Hi Scott here's the wikipedia list of "red shirts" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshirt - I assume it is the penultimate one you are referring to? Perhaps we could try fitting pictures to the other definitions as well? I kinda like the cannon fodder theme.
Alastair Redshirt (college sports) Redshirt (character), a stock "cannon fodder" character in fiction, particularly in Star Trek: The Original Series Redshirts (military history), one of the followers of Giuseppe Garibaldi Redshirts (military history), Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army The Red Shirts, South African shack dwellers' movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo Red Shirts, a paramilitary organization in Mexico in the 1930's Kuilix, a Pend d'Oreilles woman whose name meant "Red Shirt" or "Red One" Delphine Red Shirt, an Oglala Lakota Sioux writer Red Shirt, South Dakota Red Shirt (Factory), a post civil war Southern organization Red Shirts (South Carolina), supporters of Wade Hampton in South Carolina for the gubernatorial election of 1876 Khudai Khidmatgar, a non-violent movement of Pashtuns against the British Empire in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan Red Shirt School of Photography, a growing trend in the 1950s, pioneered by National Geographic photographers, to have subjects wear overly colourful clothes Redshirt, the encryption scheme used in the Introversion Software games Darwinia and Uplink On 10/10/07, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rick Womer wrote: > > Scott, > > > > As you say, there is a lot of overlap; too much to be > > really stimulating, I think. Nature, Landscape, > > Macro, Synchronicity all tend in the same direction. > > Then there's "Red shirt"?!?! > > > > Rick > > Thanks, Rick. I think a little overlap isn't necessarily bad. Unless > one had a model train set with real plants, it would awfully hard to > satisfy nature, landscape and macro with one photograph. But perhaps we > could turn them into two themes instead of three. Nature/landscapes and > macro/close up. These allow quite a lot of interpretation within the > same theme while not limiting participation due to a lack of specialty > lenses. > > Same for fashion/glamour and portraits. I have a feeling, though, that > combining them into simply a portrait theme would probably leave us > without too much fashion and glamour. I like fashion and glamour. > Especially with long legs. > > As for "Red shirt", I thought you would know about that one. Look it > up. <g> > > I guess we need a couple more themes. I'll dig some more. How does > aerial photography sound to everyone? > > Seriously, Bill laid it out rather plainly during a previous discussion > of PUG themes, and I'm trying to abide: > > William Robb wrote: > > The PUG is supposed to be as inclusive a gallery as possible. This > means > > that themes should be doable with fairly basic equipment, and that the > > subject shouldn't be exclusive to certain parts of the world. > > > > William Robb > > I think the themes thus far adhere to that philosophy rather well, > allowing much more liberal interpretation than "flower" or "Halloween". > > > > > --- Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I've put together a list of 12 themes for 2008. > >> I've tried to stay away > >> from the more abstract themes and focus more on > >> photographic genres, in > >> hopes that some of us will actually go try something > >> new. The list with > >> notes (not in order, necessarily): > >> > >> Documentary/photojournalism > >> > >> 'Tis the season - I thought February would be a good > >> month, allowing > >> plenty of time to go through your > >> Christmas/Festivus/New Year/whatever > >> photos. > >> > >> Fashion/glamour > >> > >> Portrait > >> > >> Photowalking - you guys are good at this, so it's > >> pretty much a done > >> deal. :-P > >> > >> Macro/close-up > >> > >> Red shirt > >> > >> Landscape > >> > >> Nature > >> > >> Equinox/synchronicity (x2) - I thought it would be > >> nice to do this > >> twice, but I'm open to other suggestions. The > >> equinox is near the end > >> of March and September, putting some serious time > >> constraints on those > >> of us with other things to do. Having the relevant > >> PUGs in May and > >> November would give everyone ample time to edit. > >> > >> Etc.... - Yes, this is a theme. Walt Hamler > >> proposed it and several > >> people said something like "Cool!" Basically, one > >> month devoted to > >> whatever the hell you feel like shooting. A > >> Super-PESO, if you will. > >> > >> As you can see, there is quite some overlap of > >> themes, such as nature, > >> macro and landscape, for example. I would expect > >> nothing less than a > >> very liberal interpretation from this group. > >> > >> This list is not concrete, obviously, so I'd > >> appreciate your thoughts. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Scott Loveless > >> http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > >> > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. > > Yahoo! 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