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kakorrhaphiophobia (fear of failure)
kakorrhaphiophobia (fear of failure)
charliebaker


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Failure (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Sony Mavica FD-95
Location: home
Date: May 21, 2006
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: May 22, 2006

 This photo of a white piece of paper was converted through P/S into greyscale, brightness/contrast, hue/sat to grey to match DPC background. Symbolic way to step inside the mind of a kakorrhaphiophob. Most people will view this "photo" as a failure. DNMC? Probably.

Statistics
Place: 118 out of 129
Avg (all users): 3.2346
Avg (commenters): 4.2143
Avg (participants): 3.3750
Avg (non-participants): 3.1942
Views since voting: 1242
Views during voting: 648
Votes: 179
Comments: 29
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/30/2006 09:18:32 PM
Lacks contrast?
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 05/30/2006 07:00:56 PM
Dang, I kept reloading the page. You totally got me. So I'm giving you a 1.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/30/2006 06:24:05 PM
Interesting!
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 05/30/2006 12:22:08 PM
.....
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 05/30/2006 11:23:26 AM
I always rate well gutsy entries like this, however, as you probably know, it is doomed to failure and probably won't even get the "brown ribbon" because of people who like the humor, such as me!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/29/2006 09:37:22 PM
I couldn't say THAT three times...fast.
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 05/29/2006 02:54:04 PM
no photo displayed here . . . .just a blank square
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 05/28/2006 01:10:28 AM
Well my friend, Success does start with a blank canvas. Interesting entry. Very.... errrr... Low Key?!?!? :)
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 05/27/2006 05:46:55 PM
Interesting take on the challenge .. well balanced for colur .. but without the title it is nothing ... hence no picture should rely on the title for approval or disproval.
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 05/27/2006 02:58:04 PM
Failure to provide an image. ;)
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 05/27/2006 10:19:53 AM
In the vain hopes that you're not too terrified to read this comment - 10
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 05/26/2006 04:43:04 PM
made me laugh
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 05/26/2006 01:20:22 PM
It's not something I'd hang on my wall...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/25/2006 07:56:23 PM
You're kidding....I refreshed my screen twice !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/25/2006 05:57:39 PM
I am guessing that you were going for the brown ribbon.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/25/2006 01:15:27 PM
And how can I give you an 'anti-score'??
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 05/24/2006 10:43:28 PM
made me smile! Funny, though I still have to give it a 1 for obvious reasons....................!
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 05/24/2006 09:31:56 PM
awesome.... or failure to put the memory card back into camera, 10 because I completely understand fear of failure, that's one of my biggest downfalls
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 05/24/2006 07:04:27 PM
Funny. At first I thought there was an error with the site because no image was showing up. Now I am wondering how you managed to take a picture of exactly the same backgorund colour as the site in basic editing. Sorry, can't rate this high, though, there is absolutely no photographic info to rate.
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 05/24/2006 04:12:32 PM
tut tut
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 05/24/2006 02:48:44 PM
oh dear, I guess something failed!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/24/2006 02:28:55 PM
LOL
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/24/2006 12:50:34 PM
I have been waiting for 4 hours now for this photo to upload, bad DPC, bad! Hehehehe :P
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/24/2006 11:32:27 AM
I love the idea but suspect a blank might not score well :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/24/2006 11:31:47 AM
you're kidding right? 1
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/24/2006 10:14:22 AM


You may or may not be aware of Gabriel's previous Competition challenge entry. A brown ribbon success/failure to be sure. An interesting conceptual visual idea for the site - related to inertia, competition & failure. For me kakorrhaphiophobia, is an unnecessary reminder, but others may find some merit in it. Your crop is good.

Other related previous conceptual renderings:



To my knowledge the first all white entered, with a similar theme to competition and failure.
undecided - from the challenge: Decisions
by charliebaker



The first all black entered.
No submission because cameras steal souls - from the challenge: Superstitions & Urban Legends
by ClubJuggle



Also related, a brown ribbon from the early challenge: Light Source.
My Hand
by hann

Non challenge honorable mention.
Bear_Music's: Clean - not available.

Message edited by author 2006-05-31 23:58:19.
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 05/24/2006 02:45:46 AM
Been a while since we seen one like this, LOL.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/24/2006 01:43:10 AM
Hahahah. You got me good. I failed to work it out for several minutes.
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 05/24/2006 12:28:28 AM
i see nothing . .
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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