I guess I will comment here. While I have never submitted anything to the PUG, I do have some opinions (you all knew that).
I feel the PUG because it stays around forever, should be used as a showcase for list members best work. In this day and age of easy Internet posting of photos it does not make sense to use a permanent gallery to post work-shots. When you want to know what others think of your shot and/or how to improve it posting a temporary image as a PESO is more appropriate. If the subject restriction is holding back folks from submitting to the PUG, maybe we should change that to just "my best shot" instead. Changes of format and size are a matter for the maintainers. They are the ones who have to do the work. However, after saying that, in todays age of higher bandwidths, maybe somewhat larger images are called for, especially if it is to be a showcase gallery of what can be done with Pentax gear. Another thought is limiting it to X number of images per month, first come first served. That may make it easier for the maintainers and limit the maximum bandwidth required with larger photos. Also being a bit of a competition to get your image in early might generate more urgency to submit a PUG image. I do not feel there should be any judgment of the images other than the photographers them selves feeling it is some of their best work. When there is a group who judge entries the gallery tends to become very one-sided showing images the judges like, and people tend to produce images that are copies of previous winners. I kind of feel that stymies creativity. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gibikote" > Subject: Re: PUG > > > >> How about PUG poll or open critiques? > > Quite often, critiques that are honest and less than compementary invoke a > less than complementary response. > These can range from outright insults to the person who dared to critique > the image to a response belittling the poster for bothering to take the > picture seriously enough to critique. > > Open critiques don't seem welcome most of the time. > > William Robb > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
