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07/24/2002 12:10:49 PM · #1
I used to be a hunter. Now I use a camera. It is rare that you can get close to bucks that size, that can be hunted in season. Velvet is texture and yes I could have done the picture better or done another one. I wanted to show a rare shot without a telephoto lens. Also I didn''t want to hang around and keep taking pictures of the deer to get the best shot. I was afraid I might spook them out into traffic. When you do a great shot and enter it you have clowns out there that are blind or need to have their monitor''s adjusted, or just plain ignorant votes of 1 or 2. So what does it matter if you enter a good or a bad picture? The deer picture is no worse than a child or pet picture showing off what we love and that is photography. It seems a week or so ago a long shot of a ram took first place. This sure-footed animal has no fear of heights but maybe the photographer would have if he were in the ram''s place looking down into the canyon.

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07/24/2002 12:26:27 PM · #2
I think that a photo should score something if it is a good one, but if it does not meet the challenge that will lower the score. Otherwise why have a topic for the challenge at all? Lets all go out and shoot whatever we feel like and call it corporate world.
07/24/2002 12:34:04 PM · #3
the ram on the cliff fit the challenge.

Originally posted by bobgaither:
...It seems a week or so ago a long shot of a ram took first place. This sure-footed animal has no fear of heights but maybe the photographer would have if he were in the ram''s place looking down into the canyon

07/24/2002 12:47:51 PM · #4
Don't feel bad. I made the same mistake this week. I think sometimes our own strong feelings impair our judgement on what an acceptable submission is. I submitted what I thought was the sweetest photo of my beloved, thread-bare and bally childhood 'teddy-frog' smugly smiling (under the symbollic light of love) because he knew that even though he was the ugliest thing on earth (even uglier in color), he was loved. The comments I'm getting contrast hilariously with my own perception.

*I hope this is a stuffed doll of some sort, cause if it's a cut-up person in a burlap sack and that's your defition of "loved" I'll be really scared :-)

*creepy, different, strange

*Very very strange shot -- what is it?

*this is almost disturbing after seeing a tool cd

Those are just the highlights. I'm honestly just laughing at myself for being so blinded by my own feelings of nostalgia. I'm also getting a kick out of the twisted things people must be thinking this poor little frog is. The comments reveal more about the viewer than the picture in this case. Just shrug it off and try again. The only thing that matters is that you like the picture. :-)



Originally posted by bobgaither:
I used to be a hunter. Now I use a camera. It is rare that you can get close to bucks that size, that can be hunted in season. Velvet is texture and yes I could have done the picture better or done another one. I wanted to show a rare shot without a telephoto lens. Also I didn''t want to hang around and keep taking pictures of the deer to get the best shot. I was afraid I might spook them out into traffic. When you do a great shot and enter it you have clowns out there that are blind or need to have their monitor''s adjusted, or just plain ignorant votes of 1 or 2. So what does it matter if you enter a good or a bad picture? The deer picture is no worse than a child or pet picture showing off what we love and that is photography. It seems a week or so ago a long shot of a ram took first place. This sure-footed animal has no fear of heights but maybe the photographer would have if he were in the ram''s place looking down into the canyon

07/24/2002 12:48:53 PM · #5
Bobgaither - Those who can relate to the velvet (and I can) probably gave you much higher marks for meeting the challenge (and I did) - but there are so many people here that can't relate. If you are trying to communicate that velvet texture you might need to go about it in a different way to get the "non-hunters" to be able to understand your texture. - that is what the critque is all about - knowing your audience is the key to communication.
07/24/2002 12:56:12 PM · #6
This challenge is almost the same as the "Free Study" challenge, in so much as a picture of any subject is valid. A person should not be penalized for what they view as texture. EVERYTHING has texture to it, and if someone is giving a low rating because they don't feel a pic met the challenge, then they are falling in to the trap of voting based off what they EXPECTED for the challenge rather than what the photographer was trying to capture.

As a side note, I didn't feel that the Ram on the cliff edge met the challenge of "Fear" either - though it was a good shot.
07/24/2002 12:59:14 PM · #7
If I were the goat..... I would have been afraid - I gave it high marks.
07/24/2002 01:03:08 PM · #8
I think, for me at least, the reason I scored it lower is because the velvet isn't the main focus of the picture. It's a nice picture of deer who *happen* to have velvety antlers. :-) Everything has some sort of texture to it; my desk is smooth, but shooting a pic of my office wouldn't have really portrayed "texture". Know what I mean?

