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03/13/2019 02:46:07 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
imagine if you will a bridge museum, containing an exhibit that provides a great viewing angle to a model bridge, with marvelous raking light set up by the museum director and staff. |
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03/13/2019 02:59:54 PM · #27 |
| dont worry my coming and going is in the threes, peoplle just dont see the meaning of my masterpiece |
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03/13/2019 04:13:01 PM · #28 |
| Don’t think I would have scored this image above a 5 or a 6, the reasons are down to my own conditioning and many of them have been mentioned above. The fact that this is in a museum would be the main obstacle in giving this a higher score and also that it just doesn’t have that “je ne sais pas quoi” for me of course. |
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03/13/2019 04:17:39 PM · #29 |
This would have been my highest score of the challenge by a mile and look where it landed, everything is just someone’s perspective and only true to them.
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03/13/2019 04:35:25 PM · #30 |
The reason that the challenge was so difficult was because it said no faces or profiles. The whole reason Marnet's shot works is because of the face.
I thought it was extremely difficult to make a shot interesting by just having the back of someone's head. To score high, it needed to be a back of the head headshot. It needed to be interesting. And it needed to give me a little clue about the person (from what I've read, headshots should give a bit of personality. Unfortunately, the formal ones don't lend themselves to a huge amount of personality.)
The blue ribbon wasn't really a headshot, imo. It was about the body. Though I gave it a 6, because it was at least close.
It was an extremely difficult challenge. The only ones that I thought did it well were the 3rd, 4th, and 20th places. The one jagar just mentioned was really quite nice, but the underexposed just bothered me a bit too much.
(I still gave an average over 5, though. It really was a difficult subject) |
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03/13/2019 04:50:30 PM · #31 |
| It's funny, when I took my photo all I could GET was back of the head shots, and I really wanted faces. LOL |
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03/14/2019 04:03:01 AM · #32 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
The reason that the challenge was so difficult was because it said no faces or profiles. The whole reason Marnet's shot works is because of the face.
I thought it was extremely difficult to make a shot interesting by just having the back of someone's head. To score high, it needed to be a back of the head headshot. It needed to be interesting. And it needed to give me a little clue about the person (from what I've read, headshots should give a bit of personality. Unfortunately, the formal ones don't lend themselves to a huge amount of personality.)
The blue ribbon wasn't really a headshot, imo. It was about the body. Though I gave it a 6, because it was at least close.
It was an extremely difficult challenge. The only ones that I thought did it well were the 3rd, 4th, and 20th places. The one jagar just mentioned was really quite nice, but the underexposed just bothered me a bit too much.
(I still gave an average over 5, though. It really was a difficult subject) |
Coincidentally, 3rd and 4th were taken in the same interpretation of the challenge as yours. Or is it coincidental that you agree with them? You say 20th, but No profile is part of the challenge you think it also did well in (and was only one of 4 which did). In addition to those, 2, 10, 12, 14, 19, 24, 30, and 31 also conform to your style, but are not mentioned? My point is, if you're going to DNMC based on the way you interpret the challenge, you have to be consistent.
I don't know about other people, but if I walk behind someone, I see pretty much down to their feet. The person is not the subject, the head shot is. 6, 7, and 11, for example, I would say are not head shots, but can accept the interpretation. 13th (the photo in question) is absolutely not a head shot, nor is it a head shot from behind showing nothing but the back of the head. It shows the entire face! IMO it's lucky to get 13.
And I'll just add that blue is (IMO) well deserving of the blue. |
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03/14/2019 10:06:50 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by Nicht:
Originally posted by vawendy:
The reason that the challenge was so difficult was because it said no faces or profiles. The whole reason Marnet's shot works is because of the face.
I thought it was extremely difficult to make a shot interesting by just having the back of someone's head. To score high, it needed to be a back of the head headshot. It needed to be interesting. And it needed to give me a little clue about the person (from what I've read, headshots should give a bit of personality. Unfortunately, the formal ones don't lend themselves to a huge amount of personality.)
The blue ribbon wasn't really a headshot, imo. It was about the body. Though I gave it a 6, because it was at least close.
It was an extremely difficult challenge. The only ones that I thought did it well were the 3rd, 4th, and 20th places. The one jagar just mentioned was really quite nice, but the underexposed just bothered me a bit too much.
