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 04/07/2005 04:06:02 PM · #126
I'm doing fine so far, but I think I should have chosen a different title. Apparently I saw the wrong letter in my picture :)
 04/07/2005 04:36:02 PM · #127
Originally posted by PhantomEWO:
Lots of man made objects or objects that are meant to be a particular shape of a letter, where are all the "nature" or one of a kind lucky timing photos? Were we really supposed to use a "D" hook or "S" hook or other manmade object? Hummmm guess several of us missed that and looked for nature to supply that special one of a kind "Letter".

Man is a part of nature, right? So manmade objects must be also.
 04/07/2005 04:46:36 PM · #128
Originally posted by marvin:

Man is a part of nature, right? So manmade objects must be also.

Nah, a nuclear bomb is manmade as well and is not part of nature for sure.
 04/07/2005 05:16:57 PM · #129
I am about to do my 2nd pass. This is also when I try to make comment on at least 1/2 pf the entries. Some peoples scores are gonna go up :)!

Mandy..

I'm at a 5.6 AND VERY happy with it so far!
 04/07/2005 05:33:35 PM · #130
Still doing good here :)
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Message edited by author 2005-04-07 17:33:56.
 04/07/2005 05:46:48 PM · #131
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I'm happy!
 04/07/2005 07:42:24 PM · #132
Over 6 is great

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04/07/2005 07:44:08 PM · #133
Only 4 comments. Apparently my photo doesn't move people one way or the other. Middle of the road.
 04/07/2005 07:45:14 PM · #134
24 comments for me. Hopefully that is a good sign.
 04/07/2005 07:50:53 PM · #135
Originally posted by scuds:
I'm pretty sure that the "b...ra" picture is going to get the blue on this one!


Thank god it wasn't "b....utt"


Message edited by author 2005-04-07 20:56:55.
 04/07/2005 09:23:13 PM · #136
4.8
2 comments.

Must be doing something wrong again.
 04/07/2005 11:09:10 PM · #137
Originally posted by ace flyman:
Seems to me, the scores has been down for last several challenges. Its interesting when go to the commenters profile and they have an average score < 4. Sorry to many good photographers on this site for any one to have an average like that......imo...................ace
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Sorry, I should had been more clear. I'm talking about average votes a person gives "out". Not there current challenge score or the current average that anyone might have. Our profile shows "our" average score and the average score we give when we "vote". I had time on my hands this morning and went to some commenters profiles was amazed that I found alot of people voters score (not personal score) well under 4. I'm sorry only been around for 6mos. I can't see anyone having a voters score of <4 average. Not to point fingers but if your voter score is sub 4 your one of the trolls we speak about.......imo..........ace
 04/07/2005 11:55:26 PM · #138
ace flyman, I got it!

04/08/2005 09:07:21 AM · #139
wake up people!! it's 9a.m in the morning for some of you (for me it's 3 p.m.)
just wondering how the scores are going. since I am just a registred user I cannot see were I am standing in this competition. I currently have 5.6122. Anyone has an idea on which place this could be situated? I am just curious how far a snapshot can go...
have a nice day
 04/11/2005 02:53:32 AM · #140
I'm so disappointed in the score my Accidental Letters shot is getting that I have quit checking to see it, and have turned off the update button. In my voting I'm seeing an awful lot of them that, IMHO, don't fit the challenge. How can a studio set-up shot be accidental? Or an outdoors set-up for that matter?
 04/11/2005 02:57:32 AM · #141
Originally posted by coolhar:
I'm so disappointed in the score my Accidental Letters shot is getting that I have quit checking to see it, and have turned off the update button. In my voting I'm seeing an awful lot of them that, IMHO, don't fit the challenge. How can a studio set-up shot be accidental? Or an outdoors set-up for that matter?


How do you know the shots you are saying don't fit the challenge are not suffering score-wise? They probably are. Are the comments you're getting consistent?
 04/11/2005 03:07:30 AM · #142
Originally posted by kpriest:
How do you know the shots you are saying don't fit the challenge are not suffering score-wise? They probably are. Are the comments you're getting consistent?

