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Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/08/2003 11:24:37 AM · #8

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

I love the idea of a 'no post processing' challenge, but how would you validate it?

Everyone takes in 640x480 and leaves the EXIF in on the posted image...

01/08/2003 11:26:11 AM · #9

i can't take 640x480.

800x600 is the maximum

01/08/2003 11:26:26 AM · #10

Minimum I meant obviously, lol

jimmythefish

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/08/2003 11:35:37 AM · #11

serves you right for having a gooder camera. damn technology!

Gotcha

01/08/2003 12:05:32 PM · #12

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

I love the idea of a 'no post processing' challenge, but how would you validate it?

Not too hard, if the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners would be required to submit EXIF with their photos. This would simply be stated in the challenge rules before entering the challenge. For the lower end cameras that may not store EXIF data, we would know which camera the're using as they enter their photo.

(I think this should be an across the board policy for every challenge, but itâ��s only my opinion).

Patella

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

01/08/2003 12:24:45 PM · #13

I can think of one, very easy to do way to fake EXIF data. I won't share in case it becomes something people do want to follow through with and it doesn't make sense to give people additional tools to use to cheat, but using EXIF data has it's problems....

jmsetzler

Sony Alpha a6000

01/08/2003 12:41:17 PM · #14

Forbidden Fruit and Train Train are two challenge photos I have done in the past that had no post processing other than a resize...

jimmythefish

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/08/2003 03:01:48 PM · #15

Originally posted by Patella:

you can do all sorts of things with a computer...i think most people wouldn't go to those lengths if they were serious members of this site.

01/08/2003 03:05:30 PM · #16

Wouldnt a challenge like this be unfair on the people in other timezones where it could be 3am during the challenge?

lionelm

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/08/2003 03:18:36 PM · #17

I like the idea of 640x480 not post processing except file size.

The 5 mn thing is nice concept but really hard to put it place.

Wes

Canon PowerShot S500

01/08/2003 05:30:31 PM · #18

5 mins is a bit unrealistic... but an hour... that could be done. It'd stress the site though I bet... It could be set for a random time each time they do it (to be fair to people in other time zones where it might be 3am) They could post an announcement on the site a few days ahead of time saying there will be a 1 hour challenge on X date at X time... the challenge would remain unknown until the hour it starts...

Then everyone who wants to enter has 1 hour to get their shot, process it, and upload it. It would be members only, and they could do one every month? every other week? once in a while when they want to spice things up? *shrugs* an hour is more realisitic than 5 minutes... 5 minutes really isn't possible. :-P

Kavey

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon

01/08/2003 05:40:00 PM · #19

If you kept it to 15 mins people wouldn't have TIME to post process and cheat their EXIF data surely?

;)

Kavey - interested bystander!

Message edited by author 2003-01-08 17:40:13.

Arjen

Olympus C-4000Z

01/22/2003 04:10:29 PM · #20

How about a "Midnight challenge" at a particular night? A one hour time frame sounds fair, less would be not realistic I think.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

01/22/2003 04:34:49 PM · #21

We could post a "Last Hour" challenge at 11 pm on Sunday, just before the Challenges close out. Submit by midnight and start voting right away -- there's instant gratification for you...and a distraction from complaining about how your last photo just finished...of course it would severely penalize those procrastinators (e.g. myself) who are just working on entries for the other two challenges!

myqyl

Nikon D3100

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR

01/22/2003 10:56:47 PM · #22

If everyone trusts the honor system, you have the submissions open for 24 hours but the challenge says you must take and submit your photo within 15 minutes of when you read the challenge. That way all time zones have a fair shot. For the most part I trust everyone here.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

01/23/2003 12:45:39 AM · #23

I think the fun part would be to see all the different things going on around the world during that particular hour.