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04/22/2009 10:32:00 PM · #1 |
Well, I don't feel so strongly about it, but I do agree with your points. As for me, I was not expecting a whole lot when submitting for my first time. Especially when I rushed to come up with an idea, take the picture, process it and submit it in about 40 minutes (got it in about 3 minutes before the deadline). The disheartening part was viewing the results and realizing that taking a well lit picture of my daughter, or some other scenic object would have scored better. Don't get me wrong, some of the portraits here did make creative use of lighting a deserved their scores. Others, at best, fell into the grey area of whether they met the challenge description.
Originally posted by yakatme:
Votes: 40
Views: 65
Avg Vote: 5.6500
Comments: 0
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 04/15/09 12:30 pm
I'm sick of this crap! I don't think that anybody slows down to take the time to really understand and appreciate the creativity that went into my new found style of photographing my subject. I just thought that this challenge would be perfect because the challenge details specified "Use lighting in a creative fashion this week" and that's exactly what my entry is all about.
This is my third attempt at this type of photography in a challenge and nobody has caught on yet to how I light my subjects, even though I decided, this time, to spell it out in the title.
Or....maybe it's me. Maybe I think too much of this entry and two others in the same style in the past year and they are not as wonderful as I think they are. My last Free Study entry (my 49th challenge entry) ended up being my worst score ever and I thought that it would easily be in the top 10%. Boy, was I way off! So, again, maybe it's me that needs to have my head and judgement recalibrated.
Maybe I need to just take a break from here. I would really prefer to truly understand where it is that my expectations are so misguided.
Okay, I'm done ranting for now. Thanks for you time. |
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04/22/2009 01:18:41 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by keriboi:
...the brief is "Use lighting in a creative fashion this week so that the lighting itself is a key factor in your composition"
I seem to find many that DNSTMC (donotseemtomeetchallenge) |
I understand my photo was not the greatest after the resize.
but keriboi actually understands what is going on at least. At least one person understands that other people DON'T understand.......... |
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04/21/2009 06:29:49 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by keriboi:
Originally posted by Teafran:
Originally posted by idnic:
Go. :) |
Challenge: Lighting IV (Apr. 8th 2009 - Apr. 14th 2009)
You have commented on 191 images (100%) in this challenge.
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can I just say thanks for the comment you left on my pic. You must have spent ages going through them all. dedication ! |
And I'll echo that, a very good/lengthy comment from a 100%'er - thanks :) |
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04/21/2009 06:27:20 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Teafran:
Originally posted by idnic:
Go. :) |
Finally.
Challenge: Lighting IV (Apr. 8th 2009 - Apr. 14th 2009)
Stats: You have rated 191 of 191 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 191 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 7.4241.
A very interesting challenge and one that was difficult to rate and comment on.
But it's done.
Later,
Tom |
can I just say thanks for the comment you left on my pic. You must have spent ages going through them all. dedication ! |
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04/21/2009 04:18:49 PM · #5 |
I'm going for a personal brown ribbon, but reading this thread perhaps it's not a real one.
Votes: 172
Views: 246
Avg Vote: 3.8837
Comments: 4
Anyway, thanks for the comments. |
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04/21/2009 04:04:28 PM · #6 |
| Darn...that ruins half the message for my photo. Ah well maybe people will appreciate it when the voting is done (maybe). |
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04/21/2009 11:09:49 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by KarlJohnston:
Can people see what I wrote in my challenge entry? The description has a lot to do with the message and medium of how I chose to convey the photograph for this challenge. |
The photograph stands alone (with the title) until voting is over. And putting too much description in your title tends to get you slammed too. |
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04/21/2009 11:08:43 AM · #8 |
Man... I've never seen so many late low-voters. Typically the trolls are done early and my scores climb toward the end. I was as high as a 5.8xxx and have just now crossed to below 5.48xx with a rash of 5s and 4s the past couple of days.
The last two votes averaged 2.5.
odd pattern this go round. |
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04/21/2009 07:46:12 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by idnic:
Go. :) |
Finally.
Challenge: Lighting IV (Apr. 8th 2009 - Apr. 14th 2009)
Stats: You have rated 191 of 191 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 191 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 7.4241.
A very interesting challenge and one that was difficult to rate and comment on.
But it's done.
Later,
Tom |
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04/21/2009 07:30:56 AM · #10 |
Votes: 162
Views: 217
Avg Vote: 4.2160
Comments: 2
Confusing comments... One being a sarcastic "where the sun REAR(end)ly shines"hole, and the other being a good comment from one who aparantly understood my photo and the challenge. I didn't expect this to do any good, but I thought that it at least would be somewhere around 5. |
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04/21/2009 06:29:19 AM · #11 |
| Can people see what I wrote in my challenge entry? The description has a lot to do with the message and medium of how I chose to convey the photograph for this challenge. |
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04/20/2009 04:55:04 AM · #12 |
ive starting voting tonight, Ive been finding it really hard, theres some great pictures, then many I dont quite understand.
the brief is "Use lighting in a creative fashion this week so that the lighting itself is a key factor in your composition"
I seem to find many that DNSTMC (donotseemtomeetchallenge)
Message edited by author 2009-04-21 05:10:01. |
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04/20/2009 04:08:12 AM · #13 |
I got a very interesting comment, it says ' \ '
Well, it's one way of telling me I'm not good and not bad (at least I think that's what it means LOL). |
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04/19/2009 10:12:59 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:
Originally posted by keegbow:
Originally posted by mgarsteck:
I feel like posting scores instead of the same old debate of why people score low.
