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11/06/2013 11:54:55 AM · #1 |
for all three ribbon positions
Congrats to all |
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11/06/2013 08:59:29 PM · #2 |
| Hmm I don't know if 6.3 for a blue is unheard-of...pretty sure other challenges have finished in a similar range. Would have been awhile ago, granted, but still... |
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11/06/2013 09:02:50 PM · #3 |
| My thinking is..... that is the lowest! |
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11/06/2013 09:38:43 PM · #4 |
| It's the lowest. The next lowest was pigeons at 6.39. |
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11/06/2013 09:41:22 PM · #5 |
Don't think I have ever seen a 6.0 get a ribbon.
Is this because a) the overall quality of entries was low, b) voters were grumpy and having a bad week, c) voters were bored with the challenge, or d) some combo of the above?
Most curious!! |
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11/06/2013 09:43:06 PM · #6 |
I can`t speak for anyone but myself, but I did find that a good portion of the photos in this challenge fell into the "meh" category.
Ray |
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11/06/2013 10:00:17 PM · #7 |
Just say it: rubber band. Nothin'. No response. Boring as all get out.
As far as I can tell it wasn't even recommended. I was convinced Langdon put it in there to get everyone to do the rubber-band-face self-portrait, so I obliged. Not only did not many people fall for it, but those that did were mocked for lacking creativity by Johanna. It was a painful experience all the way around.
So it was boring and painful. Sounds like New Mexico. |
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11/06/2013 11:12:09 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
Hmm I don't know if 6.3 for a blue is unheard-of...pretty sure other challenges have finished in a similar range. Would have been awhile ago, granted, but still... |
Only one other challenge, "Pigeons" in July 2009, had a blue ribbon in the 6.3 range, 6.3972. So this challenge is the lowest-scoring blue ever in DPC history for sure. There's a handful of 6.4 winners as well, 11 of 'em to be exact... |
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11/07/2013 12:38:18 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by snaffles:
Hmm I don't know if 6.3 for a blue is unheard-of...pretty sure other challenges have finished in a similar range. Would have been awhile ago, granted, but still... |
Only one other challenge, "Pigeons" in July 2009, had a blue ribbon in the 6.3 range, 6.3972. So this challenge is the lowest-scoring blue ever in DPC history for sure. There's a handful of 6.4 winners as well, 11 of 'em to be exact... |
pigeons and rubber bands do not equate, I'd love another pigeon challenge. Rubber bands, not so much. |
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11/07/2013 12:53:18 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by PennyStre et:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by snaffles:
Hmm I don't know if 6.3 for a blue is unheard-of...pretty sure other challenges have finished in a similar range. Would have been awhile ago, granted, but still... |
Only one other challenge, "Pigeons" in July 2009, had a blue ribbon in the 6.3 range, 6.3972. So this challenge is the lowest-scoring blue ever in DPC history for sure. There's a handful of 6.4 winners as well, 11 of 'em to be exact... |
pigeons and rubber bands do not equate, I'd love another pigeon challenge. Rubber bands, not so much. |
pigeons would of been awesome  as Milan centro was full of them, but NOOOO we got rubber band, and that's why I entered a shoehorn!!
Message edited by author 2013-11-07 00:58:14. |
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11/07/2013 02:49:21 AM · #11 |
| It's hard to get good images with something boring like rubber band... |
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11/07/2013 03:15:08 AM · #12 |
| I can't wait for the paperclip challenge. Or the staples challenge. We have done rubber bands, stamps and post it notes, but looking round my desk I can imagine so many other exciting challenges. |
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11/07/2013 03:42:55 AM · #13 |
| How about a Belly Button Lint challenge... *groan* |
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11/07/2013 04:57:57 AM · #14 |
Been there, done that.
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11/07/2013 11:05:49 AM · #15 |
I missed entering "rubber band" due to work pressures and I was ticked because I had a shot all worked up in my mid for days.
However, I hear people call certain entries boring. I agree that you can certainly get jazzed up with one challenge compared to another. However when we see what we deem to be a "flat", "boring", simply not fun challenge does it not, in fact, become just the opposite?
What I mean is while we try so hard to make lemonade out of lemons aren't we in fact now making it challenging, thoughtful, provoking, fun and exciting? That's what happens to me anyways. The more I delve into the challenge the more the boring becomes everything but that.
