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06/12/2023 12:13:52 PM · #1 |
 
In a strange bit of synchronicity, both  odriew and I entered pictures from the same spot above Ten Mile Beach in Pt. Reyes. No, we didn't go out together. We don't even know each other. The images were taken a week apart. Who would've thought two DPC members would independently end up at the same spot for the same challenge? It's not like this is the Golden Gate Bridge overlook ... just a random spot on a curve in the road to the lighthouse (albeit ablaze with yellow lupine!).
I about fell out of my chair when I saw his image come up as the first one in voting on the challenge. And in an even stranger (or perhaps reassuring) bit of syncrhonicity, the images finished in pretty much the same place, only 0.0008 points apart. Take that, you who think the voters are inconsistent!
Message edited by author 2023-06-12 12:14:10. |
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06/12/2023 12:19:24 PM · #2 |
That's so amazing.
(Cue Twilight Zone music) |
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06/12/2023 01:25:04 PM · #3 |
| I had noticed those shots and assumed 2 members were out together. What a coincidence! |
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06/12/2023 01:49:55 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
I had noticed those shots and assumed 2 members were out together. |
Yep. Me too. |
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06/12/2023 02:02:32 PM · #5 |
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06/12/2023 02:12:42 PM · #6 |
| And not only that, also almost the same score. Really funny :-) |
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06/12/2023 02:31:34 PM · #7 |
From the OP ...
Originally posted by EstimatedEyes:
... And in an even stranger (or perhaps reassuring) bit of syncrhonicity, the images finished in pretty much the same place, only 0.0008 points apart. Take that, you who think the voters are inconsistent! |
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06/12/2023 02:44:31 PM · #8 |
I can't remember when exactly but I'm pretty sure this has happened once or maybe twice in the course of over 3500 challenges.
Still amazing, although from the description of where the photo was taken I suspect that a few (thousand?) other folks have stopped there to take virtually the same shot -- there are a couple of places near me like that ...
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06/12/2023 02:49:37 PM · #9 |
When voting for this challenge I was also surprised to see another entry of the exact same subject (albeit from different perspectives). I had no idea MaryO had slipped into town.
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06/12/2023 03:05:01 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by markwiley:
When voting for this challenge I was also surprised to see another entry of the exact same subject (albeit from different perspectives). I had no idea MaryO had slipped into town.
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I noticed those as well, but know the drone shot had to be from you. Were you flying from that building you took me to? That's a good distance with some buildings in between. |
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06/12/2023 03:27:41 PM · #11 |
| I had totally assumed that the Point Reyes photos were from folks who went out together, LOL! What a strange coincidence. Back in the day, I could have seen that happening with Cannon Beach. I don't think there are any more active members in the area now. |
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06/12/2023 04:17:01 PM · #12 |
| I'm more surprised by the score being the same. I gave them both a 6, but odriew's felt like a more perfect and compositionally balanced DPC shot while the EstimatedEyes shot seemed more clumsy and human. I don't expect dpc voters to think like me. |
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06/12/2023 04:54:22 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
I'm more surprised by the score being the same. I gave them both a 6, but odriew's felt like a more perfect and compositionally balanced DPC shot while the EstimatedEyes shot seemed more clumsy and human. I don't expect dpc voters to think like me. |
lol ... Maybe I'm going to change my username to ClumsyHuman. Love it. :-) |
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06/12/2023 05:30:05 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by EstimatedEyes:
Originally posted by posthumous:
I'm more surprised by the score being the same. I gave them both a 6, but odriew's felt like a more perfect and compositionally balanced DPC shot while the EstimatedEyes shot seemed more clumsy and human. I don't expect dpc voters to think like me. |
lol ... Maybe I'm going to change my username to ClumsyHuman. Love it. :-) |
I had the opposite reaction. I thought the clumsy human's shot was much more interesting and I gave it a significantly higher score. And so it goes :-) |
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06/12/2023 05:58:51 PM · #15 |
Other than a great coincidence, and I do "collect" coincidences of any kind, I think this conversation on similar pictures is very interesting and worth having in general.
odriew picture made me feel unstable - image was sliding visually and compositionally to the left side; the waves pushed to the right and the flowers to the left
I gave a higher mark to EstimatedEyes. A balanced, honest picture. I couldn't attribute clumsiness to it. |
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06/12/2023 07:12:00 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by markwiley:
When voting for this challenge I was also surprised to see another entry of the exact same subject (albeit from different perspectives). I had no idea MaryO had slipped into town.
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I was there for a family wedding. |
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06/12/2023 07:49:59 PM · #17 |
| Interesting set of coincidences! We didn’t drive to this particular spot with the landscape challenge in mind. This was an unexpected stop on the way to the lighthouse. |
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06/12/2023 08:49:59 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
I had totally assumed that the Point Reyes photos were from folks who went out together, LOL! What a strange coincidence. Back in the day, I could have seen that happening with Cannon Beach. I don't think there are any more active members in the area now. |
Ha ha, I did over-represent Cannon Beach with several others for years, but moved away from almost a decade ago now. |
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06/12/2023 10:30:18 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Originally posted by markwiley:
When voting for this challenge I was also surprised to see another entry of the exact same subject (albeit from different perspectives). I had no idea MaryO had slipped into town.
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I noticed those as well, but know the drone shot had to be from you. Were you flying from that building you took me to? That's a good distance with some buildings in between. |
No. I was near the shoreline in a park with a clear line of site. Still is was about a mile out. |
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