| Author | Thread |
|
|
06/02/2006 09:56:23 AM · #176 |
Mine was shoe-horned a bit too... but it was just soooooooo easy with this challenge..... and I was lazy :P
|
|
|
|
06/02/2006 09:58:30 AM · #177 |
Originally posted by idnic:
Mine was shoe-horned a bit too... but it was just soooooooo easy with this challenge..... and I was lazy :P |
oh talk about laziness. I have submitted only 3 entries this year I think. this fourth one is also from the weekend and I could find a lyric to go with it.. thanks to google and posts on the other thread on this challenge. |
|
|
|
06/02/2006 10:02:48 AM · #178 |
Originally posted by idnic:
Mine was shoe-horned a bit too... but it was just soooooooo easy with this challenge..... and I was lazy :P |
Mine was TOTALLY shoehorned. I had no intention of entering a challenge this week, but happened to take a shot I liked over the weekend. The Beatles challenge was just an excuse to enter it. Scoring below average, but a bit better than expected (and with 20 comments). |
|
|
|
06/02/2006 10:22:00 AM · #179 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by idnic:
Mine was shoe-horned a bit too... but it was just soooooooo easy with this challenge..... and I was lazy :P |
Mine was TOTALLY shoehorned. I had no intention of entering a challenge this week, but happened to take a shot I liked over the weekend. The Beatles challenge was just an excuse to enter it. Scoring below average, but a bit better than expected (and with 20 comments). |
I was expecting to see yours on front page Shannon with so much scope for creative shot which you are too good at. |
|
|
|
06/02/2006 10:36:40 AM · #180 |
My experience is in that way that if you score low or high you get comments. When I Score between 4 and 5 there are very few comments.
Originally posted by Shea927:
Votes: 155
Views: 213
Avg Vote: 4.8710
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 06/02/06 09:10 am
UGH! With scores that low I wish I'd get some more comments telling me what's wrong and where I can improve! |
|
|
|
|
06/02/2006 10:39:07 AM · #181 |
Yes you are right, everything can be happening at the same time, somebody lowering at the same time that another is commenting.
Now I calculated between two latest votes (159 and 160) and it was a "10" :-)
Originally posted by UNCLEBRO:
No-one can accurately predict what score was given.
Maybe they bumped your score by two points?
Maybe two people voted at once.
You should wait until the end of the challenge and see what your score is then.
That's the only true statistic.
Originally posted by Gunnsi:
Yesterday I got a comment saying this is nice and my score went down at the same time. I calculated what I got, it was "2".
Seems just strange to me that someone comments like this and gives "2" at the same time. |
|
Edited: adding formula:
Votes * AvgVote - LastVotes * LastAvgVote = LastVote :-)
Message edited by author 2006-06-02 10:41:54.
|
|
|
|
06/02/2006 10:41:43 AM · #182 |
Originally posted by gaurawa:
I was expecting to see yours on front page Shannon with so much scope for creative shot which you are too good at. |
Thanks, but I was taking a break for a while. This was certainly "my" kind of challenge, and if I had made any effort at all then I might expect a better score. Even so, I had another shot (a candid) taken over the weekend that could have reached the top 10, but I chose personal interest over score this time. |
|
|
|
06/02/2006 10:43:19 AM · #183 |
What is a "Shoehorn" ?
Originally posted by gaurawa:
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by idnic:
Mine was shoe-horned a bit too... but it was just soooooooo easy with this challenge..... and I was lazy :P |
Mine was TOTALLY shoehorned. I had no intention of entering a challenge this week, but happened to take a shot I liked over the weekend. The Beatles challenge was just an excuse to enter it. Scoring below average, but a bit better than expected (and with 20 comments). |
I was expecting to see yours on front page Shannon with so much scope for creative shot which you are too good at. |
|
|
|
|
06/02/2006 10:47:27 AM · #184 |
Originally posted by Gunnsi:
What is a "Shoehorn" ? |
A shoehorn is the curved plastic thingie that you use to help your tight shoes go on easier. We use the word in this context to mean we didn't shoot FOR the challenge, instead we took a shot we'd taken during the challenge period for whatever reason and made it fit the challenge - usually via title.
