>If the work is compelling enough to be worth >the time, you do it. If not, you don't. I'd much rather look at five >high quality photographs than a hundred poor quality ones. > >Is that "elitist"? If so, folks will have to get used to it, or >not ... I really don't care. I have no intention of saying that I'd >rather look at large numbers of mediocre quality photographs. I >won't, I don't. I call that honesty, not elitism. > >G >
I can agree with this statement. I think I know what a good photograph is and what it's not. No doubt my opinion will differ from others as there is a certain degree of subjectiveness. I can accept that. I expect and accept that not all photographers may have learned, hoaned, developed their skills to the same level. How could that not be the case? I accept that the vast majority of photographs *I take* are not worth keeping or displaying. I try not to display those that are sub-par (whatever that is... in my mind). Even then, in restrospect, I have. I then kick myself and resolve to try harder not to do it. I don't have the time to look at or comment on photographs that are mediocre or poor. I barely have the time to comment on those that I really enjoy, but I do so because I think the photographer deserves to know when others believe they have done good work. I won't give a rip about the PUG if it continues going in the direction it is. Photography, if one is at all serious about it, involves a good deal of thought and introspection both before and certainly after one presses the shutter button. It's more than taking the picture. How do you (collectively) think that the great, admired, famous, published photographers get recognized as such? Not by displaying their photographs that were ho-hum, so-so. They edited them and only presented their best work. OK, maybe most here are not trying to get rich and/or famous with their photography. But if one is in the hobby, I assume that they are trying to improve their skills. In my opinion, when one posts in a gallery, even the lowly Pentax Users Gallery, with no rules or judges, it should be their best work and they should ruthlessly edit it. Submitting no photograph is better than submitting a poor one. Submitting just for the sake of participating, without some quality control, only lowers the overall quality of the gallery as a whole. I'll go one better. :-) I'd much rather look at one high quality photograph than a hundred poor ones. Had to say it. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
