Well, Robb, I'm not surprised that it's being viewed as a competition. If one chooses to consider the accepted image count as a 'score' against which one is competing, then it's a competition. Your choice.
Jack --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack Davis" > Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery "Resignation" > > > > 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. > > > > >> <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... > > It's unfortunate that you believe that getting your photos to meet a > minimum > standard isn't a competition. Any time someone puts up a bar that you > need > to clear to get a reward, it is a competition. > Just because you aren't competing with another person, doesn't mean > you > aren't competing, it just means that the rules of the competition are > such > that you are competing against a standard. > OTOH, I really do think the people running the gallery totally > buggered up > when they changed the acceptance procedure into a peer based > popularity > contest. > > William Robb > > > -- > 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.
