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08/10/2005 11:26:49 AM · #76 |
Whoever is giving out 1 scores at the moment, please can they leave a comment as to WHY!
I know my pic isn't perfect but when I get a series of 6s and 9s then get a 1, I wonder why.
By the way I always find it's worth looking at percentage places rather than scores when comparing my results - it seems to make more sens.
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08/10/2005 11:32:24 AM · #77 |
| I was getting ready to start voting and I found it amazing how many people didn't read this:Your title should be the year that you are trying to capture for future generations.. |
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08/10/2005 11:35:29 AM · #78 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
Your title should be the year that you are trying to capture for future generations.
A significant majority of the entries did just that. Very refreshing; check the date, look at the picture, vote. A welcome change from the usual diet. EXCEPT.... There's a LOT of pictures that either reference no date at all, or load the title down with explanations. Maybe I'm just cranky tonight, but that irritated the heck out of me. I did EXACTLY what I was told to do; my title is "the year", period. That's what they asked for, that's what most of us gave 'em. It wasn't so hard to do...
But for those who say "DQ 'em!", well, we can't do that; "not meeting the challenge" is not grounds for DQ; it's up to the voters to decide...
Robt. |
You hit it dead on Robert. Anything more than just a date is getting voted down from me. |
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08/10/2005 11:43:44 AM · #79 |
Originally posted by aguapreta:
Originally posted by bear_music:
Your title should be the year that you are trying to capture for future generations.
A significant majority of the entries did just that. Very refreshing; check the date, look at the picture, vote. A welcome change from the usual diet. EXCEPT.... There's a LOT of pictures that either reference no date at all, or load the title down with explanations. Maybe I'm just cranky tonight, but that irritated the heck out of me. I did EXACTLY what I was told to do; my title is "the year", period. That's what they asked for, that's what most of us gave 'em. It wasn't so hard to do...
But for those who say "DQ 'em!", well, we can't do that; "not meeting the challenge" is not grounds for DQ; it's up to the voters to decide...
Robt. |
You hit it dead on Robert. Anything more than just a date is getting voted down from me. |
Voting down too on that. People will be pissed but oh well. Read. |
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08/10/2005 11:43:51 AM · #80 |
Ouch, i thought for sure this would do better than my last entery, kinda depressing~!
Votes: 67
Views: 79
Avg Vote: 4.600
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
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08/10/2005 11:45:13 AM · #81 |
Last time I checked there was a big difference between should and must. It seems nowadays people will use any excuse to vote down a photo that is probably better than theirs???
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08/10/2005 11:46:04 AM · #82 |
Originally posted by aguapreta:
Originally posted by bear_music:
Your title should be the year that you are trying to capture for future generations.
A significant majority of the entries did just that. Very refreshing; check the date, look at the picture, vote. A welcome change from the usual diet. EXCEPT.... There's a LOT of pictures that either reference no date at all, or load the title down with explanations. Maybe I'm just cranky tonight, but that irritated the heck out of me. I did EXACTLY what I was told to do; my title is "the year", period. That's what they asked for, that's what most of us gave 'em. It wasn't so hard to do...
But for those who say "DQ 'em!", well, we can't do that; "not meeting the challenge" is not grounds for DQ; it's up to the voters to decide...
Robt. |
You hit it dead on Robert. Anything more than just a date is getting voted down from me. |
Oh don't be so ANAL - just vote on the quality of the image.
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08/10/2005 11:46:53 AM · #83 |
Originally posted by jrtodd:
It seems nowadays people will use any excuse to vote down a photo that is probably better than theirs??? |
No one said they were voting down images that were better only ones that don't read descriptions.
