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 05/12/2004 12:57:47 PM · #26
I didn't enter this one, I acutally did a shoot with Fire and Ice, but I decided against it at the last minute... from the looks of things, I wasn't as orignial as I thought... =]
 05/12/2004 01:20:24 PM · #27
Interesting, I think. I just received a DQ request. I only have 68 votes, 5.1029 and 1 comment at the time. I'm somewhat flattered, that I had someone look at my shot closely enough to see if it met the guidelines or not, I'm a lousy PSer, so I guess something must be odd. Van
 05/12/2004 01:27:44 PM · #28
I know that as one of the newest memebers, I have been really struggling with when to submit and not. I may never have a real winner, but right now, just learning, I am happy to be average if I can be. I put out entries that I know many of the flaws, but also think that there is some true worthiness there, too -- but it is through the process that we new ones learn. I guess it's hard to know when you've crossed the line and you are just wasting people's time, and for that I apologize if I have done that. On the other hand, I have honestly enjoyed some of my shots that scored poorly, and I can see some argument that they were also a matter of taste and not necessariy awful pictures. Thanks for all patience that has been given to us newbies, and my promise that I will try to hold back when I just don't have a shot worthy of even comment!
 05/12/2004 01:30:19 PM · #29
I am about 1/3 the way through and I have to agree that the "Opposite" challenge is, on the average, below average. Maybe it is just let down after voting on all the wonderful shots in "Something New II"

I have no idea yet how my shot is doing, but don't expect a good score. I was not going to enter, but was struck with an idea in the last hour. Probably should have let it pass.

drg
 05/12/2004 01:39:54 PM · #30
Originally posted by Kylie:
All the So Cal's seem to be popping up , but you could all be my daughters and you're scoring better! But that's great! At least we are afraid together! LOL


I'm a SoCali also. I have entered about 10 challenges or so. I love it! I think it's great learning too. When I think a photo is great, and someone else doesn't... I learn a lot about how marketable my work is in the real world. I also get good pointers sometimes on how to make my photos better. I love critiques!!!

:) Arie
 05/12/2004 01:51:39 PM · #31
Marketable isn't everything though . . . I still like the fact that each of us has certain images that really reach us, and those can't be the same for everyone. I have discovered that I agree with the best ofo the best here, but after the top 10 usually, I am all over the map as to what I can appreciate or not. The subjective appeal cannot be scored. I just want to learn to photograph well so that I can capture what my heart and mind see.
 05/12/2004 02:14:56 PM · #32
I'm on my third trawl through the 'opposites' bag, and I'm trying to refine my voting. What I'm actually finding is that when I first voted I was quite generous, and on average was giving 5-6, but as I'm relly viewing them now with a critical eye I'm dropping some almost off the scale. I feel terrible dropping the score by so much.

There are some real nuggets, but theres also a lot of badly composed, badly focussed, badly exposed images in there.

The thing which is really letting many of these down though is the lighting, flat, dim and uninspiring lighting will never produce a good image. Many of the shots would be improved just by addressing this aspect (mine included!).
 05/12/2004 03:12:11 PM · #33
maybe it's just me, but it seems like a lot of the entries aren't really portraying opposites, but more choices, or even things that are merely associated with eath other... Or is it just me?
 05/12/2004 03:21:52 PM · #34
agree with the weakness of this challenge. i didn't enter...not inspired, no time--but i do enjoy voting in challenges that i don't participate in. this one's got me stumped. go figger.
 05/12/2004 03:29:58 PM · #35
I think there are a lot of things that aren't opposite but merely go together.
Things like cat and dog (I don't actually think there are any cat and dogs, it's just an example).
A cat is not the opposite of a dog!!!
 05/12/2004 03:37:57 PM · #36
I'm quite new at DPChallenge and I think my problem is that I don't use my ideas or do what I had planned to do. I thought of this:


At the moment I'm just getting some "five's" for what I sent but somehow I think i would have got mor for this "ice and fire" image I didn't send to the challenge!
 05/12/2004 03:41:28 PM · #37
And while your on the subject

Is fire the opposite of Ice?

or could steam be the opposite of Ice?

Are my feet Left and right opposites or a pair?

Is a reflection in a mirror an opposite or just a reflection?

Confused????

