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12/08/2004 09:55:20 AM · #26
Originally posted by nshapiro:

I just want to be loved ;)


You are my statistically favorite photographer among those with 10 or more votes- just edging out Heida, JodieCoston and Kosmikkreeper. Good enough?

Message edited by author 2004-12-08 09:55:43.
12/08/2004 10:06:07 AM · #27
4.8214
Not so good here but I have an original excuse. I need new contacts.:) I put on my glasses this morning instead of contacts and see why mine is not doing so well. :)
12/08/2004 10:07:25 AM · #28
Originally posted by BrenB:

I need new contacts.:)


Can't take good pictures without good lenses. See if you can get some L contacts. ;-)
12/08/2004 10:10:02 AM · #29
Not so great.
Votes: 50
Views: 66
Avg Vote: 5.0400
Comments: 0
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 12/08/04 10:08 am



12/08/2004 10:11:16 AM · #30
First Challenge, not so great. 4.00000 (extra 0 for fun)

I guess better than 3.0000, right?
But hey man whatever, I like the shot and it's my first crack at it. The more comments the better!! Thanks! -Rook3000
12/08/2004 10:11:43 AM · #31
5.1 one comment. I expected to break 6 with this one. I guess not. maybe next time.
12/08/2004 10:13:23 AM · #32
Keeps climbin' :)

Votes: 57
Views: 71
Avg Vote: 6.5439
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
12/08/2004 10:14:36 AM · #33
Votes:59
Views:68
Avg Vote:5.1186

here's what i don't get am quite mad about it, ok there are to things...
1.-is this site susposed to be an art photography challenge website or is it just Stock Photo "art" photography site with the addition of a challenge? it seems that when ever i enter a pic. with any artistic mairrate it get shot down but if i do a shot that coulden't be more "plan"(IMO) and "boaring" i get into the 5's i've never gone higher than that. am i'm alittle sick of ppl.'s tast in photos.

2.-Commenters if you don't have anything to say than don't say anything at all. There are these ppl. out there who just want to comment for the heck of it but they really have nothing to say so they just say "thats boaring"... Could those ppl. just STOP COMMENTING JUST TO SAY I'VE COMMENTED ON ALL THE SHOTS IN THIS CHALLENGE!!! woopheee for u but will anyone benifit from those comments?

i'm think of starting a rant thread about it but i think ppl. won't fess-up to what they're doing so its pointless.

a very angree _brando_ have a nice day- :) [what i'm really like I:^{} ]

Message edited by author 2004-12-08 10:17:13.
12/08/2004 10:22:54 AM · #34
blimey, score has changed in the span of four votes from 5.51 to 5.32. i've looked at the community who's online link - i know who you are dang it!
12/08/2004 10:27:00 AM · #35
6.5439? Beagleboy, you dog!
12/08/2004 10:37:58 AM · #36
Votes: 49
Views: 59
Avg Vote: 4.7755
Comments: 1

My worst start yet. I finally took a shot that I really liked and thought it was "DPC-worthy" and i'm getting hammered. Wish there were more comments as to the low score. Boooo hoooo. Well, it's early yet. Maybe i'll crack a 5 by the weekend? Beagleboy, i'm going to hunt you down! ;)
12/08/2004 10:41:38 AM · #37
Votes: 58
Views: 77
Avg Vote: 5.9828
Comments: 3
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Updated: 12/08/04 10:39 am

I started in the mid 6's...but has slowly taken a fall??? I figured. I liked my entry and was hoping to get into the 6's with it, but the ones that I like really don't ever seem to do as well? Good luck to all!

12/08/2004 10:51:59 AM · #38
Shite as per. I'm getting bored of people thinking so literally here, I'll get great comments on somewhere like phototakers yet awful one shere as people don't get it. Shame.
12/08/2004 10:52:21 AM · #39
Well I have gone up a tad bit..and my landscape one is approaching a 5 and someone put it on their wish list? What the heckamajob is a wish list?
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There aren't comments so far about focus or image size which were the two biggest things in all my previous entries. I take that as a somewhat positive thing. However, I feel that if the scores are in this range. I think I would expect or at least ask why the person voted the way they did. It is almost like getting a critic' without the imput behind it. Sometimes I just feel, although new here and to Digital Photos in general; that people score low on shots to improve their own rankings. What I mean by this is that you are running a mean average of lets say 5. Do you vote better than you own avaerage? Are you totally objective? I don't want to sound like a spoil sport or disgruntled. I just feel that people are just being far to "human" if any of you can follow what I mean by that.
12/08/2004 10:52:35 AM · #40
Originally posted by fotodude:

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Avg Vote:5.1186

here's what i don't get am quite mad about it, ok there are to things...
1.-is this site susposed to be an art photography challenge website or is it just Stock Photo "art" photography site with the addition of a challenge? it seems that when ever i enter a pic. with any artistic mairrate it get shot down but if i do a shot that coulden't be more "plan"(IMO) and "boaring" i get into the 5's i've never gone higher than that. am i'm alittle sick of ppl.'s tast in photos.

