Team Suck Home Sweet Home - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

07/13/2008 07:32:19 AM · #1

From our fearless leader,

posthumous:

"This thread belongs to Team Suck, a ragtag group of militia... um... photographers who compatriate more than compete, more interested in winging than winning, in love than lustre.

We don't let a low score get in the way of a dream!

As our seditious philosophy gained ground, our ranks grew, until we became more than just a team. We became a league of teams in wholesome if not entirely serious competition with each other. And that's the way we all became Team Suck.

This thread is for suckers to commiserate and compete. It can also be used for anyone with questions or comments about the Suck lifestyle. If you do wish to join us, we ask that you participate at DPC for a while to see if sucking really is your style, and we ask that you fulfill whatever half-brained initiation we come up with at that moment."

Rule of Thirds applies to *composition*, not subject.

Join us at our new website dedicated to the suck way of life. Visitors are always welcome; stop by for a cuppa coffee, spot of tea, keg of beer, or photoshop confusion.

Nominate OOBIE or YAPPIE!
Challenge Results

Below is the current membership of League of Suck:

raish

JuliBoc

SaraR

Bear_Music

posthumous

meyers

maxaz1

bdenny

chaimelle

xianart

Bruce_the_Robert

griz210

Melethia

SteveJ

Greetmir

colorcarnival

Doyle

kelli

quiet_observation

bryantbus

michael_p

Kivet

Brookied

patio127

k4ffy

figaro

skewsme

mist

sickdog

sherpet

kashi

ephln

CWelch

muppet

jackal9

BrianR

Quigley

kronus

mngolfer

theSaj

ragamuffingirl

lonewolf

bcoble

Truegsht

cuspie

melismatica

posthumous quote:

"I don't make these very often. In fact, I might never make these, but this is a pretty fundamental policy that I'm talking about, and it's a necessary one for our survival in DPC. It has to do with voting practices. Obviously, we are not responsible for the voting practices of our members, but to go further I'd like to suggest some guidelines for how Team Suckers vote:

- We do not share photos with each other and then vote on them.
- We do not vote higher on images just because we think they were made by a member of Team Suck.
- We do not encourage each other to vote higher for certain types or styles of images. We pride ourselves on our variety of tastes and styles.
- We do not encourage any particular voting method, though we might frown at people with 3.67 voting averages and make grumbling noises.
- The only way we might influence voting is indirectly, by enriching everyone's tastes and opening their minds to what can be beautiful, and this sort of discussion is never about an identifiable picture in a current challenge."

Message edited by author 2008-07-27 20:29:52.

quiet_observation

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

07/13/2008 07:39:24 AM · #2

Have a tastycake or two.

basssman7

Nikon D500

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

07/13/2008 08:08:35 AM · #3

Yay! A new home! The Monkey House was starting to get a little smelly in the summer heat. :)

Oh, and here is a "welcome mat"

Message edited by author 2008-07-14 22:54:21.

sherpet

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

07/13/2008 08:21:56 AM · #4

I will make an effort to visit more often, as I love coming to our 'Home Sweet Home'. Please forgive me, for not stopping by, as I have had the 'miserables' these past few months, since returning from our 5 day break in Melbourne, to see out family.

I also have been house bound due to the cold and health issues, but feeling as though I am on the mend at the moment.

Hope everyone is well and happy and send you all out love from the Sunshine Coast, (where it has rained today) in Queensland, Australia.

Remember if ever any of you are over this way, we love to meet you anytime.

love shez

Message edited by author 2008-07-13 08:22:22.

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/13/2008 08:47:23 AM · #5

My goodness but we sure are a talkative bunch, aren't we? Anyone care to figure how many posts Team Suck has had since we started changing new threads and such?

figaro

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

07/13/2008 09:09:20 AM · #6

Hey guys, nice to see the new thread.

Sorry I haven't been around much lately - last month I was so busy I had to pull out of a side challenge and now I've moved into a new place with no internet! Fortunately I'm spending a bit of a time back home with my parents - I spent a couple of days shooting in London this week and I now have a couple of challenge entries in again. I'll pop in as often as I can until my internet's back up!

colorcarnival

Olympus 45mm f1.8 M.Zuiko Digital Micro Four Thirds

07/13/2008 10:38:29 AM · #7

Just posting so I can find this thread again. Sorry to hear about your skunk attack too Christian!

Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon

07/13/2008 11:09:39 AM · #8

Oh, look! The Welcome Wagon has arrived with a basket full of OOBIEs!

here and here.

dsterner

Canon EOS-40D

07/13/2008 11:11:44 AM · #9

I will post too so I can peek in from time to time.
Grrr - had to spend the night at my sister's house last night...
We spent the day swimming, grilled a tenderloin for dinner, played cards and had some wine. The wine did me in, so no driving - we sacked out on the couch which was really too soft.
...to say nothing of the dog and cat all night inspecting us.
...did I mention they have a ghost - saw it again at 3:46AM same as the other times.
...4 teenagers the next morning - I looked at

Townley and said "are ya kidding me?"
...Mark makes good coffee, the paper was a quick read, some small talk penciling in some dates and headed home in the rain.

Today is a good day to look at photos.

