I wonder if it is possible that I would miss some photos during voting? I have never actually voted on a challenge or left any comments, but recently have been viewing the entries during voting (often looking at each entry) and then going though them again when the results are posted. I could be crazy, but I would swear that there are images in the results pages after the challenge is over that I never saw during voting. Is that possible?
It takes several seconds for an image to burn itself on your memory - more than 5 seconds.... if you pop through a challenge voting each shot in less that 5 seconds, then odds are your only going to remember a small percentage of all you saw just a few days later. Gotta love human swiss-cheese memory. However, if you see an image for 5 seconds or longer, chances are you will actually remember all 200+ or 300+ weeks after a challenge has ended. I love studies of memory skill.
Actually the though that I might be missing some images came to me when I was specifically looking for an image during voting, well sort of. I was trying to identify a specific photographer's image during voting to see if I could spot her "style". I mentally took a guess at which image was hers and then went back to see if I was right when the results were posted. When I saw the one that was hers I felt like I had never seen that photo before, and from some of the aspects of the photo I would have assumed that had I saw it I would have at least considered it as possibly hers (looked at it for longer than 5 seconds). Does that make any sense? And does anyone else do this?
I sort of feel bad now that I have been spending so much time viewing almost every single photo but not voting. I have been "visiting" the site for months now and registered weeks ago (not yet a member), and just started posting and submitting. I am sure voting will come next, but I am still so eager to see how people will respond to my photos and not so confidant voting/commenting on others. I guess I should.
I am interested in the talk about memory this brought up. I can't say my memory is very great, but I can say that I remember images much better than anything else. I see a lot of images day in and out and often can't remember anything but that I have seen that image at sometime. But, I am sure I can't remember them all.
I have been "visiting" the site for months now and registered weeks ago (not yet a member), and just started posting and submitting.
Considering that you registered 8.5 months ago, you're apparently right...your memory isn't that great. ;)
WOW!!! I think I must have registered and let it "sit" and then just started using it, forgetting that I had registered already. But point taken! I should clarify, I did think my "visual memory" was pretty good, but no guarantees on anything else!
