The perfect pose
by william88

Comment:
You guys misunderstood my key point which is "what's the consequence of too many limits?". It will affect the whole community not just me. I didn't even send any message to SC to appeal for this shot.

Please do not distort my words, I didn't say SC being cruel to this specific shot or not. "Cruel DQs" are totally different words from your "Cruel SCs". You know that. And again I should emphasize my key point is the overall consequence of "cruel rules, cruel DQs and cruel votes", you probably know the consequence already by your own observation over the average number of entries for recent challenges. If you are the owner of a community website, do you think it's a good trend for you?

I didn't compare and say the two DQs were similar or anything (though they were DQed by the same rule), I put that link just for your convenience to read what I have said on 11/09/2010. I just didn't want to type all those words again. That's all. If you guys dislike this convenience, I can remove the link.

You may consider it as a joke when I sang that song. If a boat is sinking and both you and me are on the boat, I will team up with you to repair and save it instead of let it sink.

Originally posted by senor_kasper: Originally posted by william88: .................... I was so excited and reluctant to give up this shot. You didn't have to give it up at all! you could have just placed it in your portfolio, or entered it in 1x (for free) or the site you gave a link to Originally posted by william88: .................... As I understood from another rule in the advanced editing, using clone stamp to fix minor imperfection is legal and I think that should be encouraged if the shot is rare. The rule actually states: "clone out incidental power lines, twigs, dust specks, stray hairs, and similar minor imperfections within any capture used.", it is a bit hard to interpret that as allowing for cloning in non existing objects. It is even harder to accept that such practice should be encouraged despite the clearly written rule. Originally posted by william88: .................... I didn't create any new feature, I just repair the imperfection. Now, you are a most talented photographer and have enjoyed great success in this site, including yet another ribbon last night. With that in mind, your attempt at justifying your violation of the rule sounds disingenuous. As to why you would attempt a defense and accuse the SC of being cruel is even more puzzling, do you REALLY think you did not create a wing tip and a strip of background that were not there? The analogy with Enzo's picture is not even close. Please tell me you were joking and may regain respect for you.

Floating Rose
by Qiki

Comment:
Excellent shot!

Autumn's Last Breathless Whisper
by eqsite

Comment:
This looks like the winner!

The perfect pose
by william88

Comment:
I have deleted about 80 percent of all my hummingbird shots after each shooting session. There are 2296 hummingbird photos remain in my hard drive. That mean in about 11480 shots, there is only one shot look exactly straight into lens. To me, it's very rare chance. I was so excited and reluctant to give up this shot. That's why I had tried my best to repair the minor imperfection. As I understood from another rule in the advanced editing, using clone stamp to fix minor imperfection is legal and I think that should be encouraged if the shot is rare. I didn't create any new feature, I just repair the imperfection.
My another shot here was also a rare chance because it is usually very hard to focus when there are leaves or flowers behind humer and its beak is not aligned to a flower.
Now both of my ribboned hummingbirds end up like this due to the conflicting rules. What should I say? It's not worth doing any effort for dpc.
As I mentioned before in this killer shot (DQed by the same rule). The consequence of too many rules and cruel DQ plus a broken voting system is making the site less attractive than other photography communities. But what can we do? all I can do is let it sink, let it sink, let it sink. Oh, sorry about the typo. It's the season of let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

You can do almost unlimited things on a real large community site like this one.

A paid member has a dedicated customizable homepage and can even host a group and contests. How dpc can do to beat them?

Message edited by author 2010-11-16 20:42:08.

Autumn Riches
by Neil

Comment:
Congratulations on your ribbon! Perfect!

I Put a Spell on You
by tanguera

Comment:
Congratulations on top ten! awesome shot!

Moonlight Sonata
by hahn23

Comment:
exquisite! Congratulations on top ten!

Passing Squall, Herring River
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Awesome shot! congratulations on your ribbon!

04:10
by SaraR

Comment:
Congratulations!

Manhattan Bridge
by nutzito

Comment:
Huge congratulations on your blue! excellent shot!