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

07/13/2008 11:16:07 AM · #10

Peeking into the new digs. Lovely place as always! With all the skunk attacks, it was getting quite smelly at the old barn. We don't have many skunks around here, but I've been known to find an opossum or 3 in my basement.

colorcarnival

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

Olympus 45mm f1.8 M.Zuiko Digital Micro Four Thirds

07/13/2008 11:17:40 AM · #11

Originally posted by dsterner:

Saw some ghosts? What, no pics? Must have been some damn good wine :P

Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon

07/13/2008 11:18:39 AM · #12

During voting a few weeks back, one of our esteemed Team Suck voters,

Greetmir, offered up the following thoughts:

Originally posted by Greetmir:

I am sorry and I know that my vote will not do either of these three candidates
any good but I must vote for ALL of the entries. It is the first, and I hope the
last time that I have ever done (or hope to do) that. They are all so excellent
in their own right and I cannot omit even ONE of the three, no less omit two
and only vote for ONE. I hope you will pass this comment on when the voting
ends so that these three people know that no matter how hard I tried, I could
not pick one above the others. A truly super OOBIE showing this round!

see

Canon PowerShot S95

07/13/2008 11:21:55 AM · #13

Hunh, I almost walked right past the new place, and the best news I didn�t have to help move, LOL.

Point of color is at 4.7, but that�s ok, I was expecting a much lower score. Landscape is doing well also and looks to replace the duck on my profile page.

see

Canon PowerShot S95

07/13/2008 11:28:04 AM · #14

Originally posted by krnodil:

During voting a few weeks back, one of our esteemed Team Suck voters, Greetmir, offered up the following thoughts:

Originally posted by Greetmir:
I am sorry and I know that my vote will not do either of these three candidates
any good but I must vote for ALL of the entries. It is the first, and I hope the
last time that I have ever done (or hope to do) that. They are all so excellent
in their own right and I cannot omit even ONE of the three, no less omit two
and only vote for ONE. I hope you will pass this comment on when the voting
ends so that these three people know that no matter how hard I tried, I could
not pick one above the others. A truly super OOBIE showing this round!

I agree, and would have the same difficulty.

dsterner

Canon EOS-40D

07/13/2008 12:01:23 PM · #15

Originally posted by colorcarnival:

Originally posted by dsterner:
I will post too so I can peek in from time to time.
Grrr - had to spend the night at my sister's house last night...
We spent the day swimming, grilled a tenderloin for dinner, played cards and had some wine. The wine did me in, so no driving - we sacked out on the couch which was really too soft.
...to say nothing of the dog and cat all night inspecting us.
...did I mention they have a ghost - saw it again at 3:46AM same as the other times.
...4 teenagers the next morning - I looked at Townley and said "are ya kidding me?"
...Mark makes good coffee, the paper was a quick read, some small talk penciling in some dates and headed home in the rain.

Today is a good day to look at photos.

Saw some ghosts? What, no pics? Must have been some damn good wine :P

About the ghosts....it followed them back from Killarney Ireland! When the girls competed in Irish Dance. It woke up my sister at the 3:46 mark for many nights. She doesn't pay attention anymore. I do though, every time I stay over. It sweeps down the hall and I see it as it goes into the kitchen.

Message edited by author 2008-07-13 12:02:34.

purpleflutterby13

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

07/13/2008 12:02:03 PM · #16

Aww, home sweet home :) Time to get cooking for the challenges. *smell of homely pumpkin pie drifts in*

raish

Olympus C-2500L

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

07/13/2008 02:48:23 PM · #17

This cathedral is under coonstruction.

poser

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/13/2008 03:51:40 PM · #18

Wow, new diggs teach me not to leave home again without my puter. Christian, another skunk bath is Dawn dish soap, baking soda, and hydrogen peroxide. It will cut the smell and you don't have the mess of the tomato juice. The only thing is it does dry the skin out so you will have to shampoo them with something to give oil back.

Message edited by author 2008-07-13 19:12:23.

xianart

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

07/13/2008 03:56:37 PM · #19

thanks, hopefully i won't need to try again in the near future!

Hipychik

Sony Alpha a6000

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

07/13/2008 04:25:40 PM · #20

Wow! Love the new place!
I'm visiting my mom and dad in upper Michigan and I can't believe how slow their internet is! I actually took a pic and entered it for tonights challenge. I used a program called "Photo Explosion Deluxe" to edit it. It looked ok on the pc so I submitted it but I can't really see what it looks like on the site! It's so slow they have the setting so pics won't load all the way! (or something like that) I hope it worked!!! I'm going to be here until Thurs. or Fri. so I guess I have to enter Tues. challenge from here too!

kashi

Nikon D60

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

07/13/2008 04:27:34 PM · #21

Aww, home sweet home

figaro

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

07/13/2008 06:38:20 PM · #22

Originally posted by Doyle:

Tell me about it - I'm staying at my parents' place and tried to edit my latest challenge entry with a free photoshop equivalent. In the end I found it completely intolerable so used photoshop at a neighbour's house!

BrianR

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/13/2008 08:12:53 PM · #23

After feeling Poorly for the last week, come back for visit, and wow a new "Home Sweet Home" Thought I would add some decor, hope you like the colors.

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Message edited by author 2008-07-13 20:13:46.

07/13/2008 08:27:05 PM · #24

I think I just committed the equivalent of photographic suicide with my Anything But Landscape entry. As far as votes go, at least.