Competitiveness

[aggienaut]

   A picture of mine on flickr, of the Redding Sundial bridge:

Views: 2
Favourited: 0 times
Comments: 0


   Now, an overexposed and all around mediocre picture of that same bridge by someone else on flickr:

Views: 15,720
Favourited: 149 times
Comments: a metric shit-ton.


   Just goes to show the power of totally whoring out your pictures by posting them to 6 groups, and giving it 71 tags. Including such tags as "garden" "engineer" and a whole bunch of strange things like "interestingness=3" and "top-v444". Is this some voodoo that fools search engines into thinking it's more interesting than it actually is?

   Though I guess now I'm gonna go put my own bridge pictures up on the bridge group. Maybe I can get a third view out of it.


Photo Idol!!
   Now speaking of competing photos, (and totally whoring oneself out) I was thinking the other day about a "LJ Idol" style LJ Photo contest. With all due credit to LJ Idol and the illustrious LJ Idol administrator Gary of course.
   But yeah, I'm taking a photo class at the local JC right now, and we have weekly assignments (this week I have to come up with some portraits /: ) and I was thinking, it's like LJ Idol but with photos! ...and not getting voted out.
   Anyway, it seems to me highly likely that there already is such a contest on LJ. Anyone know anything about this?


30 in 30 VI!
   And speaking of shenanigans, June is quickly approaching, which is traditionally the time for 30 posts in 30 days. The ultimate event of the blogosphere. No one get's voted out, but about 2/3rds of people who make the attempt just can't hack it. So who's up to join the brave and valiant 30 in 30 elite? (:

Comments

[wallynotorious.livejournal.com]

That thing does look cool, though.

[onceupon.livejournal.com]

I don't think submitting your pictures to groups and using lots of tags is whoring out your photos. It's the only way people are ever going to see them, generally. And the odd tags are quite possibly for personal use. AND and, other people can add tags.

Frankly, I like the composition of the second photo better. It IS overexposed but there's a lot going on that draws the eye. I love the color of your photo but the scale of the thing is lost.

So, I think your photo certainly deserves more views but if you haven't tagged it more generally, no one is going to find it.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous pictures :D

30 in 30

[memeworrywort.livejournal.com]

I'm in.

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

I'd be totally up for an Idol Photo thingy. That sounds like brilliant fun. And I can probably do the 30 posts in 30 days thing too. Even if some are one liners...

[skitty.livejournal.com]

I like your picture a lot, but I must say, I also like the other one. I see why you say it is overexposed, but the composition is striking. Your photo, however, has a remarkable richness of color. Nice work.

I would definitely be interested in Photo Idol, or whatever you decide to call it.

30 in 30 sounds fun - I'd surely be willing to give it a try. All you have to do is post, right?

[whitelabeldemo.livejournal.com]

Can you not edit their tags so it just says 'shit' and your tags say 'awseome'? : P

[vakratunda.livejournal.com]

It's not good, talking down someone you are in competition with. It's not them that it makes look small.

Better to talk them up, even if (especially if) they don't really deserve it. It makes you look professional and magnanimous.



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[glowy-lovers.livejournal.com]

Fantastic pics :)

[kittenboo.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of doing the 30 in 30 thing too!

[furzicle.livejournal.com]

It's not as obvious with your picture that the tower thingy is part of the bridge. I think that's the big difference.

[fsk8ing-judge.livejournal.com]

That second photo could have been fixed in Photoshop. And I like the photographer's composition. But I prefer yours because you're not sure what's happening at the end of the bridge--I like the fall-off effect. The second photo is a really nice shot of a bridge; your photo is a really good shot that makes you think, makes you wonder. And the photographer who taught me always said anyone can take a nicely composed photo, but only an artist can stir the emotion. And you did, you made me wonder.

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

I like the first picture of the bridge better. The Photo Idol contest sounds like a great idea. Are you thinking of starting it?

[gaeln.livejournal.com]

I just did a meme where you were to post 8 days straight and I only made it to 7. 30? don't think I could unless I planned in advance.

Oh and you photograph, much better than the other. Don't whore yourself out, you want to still be able to respect yourself in the morning, right?

I belong to 100_snapshots but it's really nothing like what you're talking about.