WIth photo.net one could just create a new presentation for the next theme. Photos would be totally separated and not seen together. I have no idea what other functionality it has or lacks compared to Flickr.
Tom C. >From: skye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: PUG/PESO ...at Flickr? >Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:17:03 -0700 > >(As a flickr user), the only problem that I had with the flickr group >gallery was that there was no way to separate the themes. It's just >all in one lump. I try not to complain without a solution so: My >suggestion is: It would be nice if, after the deadline of the theme >passes, someone (moderator) would upload a "photo" containing the text >of that theme to "cap it off" so to speak. For example, at the end of >June, you could post a photo that has black text "June: Tall Height" >on a white background. After than you can commence with the next >theme's photo submissions. > >On 6/21/06, Michael Christian Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With a tip of my hat to Tom and John's recent comments, I'm not sure >what > > the next incarnation of PUG's gallery should be, but I did try something > > recently that might be set an example of a plausible way to proceed >using > > free photo tools on the net. Specifically Flickr, which doesn't cost > > anything, has no size limitations, and submissions to groups can be > > moderated by group leaders (to trim out the weeds, so to speak). I >figure > > it's better to use free resources than put the burden of responsibility >on a > > few people. > > > > http://www.flickr.com/groups/ok1000/ > > > > A few weeks ago I started this Flickr group to allow Flickr Pentax users >to > > post themed pictures to a showcase gallery, to see how it would go. It's >not > > much right now, but then I didn't expect it to be popular and I'm >surprised > > there are even as many people in the group as there are right now. > > > > Any Flickr account holder can select to join the group, and then they >can > > select images from their personal gallery to be submitted to the group's > > gallery. It works pretty easily. At any time, a user can pull their >images > > from the gallery or add new ones. They're shown in order of submission, >not > > date taken or uploaded to Flickr. On top of this, there are discussion > > threads that can be extraneous to the comments for photos (as some >people > > don't allow comments under there photos). > > > > Uploading images to your personal gallery at Flickr is fairly > > straightforward, although there are upload bandwidth caps for free >accounts > > (20MB a month). But no download caps. This alone makes it pretty >attractive > > to me. At for copyright, Flickr is good at displaying what reservations >you > > keep about sharing the image, and inhibiting copying as best they can. > > > > If someone wanted to moderate a new group, they could then post a >discussion > > thread at the Flickr group's webpage highlighting a winner and runners >up > > after they'd counted votes. Voting could be done in the comments for >each > > picture (a requisite would be to allow comments for these photos), and > > because dates are shown for the comments. > > > > Just thought I'd put it out there for you guys to consider if you're not > > into Flickr. Hey, and if you are at Flickr. > > > > - Michael > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