(I still gave an average over 5, though. It really was a difficult subject) |
Coincidentally, 3rd and 4th were taken in the same interpretation of the challenge as yours. Or is it coincidental that you agree with them? You say 20th, but No profile is part of the challenge you think it also did well in (and was only one of 4 which did). In addition to those, 2, 10, 12, 14, 19, 24, 30, and 31 also conform to your style, but are not mentioned? My point is, if you're going to DNMC based on the way you interpret the challenge, you have to be consistent.
I don't know about other people, but if I walk behind someone, I see pretty much down to their feet. The person is not the subject, the head shot is. 6, 7, and 11, for example, I would say are not head shots, but can accept the interpretation. 13th (the photo in question) is absolutely not a head shot, nor is it a head shot from behind showing nothing but the back of the head. It shows the entire face! IMO it's lucky to get 13.
And I'll just add that blue is (IMO) well deserving of the blue. |
??? How could #20 be considered a profile? You don't see a nose. You don't even see part of an eye...
Note: I didn't include my shot in my list of ones that I thought did it well. And I gave many of the ones you listed 6s and some 5s. Doing something average or a bit above average is 5&6. 7 is doing something well. Anything above that is doing it really well. |
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03/15/2019 12:25:22 AM · #34 |
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03/15/2019 09:48:30 AM · #35 |
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03/15/2019 12:55:38 PM · #36 |
We're all encouraged to give scores as we see fit, and to interpret the challenge the way we see it, that's the fun. That's the spirit of dpchallenge. :-)
I don't quite enjoy the "my photo should have done better, you are all wrong". If you want critique, I believe you can ask for it when entering the challenge. What would be constructive would be to share the critique if you think it will benefit the community.
My point on your comment was that it didn't sound like you gave critique, but almost used the opportunity to say "blue shouldn't have won, mine should have done better" because your examples were inconsistent, almost purposefully so.
Anyway, if you were hearing me talk this in real life, you'd hear that my tone is light hearted, and you should take my comments with a grain of salt. But seriously, my gripe is with the "I don't want to complain, but my photo should have done better".
What I do wish is that every vote could have a decent, meaningful comment. That would really be helpful. I'm guilty of not commenting enough... |
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03/15/2019 01:24:07 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by Nicht:
We're all encouraged to give scores as we see fit, and to interpret the challenge the way we see it, that's the fun. That's the spirit of dpchallenge. :-)
I don't quite enjoy the "my photo should have done better, you are all wrong". If you want critique, I believe you can ask for it when entering the challenge. What would be constructive would be to share the critique if you think it will benefit the community.
My point on your comment was that it didn't sound like you gave critique, but almost used the opportunity to say "blue shouldn't have won, mine should have done better" because your examples were inconsistent, almost purposefully so.
Anyway, if you were hearing me talk this in real life, you'd hear that my tone is light hearted, and you should take my comments with a grain of salt. But seriously, my gripe is with the "I don't want to complain, but my photo should have done better".
What I do wish is that every vote could have a decent, meaningful comment. That would really be helpful. I'm guilty of not commenting enough... |
Ha! Then I'm safe! I didn't think my photo would do nearly as well as it did. I thought it would end up much lower. And I gave the blue a higher score than I was receiving, even with my thoughts on what should or shouldn't be a headshot. So I certainly don't mind it winning. I was just hoping someone would come up with an incredible shot that fit the challenge perfectly. Just because I didn't think it could be done.
For instance -- I highly doubt that someone could take a photo in a "Toothbrush: Take a photo in which the toothbrush is the primary subject" challenge that would deserve a score of 8 or higher. I'd love to see someone prove me wrong, though. :) |
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03/15/2019 01:34:58 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
I was just hoping someone would come up with an incredible shot that fit the challenge perfectly. |
This is the shot:
I remembered it for this challenge but we don't have a shower and my husband wouldn't go under running water fully clothed anyway but I know yours would judging by this entry:
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03/15/2019 03:49:02 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by marnet:
Originally posted by vawendy:
I was just hoping someone would come up with an incredible shot that fit the challenge perfectly. |
This is the shot:
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OH YES -- you are so right!!!! That is one of the most awesome shots ever!!!!!
and hehe... yup -- he probably would have. :)
Message edited by author 2019-03-15 15:49:33. |
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