Oct 2024 POTM voting thread

[Reefing_addiction]

@tbrown

@SueAubu @ritz2077

 

[Mschmidt]

Most important vote of the month here people!

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

I voted!! Let's get those votes in!!

 

[Reefing_addiction]

@tbrown I already voted. Sooooo

 

[tbrown]

Not such a fan of the idea this month, doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.

Me neither and I cringed looking at many of the shots, however there was a lot of discussions against quality pictures and high end cameras or phones used in some shots, add to that the focus on subject vs photo quality so this month potm was to gauge the effect of not abiding by technical perfection.
At the same time the topic opened up the space for some creativity vs photographic excellence and some members went in that direction which was good to see. It'll get mire interesting next month when we compare the shots to the opposite of this month topic ;)

Personally I enjoyed it. There were some shots that were just bad shots period. But I think there were a few creative shots. I approached it as kind of like photography impressionism lol

I may have misunderstood the prompt (or a lot of others did) but I submitted the picture that I did because my understanding was that we were submitting what should have been a good photo but failed slightly for small reasons.

Particulates in the water can be artistic or they can detract from the photo. Wrong color lens can cause dull or off color photos of coral or fish. Focus shifted to something behind or beside the focal point of the picture. Glass is hazy causing dirty looking picture. Etc, etc.

I chose my photo because it is a decent picture that could have been greatly improved. Rocks and sand look dull and gritty, color isn't super bright even though the coral practically glows even in white light. Photo is in focus but the depth of focus is lacking from front to back...

 

[tbrown]

I think a lot of folks took this prompt and purposely messed up pictures rather than attempting a good picture that should have been better?

 

[Reefing_addiction]

I think a lot of folks took this prompt and purposely messed up pictures rather than attempting a good picture that should have been better?

It seems so. I submitted a photo that came out bad…but even one of these photos didn’t seem to be bad …anywho

 

[exnisstech]

I think a lot of folks took this prompt and purposely messed up pictures rather than attempting a good picture that should have been better?

I think I agree.
I took it as the opportunity to intentionally create an image that had interesting subject matter but was technically a bad photo. I used motion to make my photo bad but wanted to have nice splashes of color that can draw focus and enough detail to be able to recognize the subjects. I hoped to create an interesting image that would draw peoples attention and have them want to look and see what was really going on. Maybe I over thought the challenge. I tend to do that sometimes.

 

[Slocke]

I may have misunderstood the prompt (or a lot of others did) but I submitted the picture that I did because my understanding was that we were submitting what should have been a good photo but failed slightly for small reasons.

Particulates in the water can be artistic or they can detract from the photo. Wrong color lens can cause dull or off color photos of coral or fish. Focus shifted to something behind or beside the focal point of the picture. Glass is hazy causing dirty looking picture. Etc, etc.

I chose my photo because it is a decent picture that could have been greatly improved. Rocks and sand look dull and gritty, color isn't super bright even though the coral practically glows even in white light. Photo is in focus but the depth of focus is lacking from front to back...

Are you saying many of the people voting are voting for the worst pic though?

 

[tbrown]

Are you saying many of the people voting are voting for the worst pic though?

No, I'm saying I think we all had different ideas of the prompt which made for a whole variety of different styles of pictures. I'm not saying how to vote (but totally vote for me, it might be my only chance to ever win) I'm just saying that it's an interesting prompt that left some room for interpretation by the submitters which makes for a challenge for the mods that had to pick the submissions for voting.

 

[Slocke]

I voted for 1 (among others) because of the sea monster in the top left of the feeding frenzy. That’s how I voted

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

I took the assignment as an artistic photo that was not technically correct. ie; motion blur, out of focus, flare etc. But still retain a sense of artistic value.
I think the original intention was that anyone with any type of equipment/experience could enter a photo. That the final image was about form, not about having photographic knowledge or a nice camera. I think there are some strong contenders and some that are not.
I am probably wrong, because I didn’t pick the finalists. But that’s how I interpreted it.

 

[00W]

I just take really bad pictures.

 

[Slocke]

So should I have entered this?

 

[00W]

So should I have entered this?

Yes for sure.

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

Should have entered this… oops bad foto….
lol…
BTW if anyone has regrets for voting for my photo #13 you can change your vote by clicking the change vote tab.

 

[EliMelly]

I may have misunderstood the prompt (or a lot of others did) but I submitted the picture that I did because my understanding was that we were submitting what should have been a good photo but failed slightly for small reasons.

Particulates in the water can be artistic or they can detract from the photo. Wrong color lens can cause dull or off color photos of coral or fish. Focus shifted to something behind or beside the focal point of the picture. Glass is hazy causing dirty looking picture. Etc, etc.

I chose my photo because it is a decent picture that could have been greatly improved. Rocks and sand look dull and gritty, color isn't super bright even though the coral practically glows even in white light. Photo is in focus but the depth of focus is lacking from front to back...

I voted for you bc your colony is impressive but not a super high quality picture. I thought it was a bad picture of something nice…

 

[Peace River]

I voted for a nice, bad picture. I was expecting something more in line with the "can you ID this [coral/fish/sasquatch] in my aquarium?" image that looked like the camera was moving and there was vaseline on the lens. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that what I really voted for was a nice, not-really-that-bad picture, because what I really wanted to vote for wasn't an option. Deja vu.

 

[SudzFD]

How do we enter photos for future reference?

 

[tbrown]

How do we enter photos for future reference?

There will be a POTM submission thread posted with a prompt and entry instructions. If you follow the Photography Forum you'll be notified whenever a new thread is posted so you'll always see when the new thread opens.