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David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,203 moderator
edited February 18, 2006 in The Dgrin Challenges
Thinking towards Challenge 59, a week away, I'd like to bring a few ideas forward as theme prospects.

Which of these do you think would be fun? Please vote and be heard (or... read).

Rough
not smooth,
uneven,
stormy,
disorderly,
harsh or coarse,
lacking comforts or conveniences,
not polished or finished,
crude,
approximate,
difficult,
a part of a golf course,
a rough time,
to treat roughly

Smooth
having an even surface with no roughness,
even or gentile in movement,
free from interruptions,
obstacles,
pleasing to the taste - bland,
having an easy, flowing rhythm or sound,
polished or ingratiating in a sincere way,
to make level or even,
to free from difficulties,
polish or refine,
in a smooth manner

Quiet
still,
motionless,
hushed,
not noisy,
not speaking; silent,
not easily excited,
not showy,
not forward; unobtrusive,
peaceful and relaxing,
calm,
stillness
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Vote for Challenge 59 Theme Here 91 votes

Rough
48% 44 votes
Smooth
20% 19 votes
Quiet
30% 28 votes

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    GAUG3GAUG3 Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
    edited February 12, 2006
    Has there always been voting on future challenges? If not, I like it.
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    DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2006
    GAUG3 wrote:
    Has there always been voting on future challenges?

    :nah

    If not, I like it

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    DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2006
    GAUG3 wrote:
    Has there always been voting on future challenges? If not, I like it.


    Not always. But often.
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    David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,203 moderator
    edited February 12, 2006
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    CookieSCookieS Registered Users Posts: 854 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2006
    I like quiet
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    snapapplesnapapple Registered Users Posts: 2,093 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2006
    I like Rough. I like textures.
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    David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,203 moderator
    edited February 12, 2006
    This is getting good! Everybody please state your case for one theme idea vs. another. Plus your reasons why it would be better. Frankly, I couldn't decide, so I thought it better to put the power of the poll feature to use.
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    GAUG3GAUG3 Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
    edited February 12, 2006
    CookieS wrote:
    I like quiet

    Me too. Seems like a challenge to capture something that is quiet.
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    DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2006
    i like quiet.... you would get quite an array of images... some of people, some of places, some of things, some of (lack-of) things.thumb.gif just so many possibilities with that one.
    Daniel Bauer
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    vangoghvangogh Registered Users Posts: 353 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2006
    DanielB wrote:
    i like quiet.... you would get quite an array of images... some of people, some of places, some of things, some of (lack-of) things.thumb.gif just so many possibilities with that one.

    I feel Quiet is too much like the Peace challenge we had at Xmas, at least in terms of Time distance
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    cabbeycabbey Registered Users Posts: 1,053 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    I was torn between Quiet and Rough. I've always liked photographing textures, and how the light plays on them, which lead me to either smooth or rough. But frankly, most smooth textures, in my mind at least, make for boring images. On the other hand, quiet is hard to capture... and I've only one idea of what I'd do for it, which I suspect I don't hold alone... so we'd end up with a number of people going for the same concept... which could be interesting. Rough on the other hand I can come up with a dozen or so ideas. In the end, I went with the one I had more ideas for, and picked "rough".ne_nau.gif

    oh, and I too iloveyou.gif it when we get to vote on the subject first.
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    MesaManMesaMan Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    Why not all 3 at once?

    Makes for more of a challenging photo.
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    I voted "rough"
    I think "rough" provides more options for bright vs dark, highlights vs shadows, etc. I can envision a lot of entries would be Ansel Adams' b/w style:-).:):
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    CarolizCaroliz Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited February 18, 2006
    "Smooth" and "quiet" are very similar, many things come to mind that would work for both. I like "rough" as a theme.
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