No way it could be stated any better, Frank. Their not having anticipating a volume crunch is, however, hard to imagine. Could be they consider "accepted artist" voting a handy explanation..if needed. When 'proven' laudable work is summarily declined, incentive wanes.
Jack --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/27/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snip> > > Actually I see any photographic competition as utterly pointless. > <snip> > > I agree 100%! > > Funny thing is, I didn't see The Pentax Gallery as a competition. I > thought that as long as the photos met a minimum standard, they were > in, and it would be a cool place from which to show photos. I didn't > see it as "grading" or "rating" photos, merely "accepting". > > I think it's that misconception that pisses me off most. I didn't > understand it as a competition at all, and clearly it is. I know my > photos aren't all pretty or pleasing or spectacular, so really they > don't stand a chance against some that are in the gallery, but I have > to admit to feeling a bit stung when I saw some rather banal, > ordinary > photos that got accepted, while mine all got the boot. It may be > that > these other photos were accepted early, when there were far fewer > voters, and the gallery "needed" photos, but it certainly points to a > glaring inconsitency in the acceptance procedure, IMHO. > > Too bad, because had it been set up properly, it could have been fun. > Having everything rejected isn't fun at all... > > cheers, > frank > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