2.-Commenters if you don't have anything to say than don't say anything at all. There are these ppl. out there who just want to comment for the heck of it but they really have nothing to say so they just say "thats boaring"... Could those ppl. just STOP COMMENTING JUST TO SAY I'VE COMMENTED ON ALL THE SHOTS IN THIS CHALLENGE!!! woopheee for u but will anyone benifit from those comments?

i'm think of starting a rant thread about it but i think ppl. won't fess-up to what they're doing so its pointless.

a very angree _brando_ have a nice day- :) [what i'm really like I:^{} ]


Votes: 55
Views: 71
Avg Vote: 4.8000
Comments: 1

Was at 4.92 when I signed on 25 minutes ago.

Can I partake in the Rant thread also? My Lucky7 got 2 comments, and a sub-5 score. Both comments liked it. SOOOO, why the low score? Are ppl voting low but have no idea what would make the pic better? then perhaps they should...ooh, I can save it for the Rant thread. Pics above mine, finish wise, have many comments about what is wrong with them, NO positive comments, and i think they have issues in the technical area. That just seems wrong somehow.

Lately all my shots are 4.5-5, and a touch under 50%. I was a tad over earlier this year. I guess it is time to get all crative and bizarro on my entries - at least then when i get lower than deserved (oops,move to rant...) scores I can claim 'But you just don't get it see'

My Yellow entry is NOT a ribbon worthy shot, but a test of composition - so i HOPE to get some coments about that...bet not!
12/08/2004 10:55:24 AM · #41
I think that there is a trend, maybe just a tiny one, for members to become more educated in the artistic elements when voting. That is what I focus on when I vote because that is what I know.

Most people here are outstanding photographers, so it stands to reason that they would vote based on their knowledge. I think of it this way: There are other sites out there which are more art based, and I like them, but they cannot offer me the expertise that the members here can offer.

I need the technical help, and this is one of the best places to get it.
Thanks to all who share their knowledge. You are amazing in your willingness to help out a novice!
12/08/2004 10:59:56 AM · #42
votes:52
comments:5
score:7.0192

oops...did not enter...:(

Message edited by author 2004-12-08 11:00:31.
12/08/2004 11:02:46 AM · #43
KDO, I think you're right. I, too, have noticed that the more artistic photos are doing better now.
Re yellow challenge:
Last challenge I thought I had something really good and was a bit disappointed. This time feels better, because my (very ordinary) yellow pic is pretty much where it belongs:
Votes: 62
Views: 76
Avg Vote: 4.5000
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12/08/2004 11:10:40 AM · #44
4.6, just like I thought. Serves me right for being so extreme in what technique I used.
12/08/2004 11:19:48 AM · #45
Votes: 49
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Wish I was doind a bit better. I thought I might do just a bit better too, but it is not over yet
12/08/2004 11:23:47 AM · #46
Votes: 57
Views: 86
Avg Vote: 5.5088
Comments: 2

My last entry with the Kodak...it's a bittersweet moment for me.

<laurie sniffles and dabs away a tear>
12/08/2004 11:25:08 AM · #47
Cheer up everyone.. could be worse.. you could be ME! I try I really do honest I do.. LOL

Votes: 54
Views: 78
Avg Vote: 4.1667
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Updated: 12/08/04 11:23 am

Listen people WHEN I go for the brown I'll let you know .. I don't want a natural brown.. imagine that!
12/08/2004 11:29:51 AM · #48
Well I just finished voting on all the shots..gave out seven 10's to well deserving shooters and a lot f 9's to some near misses for a 10. Gave out a lot of 1's & 2's for just very poor composition alone and bad quality of picture. But the majority were voted between 4-6..those that I gave 7-8's to; I felt they had very good ideas originality wise, composition was very good but a little bit lacking in some aspects or their techinal aspects lowered a score a little bit.
Why am I saying this? Because I think I voted very fairly and gave the best scores to the most original, "challenge" impact oriented, artistic created, with the techinal crispness.. There were some very good shots, beautiful concepts and pictures that I gave 2-3's for because I felt they didn't meet the challenge. I will tell you this. I will never look at ____________ (you know what subject matter I speak of)the same way again.



12/08/2004 11:38:51 AM · #49
Rain kept me from taking the shot I wanted.
So I experimented only a couple of hours prior to deadline. Didn't expect it to do well - but had fun taking the shot.
Thought the effect was kind of cool.

But I think I'm heading for the brown. ;-{

Votes: 52
Views: 71
Avg Vote: 3.6538
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Updated: 12/08/04 11:33 am

My other entries -well, they did ok. I guess my skills are doomed to mediocrity.
12/08/2004 11:56:15 AM · #50
Votes: 61
Views: 70
Avg Vote: 4.2295
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 12/08/04 11:51 am

I am utterly disgusted! This was one of my best shots and after my wife and I browsed the 399 photos, we agreed, certainly had a good chance for a Top 50. Instead I'm getting buried AND nobody is telling me anything as to why. Every update it's going down. It means I'm getting 4 after 4 after 4 after 3 with no comment.

This just totally sucks. I signed up a month ago and have eagerly aniticipated each challenge and done the best I could. On the photos that I really cared about though, read spent time to actually make a good effort rather than just throw in an entry, I'm getting hammered and with no comments!

I'm just about done out here. It seems like such a waste. My ego is getting hurt and I don't mind that IF I knew why. The most commented pictures I have are the ones that I just threw into the contest just to have entry. They were not good pics and people told me why. The good pics though go uncommented and scored low.

VERY DISCOURAGING. I just don't understand what is going through peoples minds out here.
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