BartyLobethal

It may be that the work seems better in context, ie when seen <i>with</i> with a greater number of other images. Then the images can be seen as part of a body of work with a consistent approach and...

It may be that the work seems better in context, ie when seen with with a greater number of other images. Then the images can be seen as part of a body of work with a consistent approach and style....

The fact that you think a child hamming it up for the camera is adopting a 'tease pose' says something revolting about you, not the photographer or the child.

This exact same image was entered in a recent 'Creative filters: Polariser' challenge. Only there it appeared to have been taken with a Canon Powershot G12.

If wasn't actually taken with a camera...

I didn't enter either. Does that mean I'm in the running for a win? I suppose I could read the rules and find out, but you know... -- BartyL

Ha! -- BartyL

I think you should do whatever your creative instinct tells you to in this case. Worrying about whether or not 'serious photographers' would do it is worrying about what others might think....

Placed 26^th in the challenge. Railway crane at Yunta, South Australia. Used a 52mm Hoya CIR-PL to darken the sky and separate the cloud from the sky, and saturate the red in the crane.

Placed 43^rd in the challenge. The entrance gates to the former Maralinga Nuclear Testing Facility in South Australia. Seven atmospheric tests were carried out between 1955 & 1963. It's still a 'no go' area.

Well, you've bolded *Perserve the original Camera Format* so I guess that's the one you want us to comment on? Comment: What can this possibly mean? Is the host specifiying that the original...

I'm sure it's a total coincidence... -- BartyL

I have the Samyang AE 14mm f2.8. I find it a bit difficult to focus without resorting to live-view, because everything occupies such a small angular portion of the frame unless you are really close...

You didn't do anything wrong. You certainly didn't attempt to influence voting, much less engage in "vote rigging", potentially or otherwise. -- BartyL

I don't know if I have voted on any of your photos, but I am glad you are learning useful things from your challenge participation. Although there are valid complaints to make about aspects of...

To the person who gave this a 0.5 vote: can you tell my why you thought it either failed to meet the challenge requirements, or why you though it was a particularly bad image? What could I do to...

Interesting. I expected this to place lower than my other entry, although I think it is the more interesting shot. Perhaps the other one was a bit ho-hum?

He did it because "friend voting" is of concern to most who read this forum including you. The facts that: it is /not/ against DPR rules; DPR /actively facilitate the activity/, are twin further...

Nope. A 'fact' has to be supported by evidence to qualify as such. An unfounded proposition is not a fact. Yeah well, I guess he can speak for himself. There was nothing in his post to direct...

Well that's just hysterical. Vote rigging would involve instructing or encouraging people to vote in a particular way, and this is manifestly not the case. So your accusation of "vote rigging" is...

Excellent! I always thought the 'modernised' version was a bit hard on teachers (and no, I'm not a teacher). -- BartyL