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06/21/2005 03:06:09 PM · #1 |
| I'm I crazy in believing that if a picture evokes the emotion it was intended to evoke, it is a successful picture? People seem to rate photos poorly if it makes them feel sad or uncomfortable. Why else do we take pictures? Isn't it to call on some emotion? Photos should be rated on the technical quality, whether it meets the challenge topic and whether it succesfully makes you feel what it was intended to. Examples were plenty in the Decisions challenge. Suicide sucks and makes people feel queasy I understand. But there were some really great pictures that in my opinion stopped you in your tracks and made you take notice. They scored poorly because people have a weak stomach. Anyways, just venting. Tastes and scoring is subjective. |
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06/21/2005 03:09:37 PM · #2 |
| Well if it makes you sad or uncomfortable because it's such a poor picture then I suppose a poor score is warranted. |
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06/21/2005 03:13:57 PM · #3 |
I agree with you. I tried to rate the darkness series fairly. If I could get what you were trying for I gave a decent mark even if I did not agree with the point of view. If The shot was poor quality or I could not make out the purpose. Then I had to score it low. Ones That were of good quality that I could understand got better marks. Ones that stood out even if I could say why scored the best.
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06/21/2005 05:15:53 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by ilwil:
But there were some really great pictures that in my opinion stopped you in your tracks and made you take notice. They scored poorly because people have a weak stomach. Anyways, just venting. Tastes and scoring is subjective. |
I did see a number of photos that did indeed stop me in my tracks... not for the reasons you stated, but rather because they were simply horrendous.
It is a quantum leap to suggest that photos scored poorly because people have a weak stomach... I for one scored these photos solely on my very subjective interpretation and tastes and my overall average for this challenge surpassed my existing scores.
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06/21/2005 05:25:51 PM · #5 |
I have to agree that I score based on the quality and impact of the image (regardless of my own personal feelings - whether positive or negative - about specific issues, such as suicide, death, life, nudity, etc.).
There were some remarkably outstanding shots taken for the Darkness Challenge that literally challenged me to overcome some of my own biases about a particular topic. I do think, however, that I scored fairly across the board - as I try to always do - and that at least one of the shots that dealt with a particularly troubling subject for me received a 10. I'd like to think that other voters try to follow the same principals - regardless of topic...
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06/21/2005 11:27:41 PM · #6 |
ok - just a little over 30 minutes left to let your emotions go and bump up those darkness entries. While your bumping up, I hope you bump mine too. I really thought it would do much better than it is. :-(
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