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06/14/2010 09:27:06 AM · #76 |
Originally posted by cynthiann:
somebody needs some more coffee :P |
haha, nope! Just more sleep!
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06/14/2010 09:37:32 AM · #77 |
Originally posted by Prash:
Can't believe how many Afghan Girl entries are there LOL:-) |
No that you are doing this, but so what.
I hate when people penalize because someone else had the same idea. It's not like photographers get together and conspire to do the same shot. It just happens. Go with the quality of the photo (and as always relevance to the theme). |
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06/14/2010 09:41:03 AM · #78 |
Originally posted by klkitchens:
It just happens. Go with the quality of the photo (and as always relevance to the theme). |
In my view, the quality of the photo is affected by the level of originality. In copying a famous photo, there's obviously a reduced degree of originality or creativity involved, but it's still possible to execute with a new twist or to have chosen a photo to duplicate that is outside of the main herd.
Halfway through voting, I am dead sick of Afghan Girl reproductions, and that is affecting my scoring. |
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06/14/2010 09:43:46 AM · #79 |
Originally posted by mycelium:
Originally posted by klkitchens:
It just happens. Go with the quality of the photo (and as always relevance to the theme). |
In my view, the quality of the photo is affected by the level of originality. In copying a famous photo, there's obviously a reduced degree of originality or creativity involved, but it's still possible to execute with a new twist or to have chosen a photo to duplicate that is outside of the main herd.
Halfway through voting, I am dead sick of Afghan Girl reproductions, and that is affecting my scoring. |
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Each of those photos was 100% original upon submission. And they really still are. People are penalizing as if they copied each other or came from the same class.
OTOH: You could say since all the photos are copies of "famous" photos, then NONE of them are original and all should be penalized equally.
Really... |
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06/14/2010 09:49:23 AM · #80 |
Originally posted by klkitchens:
Each of those photos was 100% original upon submission. And they really still are. People are penalizing as if they copied each other or came from the same class.
OTOH: You could say since all the photos are copies of "famous" photos, then NONE of them are original and all should be penalized equally.
Really... |
Unless we are to score entirely on technical merit, then there is a subjective aspect to voting that ultimately boils down to how much we like the photo. Art is about what appeals to us, what provokes our imagination, what makes us want to keep looking.
And after 10 Afghan Girls and another 10 or so to go, they don't appeal to me, they deaden my imagination, and I want to go do something else instead of continuing to vote. |
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06/14/2010 09:58:48 AM · #81 |
Originally posted by mycelium:
Originally posted by klkitchens:
Each of those photos was 100% original upon submission. And they really still are. People are penalizing as if they copied each other or came from the same class.
OTOH: You could say since all the photos are copies of "famous" photos, then NONE of them are original and all should be penalized equally.
Really... |
Unless we are to score entirely on technical merit, then there is a subjective aspect to voting that ultimately boils down to how much we like the photo. Art is about what appeals to us, what provokes our imagination, what makes us want to keep looking.
And after 10 Afghan Girls and another 10 or so to go, they don't appeal to me, they deaden my imagination, and I want to go do something else instead of continuing to vote. |
I understand what you're saying, but with so many different challenges, you're going to hit quite a number of them that bore you. I got incredibly sick of peanuts, but I didn't think that the photos deserved a low score because I was sick of them. I just had to take breaks so that I didn't start giving everything a low score, simply because I had no interest in peanuts. Each photo should be judged on its own merits and deserves its own score. Not a lower score simply because there's so many of them.
Basically, I have heard many times in this thread, that people aren't liking that there's that many. And the scores are certainly reflecting that. That sounds like if there were only 3 of them, they would score higher. Doesn't seem quite right to me.
Message edited by author 2010-06-14 10:00:49.
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06/14/2010 10:04:03 AM · #82 |
Originally posted by mycelium:
And after 10 Afghan Girls and another 10 or so to go, they don't appeal to me... |
lol stick with American girls lol |
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06/14/2010 10:06:00 AM · #83 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
Originally posted by mycelium:
Originally posted by klkitchens:
Each of those photos was 100% original upon submission. And they really still are. People are penalizing as if they copied each other or came from the same class.
OTOH: You could say since all the photos are copies of "famous" photos, then NONE of them are original and all should be penalized equally.
Really... |
Unless we are to score entirely on technical merit, then there is a subjective aspect to voting that ultimately boils down to how much we like the photo. Art is about what appeals to us, what provokes our imagination, what makes us want to keep looking.
And after 10 Afghan Girls and another 10 or so to go, they don't appeal to me, they deaden my imagination, and I want to go do something else instead of continuing to vote. |
I understand what you're saying, but with so many different challenges, you're going to hit quite a number of them that bore you. I got incredibly sick of peanuts, but I didn't think that the photos deserved a low score because I was sick of them. I just had to take breaks so that I didn't start giving everything a low score, simply because I had no interest in peanuts. Each photo should be judged on its own merits and deserves its own score. Not a lower score simply because there's so many of them.
Basically, I have heard many times in this thread, that people aren't liking that there's that many. And the scores are certainly reflecting that. That sounds like if there were only 3 of them, they would score higher. Doesn't seem quite right to me. |
I got tagged once for not being original when out of 200-300 entries ONE other person had the same general idea. Small minded is small minded.
