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Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 03/10/2004 09:54:13 AM · #1
I just started voting on the Off Screen challenge and realized that many of the images do not fit the challenge as I understand it. How are other people taking this challenge? I guess I thought that the photographer was not the one to have off screen expectations (sexual encounters, etc) but that the subject was. Now I am confused as there are so many that assume it's the photographer's expectations. Help. I figure I will earn even more enemies with this one...
Sony Alpha a6700
Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
 03/10/2004 10:04:30 AM · #2
It topic says there should be something tempting or compelling off screen and that the picture should express that. So it could be the photographer who is tempting, and as long as the image is expressing that it would fit the description.

In any case I am going to be open to other creative interpretations.

Only if I cannot see any expression of temptation, or some suggestion about what is off-screen, then I am going to be hard. Or if the tempting part is on-screen for example.
Nikon D100
 03/10/2004 10:05:18 AM · #3
Everyone will have their own opinion on what does and doesnt fit the challenge. They are opinions and therefore not really right or wrong. You should vote them appropriately to what you think of the photograph both artistically and technically, keeping in mind the challenge topic but not basing your sole opinion on it.

My personal interpretation of the challenge was that any image that made me, the viewer, wonder what was not shown in the image then it fulfilled the requirements of the challenge.
Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 03/10/2004 10:21:44 AM · #4
Thanks to both of you. I didn't express myself well but you both have hit what I was trying to say...the "tempting" (or compelling, etc) part should be off screen and thatr is where I think many images fail (my own as well, I suppose).
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/10/2004 10:30:51 AM · #5
To me, the goal on this was to make the viewer want to see the object of interest that's not shown in the frame. In some cases, you might even be able to tell what the off-screen object is even though it's not actually shown (whether by shadow, reflection or common sense). In others, you might not know what it is, but the look of amazement on the subject's face might be enough to make you want to see it.

If the suggested off-screen subject doesn't appear to be compelling, amazing, or otherwise make me want to see it, then the Challenge was not completely fulfilled. My $.02.

EDIT- ...and if the compelling subject itself is actually visible in the frame, then the Challenge was not met.

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