Questioning kind peoples motives is a good thing. Ego allows blind acceptance.
Jack --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "... especially kind people". > > Point taken and agreed. That's one of the problems I constantly > battle > against. I like kind people. > > :-) > > 1. I don't want to think my images are good just because I pressed > the > shutter or because I may have a personal attachment to the subject. > 2. On the other hand, just because a preponderance of people seeing > the > image say they like it, does not make it a good or successful image. > Those > people could be responding that way because they really like me, or > they > could be reacting that way because they like the subject matter. > There's a > fair chance that most people viewing the image couldn't really tell > you why > they like. > 3. Or, I may have a good image that just doesn't strike a chord with > most > people. > > That's why I've ranted a little bit in the past on this. Not every > image > displayed is worthy of praise, yet it seems almost invariably the > image is > praised... maybe it's kindness, maybe as a mistaken way of > encouraging the > photographer to keep trying, I don't know. > > Could be I'm overanalyzing. :-) > > > Tom C. > > > >From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery "Resignation" > >Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:02:43 -0700 (PDT) > > > >..especially kind people. > > > >Jack > >--- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >I've got a fair number of images accepted into the Gallery & > several > > > into > > > >the Premiere Gallery. > > > >I've handed out my Pentax gallery address to a lot of people & > the > > > response > > > >I get back from most of them is that are really impressed with > the > > > overall > > > >manner in which the images are presented. > > > > > > It's not bad, but most people love my photos when I show to them. > > > Yippee! > > > :-) However, I'm pretty sure I could show them my rejects or > images > > > I don't > > > like and they'd love them just as much. Most non-serious > > > photographers are > > > not looking at an image or a site with a critical eye. > > > > > > Overall I find people to be too easily impressed. > > > > > > > > > > >I couldn't have done that kind of presentat > > > > > > ion without having my own web > > > >site with its attending costs & maintenance. > > > > > > > >And yes, I'm getting more rejections now than early on. > > > >I can also say that I see a lot of images up for voting now that > I > > > would > > > >never think of submitting. The images I saw posted in the > gallery > > > in the > > > >beginning are much better than what I see in the voting section > now. > > > > > > > > > > That's what I'd expect. > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above > > > and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ > >Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: > mail, > >news, photos & more. > >http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC > > > >-- > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >PDML@pdml.net > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and > >follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't let your dream ride pass you by. Make it a reality with Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
