08-18-10 – Have a Seat

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  • #31376
    ravnostic
    Participant

    I’m suffering from a bad case of “don’t-know-what-the-freakin-voters-want” this week and could use some feedback in narrowing down my choices. If anyone feels so inclined and has the time, my potentials are posted here: Potential Have A Seat Entries. TIA…

    I like 10 and 17 especially, but if you do not use 12 (and not 13 but 12), then you are a fool. That’s most excellently executed and a sure hit!

    (*sniffles at the lost opportunity to do better*)

    I’ve been figuring out that less is more most of the time; some of the others, while very good pictures (love the palms, but not for this contest), come across as too busy to me.

    #31377
    zincprincess
    Participant

    My understanding of the theme is that seat or seats should be the focus. That said, I liked #9, 15, 16 and 17.

    The inclusion of #12 is a must. Now I’m wondering if I should try to create my own “seat-scape”.

    #31378
    CauseISaidSo
    Participant

    Thanks for the feedback, rav. The ones you selected are at the top of my list, too, but I also really like 14-16 and I’d really kinda like to post the Concorde pic because although the pic itself isn’t really special, it’s a bit of a surprise if you’ve never seen the inside of a Concorde (you’d think spending $5K on a plane ticket would get you a little roomier accomodations).

    Regarding the “too busy” comment, I think you’re right and the size limitation figures prominently into that. There’ve been many times when I think I’ve found the perfect pic only to see that it looks like crap when resized small.

    #31379
    CauseISaidSo
    Participant

    Thanks, zincprincess! Between you and rav, you’ve hit all of my favorites as well, which means for all practical purposes you’ve both been no help at all! 😉

    Perhaps I should create an alt and run another 3 under that… (j/k of course).

    #31380
    U-Man
    Participant

    I’m in for 12, 16 & 17 as well.

    Decision making for this theme shows the difficulty in choosing between: a good photo, what fits the theme, what I think the voters will think. Will they understand that this theme is about the seat? Or will they be OK with the ‘shiny thing’ + a seat someplace in the frame. 🙂

    I’m going with empty, man-made seats for this one. Partly as a self-imposed difficulty. Partly because I think that fits the spirit of the theme the best.

    /unless I change my mind before go-time….

    #31381
    CauseISaidSo
    Participant

    Decision making for this theme shows the difficulty in choosing between: a good photo, what fits the theme, what I think the voters will think.

    Nail. Head. Direct hit.

    Thanks for the feedback, U-Man.

    #31382
    ravnostic
    Participant

    Decision making for this theme shows the difficulty in choosing between: a good photo, what fits the theme, what I think the voters will think. Will they understand that this theme is about the seat?

    Not that I don’t have a hard enough decision, but what’s you opinion of the cat in the tree?

    The conflict:

    U-Man wrote:
    As orionid so eloquently stated, “If it holds an ass, it is fair game”. I initially thought about man-made seats. But natural or atypical ones are fine.

    vs.

    U-Man wrote:

    As I previously said, open interpretation is fine. I would like the sitting place to have significance though. I mean, just some guy sitting on something isn’t what this is about.

    #31383
    U-Man
    Participant

    The cat in the tree is acceptable. The branch is the seat and it has significance to the photo.

    That said, I think that there is some risk that people would have a different opinion. They might view it as not fitting the theme well enough to vote for it. Or, it might be a huge hit. I have posted photos that have succeeded because they were different. I have had some do worse than I expected because people didn’t “get it” like I did.

    A lonely chair is the safe entry. A cat in a tree is risky but possibly worth it.

    Helpful? 🙂

    #31384
    U-Man
    Participant

    That reminds me of a pic I had lurking in the archives. (I won’t use this tonight.)

    A friend’s dog likes to climb the tree in the backyard. Like, ten feet up.

    http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/farkphotoshop/Rider_9749.jpg

    #31385
    ravnostic
    Participant

    Helpful. Still, it ain’t no #12–that’s the most creative thing I didn’t come up with since…Toybowquelowsis. I’ll nap on it and make the decision in a couple hours. I already took a picture this morning that blew everything prior away (IMHO); to give up two of the original three pains me like a boil on my ass. Damn you, U-Man, for a theme that allowed me to take so many good pictures that I want to be Sybil for a day.

    There’s always IDIDSAPT, however.

    #31386
    CauseISaidSo
    Participant

    A friend’s dog likes to climb the tree in the backyard. Like, ten feet up.

    I’m at a loss for words. I don’t think I’ve ever seen or even heard about a tree climbing dog, but that’s hilarious. I’m not sure how I’d react if I just randomly stumbled on that IRL.

    #31387
    lokisbong
    Participant

    That reminds me of a pic I had lurking in the archives. (I won’t use this tonight.)

    A friend’s dog likes to climb the tree in the backyard. Like, ten feet up.

    http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/farkphotoshop/Rider_9749.jpg

    Back when I lived in Portland Or. I had a friend who had a pit-bull that regularly climbed the oak tree in the front yard. He typically would get around 20 feet up and only fell out once.and that was a cats fault. He was chasing it and the cat was way faster back down than the dog could pull off. Luckily the cat escaped and the dog was uninjured.

    #31388
    Kestrana
    Participant

    If it makes any difference to you CauseISaidSo I am also using a picture from the Concorde…

    #31389
    Elsinore
    Keymaster

    RE: what constitutes a “seat,” I totally am down with non-traditional options like a log or a rock outcropping providing there’s context that shows it’s being used as such. A picture of a random rock or random log with a caption like “I sit here sometimes” just doesn’t really cut it for me. A homeless guy sitting on a railroad tie? That’s a little more in keeping with a looser interpretation of the theme, but I can see an argument for it. It’s not my theme, but surely this theme wasn’t so difficult that people couldn’t come up with photos of actual chairs, benches,sofas, etc.?

    /won’t call you Shirley anymore
    //today

    #31390
    U-Man
    Participant

    I’m an idiot. I have been looking at this name – CauseISaidSo – for the past couple months wondering who CAUSEL was.

    Also, just how am I supposed to pronounce orionid? Orio-nid? Orion-I-D? Oreo-nid?

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