Don't be silly- no offense taken Tan :-) I thought more or the lines of, if everyone voted their one favourite of each month's gallery, at the end of it, one image would be the most popular (like a viewer's choice award)..and it's not like anyone's going to be really disappointed he/she didn't get it, but it'd be a bit of a boost for that shooter, not to mention something else to look forward to in the PDML calendar.. Doesn't mean the awardee shot the technically best picture- I mean, for all you know it's something inside-joke related. I suppose the original title 'Best of Show' wasn't the title I intended.. I just watched a movie (strange strange movie, well not that strange.. but unusual) about a dog show with that title, so it was on my mind. And I guess about Open vs Themed, since it's just which image each person personally likes the best, both categories would be fair game? Also, instead of just having one 'viewer's choice', maybe the three favourites (most votes.. won't be too many, given each person gets one vote) could be shown together with no ranking? Figured a PUG Viewer's Choice 2004 would be a nice gallery to go through. Anyway, I'm not campaigning this, just thought it'd be an idea y'know?
Cheers, Ryan (deviously and insidiously scheming another way to take over the world..) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 1:51 AM Subject: Re: PUG idea.. > Yeah, I tend to agree with Fred on this one Ryan - it is much nicer to keep > it "friendly"and besides that - everyone is so subjective, and photography > is really a matter of opinions rather than something that can be given an > overall scale. This is why I detest the photo.net rating system, as it can > never truly give a representation of the quality of your work, due to the > large variation in people's likes and dislikes. > > Also, now with the added "Open" gallery, how do you judge an image that is > submitted in for eg the "animal" category such as this month's and then a > portrait of a child that is submitted into the "Open" gallery - two very > different genres of photography there. And THEN, you have the difficulty of > judging colour images against black and white... > > Believe me, I know, it is more trouble than its worth. I am the > steward/co-ordinator and main judge for the past 2 years (this year will be > my 3rd) for the Photography Section at our local show (hehe, our small > version of the EKKA), and last year I completely re-did all of the > categories to try and make it easier, and more objective for the judges and > to give fairer competition to the various types of images submitted. Prior > to this there had been colour images up against black and white, landscapes > up against portraits, it was just crazy... > > Anyways, you can all tell me to pull my head in if you like, but those were > just my thoughts on the idea, and I hope I haven't offended you Ryan, by my > voicing them... > > tan. > > Fred said: > > > No. Trying to combine "Friendly" and "Best of Show competition" > > gets you an oxymoron. > > > > Fred > > > > > > > >
