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08/23/2007 01:01:51 PM · #76 |
Originally posted by FellSevenLeaves:
way to stay positive, mjwood! |
Lol. I came here to learn, not compete. While I do enjoy some healthy competition, I'm pretty confident in my job skills for what I do every day. At this point in my life, photography is just a hobby and doesn't pay the bills. Therefore, no stress! |
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08/23/2007 02:26:51 PM · #77 |
I'm not in this challenge, but just finished voting - and I believe my vote average here is probably the lowest in any challenge I ever voted in.
I don't think I've ever seen so many cliches in one place as I did here - and I was unable to find anything I could give more than 7 (and I only found 3 of those).
So, I'm sorry if everyones average just went down... |
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08/23/2007 02:37:47 PM · #78 |
Originally posted by silverscreen:
I'm not in this challenge, but just finished voting - and I believe my vote average here is probably the lowest in any challenge I ever voted in.
I don't think I've ever seen so many cliches in one place as I did here - and I was unable to find anything I could give more than 7 (and I only found 3 of those).
So, I'm sorry if everyones average just went down... |
I tend to agree with you: it's a bit disappointing - so many shots of objects. I find it so unsatisfactory for someone to just leave it all for an object to "say it all"... and there have been many many examples of that in this challenge. |
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08/23/2007 03:09:38 PM · #79 |
Originally posted by silverscreen:
So, I'm sorry if everyones average just went down... |
my average just went up to a 5.5 actually, haha, so i'm glad. :P |
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08/23/2007 03:13:55 PM · #80 |
heres mine,hope i done this right!
Votes: 94
Views: 128
Avg Vote: 5.1064
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
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08/23/2007 05:21:35 PM · #81 |
Raising again...=)
Keep voting, keep voting!!
Votes: 93
Views: 125
Avg Vote: 5.7849
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1
Wish Lists: 0
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08/23/2007 05:26:18 PM · #82 |
Votes: 97
Views: 131
Avg Vote: 5.6598
Comments: 3
Thanks for the 3 nice comments. Also someone seems to have gone back and adjusted their vote too (up) -- very nice. |
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08/23/2007 06:39:30 PM · #83 |
I didn't enter here so no sour grapes. No photo that "ought" to be doing better in the voting.
However, in my view, this is one of the weakest challenges in some time ... 4 outstanding photos ... 7, 8, 9 and 10 by my vote ... and worth wading throught the collection to see them. But the rest pretty much descend into a morass of sentimental mush, tired cliche, and saccharine snaps.
If everything is sacred, then nothing is. Sorry to seem negative but this is what happens when we take photos that resonate with some inner sense but don't transcend to external viewers. |
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08/23/2007 06:54:55 PM · #84 |
| I am in this challenge, and yet, feel the same way voting. I do feel that mine meets the subject, but cant help but wonder now. I must say though, that it seems like people are willing to throw anything in there, if they cannot come up with something that meets the requirements. Maybe there should be some kind of flag option for pictures like that, and if they get flagged to many times, the person's entry should be removed. |
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08/23/2007 06:57:37 PM · #85 |
Votes: 100
Views: 266
Avg Vote: 5.7600
Comments: 4
Favorites: 1
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08/23/2007 07:01:12 PM · #86 |
Originally posted by amathiasphoto:
I am in this challenge, and yet, feel the same way voting. I do feel that mine meets the subject, but cant help but wonder now. I must say though, that it seems like people are willing to throw anything in there, if they cannot come up with something that meets the requirements. Maybe there should be some kind of flag option for pictures like that, and if they get flagged to many times, the person's entry should be removed. |
mmm.... the contest description sayd "The subject can be either sacred to you or to someone else". othet things is you want remove the bad images from contest. but with this rules every contest end with 50 photos as maximum. |
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08/23/2007 07:06:12 PM · #87 |
Originally posted by amathiasphoto:
I am in this challenge, and yet, feel the same way voting. I do feel that mine meets the subject, but cant help but wonder now. I must say though, that it seems like people are willing to throw anything in there, if they cannot come up with something that meets the requirements. Maybe there should be some kind of flag option for pictures like that, and if they get flagged to many times, the person's entry should be removed. |
No Picture can be disqualified for not meeting the Challenge....(a BIG Rule)...on top of that...any image that DNMC... USUALLY suffers as it is...with the voting.. |
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08/23/2007 07:06:21 PM · #88 |
Originally posted by Tiberius:
Votes: 1
Views: 2
Avg Vote: 7.0000
Comments: 0
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Next check at 100 votes |
It smoothly went down. But I like my entry
Votes: 101
Views: 138
Avg Vote: 5.9406
Comments: 7
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08/23/2007 07:09:04 PM · #89 |
Howzabout you folks all just give the photographer some slack and vote on whether it's a good photo, without deciding you know what's sacred to other people? A picture of a dead rat (just made that up - I haven't seen anything like that)? Fine, DNMC. But sacred doesn't have to mean "church" or other obviously religious imagery.
