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04/25/2004 05:47:26 AM · #126

Very strange. No, rules on that aspect have not changed since I've been here.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

04/25/2004 05:57:57 AM · #127

Originally posted by mirdonamy:

I had written an email a few months back, asking a few questions about themes. I was told not to vote up or down on the theme, but to vote on the photo quality itself. I was indeed told not to send a DQ to DPChallenge if I thought a photo did not meet the theme, stating that they would decide if the photo met the challenge or not without my pointing it out 'so to speak'.

If you replace the word "theme" with meeting the rules then your memory of the response makes more sense.

We are asked not to assume someone has broken the RULES when we vote and to vote assuming that the entry is legitimate. We should award a score based on how well we think the entry meets the challenge and how good an image we think it is. If we suspect that rules may have been broken we should submit a DQ request to allow the Site Council to examine the issue but continue to vote as though the image was legal.

Could it be that you are rememberng a response about RULES instead of about challenge theme?

mirdonamy

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

04/25/2004 08:50:31 PM · #128

It's always a possibility :)

AlexHugel

Canon Digital IXUS 200 IS

04/26/2004 05:08:42 AM · #129

Kavey, when this challange will be over I would really like to have just a few words of comment from you regarding my entry. Now it's under 5 rated and I don't think anything is going to change at this point. I think I was too optimistic when I submitted. But everything started seeing your signature ("We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are") And that gave me enaugh reasons to try. I am very disappointed about how most of the people reacted over my entry. But in the same time I feel so fortunate... ;-)

04/26/2004 05:47:17 AM · #130

Alex

I would be more than happy to do that. Just send me a PM to remind me once the challenge is over - I'm quite quite senile.

Don't worry too much about score. I'm sitting at 5.2 but the important thing is that I feel happy with the image. There are things I'd improve in it for definite but I'm still happy overall.

I know that the score itself reflects the interpretation of many voters that staged shots don't meet the challenge but that's OK. It's their right to vote any way that like. I vote as I like, after all.

At the end of the day if you are happy, or if entering allows you to receive even one comment that really turns something around for you, that helps you improve in the future, or that shows you that one person really connected with and loved your image - that's the important thing.

Best of luck, Alex.

Kavey