I no longer harbor dreams of scores on the plus side of 5 during DPL. I have been dutifully beaten into submission and filled with self-doubt. Heck, I'm not even sure if this is a landscape! I am, however, reasonably happy with it. Taken on a pull-out along the Pacific Coast Highway, somewhere after Ventura and before Malibu.
Touch of Topaz for contrast, converted using Nik Silver Efex with no presets, applied in normal blending mode.
[Apr. 26th, 2010 10:52:06 AM]
Silly me. I actually didn't think this totally sucked. I was wrong!
Yikes. 35%? That's really not good, is it?
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Place: 247 out of 382 Avg (all users): 5.2517 Avg (commenters): 6.5000 Avg (participants): 5.2255 Avg (non-participants): 5.3061 Views since voting: 907 Views during voting: 240 Votes: 151 Comments: 11 Favorites: 0
I have to admit I am fairly ambivalent about this photo - I don't think this standard view of seeing the landscape suits your eye, photo vision, style. I far prefer your street work, urban landscapes, and quirky urban landscape details.
An interesting observation. There has definitely been a shift in your primary subjects since moving from Germany to California. Perhaps that is part of the issue. Perhaps you just need to "find your groove" to utilize a tired cliche. 5 1/4 is not a bad entry at all, it just missed the broad appeal mark and is a bit lower than you are used to.
This was also a tough challenge for many of us. Even DrAchoo only managed in the mid-5's, and left a remark on his own entry saying "Basic editing sucks". The combination of b/w plus basic editing made this one of the harder challenges, IMO. My own scores have been roughly in the same area as your own.
I have to admit I am fairly ambivalent about this photo - I don't think this standard view of seeing the landscape suits your eye, photo vision, style. I far prefer your street work, urban landscapes, and quirky urban landscape details.
Deb..you finished reasonably well and the median vote of 5, the middle, so you grabbed a lot of folks, with score 6 a decent second, I think you're onto something. You have a great eye and your portfolio bears that out..so just keep shooting! I would miss your view of the world if you were to stop!
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