On 25 Nov 2005 at 1:20, Tom Reese wrote: > I like to put my best stuff up against other's best work and see how I do. > Judges are indeed a crapshoot. Sometimes they like my work and sometimes they > don't. It's still fun to see what they like and what they don't (even when > it's > mine). I don't take any of it too seriously. Competing has motivated me to try > to shoot truly outstanding pictures and to become a student of art. My > photography has improved as a result.
I have two main concerns/observations WRT to this type of competition photography, first I believe it tends to artificially unify photographers perspectives of what makes a good image. And secondly I have never found those in competition to be willing at all to share techniques/locations etc, it's all a big secret with the potential to loose competition points if too much information is given up to the enemy. I don't participate in club competitions though I do still visit occasionally, there are some excellent photographers there but few of the really good ones compete regularly. http://groups.msn.com/stgeorgephotographicsociety > Nature photography does indeed make you aware of how intrusive man has become > in > the natural world. Yes, I have a photographer friend who is very aware of the local botany and he often blows away my notions of untouched wilderness by identifying weeds and plants not endemic to the locale. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
