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05/07/2003 06:46:34 AM |
Originally posted by vcosma:
Let's see what the dictionary says:
trans·por·ta·tion
The act or an instance of transporting.
The state of being transported.
A means of conveyance.
The business of conveying passengers or goods.
A charge for public conveyance; fare.
Deportation to a penal colony.
As you see, Gerrit, the word "transportation", in English, stands for far more things than you think, but this can be understandable since your mother tongue isn't English.
Hence I believe that it would have suited this theme pictures like: a person carrying a load (the act of transporting); someone who is daydreaming (is "transported"); the river transporting the ducks and of course means of transportation but this is so obvious. |
I'm aware that English is not my mother tongue, and so to be on the safe side I looked the word up at www.dictionary.com. My comment is based on the definitions I found there. "Transportation" as in "rapture" is really stretching things, it's farfetched. (Besides, I don't see any signs of rapture in the pic.) I don't see any means of transportation either, unless the mother duck were to carry the little ones on her back. I don't recognize any of the 6 definitions you quote in this photograph, and quite a few native speakers of English seem to agree with that view.
Message edited by author 2003-05-07 06:48:34. |
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05/07/2003 06:05:39 AM |
i really dont understand why you got a 4 1s and 14 2s...you dont deserved that score. anyway im very proud of your image.congrats.
Message edited by author 2003-05-07 06:06:28. |
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05/07/2003 05:31:54 AM |
Originally posted by Gerrit:
It's a good photo, but I rated it rather low because I think it doesn't fit the subject. Transportation either requires a vehicle, or some track, or both. Even if the ducks had been swimming, it wouldn't be transportation. This is why we don't see moving flocks, herds, shoals, etc. in this contest. |
Let's see what the dictionary says:
trans·por·ta·tion
The act or an instance of transporting.
The state of being transported.
A means of conveyance.
The business of conveying passengers or goods.
A charge for public conveyance; fare.
Deportation to a penal colony.
As you see, Gerrit, the word "transportation", in English, stands for far more things than you think, but this can be understandable since your mother tongue isn't English.
Hence I believe that it would have suited this theme pictures like: a person carrying a load (the act of transporting); someone who is daydreaming (is "transported"); the river transporting the ducks and of course means of transportation but this is so obvious. |
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05/06/2003 09:22:57 PM |
| Good clear shot. Good sharpness. |
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05/06/2003 08:37:15 PM |
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05/06/2003 03:02:40 PM |
| Sweet, tight, crisply focussed, well-cropped, and a good take on the theme. Also unbearably cute. :-> |
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05/06/2003 01:44:03 PM |
| Really nice picture, but relationship to the challenge is just a little stretched! |
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05/06/2003 10:21:17 AM |
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05/06/2003 07:07:47 AM |
| It's a good photo, but I rated it rather low because I think it doesn't fit the subject. Transportation either requires a vehicle, or some track, or both. Even if the ducks had been swimming, it wouldn't be transportation. This is why we don't see moving flocks, herds, shoals, etc. in this contest. |
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05/06/2003 04:56:34 AM |
| Excellent capture. I really love the way the 3 ducklings are perfectly lined up. This is really a very sweet picture, although I'm not totally sold on this pic for this challenge, but what the heck? I'll give you an 8 anyway -Bob |
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05/05/2003 08:59:30 PM |
| I love this photograph. Maybe I'm just partial to animals but I think it's one of the best I've seen so far in the Transportation Challenge. I'll give you an 8. |
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05/04/2003 04:05:15 PM |
| Wonderful. You must have spent hours catching this shot. 10 |
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05/03/2003 07:48:35 PM |
| very touching photo of "motherly protection" . Just beautifully done. |
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05/03/2003 12:54:40 AM |
| This is so sweet. I love the 3 little chicks all facing the same direction... looking at mom who is looking back at them. |
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05/02/2003 11:10:53 PM |
| What color is it when baby ducks jump in the water? Indigo. (Pronounce the word slowly, IN. pause etc) Nice posing of the ducklings. Good exposure, sharp focus. |
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05/02/2003 03:13:40 PM |
| This is a beautiful photo, however I am scoring this one low because i do not feel it meets the genre of the competiton. |
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05/02/2003 12:28:37 PM |
| A bit of a stretch for the challenge, but I find it abolutely adorable. Great capture. I love the detail on the duck and ducklings. |
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05/02/2003 10:31:14 AM |
| Kind of stretching the "transportation" concept, I think. |
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05/02/2003 10:07:31 AM |
| very nice work here, i lke the ducks as your subject, its almost perfect the way the babies heads are lined up. Good job |
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05/02/2003 08:24:02 AM |
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05/01/2003 02:36:50 PM |
| Would have been top 10 in the fauna challenge for sure. Hope your not marked down because it`s not mechanical transportation. 9 |
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04/30/2003 10:58:58 PM |
| swimming lessons? very nice shot - is this a fauna outtake? i love how the baby ducks are all looking the same direction. nice focus and detail. i think if you had darkened the photo and raised the contrast a bit the photo would have looked a bit more dramatic. |
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04/30/2003 10:12:12 PM |
| My wife likes this picture - the little duckies all facing the same way saying "Mommie, what do we do now?". Very cute... I like the focus and the vivid colors. |
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04/30/2003 02:37:25 PM |
| Perhaps stretching the theme a little - but those little guys sure are cute! |
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04/30/2003 12:13:58 PM |
| Lovely picture, you must have had to wait a while for them all to line up like that. Just feel it is slightly too abstract for transportation. |
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04/30/2003 09:43:51 AM |
| this is fabulous photo, i'm feeling bad because i have to mark it down due it's weakness in relation to the challenge, but it's still such a great pic I'll give you a 7 |
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04/30/2003 12:48:33 AM |
| i'm not sure but maybe this photo would have scored high on the FAUNA challenge instead? nice ducks |
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