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 07/19/2006 11:13:27 AM · #76
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Sorry for my outburst last night. My scores have recovered to where they are merely disappointing instead of foaming-at-the-mouth-low.

I'll make sure to double my visits to the therapist in the near future.


We're all entitled to a rant every now and then. And I'd take one of your "disappointing" scores any day.

I wonder what your therapist will say when you tell him, "I can't believe my score. It's at 6.9588 and I really thought It'd be at least 7.1. I need another one of those virtual ribbons." :)
 07/19/2006 11:32:59 AM · #77
Votes: 47
Views: 77
Avg Vote: 6.5532
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0

My second highest score ever (well unless it tanks, still lots of room to tank). Almost didn't enter it because I didn't think it was "on the beach" enough and obviously I still can't tell what the voters want.
 07/19/2006 12:14:45 PM · #78
9 votes this morning and I'm down by 0.2 already. Last 3 votes were 3, 4, 4. I'm trying real hard not to use that dreaded "T" word!
 07/19/2006 12:21:36 PM · #79
mine is confusing me? i'm new to this site, this on the beach one is the very first one i've entered but when i click on my profile it says challenges enered . 0. but it's a lie i tell you a lie
 07/19/2006 12:23:24 PM · #80
Originally posted by icca:
mine is confusing me? i'm new to this site, this on the beach one is the very first one i've entered but when i click on my profile it says challenges enered . 0. but it's a lie i tell you a lie


That statistic will change once the challenge is finished :)
 07/19/2006 01:37:37 PM · #81


Message edited by author 2006-07-19 19:39:48.
 07/19/2006 01:48:58 PM · #82
Votes: 63
Views: 72
Avg Vote: 4.6667
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0

Is it just me; or do other people have the problem of thinking they entered a good pic & the scores seem to turn out not so great?

EDIT: nevermind; i see others are having the same problem, glad to see im not the only one =)

Message edited by author 2006-07-19 13:49:55.
 07/19/2006 02:10:12 PM · #83
Originally posted by Rikki:
Originally posted by jdannels:

alrght me and rikki are dancin!


Ok Joe. Are we still dancin?

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Updated: 07/19/06 10:49 am

I still got happy feet
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I'll post my score around a 100 votes

07/19/2006 02:31:14 PM · #84
[quote]
I appreciate your point and certainly don't debate it. I'm just no longer sure that the format of these challenges is really providing any beneficial feedback like I'd initially anticipated or if it's just becoming a waste of time.
"this is by the beach how?" is hardly a helpful critique. I think it's pretty obvious I knew I wasn't submitting an archetypal beach scene. I'd like to improve my photography and my own vision, not just be assimilated and homogenized to the point where my photos could have been taken by almost anyone on the site with an equivalent amount of skill. [/quote]

For me some of the advantage of the challenges is to see how my own unique/artistic view of the world matches what other people see or expect. For me photography is a hobby, but if I was looking to become a professional free advice on how well I understood what I was being asked would be priceless. I try to think when entering "the magazine is called (insert challenge name here) would they put my picture on the front cover, or on page 26?" The other way I look at things is "the store is called (insert challenge name here) and they sell (insert larger more detailed discription of the challange) would they be interested in selling my print?"

There is no harm in entering a really good picture in a challenge it doesn't fit. Your average score goes down a bit, but that doesn't really matter does it? I have a picture that scored 4.913 and was still someone's favorite.
 07/19/2006 02:36:45 PM · #85
Oh, heck, people; I got a shot that is dramatic as all get-out, it's recognizably an ocean beach without any confusion at all, and it's scoring 3.4!

Not that I expected much from it, but... jejeje�

R.
 07/19/2006 02:40:01 PM · #86
was that a 3.4????
 07/19/2006 02:40:11 PM · #87
Originally posted by EricMGB1974:
"this is by the beach how?" is hardly a helpful critique. I think it's pretty obvious I knew I wasn't submitting an archetypal beach scene. I'd like to improve my photography and my own vision, not just be assimilated and homogenized to the point where my photos could have been taken by almost anyone on the site with an equivalent amount of skill.


