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Pentax FA J 75-300mm f/4.5-5.8 AL AF

01/04/2006 03:16:05 AM · #1

this is absolute an underrated picture, pattern in more than one way

villy

Message edited by author 2006-01-04 03:17:24.

gjumi

Pentax K-5

01/04/2006 08:22:04 AM · #2

Absolutely agree!
This photo is a nice play of patterns, shapes, colors... brightenss and then rust; regular geometrical shape numbers and plates, and then chaos of rust and irregular placing of numbers... I can stare at this photo for quite some time without getting tired or bored.

I was about to open a new forum thread asking for the most underrated photo, but instead I found this topic. So, here I say that this is the most underrated photo in DPC (of course, IMHO).

barbaraanne

Panasonic Lumix FZ45

Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon

01/04/2006 08:32:23 AM · #3

Originally posted by visaksen:

this is absolute an underrated picture, pattern in more than one way

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villy

I couldn't agree more also, It is very modern looking and different from anything else, it should have placed much higher

crabappl3

01/04/2006 09:22:09 AM · #4

Thanks for the kind words. I really didn't expect it to score very well. It's not the 'norm' for DPC, but I did feel that it fit well for the challenge in a more obscure way. I do agree with bear_music that it probably is just a bit overexposed in post processing. I believe that's due to me editing and submitting it from my laptop instead of my desktop.

I'm not bummed by it's placement, as I don't approach challenges like I did in the past. I shoot for me, and if I like the shot enough to enter, I will.

Thanks again,
-danny

Sunshine86

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

01/04/2006 09:38:39 AM · #5

I liked it alot, gave you an 8 :) I feel like I am experiencing the same thing in my current challenge. I feel like alot of people didn't even look at the picture just clicked 4 because it was their 300th image to vote on.

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

01/04/2006 09:50:43 AM · #6

I thought it was fascinating. :)

sher

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

01/04/2006 11:01:17 AM · #7

it was my fav pic of the challenge. should have placed much higher.

hokie

Nikon D2X

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

01/04/2006 11:07:34 AM · #8

Yes...definitely underrated. One of my 5 best. It just gets better the longer you look at it which is the real test of a good photo.

NVPhoto

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

01/04/2006 03:38:01 PM · #9

I really don't think it was underrated, but poorly marketed. You just picked a subject that people would either really like or really hate. Your score is a perfect bell curve give or take a couple with 5 as teh dominant score. I will agree that it is interesting and technically sound.

The problems arise with the DPC community. The DPC community is a small sample of the entire photography market. There are people who like sports/macro/landscapes/dig. art/abstract etc... These are the people who vote. Your picture unfortunately doesn't appeal to some or most of them. Pick a subject that appeals to people across the board and do well, take a nice pic that is a bit specialized and you average a 5.

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

01/05/2006 02:33:46 AM · #10

Originally posted by Jmnuggy:

I really don't think it was underrated, but poorly marketed. ..... Your score is a perfect bell curve give or take a couple with 5 as teh dominant score.

How should the shape of score be, so that you will call it underrated?

villy

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/05/2006 03:29:02 AM · #11

Originally posted by visaksen:

Originally posted by Jmnuggy:
I really don't think it was underrated, but poorly marketed. ..... Your score is a perfect bell curve give or take a couple with 5 as teh dominant score.

How should the shape of score be, so that you will call it underrated?

villy

Top-heavy and bottom-heavy, light in the middle; a two-spike score distribution. Frequently shows an image that was skilfully made and worked for a lot of people but went over (or under) the heads of many voters, or was of a subject many found unappealing.

R.

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

01/05/2006 03:32:15 AM · #12

show me an exampel

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/05/2006 03:49:35 AM · #13

Originally posted by visaksen:

show me an exampel

In my own entries, I can't find any really good examples offhand; I tend to score poorly a lot because I have a deviant approach to challenge topics. I frequently eschew the obvious for more elliptical interpretations, and pay the price with lowish scores.

The following image, on the other hand, is technically very good, meets the challenge to a tee, and spiked some high scores that were annoyingly offset by a rash of 3-and-worse votes that I can't understand. Anyway, note that it has a secondary peak in the 10's, more 10's than 9's:

Robt.