Rating Pictures - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF 28-200 f/3.5 - 5.6 USM

07/10/2007 04:12:43 PM · #1

I have a question around the Land(not sea) challenge and how people vote. I've received a few comments that I would have gotten a higher score, but they "felt" it didn't meet the challenge.

Isn't/wouldn't the process for this be to simply hold voting and select "Click here if you suspect a rules violation" and let the site counsel decide...since they are the ones who wrote the challenge?

I still new to the site, and am just looking to learn the way things are done. :)

BakerBug

Canon EOS-20D

07/10/2007 04:17:08 PM · #2

Not meeting the challenge is not breaking the rules. The rules are related to editing steps, image size, etc.

If you don't meet the challenge the only bad thing that will happen is your score will drop.

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G

07/10/2007 05:00:06 PM · #3

Oh...ok. Still seems like there would be a better way to decide something like this and make the votes a bit more meaningful.

Thanks for the reply!

brad177

Nikon D750

07/10/2007 05:04:35 PM · #4

I received the same thing. I shot a river at sunset, surrounded by land. It is not an ocean or sea. I submitted it to Land and received numerous remarks about the lovely colors and shot, but told I received low score for not following the description. If I put it in Sea, I would I have been marked down for having a river and not ocean?

UNTITLED

Canon EOS-20D

Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon

07/10/2007 05:05:33 PM · #5

They are meaningful in the sense that your score also reflects how well you met the challenge...part of the "challenge" is to photograph for the topic.

The tricky part can be the wide range of interpretations for some challenges. This will bite all of us in the ass, sooner than later!

Originally posted by namast3:

Oh...ok. Still seems like there would be a better way to decide something like this and make the votes a bit more meaningful.

Thanks for the reply!

Message edited by author 2007-07-10 17:08:06.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/10/2007 05:07:52 PM · #6

*shrugs*...but this is why I asked the question. Mine had the side of a lake no bigger than a 75yrds square.

alexzen

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

07/10/2007 05:08:30 PM · #7

Originally posted by namast3:

Oh...ok. Still seems like there would be a better way to decide something like this and make the votes a bit more meaningful.

Thanks for the reply!

I think when most people vote they are including several factors - the two most important being 1) does this photo meet the challenge and 2) is it a good photo. The SC does not matter themselves with 'does not meet challenge' issues.

There have been many photos that were impeccable but where I voted a 5 on because they were shoehorned in. This could be a great photo that had nothing to do with the challenge. If it met the challenge maybe a 9, but not meeting the challenge a 5 or 6. Keeps us honest.

07/10/2007 05:10:06 PM · #8

Originally posted by pekesty:

The tricky part can be the wide range of interpretations for some challenges!

Yah...this is what I was driving at. I didn't mean to say they aren't meaningful. I just feel having the people who created the challenge have the final word prior to lowering a photo's score.

bergiekat

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF 24-70 2.8L II

07/10/2007 05:11:20 PM · #9

Ah,

namast3....welcome to the world of DPC!!!