Steve
 05/12/2004 03:48:18 PM · #38
I find it interesting that some folks don't enter because they don't have a good enough shot. I'm certainly not implying that we can all generate amazing shots repeatedly on demand, but it seems to me like the act of trying to get something for submission is part of what makes you better. It stretches the creative muscles... My opposites entry is actually doing about +1.5 better than I'd anticipated despite being a close call on time, and not what I thought to be my best work.

Just an observation. I'm still pretty new, so maybe I just haven't hit my first photographer's block.
 05/12/2004 03:50:38 PM · #39
I counted 25 variations of fire and ice/water, and a half dozen chess sets.
Wasn't a full moon, so must be that DP'ers think alike!
 05/12/2004 04:00:29 PM · #40
while we are at it:

Is ice really the opposite of water, or are they just the same substance in different physical states?

05/12/2004 04:04:43 PM · #41
I don't know...wouldn't the opposite of ice (solid) be water (liquid)?
 05/12/2004 04:17:07 PM · #42
Originally posted by Havok:
I don't know...wouldn't the opposite of ice (solid) be water (liquid)?

Steam would be more opposite of ice, since liquid water is an intermediate physical state between the two. Since actual steam is an invisible gas, it's kinda hard to photograph -- ice and steam might work well with an infra-red setup though ...
 05/12/2004 04:35:03 PM · #43
It's funny..I was watching the number of submissions and for a while there were relatively low number of submissions..I think the day before the deadline there were 180 posts..then like an hour before the deadline they shot up to over 300..seems like alot of people just threw something out there in a hurry to get to the deadline and some of them show..I agree some of the opposites were a stretch..but its starting to feel like to me that there is alotta hostility building because of bad votes..whats next torches and lynch mobs?
 05/12/2004 05:16:20 PM · #44
I don’t really even think steam is the opposite of ice. Is there really an opposite of ice? When I think of the opposite of ice I think more along the lines of solid hexane or something along those lines. Maybe the opposite of ice is sodium borohydride or something like that? I never really thought of fire and ice as being opposites other than that one is hot and the other is cold (clearly in my mind anyway opposite).

Greg

Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Havok:
I don't know...wouldn't the opposite of ice (solid) be water (liquid)?

Steam would be more opposite of ice, since liquid water is an intermediate physical state between the two. Since actual steam is an invisible gas, it's kinda hard to photograph -- ice and steam might work well with an infra-red setup though ...
05/12/2004 05:34:19 PM · #45
wow is this a photography website or a physics exam?? its getting to be about nitpicking on whether things are opposites?? seems to be a backlash building seems to me because people arent getting the kinda votes they feel they deserve..there are alotta new photographers on here submitting for the first time and instead of encouragement and constructive criticisms they can learn from all I am seeing here is alotta self righteous smug camera clickers bitching about the lack of quality posts...if you can do better post one or quit bitching about others!! Being a newbie myself you all make me not wanna even submit my stuff because instead of helpful criticisms all you do is either tear it down without real help or you nitpick..since I doubt there are any PERFECT photographers on this website..stop casting stones and HELP people instead of tearing them down!!!
 05/12/2004 05:50:03 PM · #46
I am in favor of the most liberal interpretation of the challenge topic ... someone just asked a specific question about ice. I personally will vote based on how much I like the photo and how well the photographer achieved the desired goal, whatever that was.

Remember, if you're nit-picking it means you're a lousy person.

:)

Message edited by author 2004-05-12 17:50:43.
 05/12/2004 05:50:15 PM · #47
Way too many fire and ice shots. I got through about 65% of the photos and gave up.
 05/12/2004 05:52:22 PM · #48
Guess everybody listened to that old Pat Benatar song and came up with their ideas... :o)
 05/12/2004 06:29:49 PM · #49
I guess my pic wasnt as good as I thought - but funny story is I got the idea when I was making my two year olds breakfast. I had been trying to figure out something that wasnt so overdone and I must have set up that silly cereal a hundred times before I picked my shot. I laughed at my own sillyness and had some fun while trying to get a good pic. This was my first time submitting to this site and I have to say the people who have taken time to comment on my pic have been constructive and not mean so hopefully I will have a chance to learn here.
 05/12/2004 06:33:27 PM · #50
Sorry to revist the fire/ice episode, BUT, I think they work as opposites... they essentially contradict each other in every way, and the presence of one destroys the other... and that's my two cents.. =]
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