

just finished voting on this challenge, in my opinion very very weak and uninspiring, very snapshotty most of the time.. 2 clear ribboners in there, the rest are pretty so so. :(

colorcarnival

Olympus 45mm f1.8 M.Zuiko Digital Micro Four Thirds

10/09/2007 02:42:09 PM · #9

Between this and the searching challenge, I am on a roll...

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Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

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

10/09/2007 02:20:05 PM · #10

I seem to be climbing a couple of 100ths. I suspect some folks are reviewing their ratings as we get close to the end. I ought to do the same. Don't think I'll make a 6, but I may at least get close.

booboo_goon

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

10/09/2007 02:16:13 PM · #11

Originally posted by booboo_goon:

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Wow gone up a bit may as well make that a 5.0 yes peoples? Do we have a deal? Plllllllzzzzzzzzzzz its my 2nd worst!! arghhhh lol I'm upsettings

5.0 it is! POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!! HALLELLUJAH

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

10/09/2007 12:29:45 AM · #12

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I hope this is my second ribbon in a month. I am not sure how low voted contest this will be or if this number would go up more, but I'm keeping my fingers cross for this one :)

kolasi

Nikon D300

10/08/2007 09:32:30 PM · #13

Originally posted by marcusvdt:

What I'm seeing in many photos in this challenge is that they don't communicate the idea of technology. I think the photo must speak by itself, and the viewer should feel technology when the photo is viewed.
I understand that some things like a building or a bridge, etc involve high technology to build them, but they don't communicate the theme very well. This is just my opinion...

What you all think?

Im voting on what makes me think technology. I also think that with the exception of certain older breakthroughs in technology, it should be something new and cutting edge.

Otherwise you could enter anything man made (a fork, a hat, a pencil, or a flag pole) and can claim that some technology is involved in all of those.

Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon

10/08/2007 01:08:42 AM · #14

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Updated: 10/08/07 01:08 am

jdannels

Nikon D300s

10/08/2007 01:02:32 AM · #15

Originally posted by jdannels:

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bout the same

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had a nice late jump!

marcusvdt

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

10/07/2007 11:48:30 PM · #16

Hey, I'm excited and surprised that I'm getting this:
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Updated: 10/07/07 11:10 pm

For Fauna or Flora challenges, I expected to take some shots this weekend, but I couldn't. I will try to get something interesting...

J-Me

Sony DSLR-A200

Sony 75-300 mm f/4.5-5.6

10/07/2007 11:46:52 PM · #17

Wow, can't you feel the enthusiasm for this challenge? ;)

J-Me

Sony DSLR-A200

Sony 75-300 mm f/4.5-5.6

10/07/2007 12:41:30 PM · #18

Originally posted by marcusvdt:

I guess that it all depends on each viewer's definition of "technology", doesn't it?

Personally, yes.....a circuit board, or the inner workings of something are truly "technology", but I think that those who recognized that technology stands behind everything that we have and do and also made some sort of statement with it, truly defined technology as it really is.

Unfortunately, those who did think "outside the LITERAL box" are going to suffer in this challenge. It's difficult to be totally literal, be technically 'perfect' AND still have a difference enough to emote the "WOW Factor" that voters are looking for in all challenges in here.

So, how many ways can a circuit board be lit differently or angled differently???? ;) From looking at this challenge.....ohhhhh.....I'd say about 100! ;) The only question left is......which one did it best?!

killjoy181

Canon EOS-30D

10/06/2007 10:57:50 PM · #19

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Clawing Up.

marcusvdt

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

10/05/2007 04:17:55 PM · #20

Yes, I agree technology is a wide subject. But, as someone said, we should target the average viewer of the photo. I don't like necessarily the obvious, but don't like also too wide interpretations. I'm speaking as a viewer since I'm just a beginner and I don't work with photography.

Regarding my score on the first challenge, I think my photo is just a beauty one and it is complying with the theme. My score can be just beginner's luck. Technically my photo has many defects, some of them could be fixed with software, complying with the advanced editing rules, other could be fixed with simple changes in the way I took the picture. Obviously I can see that only now, after some useful comments on it and after looking at it with more attention.

Yo_Spiff

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

10/05/2007 03:43:24 PM · #21

The meaning of technology is very open to interpretation. A bow and arrow is high tech from a certain point of view. I have commented on a handful of photos where I thought they really were not about technology, but I rated them according to the quality of the photo itself.

Venom

Canon EOS R

Canon RF 24-105mm F/4L IS USM

10/05/2007 03:12:21 PM · #22

Originally posted by FocusPoint:

Originally posted by Donna21:
... In spite of my own submission, technology does not mean "electronics" or "futuristic" or "modern."

like this one second place of the first Tech challenge

I see you aren't the only one to go through the first Technolgy challenge. I noticed that also, the winners weren't neccessarily what you would have first thought of if someone would have said, "take a 'Technology' photo".