Lisa, that's so funny, I haven't voted on yours yet cause I couldn't figure out what the heck it was! LOL
07/24/2002 01:03:22 PM · #9
Something has to make one photo score higher than another, or why would it be a challenge. People who aren't trying to score high shouldn't care about how it is viewed. But if you do care about the score then you should think about how it is being viewed by others.Why not just put the picture on a site somewhere instead of entering a challenge?
07/24/2002 01:07:47 PM · #10
Originally posted by kathleenm:

Lisa, that's so funny, I haven't voted on yours yet cause I couldn't figure out what the heck it was! LOL[/i]


I'm glad I'm not alone here, I was certain it was a close relative of the elephant man. :)
07/24/2002 01:11:40 PM · #11
The definition of texture is really a broad one. Even though not being a hunter, I know antlers have a velvety quality to them. But you still got to show it for the challenge. Also feel that titles should be pretty much just an "extra" as the picture should stand on its own. Submitting a pic of a landscape with trees in the background and calling it the "nature of bark" wouldn''t fly, would it?
Hey, you can submit anything you want but accept if voters don''t buy your interpretation and lower your score for not meeting the challenge.



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07/24/2002 01:14:20 PM · #12
Lisa,

I thought that was a kidnap victim. LOL.. the little white ''socks'', plus the title made me think of a silence of the lambs version of ''loved'' :)

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07/24/2002 01:21:00 PM · #13
So antlers have a velvety texture? Wow today DPC has been a wealth of info,..

And how could someone say the Ram pic didnt meet the challenge for fear? That picture deals with all kinda of fobias.. I for one am scared of arizona.
07/24/2002 01:21:39 PM · #14
And I'm scared of rocks...
07/24/2002 01:25:01 PM · #15
I also fear of furry animals that have no fear of hights.. I mean you could never trust a ram to...... never mind i have no idea where im going with this... mmmm coffee
07/24/2002 01:27:32 PM · #16
Originally posted by Journey:
The definition of texture is really a broad one. Even though not being a hunter, I know antlers have a velvety quality to them. But you still got to show it for the challenge. Also feel that titles should be pretty much just an "extra" as the picture should stand on its own. Submitting a pic of a landscape with trees in the background and calling it the "nature of bark" wouldn''t fly, would it?
Hey, you can submit anything you want but accept if voters don''t buy your interpretation and lower your score for not meeting the challenge.


What if it's a stunning picture of the forest...like this week's dalmatian, which I happened to think was quite well done.


07/24/2002 01:27:41 PM · #17
i got the velvet antler ref. in fact i liked the pic pretty well and left a nice comment. but i didnt think that you could really see that in the pic, so ... there ya have it ..

07/24/2002 01:30:20 PM · #18
Crisa.
Did you just make a comparison between a tree and a dog? if so well done.. thats hard to do
07/24/2002 01:33:02 PM · #19
The ram photo showed only the lack of fear which is a far cry from fear itself. Still, it was a great shot, but, you'll never convince me it met the challenge of fear.

07/24/2002 01:37:12 PM · #20
I'm having tears in my eyes from laughing about this thread. Particularly when someone thought that Lisa's beloved frog was a kidnap victim. lol, lol, lol. Sorry, Lisa, but that "thing" scared me out of my wits too. If only you had submitted it to the Fear challenge, you would have had a winner.
07/24/2002 01:47:25 PM · #21
Originally posted by Ronin:
Crisa.
Did you just make a comparison between a tree and a dog? if so well done.. thats hard to do

Nah, they both have BARK
you begged for that one Ronin!






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07/24/2002 01:51:05 PM · #22
I guess i did set myself up for that,.. althought it ws quite clever
07/24/2002 02:08:59 PM · #23
This has been a great afternoon chuckle for me.LOL Sometimes you peoples are just too much to read at work (I start laughing too much).

As far as the deer photo - I suggested cropping it to emphasize the antlers. I too knew that the antlers are velvety - but with the way this challenge is, the theme sort of needs to be 'in your face' in order to score well here. I know, everything has texture, but to me, when there is a challenge of texture, then somehow you have to make it stand out - have it jump out to the viewer (at least here). I haven't seen the more vague or aloof photos do too well.
07/24/2002 02:33:40 PM · #24
Originally posted by bobgaither:
I used to be a hunter. Now I use a camera. It is rare that you can get close to bucks that size, that can be hunted in season. Velvet is texture and yes I could have done the picture better or done another one. I wanted to show a rare shot without a telephoto lens.

Sorry....I will send my comments to you personally, so as not to affect the other voters.





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07/24/2002 02:37:54 PM · #25
well said cheetah.
A challenge is just that - there are winners and loosers. Getting to that conclusion means -who showed a better representation of the subject of the challenge, and who''s photo was the most pleasing to the majority.

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