The ones the artist likes will only be considered great after the artist is dead. That is the way of it!
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 10:37 AM Subject: Re: Graywolf's List > >> It's even more disturbing when you think a shot is good, but nobody else > >> likes it. It's a bonus when people praise a shot you hadn't personally > >> appreciated. > > >That happens to me ~all~ the time. I'll take a shot, think it'll be just > >great, rush off to the lab, get the print back, ~and I nailed it!~ > > > >Exposure's bang on, composition, framing all perfect, subject is portrayed > >exactly as I wished. I'm thrilled. > > > >I show it to friends, and, nothing but indifference. I put it on photo.net > >for a critique request, and get mediocre reviews. Put it up on PUG, and no > >one comments. > > > >OTOH, some absolute throwaways, absolute garbage, get kudos. Can't figure > >it out... > > > >ciao, > >frank > > Yes you can Frank. It's the reason why I don't enter photographic > competitions - they are simply a complete and utter waste of time IMO. It > all boils down to subjectivity - you like it or you don't. Carry on > making pictures just for yourself - as I do. And in the words of the late > Jeanloup Sieff, "...if someone else likes it as well, too bad!" > > FWIW it happens to me, I'm sure it happens to everyone. > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps > _____________________________ > Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk >
