Siesta (afternoon break)

Challenge #6 in the Life in your corner ... real time series. Hosted by buckshot.

Challenge has finished

We continue through your day ... you know these do not have to be awesome award winning images although I love it when they are, they just need to be about you using your camera through the day and taking us places we will never go. Take us with you

Show full rules

submission
phase has

ended

36 entries

voting
phase has

ended

512 votes

Voting results: 36 entries Slideshow of 3 1 Page: 4 Rows:

1^st

(winner)

2^nd

(runner up)

3^rd

(runner up)

4^th

5^th

6^th

7^th

8^th

9^th

10^th

11^th

12^th

13^th

14^th

15^th

16^th

1 / 3

Challenge comments

Total comments: 19

Too many .5 and 1 point otes!.... Are all those shots that bad or someone is trying to sandbag!?...

0 upvotes

Maybe they are entries that the Host should have DQed . . . there are some that he didn't bother to check on.

0 upvotes

What is up to you? So important to be supported with insults. Wrong place for you, I have being here before you and long enough to learn manners at least. I had long ago climb over and out of my backyard fence to learn and explore about the world and respect other peoples opinions without being the nameless thing you appear to be.

1 upvote

What's up Wildbegonia's ass? Yes there are a lot of subjectless photos on here, but everyone's entitled to their own artistic interpretation of a theme. Have fun with it – if you're not, why are you here?
I agree with Buckshot, the votes will decide which are fitting and which aren't.

Comment edited 4 minutes after posting

0 upvotes

Settle this with you votes ... the entries stand unless it is out of the entry date. Lighten up folks

0 upvotes

I will abstain.

0 upvotes

So you would rather let an image win you think does not meet the challenge? If anything it should prompt you folks to vote to make your case!

Comment edited 34 seconds after posting

0 upvotes

When are you going to DQ the CHEATs ? or aren't you bothering to check ?

0 upvotes

The host should take his sweep and wipe off (DQ) all the contributions made by illiterate people who are not capable of reading or understanding the title or don’t care. This challenge is full of images which are not following the rules and don't have anything to do with the subject. Hosts should not allow this.

0 upvotes

The challenge description implies that the photo should be taken during the afternoon - "using your camera through the day and taking us places we will never go." Doesn't need to be of people sleeping

0 upvotes

...well, there lies the discrepancy! because "siesta" , wheather someone is thinking of redifining the English, Spanish or 'Crappish" diccionary means: afternoon nap.
Oh! now that I am thinking, people do have an alternative here: sleep walking in mid afternoon, holding a camera and chasing a photo oportunity. K)

Comment edited 3 minutes after posting

0 upvotes

So far 32 entries of which 21 deserve to be disqualified cause the images have nothing to do with siestas much less with afternoon breaks. Stars are given when voting, any suggestions about what to give for disqualifications?

Comment edited 6 minutes after posting

1 upvote

0.5 is for images not following the rules. I agree with you, it is annoying with all these people who don't read the rules and just post any crap totally OT.

0 upvotes

Siesta is someone sleeping at mid-afternoon. Sorry but lack of clarity invites participants to summint just whatever as if anything goes. Does not levels up with the standards and quality of the challenges and DP site.

Comment edited 2 times, last edit 4 minutes after posting

0 upvotes

"Siesta (afternoon break)" how can that be unclear for anyone?

Comment edited 13 seconds after posting

0 upvotes

it is beyond me.

Comment edited 2 times, last edit 3 minutes after posting

0 upvotes

Like and agree with both account, but I specially do not agree with the host's understanding of what a siesta is. Boy, I see a lot of entries that have nothing to do with what a siesta is. A siesta by definition in spanish language (not a mere or poor translation) is someone sleeping not just having a break seated or simply contemplating.

Comment edited 5 times, last edit 15 minutes after posting

0 upvotes

I dislike challenges with capture date rules. I don't think they serve any useful purpose and I would like to urge fellow participants not to bother with challenges containing them in the future.I would also like to ask the host to be a bit more careful about what he asks for in a challenge. Siesta means "midday rest or nap in the hot countries", not just "afternoon break" as mentioned in the challenge. I think it is usually a good idea for participating photographers to have an exact understanding of what they are trying to depict....

2 upvotes

Too bad!

"useful purpose" ... this is a photo challenge not a learning tool.

The "purpose" of the capture date rule is to get current images and get folks out taking images. It is to break away from the folks that keep entering the same images into new challenges. Clear enough?

I would ask that you be less narrow minded ... should I define that for you?

0 upvotes

Total comments: 19

Shortcut keys:

p previous

n next

Editorial content

Product database

Community

Finishing today
Texas	30/50 entries
1 day left
Strength in Weakness	45/100 entries
Kid's Birthday Parties	25/50 entries
Safe and Sound	38/50 entries
-The Roadside Fruit Seller- (Full Colours Only with Border and Title)	15/50 entries
2 days left
Defense	70/ entries
3 days left
Magazine editorial: What we can't see	52/100 entries
4 days left
- Jungle Trekking - (Full Colours Only + Border, Title, Date)	10/45 entries
Australia 2 : Its People (Environmental Portraits only)	6/35 entries
Turtles	45/100 entries
5 days left
Parachutes	14/ entries
JELLY BEANS!	2/200 entries
Economic Inclusion and Illusion	5/100 entries
Buddha	10/100 entries
6 days left
Weird, Bizarre Fungi in Nature	1/100 entry
Ancient Ruins	0/100 entries
Microscopic (color only)	0/100 entries
My best picture this week	3/50 entries
Full challenges
Lucky Shot	100/100 entries
Beaches	70/70 entries

Finishing today
Multiple Modes of Transport	548 votes, 48 entries
At the zoo	531 votes, 50 entries
Bubbly !	742 votes, 50 entries
1 day left
-All Dressed Up~Couples in a Photo Shoot- (Full Colours Only with Border)	133 votes, 16 entries
Power of Play	254 votes, 41 entries
Music people	1133 votes, 100 entries
New Life - Spring Flowers	526 votes, 50 entries
2 days left
Men who eat quiches	106 votes, 22 entries
My Camera Bag! (Capture Date Rule)	308 votes, 22 entries
3 days left
Catalog filler: Summer picnic	15 votes, 3 entries
Wndy	847 votes, 70 entries
4 days left
- National Parks I- (Full Colours Only + Border, Title, Date)	472 votes, 72 entries
Australia 1 : Nature	815 votes, 32 entries
Rainbow in the Sky	440 votes, 64 entries
Colorful: Red and Yellow	707 votes, 75 entries
5 days left
View from the top - Forests	91 votes, 18 entries
Hugs, hugs and HUGS	178 votes, 66 entries
National Food	140 votes, 54 entries
Art made from old electronics	50 votes, 8 entries
Wooden Statues of deities	68 votes, 34 entries
Chasing	236 votes, 50 entries
6 days left
Beetles	0 votes, 67 entries
Wind Turbines	76 votes, 77 entries
Everyday Life: MACRO	0 votes, 100 entries


	Voting results 36 entries My entries Login required My votes Login required