Optical Coincidence
by mpeters

Comment:
it's unbelievable ... congratulations! awesome stuff

The Stargazers
by jdannels

Comment:
great shot, Joe!

Under an Alien Moon
by AlexSaberi

Comment:
awesome

the only note she left
by hopper

Comment:
no, this comment is just oozing with respect :)

i'm cool with you man, no offense taken .. seriously

your opinion is just that ... to each his own

Originally posted by agenkin: Respectfully, I think that this image is tacky, primitive, and contains no photographic merit. Is this bad manners?

the only note she left
by hopper

Comment:
i don't mean to sound ungrateful ... i'm just surprised it won. it scored higher than images which were clearly superior (of course, this is my opinion)

thanks everyone for you kind words

the only note she left
by hopper

Comment:
You missed the point completely. I don't at all wish to discuss your images (which are quite good, but that's not the point). You're statement was that dpchallenge is somehow weaker because I've submitted an image that is not as good as someone else's. You're reasoning implies that every person new to photography should not participate here because only images which YOU think will benefit the site are allowed.

My image shouldn't have won ... but it hasn't weakened the site, which is the same as saying the site would have benefited without it.

Hilarious that you're pointing out my bad manners. Don't take what I'm saying as a person attack, take it for what it is - which is a defense of what you call tacky, mediocre images and whether or not they are a detriment to the site.

Originally posted by agenkin: Originally posted by hopper: Would you say that you're challenge entries have "benefited" the site? What do my entries have to do with this discussion? It is bad manners to turn a discussion onto the commenter's own images; if you feel like discussing them, feel free to post a comment under any of them. We are talking about *your* entry and your own admission that you submitted something that you yourself considered a bad image into a challenge just for the benefit of your WPL participation.

Message edited by author 2007-02-28 14:42:05.

the only note she left
by hopper

Comment:
Would you say that you're challenge entries have "benefited" the site?

Originally posted by agenkin: Originally posted by hopper: The WPL has nothing to do with the way people vote on images This is not what I was implying. My point was that (if I was reading you correctly) you would not have submitted this tacky, mediocre image if not for the WPL, which would have been a benefit for the site (well, at least from where I am standing).

the only note she left
by hopper

Comment:
The WPL has nothing to do with the way people vote on images

Originally posted by agenkin: One more argument why WPL is a bad thing for this site.

the only note she left
by hopper

Comment:
no, you aren't the only one ... I agree with you 100% and I'm shocked that this could win. I'm in the WPL, that's the only reason I entered this photo. I don't think it's very good and I dislike images like this ... but I also thought it could pull an average score which would help my team.

no offense taken ... this image should not have won a ribbon

(edit to add) - I feel this way about a lot of images that win here, so I don't feel guilty at all about submitting an image I dislike in an attempt to win. It's just a game we're playing :)

Originally posted by rswank: Congratulations on the ribbon and seriously please do not take this personally, I mean no offense. Am I the only one who thinks this is rather chessy? Maybe it's b/c I have an inherent distaste for such obvious setups aimed squarely at attaining the inverse of a DNMC.

Message edited by author 2007-02-28 10:21:26.

Hated
by jdannels

Comment:
great job, Joe ... Shannon just edged you out