I know the "in certain parts of the world" argument comes up all the time, but it doesn't hold that much water for me in this case.
Let's look at it from another perspective. Let's say there was a photo challenge site that was based in the UK and that the majority of the participants are from the UK (similar to how most of the participants at DPC are from the US). The challenge theme at the UK photo site is "Holiday". Let's say some US submitter took a picture of people standing in a long line to buy Christmas presents. I would expect this photo to do poorly, because clearly to folks from the UK, "Holiday" has different meaning. A quick trip to a UK-centric online dictionary would have told the US submitter that the primary definition of holiday in the UK is a synonym for vacation (leisure time away from work; devoted to rest or pleasure).
OK, maybe not a great example, but the best I could come up with for now.
I would think that non-US participants could easily look up 'garden' to better understand the challenge theme and compose a shot more in line with the spirit of the theme (since I'm sure most parts of the world have "plots of ground where herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables are cultivated".) Actually, more US participants probably should have checked the definition of "garden" as well... :-)
Yes, I know the challenge topics are open to a lot of interpretation. I'm just saying that I didn't see anything that said the photo was "somehow related to the garden" in some of the pictures I've looked at so far.
Message edited by author 2003-07-30 07:45:57. |
