Haggle poll

41 Comments

1. splitting the difference is like dividing something evenly

2. I went for the sharp one. It might be due to being exposed to murky elements recently. I am badly affected by environmental conditions recently.

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   • we shall test that with an updated image in the future

3. I picked the softer one, thank you for sharing

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   • I thank you for voting, please look forward to the final version

4. I voted for the sharp one, too

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   • Thanks for lending a hand, ellie25!

5. I voted for the softer, the other was too busy for me.

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   • suddenly, the tide turns…

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     • I like being different.

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       • I like you regardless of your similarity

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6. thank you for sharing your opinion

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   • I figure the background might stand to soften a bit but the figure needs to stay sharp

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7. AM I the only one who prefers the non-sharp version?
   The sharp one looks too “aggressive” for the eye to me…

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   • It is perhaps a little too attention grabbing

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     • it is but not exactly in a good comfortable way, at least to me

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       • yeah, I should dial it back somewhat

8. I find the sharp treatment a little clearer than the soft treatment on this one.

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   • this is the virtue of a sharp treatment

9. yes the sharp treatment is much clearer

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   • sharpening makes the image clear in one way but also noisy…

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10. I find the sharp treatment a little clearer than the soft treatment on this one. I love the photo as well this is really cute.

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    • thanks for letting me know your thoughts on the subject

11. This is like the eye exam where one is a little fuzzy and the other is too sharp. I would like to see a middle ground on this one. Do you have a filter that could soften without distorting?

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    • I have more settings than you can shake a stick at. Which is kinda the problem. But I agree, it doesn’t really seem like either extreme is going to work here…

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      • Better is the second version … but I agree that there could be something in the middle.

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        • I will try to split the difference, perhaps with a sharper bias

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    • is this an endorsement for splitting the difference?

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      • splitting the difference is like dividing something evenly

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      • this is the plan, and you can judge the results for yourself when it is done

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      • So do I, and who knows- perhaps we both get what we want

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      • don’t ever let anyone tell you you’re not an optimist

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      • So where are you now; glass half empty or wrong drink?

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      • there are three types of people; glass half empty, glass half full and this isn’t what I ordered…

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      • I don’t know how to explain it any more clearly than I just did

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      • you and me, both… too many replies to keep straight

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      • yeah, if it all went unsaid nobody would miss it

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      • it figures I can reply to this one, which doesn’t require a reply…

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      • your replies aren’t being credited?

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      • I wonder if that is a bug or an unannounced policy change

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      • that makes sense, the cutoff is three replies?

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