No one theme is going to be accessible for all list members,
regardless of how universal we try to make them. If, for example
there's a wide angle theme, perhaps those that don't have a wide
will be excluded, but next month, if there's a telephoto theme,
those with no tele lenses will be exclude. But, overall, there's
something for everyone to participate in at least half the time.
What could be more fair than that, other than to always have an open
gallery in which anything goes?
It might be noted that some galleries, with specific themes, have
had the greatest participation. If I recall, the Details gallery
was pretty big, and that required some very specific equipment in
order to participate. While it's true that there are many ways to
achieve a close up, a poor student may not have the wherewithal to
buy even an inexpensive close up lens, while others on the list have
several macro lenses, extension tubes, bellows, and the like.
No matter what we do, someone, at some time, will be excluded. But
if we gravitate towards the lowest common denominator, creativity
may suffer as might the enjoyment of both the participants and the
viewers.
--
Shel Belinkoff
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There are no rules for good photographs,
there are only good photographs.
Chris Brogden wrote:
> I would agree with you there. A photo lab should only charge a few bucks
> or less to make a low-res scan to a floppy, but I'm sure there are people
> who either can't afford this or have no access to this service. All the
> same, I think that should be *more* reason to try and make sure that the
> themes themselves are open to anyone. The same people who can't afford to
> buy a scanner or have monthly scans done are likely to be the same people
> who can't afford a lot of different lenses for their camera. If it's hard
> enough as it is for them to submit images (and there's nothing we can do
> about that), then why give them more difficulty with the themes?
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