Night Shots - open your eyes and vote!

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

05/11/2006 07:44:52 AM · #76

Originally posted by prentice:

It'd be nice if the voters for the night challenge would COMMENT! If you like a photograph enough to give it a 7 or higher... Why not tell the person why? And if you think it blows enought to give it a 4 or below... Likewise...? Hmmmmm....

I'm at a 5.6970 by the way...

Many people do it this way.

What I do is comment on the 1st 25 pictures I randomly vote on, regardless of vote. I think there's a lot of "average" pictures that get missed because they're not bad or good enough to get comments. After that I usually will not comment unless it's really low scoring or really exception.

wsteyn

Nikon D7000

05/11/2006 08:16:11 AM · #77

Originally posted by mad_brewer:

What I do is comment on the 1st 25 pictures I randomly vote on, regardless of vote. I think there's a lot of "average" pictures that get missed because they're not bad or good enough to get comments. After that I usually will not comment unless it's really low scoring or really exception.

I like this idea and will give it a try.

Prof_Fate

05/11/2006 08:59:54 AM · #78

I considered two titles...and picked the wrong one.
I know this becuase the comments are pointing out a 'flaw'- if i had picked the other title it uses this 'flaw' as the subject matter/focus of the image.

Live and learn.
4.24....

05/11/2006 09:36:49 AM · #79

Night Shot III

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Avg Vote: 6.3761
Comments: 2
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Updated: 05/11/06 09:35 am

Voters are in a good voting mood today!! :-)

05/11/2006 09:45:12 AM · #80

I hope you didn't jinx us by mentioning it. ;)
I was just going to post the same thing.
Thursday voters are happy voters!!

05/11/2006 09:48:59 AM · #81

Originally posted by wsteyn:

Originally posted by mad_brewer:
What I do is comment on the 1st 25 pictures I randomly vote on, regardless of vote. I think there's a lot of "average" pictures that get missed because they're not bad or good enough to get comments. After that I usually will not comment unless it's really low scoring or really exception.

I like this idea and will give it a try.

I believe it was DrAchoo who posted the idea first. It's sometimes hard to comment on pics that you normally wouldn't, but it forces you to take a better look at them.

Edit: Took the "r" out of Achoo

Message edited by author 2006-05-13 23:09:59.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

05/11/2006 10:00:18 AM · #82

Originally posted by Prof_Fate:

Ouch. I felt this same way with my negative entry. I had to walk away from my update button. Live and learn sums it up. You'll get um next time.

ralph

Nikon Z9

05/11/2006 10:30:17 AM · #83

Votes: 116
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Avg Vote: 6.1810
Comments: 5

thankyou ..

guills

Nikon D70

05/11/2006 10:59:46 AM · #84

Votes: 104
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Avg Vote: 5.0481

:(

ace flyman

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

05/11/2006 11:35:45 AM · #85

Last 20 votes, went from 5.71 to 5.48....hmmmm

Message edited by author 2006-05-11 11:39:55.

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6

05/11/2006 12:06:59 PM · #86

I've been dropping all morning also, although not as much. It's strange how these thing go up and down.

Givemeashot

Nikon D200

05/11/2006 12:08:50 PM · #87

Originally posted by Givemeashot:

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well im bouncing around....4.7 and 4.6
I think there were a lot of GREAT shots and im not even done voting!!
I like Night Stuff the Best i think

Going Down!!
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KarenNfld

05/11/2006 07:33:40 PM · #88

Originally posted by KarenNfld:

And to think I considered pulling my pic because I didn't think it would do that great:

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Avg Vote: 6.6250
Comments: 0

Going DOWN, and at one point it was up to 6.7. *Sigh*

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Avg Vote: 6.3759
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guills

Nikon D70

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

05/12/2006 12:23:46 AM · #89

Ok I need to rant about this. The challenge clearly says 'Take your best picture after the sun goes down' .. without revealing my entry.. my pic is a shot taken outside, after the sun goes down. It is only lit by the light available at that time, outside.

Yet I have 3 out of 6 comments so far saying 'this doesnt meet the challenge' .. what is up with these people? This is a very open challenge as I understand it, as long as it's a shot taken outside at night. Right?

05/12/2006 12:29:10 AM · #90

Night Shot III

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Avg Vote: 6.3819
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Updated: 05/12/06 12:25 am

05/12/2006 08:50:57 AM · #91

The latest 25 voters have been pretty good to me. I'm maintaining(for the moment) a pb. Feels pretty good for a change. :)

ceyval

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

05/12/2006 08:54:07 AM · #92

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Avg Vote: 6.6800
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im hoping for a top 20 good luck to me...lol

05/12/2006 09:01:20 AM · #93

Originally posted by guills:

The voters for dpc entries need to be able to look at the shot and immeditately tell that it meets the challenge title. It may me a great shot but if it looks like it was taken outside in daylight it will get voted down for a nightshot theme. It's happened to me before. What comes to mind is the backlit challenge. I knew that the only light I had was behind the photo but it didn't look like it to the voters and I got comments saying "not back-lit". Frustrating. It's got to be exaggerated for this crowd. Hang in there.

adding: not trying to sway voters...just an observation on my part. By all means the voters should vote as they see fit based on their own opinions, rules and challenge title and description. ;)

Message edited by author 2006-05-12 09:11:07.

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

05/12/2006 09:50:48 AM · #94

Guills - that happens a lot here, it seems. When I vote, I will assume that they met challenge (with regards to things such as "night") unless it's blatantly obvious they didn't.

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Avg Vote: 6.1850
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I'm still holding on to a personal best here and my average has not moved much at all lately.

xXxscarletxXx

Nikon D80

05/12/2006 09:53:42 AM · #95

Im at 5.0800 I dont care aslong as it stays above that >.<

TNCameron

Canon EOS-20D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

05/12/2006 10:23:03 AM · #96

Votes: 162
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Avg Vote: 5.4383
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Updated: 05/12/06 10:22 am

Not to bad and not to good, i was hoping this would do well.

Message edited by author 2006-05-12 10:23:31.

livitup

Nikon D70

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

05/12/2006 01:09:09 PM · #97

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Updated: 05/12/06 01:06 pm

I don't get it. 13 comments, all good except 1. Most of them are very good. Yet I've lost almost a full point in the last 24 hours.

This place is like golf. I hate it, but I keep coming back.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/12/2006 02:14:52 PM · #98

Night Shot III

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Updated: 05/12/06 02:12 pm

Friday voters are tough!!!!

Artan

Canon Digital IXUS v3

05/12/2006 02:31:00 PM · #99

Votes: 176
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Avg Vote: 6.7784
Comments: 11
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The last two lines may be fantasy, but as for the rest I am really Chuffed.
It was worth the effort to battling the elements to get it.