P.S. I am not even in this challenge... just hate to bad voting patterns. If a person cannot be objective, then they should skip that image -- NOT penalize the image because of their own personal flaw. |
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06/14/2010 10:18:47 AM · #84 |
Originally posted by klkitchens:
Originally posted by vawendy:
Each photo should be judged on its own merits and deserves its own score. Not a lower score simply because there's so many of them.
Basically, I have heard many times in this thread, that people aren't liking that there's that many. And the scores are certainly reflecting that. That sounds like if there were only 3 of them, they would score higher. Doesn't seem quite right to me. |
I got tagged once for not being original when out of 200-300 entries ONE other person had the same general idea. Small minded is small minded.
P.S. I am not even in this challenge... just hate to bad voting patterns. If a person cannot be objective, then they should skip that image -- NOT penalize the image because of their own personal flaw. |
As a preliminary matter, I reserve the right to penalize or reward images because of my own personal flaws, in whole or in part.
Art does not exist in a vacuum. Each photograph does not exist in isolation. Any time I look at a picture, I'm bringing to the table my own experience, perspective, biases, preferences, and idiosyncrasies. Part of that is whether I've been oversaturated with the subject matter already.
That being said, if there were 50 Afghan Girls in the challenge and they were all stunningly executed, I'd score them all highly. But when a lot of them don't strike me as particularly well done, I get even more tired of them and am less inclined to score indulgently.
Besides, are you really asking me to score photography--art--objectively? If so, I submit that you ask the impossible.
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06/14/2010 10:20:00 AM · #85 |
I am just amazed at the number of people who watch sesame street in here.
"The Transylvanian Count von Count is just mad about counting everything that crosses his path. Whether it’s black cats, cobwebs, bats, or belfries, or Afghan girls, if he sees it, he’ll count it. The stylish fellow with the impressive incisors is possibly a distant relative of Count Dracula, but he’s much more interested in counting people.
I think our version is much more interested in biting than counting :) |
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06/14/2010 10:23:39 AM · #86 |
Votes: 39
Views: 99
Avg Vote: 4.2821
and i am having fun :) |
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06/14/2010 10:39:35 AM · #87 |
| Whew, I'm glad I chose an "original" subject that only has a 1/2 dozen or so variants in this challenge! |
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06/14/2010 11:07:29 AM · #88 |
Originally posted by klkitchens:
Originally posted by Prash:
Can't believe how many Afghan Girl entries are there LOL:-) |
No that you are doing this, but so what.
I hate when people penalize because someone else had the same idea. It's not like photographers get together and conspire to do the same shot. It just happens. Go with the quality of the photo (and as always relevance to the theme). |
A smiley = penalty? Since when? Who's to say I don't have an AG myself?;)
Just saying that assumptions can be deceiving:) |
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06/14/2010 11:11:12 AM · #89 |
Know what this tells me??? That good art is not always popular.
Or is it so that the more popular it is (AGs), means it appealed to more people, means it was indeed good art? And how can you dare not like what the masses liked, ahead of Adams and kins?;$;);)
happy votes mates! Me still gasping for air! |
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06/14/2010 11:12:05 AM · #90 |
| well 45 votes and i'm back up to a 5. no comments, sadly. |
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06/14/2010 11:16:10 AM · #91 |
Eta: double post. Darn the ' smart ' phone!
Message edited by author 2010-06-14 11:17:45. |
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06/14/2010 11:19:08 AM · #92 |
Originally posted by Jac:
Next time let's include paintings too. I got a handful of Dali painting I would love to try to recreate photographically. |
That is an excellent IDEA!
I could do that much better I think.. Maybe...
Votes: 47
Views: 99
Avg Vote: 5.4681
Comments: 2 |
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06/14/2010 11:19:37 AM · #93 |
Originally posted by dswann:
Originally posted by coryboehne:
back up :)
Votes: 25
Views: 53
Avg Vote: 5.4000
Comments: 2
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Votes: 26
Views: 54
Avg Vote: 5.4615
Comments: 2 |
I'm up overnight also Cory. Finally made it above 5!
Votes: 28
Views: 59
Avg Vote: 5.3214
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0 |
Excellent, maybe we can have another little race :)
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06/14/2010 12:02:59 PM · #94 |
YEAH! I made it to 5! Hope it stays there - or above would be nice too ;-)
Votes: 44
Views: 90
Avg Vote: 5.0000
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06/14/2010 12:16:43 PM · #95 |
Votes: 47
Views: 116
Avg Vote: 5.5043
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0
Eh....but I'll take it from what I had last night (4.9). |
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06/14/2010 12:32:31 PM · #96 |
| done voting but not commenting. i'll try to get to everyone's pic before the end of the week. :) good job, everyone! |
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06/14/2010 12:44:22 PM · #97 |
Haha! There should be a side challenge: Comment on all the afghan girls!
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06/14/2010 01:03:38 PM · #98 |
"You have rated 93 of 93 images (100%) in this challenge."
I gave 3 10s, 2 9s, 11 8s, 19 7's.
Some of you should now feel happy about your scores:-)
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06/14/2010 01:11:28 PM · #99 |
Originally posted by Prash:
"You have rated 93 of 93 images (100%) in this challenge."
I gave 3 10s, 2 9s, 11 8s, 19 7's.
Some of you should now feel happy about your scores:-) |
Nice Prash! |
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06/14/2010 01:54:19 PM · #100 |
Hey Cory! Thanks for the comment! (even though you didn't like my photo) :D
I greatly appreciate it
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