Malcolm, I hope you would not feel reluctant to post shots here. The pdml and PUG do have some very good photographers and pix, but there has always been an open, welcoming group here. And people are happy to offer comments on what is right or wrong with a photo.
Usually, comments are appropriately scaled to help the photographer grow. Before the K10D was introduced and began to dominate the conversation, PESO's were flying about. Sometimes they were good and sometimes not. Often they were dominated by a few photographers... For better and worse. It's just a matter of what you have a taste for. So please get off the sidelines and make a contribution to PUG, or send us a PESO. I enjoy seeing what others shoot. Regards, Bob S. (PS. My daughter is home from school in Washington, DC. My sister's son will travel to DC on the 15th of January and perform with his college choir at the National Cathedral. I told my daughter it was under repair and she looked at me and asked how I would know that. Did anyone else see the gallery posted with the Cathedral and the satanic squirrel at the end? I did!) On 12/16/06, Malcolm Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom C wrote: > > > A good 50% of the photos displayed here are nothing more than > > stinking street shots of homeless people or mere snapshots > > with very little if any consideration given to composition. > > Sadly, not living in an area of great natural beauty like your good self, > it's very easy to travel a very short distance and see such images which > would easily become photos. What we have here is a photographic conflict of > interest. You've also raised this in part in earlier posts this year in the > quality of images submitted to the PUG. > > I've submitted very few images in the last twelve months directly as a > result of the comments surrounding PUG and other submissions here. Most of > the submissions are of a very high standard - well beyond competition for a > mediocre photographer like myself - and the constant 'raising of the bar' > makes it very difficult not to compete, but to find a place for those of a > lower standard to discuss what's gone right and what's gone wrong with a > particular shot - perhaps this no longer exists or is welcome here. > > As regards the stinking street shots, in an age where the camera is > increasingly being viewed the same way as a weapon and treated accordingly, > I find it fascinating how photographers are still taking pictures, often > very good ones and I often wonder if the image as a reflection of society is > the problem, rather than the technical aspects of the picture itself. > > Malcolm > > > -- > 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
