Negative - Winner - DPChallenge Forums

04/21/2006 09:17:31 PM · #1

Ok...what type of shot do you think will win this challenge? Landscape, macro, portrait, etc...

SJCarter

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

04/21/2006 09:19:10 PM · #2

Mine... =)

LOLOL (j/k of course)

Message edited by author 2006-04-21 21:19:33.

Sony FE 3.5-5.6/28-70 mm OSS

04/21/2006 09:29:53 PM · #3

Well, at least you're not being negative !

Originally posted by SJCarter:

Mine... =)

LOLOL (j/k of course)

JunieMoon

Sony Alpha a7 II

04/21/2006 09:53:07 PM · #4

I doubt if a true negative image will win, such as the kind you get with black and white. I think people are still going to vote on the aesthetics and how much it looks like a photo. I looked at a swan negative posted in another thread, and I think that one would not do very well because it looked like, well, a negative. Voting will not be good on this one because we are not used to looking at odd colored subjects. Anyway, let me give you a hint. Try a few images with piles of rocks and dirt. Not a very attractive photo, but as a negative it actually looks pretty good. It will be the unlikely subject that will win, only because our ordinary view of attractive doesn't work in negative format.

xianart

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

04/21/2006 10:03:00 PM · #5

my god, it just came to me. nothing to do with the rocks, but thanks very much for being the catalyst! i had no ideas at all, now i can see it in my head. cheers.

04/21/2006 10:06:50 PM · #6

Hey...you forgot to thank me for starting this thread!
;-)

Originally posted by xianart:

my god, it just came to me. nothing to do with the rocks, but thanks very much for being the catalyst! i had no ideas at all, now i can see it in my head. cheers.

xianart

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

04/21/2006 10:17:52 PM · #7

how stunningly remiss of me. thank you thank you thank you! ;-)

Chinabun

Canon PowerShot SD990 IS

04/22/2006 12:01:00 AM · #8

i thought of a great idea the other day...but that usually means it will do poorly.

angelfire

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

04/23/2006 06:39:24 PM · #9

It will not be mine. My batteries died and I have no money till payday. Total bummage.

shanelighter

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

04/23/2006 06:59:49 PM · #10

Curious if the term "negative" will be open for interpretation, ie. something unhappy or the use of negative space. I'm sure someone will address it. Time will tell. Or will it?

Yes. Shane.

04/23/2006 07:06:53 PM · #11

Too bad...I have a Gazillion of AA and AAA batteries left over from that freak hurricane last year. I wish I could send you some.

Originally posted by angelfire:

It will not be mine. My batteries died and I have no money till payday. Total bummage.

Message edited by author 2006-04-23 19:07:09.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

04/23/2006 07:09:17 PM · #12

I'm sure you will get different kinds of entries. However, going back to the "2 Second Exposure" challenge...two of the three ribbon winners did not use 2 sec exposure and everyone overlooked it.

I'll vote on the quality of the shot. If it is "negative space" or "negative numbers" or whatever...If there is something negative in it, I'll give it a chance.

KS

Originally posted by shanelighter:

Curious if the term "negative" will be open for interpretation, ie. something unhappy or the use of negative space. I'm sure someone will address it. Time will tell. Or will it?

Yes. Shane.

angelfire

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

04/24/2006 02:30:57 PM · #13

Originally posted by kenskid:

Too bad...I have a Gazillion of AA and AAA batteries left over from that freak hurricane last year. I wish I could send you some.

Originally posted by angelfire:
It will not be mine. My batteries died and I have no money till payday. Total bummage.

:) Thanks for the offer!! However, I wouldn't want anyone to have to pay postage for the weight of batteries. I'll just enter next weeks and kick total butt!!!! :)
Louise

Rebecca

Nikon D80

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

04/24/2006 03:31:37 PM · #14

The shot I put in is more abstract than anything else, and I wouldn't be surprised if an abstract is what takes it. Just about anything else would just look like a basic photo negative. The trick is to do something special with it to make it work well as a stand-alone image.

Jaded_Housewife

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

04/24/2006 03:35:01 PM · #15

uh-oh mines pretty abstract too! Hope we didnt have the same idea! lol i love mine though. hope it scores well. good luck on yours

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

04/24/2006 04:34:36 PM · #16

Mine will get scores of 3 or less OR 8 and above. You'll love it or hate it, some will say it is perfect for this challenge and some will says "does not meet challenge". ...I'm ready....

Originally posted by jaded_youth:

uh-oh mines pretty abstract too! Hope we didnt have the same idea! lol i love mine though. hope it scores well. good luck on yours

DrAchoo

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5

04/24/2006 04:43:38 PM · #17

I'm right there with ya kenskid. I think the whole challenge is going to be like this. There are going to be a lot of low scores and some really high ones.

I like mine a lot, but we'll see. It could easily bomb.

owen

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/24/2006 04:50:32 PM · #18

I'm scared. I really like mine which is not a good sign.

timfythetoo

Apple iPhone 13 Pro

04/24/2006 04:55:37 PM · #19

My wife just looked at her entry from her work computer and her monitor presented it in a fairly different light. I am wondering how much improperly calibrated monitors will affect votes.

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

04/24/2006 05:19:26 PM · #20

Originally posted by owen:

I'm scared. I really like mine which is not a good sign.

I'm in the same boat with you. I think mine looks pretty cool, so that probably is a strong indication the voters will hate it. Oh well.

Ken

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

04/24/2006 05:26:21 PM · #21

I think just about every one I submit is really good. And then the votes start coming in. A few non-DPC people think it's really good and actually made some good observations. I would actually make this my Windows wallpaper, but the cute pic of my daughter wins out...

Titia

Sony DSC-F717

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

04/24/2006 06:18:19 PM · #22

Pfff...I'm in too. I think it's a good photo, composition wise and the quality isn't that bad either, but who am I to judge LOL
Probably will get hammered over something anyway.

Rebecca

Nikon D80

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

04/24/2006 07:01:58 PM · #23

I think this challenge is going to be more subjective than most, because we won't be looking at one single straight-forward photo. That takes away a lot of the usual judging criteria and reduces it to a simple love/hate vote more according to taste than technical merit. I also think this is going to be a wide-open challenge, because the usual composition rules are not going to apply. You very easily can take a good photo that makes a bad negative, but to shoot a photo that makes a good negative you're essentially shooting blind. I can't wait to see how it all turns out!

Originally posted by Titia:

Pfff...I'm in too. I think it's a good photo, composition wise and the quality isn't that bad either, but who am I to judge LOL
Probably will get hammered over something anyway.

Message edited by author 2006-04-24 19:03:12.

04/24/2006 07:27:16 PM · #24

I have something really different...but...I'm sure 5 or 6 of you are doing the same thing!

Originally posted by karmabreeze:

SJCarter