How important are the votes anyways? How many does a photograph need to be accepted or declined, or do the judges decide things?
rg2 On 8/29/07, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Noticing the titles seems to be an inadvertent thing for me. I don't > try to avoid them and was just expressing my involuntary reaction. > > Jack > --- Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And I don't pay much attention to the titles. > > > > Kenneth Waller > > http://tinyurl.com/272u2f > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting > > > > > > > Something that surprises me a bit is my dismay at many of the > > titles. > > > I don't find myself reviewing the equipment as much as I would have > > > expected. > > > It seems the oblique nature of many titles portend the lack of > > > experience or eye of the photographer and, in most cases, fail to > > add > > > the needed drama. > > > > > > Jack > > > > > > --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Well, obviously I am part of the problem - I'm one of those voting > > on > > >> the images. > > >> > > >> When voting, the images are presented somewhat as they > > >> are submitted. Quite a few times now, I have seen maybe 10-30 > > images > > >> all of a trip with some commentary much like you'd show travel > > photos > > >> to your friends. There might be one or two photos worth > > submitting > > >> to > > >> the gallery, but not all of them. Most of those I have seen like > > >> that > > >> were all shot with the kit lens or sometimes the DA 50-200. As > > these > > >> are the low priced lenses in the line, it stands to reason that > > >> someone either new to the Pentax line or new to photography would > > >> purchase and use them. Someone more seasoned would not submit > > that > > >> many similar images - only the real standouts. > > >> > > >> I guess another way to put it would be that when you notice the > > lens > > >> used is quite expensive, you have a notion that perhaps the > > >> photographer is more serious about their work - this is not always > > >> the > > >> case, but more often than someone shooting the kit lens. > > >> > > >> That is the explanation - it doesn't mean at all that a great > > photo > > >> can't be produced with either of those lenses - and I have seen > > quite > > >> a few great shots done with those lenses. But I have also seen a > > >> large percentage of shots done with those lenses submitted that > > >> didn't > > >> really cut the mustard. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Best regards, > > >> Bruce > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel > and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 > > > -- > 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
