total # of qualifying challenges

Justiceiro

None of the challenges so far have really "grabbed me." Does anyone have any idea of how many total qualifying rounds there are? If I don't enter this one, how many other chances wil I get?

Andy

Justiceiro wrote:

None of the challenges so far have really "grabbed me." Does anyone have any idea of how many total qualifying rounds there are? If I don't enter this one, how many other chances wil I get?

All the details, here in this sticky thread, right here in this forum: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=54952

Shay Stephens

There are a total of 20 qualifying rounds open to dgrin members. So I still have another 16 chances left to find a theme that interests you

Justiceiro

Shay Stephens wrote:

There are a total of 20 qualifying rounds open to dgrin members. So I still have another 16 chances left to find a theme that interests you

Der!

How about choosing my favorite theme "whatever I happened to get a great shot of this week."

Shay Stephens

Justiceiro wrote:

Der!

How about choosing my favorite theme "whatever I happened to get a great shot of this week."

There are a number of those! You just have to be eligible for a semifinal or the Grand Finale! So, all you have to do is qualify once and then you get yaur wish

Justiceiro

Shay Stephens wrote:

There are a number of those! You just have to be eligible for a semifinal or the Grand Finale! So, all you have to do is qualify once and then you get yaur wish

I know, but for some reason I seem to totally lack baraka. Every time there is a theme chosen, I took a picture that would be perfect for it, two days before the eligibility period started.:cry

And, obviously, you can't slide shots with "doctored" chronology past our good doctor.

Andy

Justiceiro wrote:

And, obviously, you can't slide shots with "doctored" chronology past our good doctor.

Don't even think about it

:gun2

richtersl

Justiceiro wrote:

Every time there is a theme chosen, I took a picture that would be perfect for it, two days before the eligibility period started.:cry

Here's what you need to do: wait two days before taking that photo.

All kidding aside, I know that feeling. You can always try a reshoot and who knows, it may even turn out better than the earlier shot. You never know.

Shay Stephens

Justiceiro wrote:

I know, but for some reason I seem to totally lack baraka. Every time there is a theme chosen, I took a picture that would be perfect for it, two days before the eligibility period started.:cry

Well this is one of the things the contest is designed to help you with! If you were to shoot photography for a living, you would need to be able to shoot on demand. And you can't learn that skill if you sit out the contest waiting for just the right one to come along.

So start entering and working through the pain of failure. Only then will you start to grow your skills to shoot on demand and not just opportunistically. When you can shoot on demand, your own personal abilities grow as well and you will find more satisfaction and success because of it.

DRabbit

Shay Stephens wrote:

Well this is one of the things the contest is designed to help you with! If you were to shoot photography for a living, you would need to be able to shoot on demand. And you can't learn that skill if you sit out the contest waiting for just the right one to come along.

Maybe that's why I like the challenge of these type of contests so much... I have to be creative-on-demand daily and I love the thought process of coming up with an idea that someone else wants me to somehow showcase.

I can tell you, the amount of work I'm doing this time around is enough to allow me to pretend I'm getting paid - - I have to organize and plan and schedule and try to get all the pieces to come together. If all goes well my shoot is tomorrow so I hope to be sharing the story soon!

Shay Stephens wrote:

So start entering and working through the pain of failure. Only then will you start to grow your skills to shoot on demand and not just opportunistically. When you can shoot on demand, your own personal abilities grow as well and you will find more satisfaction and success because of it.

I couldn't agree more. The amount you learn just by venturing outside your comfort zone is invaluable, and the best prize of them all!

Nikolai

DRabbit wrote:

The amount you learn just by venturing outside your comfort zone is invaluable, and the best prize of them all!

Hear, hear!
Nicely said, Amy!