DUH!!!!!!!! I sat here for days and said to myself . . .stay out of it . . . but no I had to put my two cents (or pence, etc.) worth in and I begin by addressing my comments to the wrong person. Sorry William . . . Sorry Chris . . . -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Thornsberry [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 11:54 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: No more PUG comments - My thoughts for William, et. al William, et. al., First let me say that even if official PUG comments don't continue I will appreciate any comments people care to share. I participate in this community for three reasons. #1-To help me wisely spend my money on (primariy used)equipment. #2 - To help me understand the equipment I own. #3-To improve my photography. So far I have taken a very small number of pictures that I think are pretty good. Some by accident and a couple most recently because I visualized what I wanted and carefully worked through the process to get the image I was after. I want to maximize on that process. I am 100% amateur and want to be better. My submission this month is not my best work. I was travelling cross country and happend to be at the location for about 30 minutes late morning as the family took a rest stop. Due, at least, to direct lighting, It is a picture that pushed my abilities a little too far. I submitted it in hopes to get one or two people to offer one or two straightforward suggestions to make it incrementally better. Hey, this picture is where I am. After a few thousand incremental improvements I may be where some of you are. Remember, it took you years to get there. Consequently, my hope is we continue with the commentary process. The other morning when I read Shel's commentary I thought "Ouch! Shel must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed. He's gonna hear about this." And hear he did! So, to me, we all found out that so much honesty, not tempered with a more graceful delivery is outside what many in the group consider to be socially acceptable. We all learned a little better where to set the boundaries. I think it's premature to pull the plug on commenting on the PUG. (rhyme intended) Geez! It's only the second month. I think the comments were a great idea. I hope they continue. Thanks for all the work so far. Kevin Thornsberry - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