How is that not a helpful critique? I think it's quite valid, given that the challenges have themes. It's not just about the technical side of photography here, or every challenge would be a free study. Part of the point is to put together a composition which reflects the challenge theme. If the photo doesn't get the theme across, then that is something the photographer absolutely should be told so that they doesn't sit there scratching their head wondering why their entry is tanking. Well, you failed to get the theme across, and there you go. That is definitely a helpful comment.

Unfortunately, if you don't meet the challenge, the voters have little to no incentive to look at the photo any further, as most challenges these days have well over 200 entries each.
07/19/2006 02:46:58 PM · #88
I guess you can't see the beach in my pic, 'cause i'm laying on it.and the view is what i see while "i'm on the beach". love the shot and the place still. 66 votes, 4.055.
 07/19/2006 03:40:10 PM · #89
Originally posted by Rikki:
was that a 3.4????


Yes, that was (and is) a three-point-four :-)

R.
 07/19/2006 03:42:28 PM · #90
Originally posted by Rikki:

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I think I found yours and left a comment.
 07/19/2006 03:50:40 PM · #91
You're a baggie??? If so, thanks for the comment :)

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Updated: 07/19/06 03:47 pm
07/19/2006 03:51:56 PM · #92
Originally posted by EricMGB1974:

I appreciate your point and certainly don't debate it. I'm just no longer sure that the format of these challenges is really providing any beneficial feedback like I'd initially anticipated or if it's just becoming a waste of time.


Can't help you a whole lot with that. It's the 'initially anticipated' that leaves me high and dry. The place gives what it gives. I find it beneficial - if it's stressful then that's something to look out for. It's almost certainly a waste of time to some degree, but it's what I choose to waste a piece of my time on.

Originally posted by EricMGB1974:

"this is by the beach how?" is hardly a helpful critique. I think it's pretty obvious I knew I wasn't submitting an archetypal beach scene. I'd like to improve my photography and my own vision, not just be assimilated and homogenized to the point where my photos could have been taken by almost anyone on the site with an equivalent amount of skill.


It's not a helpful critique, it's a brief indication of how somebody reacted to the picture in the context of the challenge. Maybe that is helpful. Comments are few and far between, no one has much time to do more than vote. Every now and then someone flutters down out of the clouds and shows that they have actually understood what you picture was about. Like satori, it's rare and it doesn't last, but boy is it worth it.

These people couldn't homogenise a cup of tea and two spoonfuls of sugar, especially not in your cup in your kitchen while they're sitting in front of their computers.

Chill.
 07/19/2006 03:55:49 PM · #93
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Rikki:
was that a 3.4????


Yes, that was (and is) a three-point-four :-)

R.


This leaves me puzzled brother Bear. How could you, of all people, manage to score a 3.4 on a challenge you are most comfortable with? Yikes. Heads up. It seems folks are just going through voting fatigue this early in the voting process. With over 700+ entries in both Open Challenges, it's a "bear" sometimes to vote.
 07/19/2006 04:27:24 PM · #94
Originally posted by Nitin:


I think I found yours and left a comment.

*cough* sorry something in my throat
 07/19/2006 04:30:52 PM · #95
Votes: 70
Views: 97
Avg Vote: 6.4000
Comments: 4

wtf?
 07/19/2006 04:56:52 PM · #96
yay mines working now.

Votes: 66
Views: 85
Avg Vote: 4.1061

not bad for my first ever entry...i guess, ooh it's nail biting stuff eek
 07/19/2006 05:02:25 PM · #97
Originally posted by jdannels:
Originally posted by Nitin:


I think I found yours and left a comment.

*cough* sorry something in my throat


LOL! hehehehehe! Joe you need to have your throat checked ;)
 07/19/2006 05:18:01 PM · #98
Originally posted by kudzu:
Votes: 5
Views: 9
Avg Vote: 5.0000
Comments: 0


Votes: 87
Views: 119
Avg Vote: 5.9770
Comments: 7

been climbing back up all day... woohoo!
07/19/2006 05:27:55 PM · #99
According to 77 voters and 5 commentors - mine is a scosche below 6 :/
 07/19/2006 05:30:55 PM · #100
Originally posted by idnic:
According to 77 voters and 5 commentors - mine is a scosche below 6 :/


hmm... i wonder... would a scosche be more or less than 0.023?
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