Message edited by author 2005-08-10 11:48:57. |
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08/10/2005 11:49:42 AM · #84 |
| There's one that's not even a photo! |
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08/10/2005 11:51:33 AM · #85 |
Originally posted by jrtodd:
Last time I checked there was a big difference between should and must. It seems nowadays people will use any excuse to vote down a photo that is probably better than theirs??? |
I agree big difference between should and must in the context of asking you to comply to something should is clearly indicating what is asked for were as must is demanding you do something, you have a choice it just seems strange to opt to enter a challenge that says you should do something and then not do it. |
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08/10/2005 11:52:47 AM · #86 |
Originally posted by scuds:
There's one that's not even a photo! |
Request a DQ. |
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08/10/2005 11:55:12 AM · #87 |
Originally posted by Falc:
Originally posted by aguapreta:
Originally posted by bear_music:
Your title should be the year that you are trying to capture for future generations.
A significant majority of the entries did just that. Very refreshing; check the date, look at the picture, vote. A welcome change from the usual diet. EXCEPT.... There's a LOT of pictures that either reference no date at all, or load the title down with explanations. Maybe I'm just cranky tonight, but that irritated the heck out of me. I did EXACTLY what I was told to do; my title is "the year", period. That's what they asked for, that's what most of us gave 'em. It wasn't so hard to do...
But for those who say "DQ 'em!", well, we can't do that; "not meeting the challenge" is not grounds for DQ; it's up to the voters to decide...
Robt. |
You hit it dead on Robert. Anything more than just a date is getting voted down from me. |
Oh don't be so ANAL - just vote on the quality of the image. |
I have to agree, I also understand that I don't want to read an entire encyclopedia entry before voting on the picture.
That being said, even if the shot has a lengthy title I will not and would not vote it down. We all have to all try and keep in mind that we vote on the photo, NOT THE TITLE. So what if the title sucks? Aren't we all trying to become better photographers? This isn't a website dedicated to authors! ;-) |
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08/10/2005 11:56:39 AM · #88 |
Originally posted by rex:
Originally posted by scuds:
There's one that's not even a photo! |
Request a DQ. |
:-D
guess what..... |
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08/10/2005 11:58:16 AM · #89 |
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08/10/2005 11:59:02 AM · #90 |
Originally posted by PeterC:
Originally posted by jrtodd:
Last time I checked there was a big difference between should and must. It seems nowadays people will use any excuse to vote down a photo that is probably better than theirs??? |
I agree big difference between should and must in the context of asking you to comply to something should is clearly indicating what is asked for were as must is demanding you do something, you have a choice it just seems strange to opt to enter a challenge that says you should do something and then not do it. |
I agree it is strange to not include the year at all, but to just look at the title and state you are going to vote it down....GIVE ME A BREAK! We need a challenge "Jumping Off Cliff" to sort this out.
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08/10/2005 12:00:05 PM · #91 |
| Vote how you want, I will vote how I want......deal with it! |
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08/10/2005 12:00:34 PM · #92 |
Originally posted by rex:
You requested it? |
First pic of the whole bunch, on the very first page!
I quite feel sad for it, but it seemed to me that some1 was trying to make a point on sumthing....
Yes, I did request DQ |
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08/10/2005 12:01:49 PM · #93 |
Originally posted by scuds:
Yes, I did request DQ |
I always wondered how that process worked. Maybe start selecting a random entry every challenge just for the heck of it. ;-)
Message edited by author 2005-08-10 12:02:14. |
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08/10/2005 12:03:52 PM · #94 |
Originally posted by rex:
Originally posted by scuds:
Yes, I did request DQ |
I always wondered how that process worked. Maybe start selecting a random entry every challenge just for the heck of it. ;-) |
It's quite simple. Just state WHY you think it should get DQed. I always have the RULES page open when I do that, to check if I'm not been wrong with my request!
EDIT: I should go back to the US and get some "writting classes" my english is starting to suck big time!
Message edited by author 2005-08-10 12:05:12. |
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08/10/2005 12:26:24 PM · #95 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
Your title should be the year that you are trying to capture for future generations.
A significant majority of the entries did just that. Very refreshing; check the date, look at the picture, vote. A welcome change from the usual diet. EXCEPT.... There's a LOT of pictures that either reference no date at all, or load the title down with explanations. Maybe I'm just cranky tonight, but that irritated the heck out of me. I did EXACTLY what I was told to do; my title is "the year", period. That's what they asked for, that's what most of us gave 'em. It wasn't so hard to do...