That's what I love about DPC. It has taken me out of my comfort zone and challenges me to do new things. Just my two cents. |
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11/07/2013 11:19:05 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by snaffles:
Hmm I don't know if 6.3 for a blue is unheard-of...pretty sure other challenges have finished in a similar range. Would have been awhile ago, granted, but still... |
Only one other challenge, "Pigeons" in July 2009, had a blue ribbon in the 6.3 range, 6.3972. So this challenge is the lowest-scoring blue ever in DPC history for sure. There's a handful of 6.4 winners as well, 11 of 'em to be exact... |
ETA: I see I yanko'd Wendy :-) |
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11/07/2013 11:21:13 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by snaffles:
Hmm I don't know if 6.3 for a blue is unheard-of...pretty sure other challenges have finished in a similar range. Would have been awhile ago, granted, but still... |
Only one other challenge, "Pigeons" in July 2009, had a blue ribbon in the 6.3 range, 6.3972. So this challenge is the lowest-scoring blue ever in DPC history for sure. There's a handful of 6.4 winners as well, 11 of 'em to be exact... |
ETA: I see I yanko'd Wendy :-) |
I noticed that... :P |
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11/07/2013 12:25:49 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by Trotterjay:
I missed entering "rubber band" due to work pressures and I was ticked because I had a shot all worked up in my mid for days.
However, I hear people call certain entries boring. I agree that you can certainly get jazzed up with one challenge compared to another. However when we see what we deem to be a "flat", "boring", simply not fun challenge does it not, in fact, become just the opposite?
What I mean is while we try so hard to make lemonade out of lemons aren't we in fact now making it challenging, thoughtful, provoking, fun and exciting? That's what happens to me anyways. The more I delve into the challenge the more the boring becomes everything but that.
That's what I love about DPC. It has taken me out of my comfort zone and challenges me to do new things. Just my two cents. |
Yes, and the people who do make rubber bands unboring are punished with low scores. |
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11/07/2013 12:27:24 PM · #19 |
| I think it's a test of creativity. No matter the subject. |
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11/07/2013 12:28:07 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
Yes, and the people who do make rubber bands unboring are punished with low scores. |
+1 |
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11/07/2013 12:29:02 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by Garry:
I think it's a test of creativity. No matter the subject. |
I agree with that, but the subject can help.
And +2 for Posthumous :) |
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11/07/2013 12:32:31 PM · #22 |
| I had fun anyway. And it appeared others did as well. For me, that's at least half the battle. |
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11/07/2013 01:01:29 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
Originally posted by Trotterjay:
I missed entering "rubber band" due to work pressures and I was ticked because I had a shot all worked up in my mid for days.
However, I hear people call certain entries boring. I agree that you can certainly get jazzed up with one challenge compared to another. However when we see what we deem to be a "flat", "boring", simply not fun challenge does it not, in fact, become just the opposite?
What I mean is while we try so hard to make lemonade out of lemons aren't we in fact now making it challenging, thoughtful, provoking, fun and exciting? That's what happens to me anyways. The more I delve into the challenge the more the boring becomes everything but that.
That's what I love about DPC. It has taken me out of my comfort zone and challenges me to do new things. Just my two cents. |
Yes, and the people who do make rubber bands unboring are punished with low scores. |
I basically tried to make them as boring as possible while still being lively and "pretty". The result was a VERY boring 5.4ish score, basically the worst kind :-) From an artistic perspective, I think it was a valid choice, and I imagine my boring "Band of Brothers" might be more likely to end up on the walls at MoMA than, say, a glowering face wrapped in bands, though of course I could be wrong about that and anyway MoMA ain't necessarily the arbiter of anything and, ANYway, I like to ramble on occasionally, have you noticed? |
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11/07/2013 01:15:44 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by posthumous:
Yes, and the people who do make rubber bands unboring are punished with low scores. |
I basically tried to make them as boring as possible while still being lively and "pretty". The result was a VERY boring 5.4ish score, basically the worst kind :-) From an artistic perspective, I think it was a valid choice, and I imagine my boring "Band of Brothers" might be more likely to end up on the walls at MoMA than, say, a glowering face wrapped in bands, though of course I could be wrong about that and anyway MoMA ain't necessarily the arbiter of anything and, ANYway, I like to ramble on occasionally, have you noticed? |
Are you implying my new profile picture is not a work of art? Dilettante! |
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11/07/2013 01:26:45 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by bohemka:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by posthumous:
Yes, and the people who do make rubber bands unboring are punished with low scores. |
I basically tried to make them as boring as possible while still being lively and "pretty". The result was a VERY boring 5.4ish score, basically the worst kind :-) From an artistic perspective, I think it was a valid choice, and I imagine my boring "Band of Brothers" might be more likely to end up on the walls at MoMA than, say, a glowering face wrapped in bands, though of course I could be wrong about that and anyway MoMA ain't necessarily the arbiter of anything and, ANYway, I like to ramble on occasionally, have you noticed? |
Are you implying my new profile picture is not a work of art? Dilettante! |
"Implying"? Definitely not :-) |
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