Don't you dare show your FACE after that SCORE!

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

01/11/2013 08:22:19 AM · #28

Originally posted by SaraR:

Originally posted by vawendy:
oops -- Sara was quicker with the math. :)

Only by 1 second!

Well, I thought we were supposed to "show our work" as in school. :)

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

01/11/2013 08:23:00 AM · #29

Originally posted by klkitchens:

Originally posted by SaraR:

Originally posted by vawendy:
oops -- Sara was quicker with the math. :)

Only by 1 second!

Well, I thought we were supposed to "show our work" as in school. :)

I always did have a problem with that. :)

Venser

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

01/11/2013 08:26:25 AM · #30

Originally posted by klkitchens:

I consoled myself that my previous drop could be explained as 3 6s and the ubiquitous 1. The next vote offered validation of that theory with another 6. Only to be followed by a 4.

Had to double check this was not an open challenge. Lol.

I thought your resolution was you weren't going to follow scores so closely?

GiorgioBaruffi

Apple iPhone 5s

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS

01/11/2013 08:54:55 AM · #31

wow!

i have seen spend a 1 live on my shot! ;-)

Message edited by author 2013-01-11 08:55:08.

Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

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

01/11/2013 09:10:16 AM · #32

About as expected, but not as high as hoped. Didn't think it would go over too well with this bunch.

nygold

Nikon D5000

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G

01/11/2013 09:12:11 AM · #33

Sitting at 5.5 at the moment.
There are alot of shots I really enjoyed looking at.
I left almost 20 comments & I'll probably add a few more.
Some real nice stuff in this challenge.

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

01/11/2013 09:13:26 AM · #34

I think I might go bump up everyone's score. You know, just a small way of fighting this trend of meh-to-low votes lately. I can't believe the hundred or so people who generally vote (over the ENTIRE world!) are so bloody jaded. *People* *always* say that they don't low/troll vote yet there is still this meh scoring mentality. Whatever happened to the days when 6.*** was average? Surely the calibre of photography on this site is, in general, worth at least a 6? Aren't images on here vastly superior to Facebook? I know it's a scale of 1-10, don't start on that again, but IMHO there is so much fabulous stuff on this site that we need to encourage involvement (not falsely praise). Participation down? Get hammered week after week and try to keep up the motivation to conceive of, shoot and process fabulous stuff 3 times a week...

\rant

snaffles

Nikon D7100

01/11/2013 09:18:28 AM · #35

Votes: 18
Views: 56
Avg Vote: 4.7778
Comments: 0

Yeah...seeing that both images entered this year are getting slammed around in the high 4a and low fives like they're crapdelic facebook arm's-length cellphone shots, I'm definitely starting to wonder why I'm still here.

Hipychik

Sony Alpha a6000

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

01/11/2013 09:30:37 AM · #36

Originally posted by snaffles:

Yeah, I feel like I just wasted 25.00 . I need to find a way to not care about the score.

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS

01/11/2013 09:35:54 AM · #37

Originally posted by Venser:

Originally posted by klkitchens:
I consoled myself that my previous drop could be explained as 3 6s and the ubiquitous 1. The next vote offered validation of that theory with another 6. Only to be followed by a 4.

Had to double check this was not an open challenge. Lol.
I thought your resolution was you weren't going to follow scores so closely?

It was and is. I am no longer tracking them in my spreadsheet or keeping record of them. But if my old brain can remember the previous votes/score after a precipitous drop, I never said I wouldn't figured it out...

GiorgioBaruffi

Apple iPhone 5s

01/11/2013 09:39:56 AM · #38

can someone send me the spreadsheet to control votes please?

giorgio.baruffi at tin.it

Message edited by author 2013-01-11 09:40:18.

Venser

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

01/11/2013 09:44:08 AM · #39

Originally posted by pamb:

Whatever happened to the days when 6.*** was average?

Who cares what the average was? It's a challenge and the only thing which matters is how you rank amongst the other entries. It's always been that way. Nothing has changed in this regard. That number is meaningless outside the context of the challenge.

Originally posted by pamb:

Surely the calibre of photography on this site is, in general, worth at least a 6?

Entirely subjective. The longer I hang around here, the harder it's becoming to imbue an impression of awe. My average is going down not because the quality of the images are, but because I'm no longer awestruck like when I first arrived on the scene.

Originally posted by pamb:

Aren't images on here vastly superior to Facebook?

Sure they are, but during voting I'm not voting on Facebook images am I? If you get your uncle Jim and aunt Beatrice to start submitting the crap they do to Facebook, it will sway and affect how I, and some others, vote on the other entries.

Originally posted by pamb:

Get hammered week after week and try to keep up the motivation to conceive of, shoot and process fabulous stuff 3 times a week...

If you're only looking at the score, the priorities are in the wrong place. A proper comparison between challenges would be to compare overall percentile placings. It's not only a better comparison, but a truer indication of quality regardless of the voter.

Hipychik

Sony Alpha a6000

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

01/11/2013 09:44:55 AM · #40

I guess my crying and whining helped! My score went from 5.3 TO 5.5 without the number of votes changing!

01/11/2013 09:45:07 AM · #41

Everyone should've just gone up a little bit... Do you think we could start a trend here? C'mon guys, get the (nice) vote out!

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

01/11/2013 09:49:51 AM · #42

Originally posted by Venser:

blah blah blah logic logic I'm more intelligent than everyone and I'll make damn sure i tell everyone blah blah logic

Go away.

Bear_Music

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

01/11/2013 09:56:38 AM · #43

Thought I might have a winner. 5.4 after 20 votes tells me otherwise :-(

nygold

Nikon D5000

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G

01/11/2013 10:00:05 AM · #44

So if everyone bumps their scores 1 or 2 point everyone is in the exact same possition.
I see the bar here set high because there are ALOT of images on this site so it's getting harder and harder to be original. So the people who have been around for a while have seen it many times before.
DP needs more new faces if you want do see better scores and when new faces do show up snapping at there opinions and being obnoxious is not the route that should be taken.

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II

01/11/2013 10:00:51 AM · #45

Originally posted by pamb:

Everyone should've just gone up a little bit... Do you think we could start a trend here? C'mon guys, get the (nice) vote out!

Mine didn't change... Guess once bad always bad :)

Venser

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

01/11/2013 10:00:58 AM · #46

Originally posted by pamb:

Originally posted by Venser:
blah blah blah logic logic I'm more intelligent than everyone and I'll make damn sure i tell everyone blah blah logic

Go away.

Thanks for the retort. If you think my ideas or points are dismissive, you're doing a fantastic job dismantling them.

It has nothing to do with intelligence. Point out the flaws in my post and I can be persuaded to change. Simply telling me to go away is both pointless and meaningless.

01/11/2013 10:02:42 AM · #47

Originally posted by klkitchens:

Originally posted by pamb:
Everyone should've just gone up a little bit... Do you think we could start a trend here? C'mon guys, get the (nice) vote out!

Mine didn't change... Guess once bad always bad :)

No. I really really did everyone's...

01/11/2013 10:02:50 AM · #48

Originally posted by nygold:

When I'm at "meh" or lower, I would gladly trade one full point of "score" for 10 constructive comments.

01/11/2013 10:04:09 AM · #49

Originally posted by pamb:

Originally posted by klkitchens:

Originally posted by pamb:
Everyone should've just gone up a little bit... Do you think we could start a trend here? C'mon guys, get the (nice) vote out!

Mine didn't change... Guess once bad always bad :)

No. I really really did everyone's...

Perhaps I was bumped down as you bumped up. No worries at all :)