It's a personal competition, but you're not competing against others. For the accepted image count to be a score, everyone would have to make the same number of submissions. I recall one PDML member saying he was submitting between five and ten shots every day. That obviously will skew the curve. Which is fine, but that's why it's not a mine vs. yours competition. At least that's what I think. And in the end, none of it matters a hoot:-). Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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.
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