I don't. But I know they are getting low scores from me. Five comments all at least moderately positive.
 04/11/2005 03:15:55 AM · #143
HEE, HEE. HEE, at 4.3 the Brown must be in my hands. At last I ribbon !!!!LOL
 04/11/2005 03:48:15 AM · #144
Originally posted by coolhar:
I'm so disappointed in the score my Accidental Letters shot is getting that I have quit checking to see it, and have turned off the update button. In my voting I'm seeing an awful lot of them that, IMHO, don't fit the challenge. How can a studio set-up shot be accidental? Or an outdoors set-up for that matter?


What does it matter if the shot was set-up in a studio or outdoor. IMHO it's a matter of the subject being or looking like a letter but was never intended to be a letter.
Your statement is confusing what's wrong with a studio shot if the subject was never intended to be a letter?
 04/11/2005 04:01:15 AM · #145
Originally posted by keegbow:
What does it matter if the shot was set-up in a studio or outdoor. IMHO it's a matter of the subject being or looking like a letter but was never intended to be a letter.
Your statement is confusing what's wrong with a studio shot if the subject was never intended to be a letter?


Indoors or ourdoors if the resemblance to a letter is because of the way the photographer arranged some items, then it is not an accidental letter IMHO. Remind me after the voting closes and I'll give examples.
04/11/2005 04:11:26 AM · #146
Originally posted by kiwinick:
HEE, HEE. HEE, at 4.3 the Brown must be in my hands. At last I ribbon !!!!LOL


Doubtful. I'd say you've got at least 20% beat with a score like that. Especially in this competition.

I'm sucking so badly this year, it's ridiculous. I've only entered a few contests, but my highest was in the 80% range which was cool... This year I've yet to even beat half the photos.

Blech. I'm not trying hard enough.
 04/11/2005 05:28:15 AM · #147
Originally posted by coolhar:

Indoors or ourdoors if the resemblance to a letter is because of the way the photographer arranged some items, then it is not an accidental letter IMHO. Remind me after the voting closes and I'll give examples.


I tend to agree with you here but it comes down to how we interpret the term "accidental letter".

It could be interpreted as a person has taken a photo and after examination realised there was a letter in there somewhere or it could be that the person has recognised an accidental letter, (in nature or otherwise), and then taken the shot.

It comes down to which event occured first......the recognition of the letter or the taking of the shot. I voted slightly higher marks for the shots in which I believed the photo was taken first. Rightly or wrongly, I also voted slightly lower for the shots that appeared staged.

bazz.
 04/11/2005 05:41:29 AM · #148
Originally posted by sir_bazz:
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It could be interpreted as a person has taken a photo and after examination realised there was a letter in there somewhere or it could be that the person has recognised an accidental letter, (in nature or otherwise), and then taken the shot.
It comes down to which event occured first......the recognition of the letter or the taking of the shot.

well, for me it was first taking the shot and then the recognition, although i am sure that for anybody else is obvious the viceversa....
i was just trying a new angle. once i got home i said to myself: hey, this could be great for the contest, it looks like a letter! so i put it on.
anyway, i am happy with my picture

Message edited by author 2005-04-11 05:45:16.
 04/11/2005 10:34:56 AM · #149
Originally posted by bteodorescu:
Originally posted by sir_bazz:
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It could be interpreted as a person has taken a photo and after examination realised there was a letter in there somewhere or it could be that the person has recognised an accidental letter, (in nature or otherwise), and then taken the shot.
It comes down to which event occured first......the recognition of the letter or the taking of the shot.

well, for me it was first taking the shot and then the recognition, although i am sure that for anybody else is obvious the viceversa....
i was just trying a new angle. once i got home i said to myself: hey, this could be great for the contest, it looks like a letter! so i put it on.
anyway, i am happy with my picture

I was out shooting looking for letters in nature, shot many, but also some other shots of things I saw along the way that day. When I viewed them all at home, I couldn't find one I liked enough to enter among the letters I had seen and then shot; but I found one I liked a lot in my extraneous photos. It edited up very nicely and I put it in. It was doubly accidental in the it was not intended as a letter, and the shot was not intended as a challenge shot. Last time I looked it was scoring poorly, and as I vote I see many that strike me as staged. I feel like I am being penalized by the voters for having made an effort to stay close to the challenge topic. And that feeling will be strengthened if I see the staged ones finish with good scores.

Like bteodorescu, I am happy with my picture. I am unhappy with the way the voters are treating it.
04/11/2005 11:02:11 AM · #150
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