|
|
|
|
06/02/2006 10:49:30 AM · #185 |
Originally posted by Gunnsi:
What is a "Shoehorn" ?
|
It's a tool like a long spoon to help your heel slip into the back of your shoe when installing... :>)
...but, like me, I suspect some members found an image they liked, then spent almost as much time looking for a lyric to fit, thereby "easing" the entry into meeting the challenge.
...and I'm just slow...
The weirdest thing, though, my image was in the mid fours after one day, and now it's in the mid-fives, which has never happened to me...
Message edited by author 2006-06-02 10:53:43. |
|
|
|
06/02/2006 11:37:05 AM · #186 |
Originally posted by Gunnsi:
What is a "Shoehorn" ? |
hmm... since idnic gave a real answer, i'll just offer up this
though i'm sure it's only going to confuse matters greatly...
edit to add score and stay "on topic" and to confess that i am also a guilty shoehorner...
Votes: 153
Views: 214
Avg Vote: 5.5163
Comments: 6
Message edited by author 2006-06-02 11:41:59.
|
|
|
|
06/02/2006 11:44:24 AM · #187 |
Hurray ... For the first time, I crossed 5.5 in the scoring.
Votes: 164
Views: 216
Avg Vote: 5.5122
Comments: 2
I hope it says over ... fingers crossed
|
|
|
|
06/02/2006 12:06:01 PM · #188 |
Thank you all for your answers.
Back to the voting!
Voters voting around this time seem to be much more generous than the voters on the opposite clock!
yesterday (not my submission) it was the same, everything got up around this time but down again 12 hours later.
|
|
|
|
06/02/2006 12:16:15 PM · #189 |
Beatles Song/Lyrics
Votes: 161
Views: 242
Avg Vote: 5.2609
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 06/02/06 12:10 pm
my score slips further down. Interestingly, all my comments are positive. I'm hoping for an interesting curve this time, instead of just a monumental pile of 5s like I usually get. (a person's gotta hope for something, after all!)
|
|
|
|
06/02/2006 12:31:40 PM · #190 |
| I think 'shoehorn' is exactly what a lot of people did. Somewhere above someone (same post?) also said it was basically a free study...I disagree. It was a very directed challenge. I have researched every lyric and title I was not familiar with. Way too many shots just don't have any reference at all to the title/lyric depicted leaving the title of the shot as the only challenge requirement met. Very disappointed. |
|
|
|
06/02/2006 12:49:25 PM · #191 |
I'm not sure what you mean by "shoehorn". I went out shooting and hoping to get something good that would fit with a title/lyric. In fact I was chuffed with one shot and when I got home I found myself singing a lyric that fitted perfectly with it. Subconscious ? Probably but I am sure many people did the same rather than choosing a title and then going out to shoot it.
John wanted to do "...keeps his fire engine clean , it's a clean machine" from "Penny Lane" and went down to the local fire station to capture it. Unfortunately they were really busy and couldn't help until after entries closed so he didn't enter at all - a pity as it was a great idea!
I look forward to Beatles 2 or can we have Elvis, Rolling Stones or Queen??? Or Bob Dylan?
P
|
|
|
|
06/02/2006 12:57:03 PM · #192 |
Votes: 163
Views: 215
Avg Vote: 6.0123
Comments: 4
Favorites: 1
I'm quite happy with that, since it's been awhile since I scored a 6. And a favorite always makes me happy! Let's hope it doesn't drop. Come on tens! |
|
|
|
06/02/2006 12:58:48 PM · #193 |
I consider my entry totally shoehorned. I didn't intend to shoot for the challenge. I was out on the long weekend and took some pictures. I liked one and then I searched for lyrics that could go with the picture. I am not a Beatles fan, so I don't know their songs, just heard a few.
and I think it doesn't really matter if you started shooting for a challenge, or found a photo to fit the challenge.