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But that’s why I read the score threads. They attract the “voters don’t understand me sect” and the “challenge description fanatics club” makes interesting reading not to mention a good laugh as well. |
Anyone who's been around this site a long time and remembers me knows that I'm probably the most liberal voter there is. I hand out 8s, 9s, 10s like they're candy. I vote as much on how much I simply like the picture as on it's technical correctness. But, going through this challenge I was sitting there with my mouth hanging open like a cod fish shaking my head thinking, "WTF?" |
Heh - this has been one of the more difficult challenges to "rate" and comment on if only because the challenge subject can lead a participant to take a picture of creative lighting and not necessarily USE lighting in a creative way. I'm not sure at this point if I can really properly evaluate the images as the challenge intended. What I've been doing is evaluating the use of light on the subject matter as a point to begin and move on from there.
I have a feeling I'm going to have a headache from a tough slog before it's over. :>)
Having said that, there have been some really interesting images presented.
Later,
Tom |
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04/19/2009 07:27:37 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by keegbow:
Originally posted by mgarsteck:
I feel like posting scores instead of the same old debate of why people score low.
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But that’s why I read the score threads. They attract the “voters don’t understand me sect” and the “challenge description fanatics club” makes interesting reading not to mention a good laugh as well. |
Anyone who's been around this site a long time and remembers me knows that I'm probably the most liberal voter there is. I hand out 8s, 9s, 10s like they're candy. I vote as much on how much I simply like the picture as on it's technical correctness. But, going through this challenge I was sitting there with my mouth hanging open like a cod fish shaking my head thinking, "WTF?" |
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04/19/2009 02:27:23 PM · #16 |
Not my best but I always enjoy with the score is an "even" number this far into the voting...
Votes: 142
Views: 201
Avg Vote: 5.5000
Comments: 2 |
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04/18/2009 04:30:00 PM · #17 |
Apparently I boarded the wrong train, lol.
I'm glad to get my baggage on the right one, now.
Votes: 125
Views: 185
Avg Vote: 6.0240
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 04/18/09 04:10 pm
I really wish I had uploaded a different image. I got some AMAZING shots (check them out on my flickr if you're curious) this past couple of nights...just to die for views.
Votes: 164
Views: 241
Avg Vote: 6.0976
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 04/20/09 03:10 pm
Message edited by author 2009-04-20 15:48:40. |
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04/18/2009 08:47:30 AM · #18 |
Votes: 114
Views: 167
Avg Vote: 6.0702
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0
Comments are hard to come by in this challenge. :( |
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04/18/2009 06:55:39 AM · #19 |
Votes: 109
Views: 147
Avg Vote: 5.2936
Comments: 3 |
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04/18/2009 06:54:40 AM · #20 |
Checking in:
Votes: 120
Views: 175
Avg Vote: 5.8083
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 04/18/09 06:52 am
Doing a little better than I thought it might.. |
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04/17/2009 06:11:32 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by Hepci:
Laser
... some make me just wonder "WTF" when the challenge was USE LIGHTING in a creative way... |
Yep - what I said way back on page 2 of this thread...however I have made a remarkable climb all the way up to 5.4 now...perchance will enjoy some weekend goodwill votes ?
Originally posted by faery:
Votes: 6
Views: 13
Avg Vote: 4.6667
Strange - I thought this was a challenge about "Lighting" and not about "Lights" or photos of "Lights"... can't quite understand why my image falls so far below the challenge requirements for voters right now??? |
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04/17/2009 05:43:08 PM · #22 |
Laser
Votes: 103
Views: 148
Avg Vote: 4.4563
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
I personally am just pissed off how crappy of the picture distorted after I re-sized.
Plus some make me just wonder "WTF" when the challenge was USE LIGHTING in a creative way... |
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04/17/2009 05:32:31 PM · #23 |
| just crept over my average :) |
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04/17/2009 05:07:19 PM · #24 |
100 vote check in:
Full house
Votes: 100
Views: 158
Avg Vote: 5.5500
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0 |
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04/17/2009 01:42:17 AM · #25 |
Votes: 98
Views: 285
Avg Vote: 5.2449
Comments: 3
Favorites: 1
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 04/17/09 01:38 am
Stuck at 98 votes. :/ Getting a lot of views, though I have an inkling why, heh. I just hope my score stays up there, I haven't scored above a 5 since the last Flora challenge- even hit a rough spot before that one, too!! |
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