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01/26/2007 12:02:30 PM · #1 |
My "Best of 2006" entry was only my 19th best. It was 1.3254 points below my best and 0.0579 points below my average for the year.
I had better image that I was going to enter, but it was too similar to one I had already entered, so I decide not to do it. Bad decision.
Who else didn't even come close?
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01/26/2007 12:06:17 PM · #2 |
| 1.42 below my best, .1 above my average. However, I'd still say it was my favourite image from the whole year. My opinion and the opinion of the voters rarely concur. |
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01/26/2007 12:09:42 PM · #3 |
Mine finished just below the middle of the pack with a 5.7, 2 full points below my best score of the year. As a matter of principle I didn't enter anything I had posted before to my portfolio. I had been holding this one in reserve,a nd it proved to be a mistake :-(
R.
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01/26/2007 12:11:11 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Pedro:
My opinion and the opinion of the voters rarely concur. |
I wouldn't take that as much of a bad thing. I love the character that comes across in that wedding shot of yours though. Fun and funny.
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01/26/2007 12:11:17 PM · #5 |
| 18th by score, 26th by placing in a challenge. I think for 2007 it might be interesting to not only disallow previous challenge entries, but also outtakes of challenge entry shots (same subject with some minor variation). |
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01/26/2007 12:12:32 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
18th by score, 26th by placing in a challenge. I think for 2007 it might be interesting to not only disallow previous challenge entries, but also outtakes of challenge entry shots (same subject with some minor variation). |
So Best of, but not anything you thought was actually good enough to have entered in a previous challenge or related to anything that you previously thought was good ? :)
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01/26/2007 12:19:44 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by routerguy666:
18th by score, 26th by placing in a challenge. I think for 2007 it might be interesting to not only disallow previous challenge entries, but also outtakes of challenge entry shots (same subject with some minor variation). |
So Best of, but not anything you thought was actually good enough to have entered in a previous challenge or related to anything that you previously thought was good ? :) |
It wasn't applicable to any challenges at the time it was shot other than free study and it wasn't the best shot for that. I thought it was a good shot. I didn't think it was one of my best shots, else it would have been entered in a challenge. I could have just processed up an outtake of something that had ribboned and submitted that again. In retrospect, maybe I should have but it seemed to go against the spirit of the challenge. Obviously I was not correct heheh. |
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01/26/2007 01:06:41 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Mine finished just below the middle of the pack with a 5.7, 2 full points below my best score of the year. |
Right there with ya Robert... as a matter of fact, 19 places below you, LOL. What's amazing is that I managed what's probably my tightest vote distribution ever, a standard deviation of 1.11; apparently the shot is terminally mediocre, and everone agrees!
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01/26/2007 01:16:17 PM · #9 |
1.39 below my top, my third worst score since October, and my first triple digit finish since July. Hardly a "best of." Still, a 6.4 with 7 faves is fairly respectable, and my most recent entry is doing FAR worse!
Message edited by author 2007-01-26 13:17:18. |
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01/26/2007 01:25:10 PM · #10 |
| Mine certainly didn't score amazingly, but it was 0.2 above my average and finished a nice middling 57%. In all, I'd say it represented my year quite nicely. |
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01/26/2007 01:37:52 PM · #11 |
Mine wasn't my highest score either, but it was well above my average, and it was definitely the photo that was closest to my heart.
It was a really eye-opening and heart-wrenching experience to spend time with the children that become the subjects for my photos that day. |
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01/26/2007 01:39:42 PM · #12 |
| Mine scored just a smidge above my average. It wasnt the best image I took this year but it is on eof my favorites and I really wanted it to be voted on. Very pleased overall. |
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01/26/2007 02:26:57 PM · #13 |
Got a perfect round 6, almost a point down from the best of 2006, but a round 6 is something special too. :)
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01/26/2007 02:49:37 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Azrifel:
Got a perfect round 6, almost a point down from the best of 2006, but a round 6 is something special too. :) |
Think of it as a misunderstood 9, Az. |
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01/26/2007 02:51:14 PM · #15 |
2nd best entry, score and placing.
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01/26/2007 02:54:53 PM · #16 |
Highest score yet. Not the highest place. But in a free study
with over 700 entries. I'm certainly not dissatisfied one bit!
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01/26/2007 03:06:04 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by Pedro:
Originally posted by Azrifel:
Got a perfect round 6, almost a point down from the best of 2006, but a round 6 is something special too. :) |
Think of it as a misunderstood 9, Az. |
My mistake, now that I have put my screen upside down it all makes sense.
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01/26/2007 03:12:47 PM · #18 |
6.5014. Well above my average.
I had a few other images that I wanted to use and I doubt what I did enter was anywhere near my best. Ahhh whatever.
This one's what I believe was pretty near my top shot for the year but that tilt would have gotten me slammed.
Message edited by author 2007-01-26 15:35:56. |
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01/26/2007 03:37:15 PM · #19 |
Mine finished a full point behind my best score too. I was disappointed that it didn't score better because it really is one of my favorite pictures ever -- but I was happy that it bumped my overall average to the next number, which has been kind of a dream for me since I started dpc -- so I guess in a way -- it achieved for me a reward I've wanted for a long time :)
Not a bad way to start 2007 :)
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01/26/2007 03:43:04 PM · #20 |
best of 2006 , was the best for me :)
you guys should just stick to the topic hehehehe |
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01/26/2007 03:51:14 PM · #21 |
Had I submitted my best scoring shot of 2006 into the 'Best of 06', I doubt that it would have scored as well. This is a tough challenge, and rightfully so. I am proud of the shot that I did enter into the challenge, although it was not my best scoring shot this year.
To paraphrase a  Skiprow comment from the challenge, sometimes you have to wonder why the photographer thought it was the best shot of the year. I think that this is why this is one of the tougher challenges.
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01/26/2007 03:52:57 PM · #22 |
Out of the 21 challenges I entered this one came in at 5th. It came in at 151 for the challenge. I thought it would do better though to tell the truth. I never thought it would really win but thought it would be in the top 100 at least. One thing that bothers me is I received two 1's as votes. Come on! I don't think I ever gave out a one. I mean it would really have to be bad for that. No reason why they voted this way either. Oh well, troll votes I guess.
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01/26/2007 04:32:37 PM · #23 |
I entered  instead of  which was a redo of 
And now I'm just depressed that I didn't :( |
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01/26/2007 04:48:40 PM · #24 |
4 people gave it a 1 & would probably have given it a negative score if possible, so it looks like this image gravely offended 4 people's aesthetic sensibilities. It didn't look that offensive to me. I'm depressed but my sense of humor makes me wonder if I could submit another comp for Jan. that would garner even more 1 votes without begging for it by being an outright awful snapshot. Hmm. |
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01/26/2007 05:01:00 PM · #25 |
While I beat my average score, my "best" of 2006 score was over 1.2 lower than my best score of the year and almost a full point lower than my 2005 entry. I wonder if my outtake, which was an outtake from another challenge, would have done better:
The problem was I didn't really have anything I considered to be a "best of" for the year. I entered my "best of" shot because it got such a great response from so many (non-DPC) people. Ah, well. That's what I get for entering a kitten shot. |
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