Yes, shooting for a specific topic is a challenge, but finding a title to go with your photograph is another challenge ;) |
|
|
|
06/02/2006 01:23:35 PM · #194 |
It's interesting. I Have been busy, with Memorial Day start-of-the-tourist-season here and all, and hadn't gotten around to voting this challenge until yesterday. Having glanced at this thread, I wasn't expecting much, not that this makes any difference to me, since I make up my own mind.
But when I started voting I was like "wow", and I believe this is by far the highest I've scored a challenge in a while now, excepting some free study/best-of challenges. And I found very few entries I thought were seriously demented shoehorns.
My own image is a pretty good shot, and it's hovering in the 6.0 range; that oughta be good for top 100, maybe, IMO, and about where it belongs compared with some of the more thoughtful entries; I took the easy way out.
R.
Message edited by author 2006-06-02 13:24:30.
|
|
|
|
06/02/2006 02:11:57 PM · #195 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
It's interesting. I Have been busy, with Memorial Day start-of-the-tourist-season here and all, and hadn't gotten around to voting this challenge until yesterday. Having glanced at this thread, I wasn't expecting much, not that this makes any difference to me, since I make up my own mind.
But when I started voting I was like "wow", and I believe this is by far the highest I've scored a challenge in a while now, excepting some free study/best-of challenges. And I found very few entries I thought were seriously demented shoehorns.
My own image is a pretty good shot, and it's hovering in the 6.0 range; that oughta be good for top 100, maybe, IMO, and about where it belongs compared with some of the more thoughtful entries; I took the easy way out.
R. |
That's interesting Robert, because I actually thought the opposite!!!
I've only voted on 40%, but my highest score so far has been 7 (although the lowest has only been 5).
Maybe the next 60% will improve?
|
|
|
|
06/02/2006 02:13:36 PM · #196 |
Originally posted by UNCLEBRO:
That's interesting Robert, because I actually thought the opposite!!!
I've only voted on 40%, but my highest score so far has been 7 (although the lowest has only been 5).
Maybe the next 60% will improve? |
I hope to be in the 60% and get a 10 ;) |
|
|
|
06/02/2006 02:31:31 PM · #197 |
| Well my shot is the anti-shoehorn. I put a lot of effort into the idea and taking the shot unfortuantly I screwed it all up and it came out bad. I wasn't going to enter then my single light source came out worse. so i went back and looked at my beatles one and worked on it till it was passable. I am sitting in the low 5s mainly from votes rating me high on my idea or creativity so I can't complain too much. it will bring up my pathetic avg so it was worth it. |
|
|
|
06/02/2006 02:54:46 PM · #198 |
I actually shot for both the single light source and the beatles. I thought i would enter both as a member and entered the beatles photo first, then I realized I couldn't enter both and just left that photo up. People seem to either like it, or be weireded out by it. Somehow...AMAZINGLY..one person actually didn't get it....I really don't know how.
|
|
|
|
06/02/2006 04:07:27 PM · #199 |
Mine is not a shoehorn, I went out and shot what I had in mind. The picture itself came out bad but after a considerable amount of GIMPing (Photoshopping) it came out quite good.
In my opinion this is my best picture I have submitted but the voters do not agree with me. :-)
This can change, hope so :-)
Beatles Song/Lyrics
Votes: 168
Views: 333
Avg Vote: 5.8512
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1
|
|
|
|
06/02/2006 05:57:34 PM · #200 |
Votes: 183
Views: 332
Avg Vote: 6.3880
Comments: 11
Very happy with this score :)
By the way, no comment of you yet, Rikki. |
|
Home -
Challenges -
Community -
League -
Photos -
Cameras -
Lenses -
Learn -
Prints! -
Help -
Terms of Use -
Privacy -
Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2024 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/19/2024 09:41:04 PM EDT.