But for those who say "DQ 'em!", well, we can't do that; "not meeting the challenge" is not grounds for DQ; it's up to the voters to decide...
Robt. |
That's your perogative, I suppose, but you've just inspired me to vote down every image with only a date, and no obvious connection to the picture. What, you picked a year I don't know much about? Tough. |
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08/10/2005 12:29:54 PM · #96 |
Originally posted by Zed Pobre:
Originally posted by bear_music:
Your title should be the year that you are trying to capture for future generations.
A significant majority of the entries did just that. Very refreshing; check the date, look at the picture, vote. A welcome change from the usual diet. EXCEPT.... There's a LOT of pictures that either reference no date at all, or load the title down with explanations. Maybe I'm just cranky tonight, but that irritated the heck out of me. I did EXACTLY what I was told to do; my title is "the year", period. That's what they asked for, that's what most of us gave 'em. It wasn't so hard to do...
But for those who say "DQ 'em!", well, we can't do that; "not meeting the challenge" is not grounds for DQ; it's up to the voters to decide...
Robt. |
That's your perogative, I suppose, but you've just inspired me to vote down every image with only a date, and no obvious connection to the picture. What, you picked a year I don't know much about? Tough. |
Dude, don't do that. Vote on the merit of the photo, don't give into this. Lets be fair.
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08/10/2005 12:30:52 PM · #97 |
Originally posted by Zed Pobre:
Originally posted by bear_music:
Your title should be the year that you are trying to capture for future generations.
A significant majority of the entries did just that. Very refreshing; check the date, look at the picture, vote. A welcome change from the usual diet. EXCEPT.... There's a LOT of pictures that either reference no date at all, or load the title down with explanations. Maybe I'm just cranky tonight, but that irritated the heck out of me. I did EXACTLY what I was told to do; my title is "the year", period. That's what they asked for, that's what most of us gave 'em. It wasn't so hard to do...
But for those who say "DQ 'em!", well, we can't do that; "not meeting the challenge" is not grounds for DQ; it's up to the voters to decide...
Robt. |
That's your perogative, I suppose, but you've just inspired me to vote down every image with only a date, and no obvious connection to the picture. What, you picked a year I don't know much about? Tough. |
Give mine a 1......I will pm you with the title if you wish? |
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08/10/2005 12:32:36 PM · #98 |
Originally posted by jrtodd:
Originally posted by PeterC:
Originally posted by jrtodd:
Last time I checked there was a big difference between should and must. It seems nowadays people will use any excuse to vote down a photo that is probably better than theirs??? |
I agree big difference between should and must in the context of asking you to comply to something should is clearly indicating what is asked for were as must is demanding you do something, you have a choice it just seems strange to opt to enter a challenge that says you should do something and then not do it. |
I agree it is strange to not include the year at all, but to just look at the title and state you are going to vote it down....GIVE ME A BREAK! We need a challenge "Jumping Off Cliff" to sort this out. |
Not me never said it changed my voting just commenting on the strangness of people :)
Message edited by author 2005-08-10 12:34:06. |
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08/10/2005 12:50:09 PM · #99 |
Votes: 82
Views: 107
Avg Vote: 5.8415
Comments: 0
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 08/10/05 12:48 pm
Are people not commenting?
Anyways, looks like this will be my 4th photo in a row on the same score range. |
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08/10/2005 01:06:56 PM · #100 |
It's starting to feel like some bad vibes going back and forth...
I think it is pretty straight forward for this or any other challenge. You must vote the photo in the context of the challenge. For example, if the challenge is yellow and a photo has no yellow, then the photo has failed the challenge and is a bad photo in the context of the challenge.
For this challenge, if I take the most impressive, technically perfect and artistically amazing photo ever of an orchid with nothing else in the photo, it is a bad photo in the context of the challenge regardless of the technical and artistic merit of the photo.
I'm trying to be open regarding the title should it include more than the year. It can be tough though. |
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