At any rate, my banana isn't dancing, but he's bouncing in his seat. :) And it's not even remotely religious, so at least some voters are stretching themselves to include other definitions.
Votes: 105
Views: 172
Avg Vote: 6.5524
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1
Message edited by author 2007-08-23 19:09:45.
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08/23/2007 07:10:12 PM · #90 |
| Agree that the showing is meagre (and mine is one); but the handful, if that, stand out - interesting phenomenon. Does it speak to a current difficulty with the sacred or an intrinsic unphotographability of the concept? |
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08/23/2007 07:12:23 PM · #91 |
Originally posted by tnun:
Agree that the showing is meagre (and mine is one); but the handful, if that, stand out - interesting phenomenon. Does it speak to a current difficulty with the sacred or an intrinsic unphotographability of the concept? |
probably because we have in our mind an association of sacred with religion, that is wrong because are two different concepts. |
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08/23/2007 07:19:33 PM · #92 |
Originally posted by Rino63:
probably because we have in our mind an association of sacred with religion, that is wrong because are two different concepts. |
Sorry hit the post before I was done...
What I was going to say is that although I agree that it doesn't have to be religious to be sacred it not wrong to equate the two. It's actually quite common. Here are a few definitions from American Heritage Dictionary...
1) Dedicated to or set apart for the worship of a deity.
2) Worthy of religious veneration: the sacred teachings of the Buddha.
3) Made or declared holy: sacred bread and wine.
4) Dedicated or devoted exclusively to a single use, purpose, or person: sacred to the memory of her sister; a private office sacred to the President.
5) Worthy of respect; venerable.
6) Of or relating to religious objects, rites, or practices.
Message edited by author 2007-08-23 19:24:56. |
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08/23/2007 07:19:34 PM · #93 |
Votes: 101
Views: 131
Avg Vote: 6.6832
Comments: 5
Had made it back up to 6.8 yesterday but fell back down again. This is still higher than I expected this image to show - but man those early votes sure were a tease. |
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08/23/2007 07:21:47 PM · #94 |
Well, religion is the first thing that come into my mind when talking about sacred. Anyway this is the first time I take this challenge seriously...
Votes: 101
Views: 124
Avg Vote: 5.9901
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 08/23/07 07:10 p |
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08/23/2007 07:27:09 PM · #95 |
| Negative comments in threads..and all the convincing of people what is right or wrong..has lead to my image dropping from a 6.2000... last 7 votes 4.875...go ahead and continue changing your minds...lol |
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08/23/2007 07:39:57 PM · #96 |
I just completed voting on "Sacred". While I generally consider Sacred to have religious implications, I refrained from my more narrow definition during voting. Even with a more broad definition, I still ended up voting this one lower than most of the recent challenges, about 0.5 points below my current voting average.
I found many of the images stale and static, with little to tell me how they are sacred or draw me in to believe it is sacred. As usual, there were some excellent examples where lighting, composition, or shear beauty won the day, but many were very plain in my opinion.
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08/23/2007 07:44:48 PM · #97 |
Originally posted by DJWoodward:
What I was going to say is that although I agree that it doesn't have to be religious to be sacred it not wrong to equate the two. It's actually quite common. Here are a few definitions from American Heritage Dictionary...
1) Dedicated to or set apart for the worship of a deity.
2) Worthy of religious veneration: the sacred teachings of the Buddha.
3) Made or declared holy: sacred bread and wine.
4) Dedicated or devoted exclusively to a single use, purpose, or person: sacred to the memory of her sister; a private office sacred to the President.
5) Worthy of respect; venerable.
6) Of or relating to religious objects, rites, or practices. |
Including religion in "sacred" is fine. Equating them means saying they're equal, but sacred is broader than religion, as your own post shows.
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08/23/2007 07:59:30 PM · #98 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
Originally posted by DJWoodward:
What I was going to say is that although I agree that it doesn't have to be religious to be sacred it not wrong to equate the two. It's actually quite common. Here are a few definitions from American Heritage Dictionary... |
Including religion in "sacred" is fine. Equating them means saying they're equal, but sacred is broader than religion, as your own post shows. |
I think that's what I said didn't I (see bold)? I'm not stating that they are always equal but it's not uncommon or wrong to equate them as some of the definitions would indicate.
They don't have to be mutually exclusive any more than they have to be absolutely equal. Neither interpretation is wrong.
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08/23/2007 08:11:11 PM · #99 |
Originally posted by DJWoodward:
I think that's what I said didn't I (see bold)?
They don't have to be mutually exclusive any more than they have to be absolutely equal. Neither interpretation is wrong. |
Sorry - when you said it's okay to equate them, I got the opposite meaning of what you meant. We agree. :)
Message edited by author 2007-08-23 20:11:27.
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08/23/2007 08:20:39 PM · #100 |
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