I agree, Mark. When voting, it's surprising how many times a thumbnail transmits a special composition which is confirmed upon opening.
Jack --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bruce Dayton wrote: > > >http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/ptreyes_0137a.htm > >Based on the list response, I thought this one would make it. > > No offense, Bruce, but I'm not surprised that didn't make it. It's a > very nice shot, but beautiful sunset/landscape shots are so widely > represented that one has to be something *really* special to make it. > > The crescent moon is a nice touch but not enough to elevate it over > the > thousands of other beautiful, well-composed, well-exposed sunset > shots > out there (especially considering it's going to be displayed at a > size > of approximately 540 x 360). > > One trick I find useful is to shrink my own image to thumbnail size > (say, 45 x 60 pixels) before deciding to submit. Most of what you see > > in the Gallery shows up as a recognizable image of some sort even at > that size. No, it isn't universal -- I've seen some that are > virtually > unrecognizable as thumbnails -- but the majority seem to hold to this > > rule of thumb. I call this the Stenquist/Cassino property :) Just > look > at their photos in the Gallery and you'll see strong compositions > that > contain elements that show up even in the thumbnails. > > > > -- > 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 pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ -- 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.
