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Post by adriansadlier on May 15, 2023 21:52:41 GMT
I entered this photo in a club competition. It was a themed contest for Long Exposure. The Exif data on the file shows a 25" exposure. It is a composite of 3 images. It didn't do well. The judge said it was a technically well executed image but she couldn't "understand" it. She marked it 42 out of 50. The title of the image (visible to the judge who had the files several days before the judging night) was "Tempus Fugit". Does anybody "get" this image, was I being too subtle, or did I just "miss the boat"? |
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Post by petrochemist on May 15, 2023 22:41:01 GMT
I entered this photo in a club competition. It was a themed contest for Long Exposure. The Exif data on the file shows a 25" exposure. It is a composite of 3 images. It didn't do well. The judge said it was a technically well executed image but she couldn't "understand" it. She marked it 42 out of 50. The title of the image (visible to the judge who had the files several days before the judging night) was "Tempus Fugit". Does anybody "get" this image, was I being too subtle, or did I just "miss the boat"? It seems quite obvious to me that the sands of time are going (all too rapidly) from a younger man to an older version of the same man. My Latin isn't up to much, but Tempus Fugit is a common enough phrase to be familiar with it without knowing Latin. |
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Post by zx9 on May 16, 2023 8:12:52 GMT
I entered this photo in a club competition. It was a themed contest for Long Exposure. The Exif data on the file shows a 25" exposure. It is a composite of 3 images. It didn't do well. The judge said it was a technically well executed image but she couldn't "understand" it. She marked it 42 out of 50. The title of the image (visible to the judge who had the files several days before the judging night) was "Tempus Fugit". Does anybody "get" this image, was I being too subtle, or did I just "miss the boat"? It seems quite obvious to me that the sands of time are going (all too rapidly) from a younger man to an older version of the same man. My Latin isn't up to much, but Tempus Fugit is a common enough phrase to be familiar with it without knowing Latin. ^^^ WHS ^^^ I get it and I think you have turned out a great image but it obviously did not chime with the judge. Don't take it to heart, says he who has very little time for competitive photography.
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Post by andy on May 16, 2023 10:15:08 GMT
I get the idea but not sure it is entirely successful.
Perhaps the older face at the top and have most of the sand in the younger half?
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Post by El Sid on May 16, 2023 12:10:19 GMT
Works for me and the concept is hardly obscure. Sometimes there's just no accounting for judges...  |
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Post by mark101 on May 18, 2023 20:20:02 GMT
Photographic Judges are worse than any real judge because they have no laws to guide their findings.
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Post by peterob on May 19, 2023 7:44:29 GMT
I didn't realise it was an hour glass until I read Keith's comment and I hadn't noticed that there were two different faces. I just looked at the top half then scrolled down to the post.
So far too subtle for me and I didn't get the title at all.
When I've submitted this comment I'll go back and see how the original post appears. I suspect I'm seeing only the top half of it in the browser window.
Edit: I should have got it. The post shows to below the neck of the hour glass before the browser window cuts it off. First time I just "saw" the eyes of the upper figure. The top edge of what I now see as sand, acts as a cut-off and I basically only "see" the image from this line up if left to my own devices. I needed the commentary to see the whole. Funny peculiar.
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Post by Chester PB on May 19, 2023 16:38:41 GMT
The old problem of trying to guess what a judge in a photography competition expects from entrants.
I 'got it' immediately, and thinks it's an interesting interpretation of the subject.
What kind of image was the winner?
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Post by Ivor E Tower on May 21, 2023 16:08:38 GMT
Works for me and the concept is hardly obscure. Sometimes there's just no accounting for judges... +1 |
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Post by adriansadlier on May 25, 2023 16:53:25 GMT
The old problem of trying to guess what a judge in a photography competition expects from entrants. I 'got it' immediately, and thinks it's an interesting interpretation of the subject. What kind of image was the winner? The fairly predictable, but well executed, long exposure seascape. |
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Post by zx9 on May 27, 2023 10:13:03 GMT
The old problem of trying to guess what a judge in a photography competition expects from entrants. I 'got it' immediately, and thinks it's an interesting interpretation of the subject. What kind of image was the winner? The fairly predictable, but well executed, long exposure seascape. I am guessing that as well as the above you would have a number of people moving through a night street scene and a couple of car light trails on a motorway type shots. |
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Post by adriansadlier on May 28, 2023 18:14:51 GMT
The fairly predictable, but well executed, long exposure seascape. I am guessing that as well as the above you would have a number of people moving through a night street scene and a couple of car light trails on a motorway type shots. There was the normal range of shots, including the ones you mention - as you would expect when there is a range of members from Novice to Advanced. Unfortunately, the judge not only missed the intent of my image, she couldn't move beyond the "milky water" style of shot (of which she produces some stunning examples). What really P1$$ed me off, is that she, along with two other judges earlier in the year, belong to the same camera club. I joined my current club just under a year ago as it was 10 minutes drive from my house (you can be a member of more than one club). My original club is over 1 hour drive across the city and parking is problematic, to say the least. It was awkward for them judging a fellow club member in another club's competition. One of them apologised for not giving me first place in both categories (open and theme - I got 2nd in both). I understand that. But to say she didn't get it? Funny thing, I posted the image on the FB page of the club she and I are members of. Outlined the theme of the competition and asked for feedback. Every member who commented on the image "got it"and thought it was an imaginative interpretation of the theme. They were all less experienced photographers than she is (she is a FIAP). Most were too young to have studied Latin in school. I've told my old club I will not be renewing my membership at the end of June. |
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Post by MJB on May 28, 2023 18:27:42 GMT
I really don't understand competitive photography, or indeed any form of competition, that is scored purely on someone's personal opinion.
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