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10/24/2003 05:57:07 PM · #1 |
| I'd almost prefer that someone find something in my photo that they would choose to improve and accept that criticism for what it is but, I can't stand the fact that others have accused this particular photo of mine of not fitting the theme. The term solitude - as i have said in a previous forum - "is the state of being alone". Open up your dictionary people, the state of being alone applies to most of these shots! If some ppl would take the time to understand what they are rating, there would be less ppl griping on this site and I wouldn't be one of those ppl today. Some hand out tens, some hand out ones, today is my day to gripe! |
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10/24/2003 06:04:14 PM · #2 |
Hi Jack...
sorry to hear that you are having problems like this. it happens though. Are multiple people claiming that you don't meet the challenge? if so, maybe there is some merit to the claims...
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10/24/2003 07:12:38 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Hi Jack...
sorry to hear that you are having problems like this. it happens though. Are multiple people claiming that you don't meet the challenge? if so, maybe there is some merit to the claims... |
not according your comment john. |
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10/24/2003 07:17:41 PM · #4 |
My comment is one person only.
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10/24/2003 08:34:59 PM · #5 |
If it's just one person then I wouldn't worry about it. I've had a couple of stupid comments in the past, as in totally unhelpful, just bashing a photo without anything to offer.
I find it interesting when I spot comments bordering on being nasty, on anyone's photo, that more often than not when you go and look at the profile of the person who left it ..... it will be someone who has NO photos there at all and has never even tried to enter a challenge.
Far easier to be a critic than do anything yourself.
As for fitting the challenge, remembering I have no idea which photo is yours .....
Do a word association test on it (my new theory). Using the science challenge as an example. A pic with a test tube, someone who does not know it is for that challenge is going to say "science" as a word association pretty quick. A photo of a bouncing ball, the author trying to portray the study of falling objects as a science (for instance) ... how many words until someone would say "science" Probably heaps.
I think the sooner the right word would be associated with the challenge, the better the chance that people in general will see it as meeting the challenge.
That's my theory and I'm gonna publish it some day ;) |
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10/24/2003 09:29:19 PM · #6 |
Jack, not to put down the fact that you're not happy with the comments, but at least you're getting them, so you know why people are voting as they are.
Imagine how frustrated you would feel if you're pic was scoring low, but you hadn't received a single comment to tell you why.
That's the boat I'm in, I'm afraid.
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10/24/2003 11:55:51 PM · #7 |
A single object or subject, composed and shot to give a feeling of loneliness or solitude. And the title is ALL ALONE.
A single object of subject.... hmmmm single means one.... not two....
I suppose you could say a couple is a single couple... but you would have to portray loneliness or solitude.... being alone... not happily alone together to meet this challenge in my opinion.
I guess that is why there are lots of voters so we can all vote as we see it and hope it all washes out in the end.
Message edited by author 2003-10-25 00:00:36. |
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10/25/2003 12:17:06 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by WildflowerJoy:
I guess that is why there are lots of voters so we can all vote as we see it and hope it all washes out in the end. |
I try to vote as the photographer saw it, at least as far as the challenge topic goes. It's not fair for me to impose my interpretation of the challenge on you or the other entries. If it said "Alone" to the photographer, that's good enough for me. I'm not the almighty decision maker on what you think "Alone" should look like. |
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10/25/2003 12:27:16 AM · #9 |
"I try to vote as the photographer saw it, at least as far as the challenge topic goes. It's not fair for me to impose my interpretation of the challenge on you or the other entries. If it said "Alone" to the photographer, that's good enough for me. I'm not the almighty decision maker on what you think "Alone" should look like"
So, if the topic was All Alone and I shot an urban landscape full of happy, joyful, people that would be ok with you? Anytime you vote on something you are imposing an interpretation of some kind... I am not the almighty decision maker on what you think "Alone" should look like but when I vote on a photo I can only vote through my eyes... what does it look like to me? Our votes and comments are only opinions... they are not meant to be law some sort of standard to impose on others. |
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10/27/2003 10:37:54 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by WildflowerJoy:
... couple ... not happily alone together |
Well I beg to differ with that. Loneliness does not have to be unhappy. See dictionary for further details.
Monks are lonely - not unhappy.
People who pray in solitude can be far from unhappy.
And a couple in love who lay down in the grass in a secluded field on a warm, sunny day, are infact, all alone and in solitude...not unhappy.
Have you ever spent time with your spouse and felt like it's just the two of you all alone. Or gone jogging with a good friend and got so caught up in conversation that you ended up all alone together? |
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10/27/2003 10:48:34 AM · #11 |
I think this challenge brings an intersting angle to some photographs - especially the near-portrait ones, which immediately make me think 'but there's a photographer with you', despite the photographer obviously not being present in the frame, and quite possibly (given self timers, remote controls etc) the same person as the subject. Certainly detracts from the communication of the idea of 'alone' in my eyes.
However, a candid shot, or one that at least appears candid, would not produce the sane effect; nor would an animal shot; and I think perhaps an empty landscape would provoke the feeling of being 'alone' better than a landscape with just one person present.
In the same way that all books are written with a point of view of the author, so are all photographs taken ...
Ed
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