>You need to study the compositional aspects of many of those pictures. the lack of composition was my point
rg2 On 9/13/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need to study the compositional aspects of many of those pictures. > Sometime it takes more than a quick glance. What looks like a snapshot may > only look like that because you don't know what work went into the > composition. > > Anybody can take a picture of a leaf laying on a dirty sidewalk also. > There's millions of leaves laying on dirty sidewalks all over the USA and > other parts of the world. Taking a picture of one of them does not make it > art. > > The fact is people like beautiful photographs of beautiful places because > beauty is almost universally appreciated. > > Tom C. > > > >From: Rebekah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery > >Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:25:33 -0400 > > > >A lot of the pictures on there seem like crisp snapshots of pretty > >things rather than good photographs. Anyone can take a well focused > >picture of something pretty, but is it really worthy? I don't know. > >Perhaps we're just back to the "art" discussion. > > > >rg2 > > > > > >On 9/13/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Welcome to the Camera Club, Frank. If your photos don't look like > >everyone else's photos you do not know how to take pictures... > > > > > > > > > frank theriault wrote: > > > > To those who've complained that not all of your photos have been > > > > accepted in the Pentax Gallery, quit yer bitchin'! > > > > > > > > Not one of mine has been accepted so far. > > > > > > > > Not a single one. > > > > > > > > I've still got about 6 pending, but 6 have been rejected outright. > > > > Street shots, still lifes, sports shots (Corner Kick, fer gawd's sake > > > > - and if I'm allowed a moment of immodesty, that was a muther of a > > > > photo!), portraits. None of it "good enough". > > > > > > > > I no longer hold great hope for my participation in this venture. > > > > > > > > I kind of feel like not submitting any more. If the 6 that I have > > > > pending are rejected, I guess I'll know that I don't measure up to > > > > their standards (whatever they may be), and find another place to show > > > > my piccies... > > > > > > > > cheers, > > > > frank > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > >-- > >"the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition" > > > >-- > >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 > -- "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
