On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:54:57 -0500 graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the real world, you have to sometimes adjust your thinking to the level of > the people around you. I don't expect you accept that, it took me decades to > do > so myself. > > However, I will comment on your photos. The are technically excellent, and > boring as hell. The sort of thing someone who has taken a class or two on > photography produces. Certainly not worth the time and effort it took to look > at > them. You photo typify why I normally do not comment on photos. They all fall > into the boring, interesting, or gut-grabbing categories. All too often the > technically excellent photos seem to be in the boring category; I suppose > that > is because they are do for the photography's sake rather than the pictures > sake. > The urge for technical perfection often gets in the way. I'm more of a techie than an artist, so thats the way it goes. No formal classes involved. Just a quick thumb through John P. Schaefer's Basic Techniques of Photography. The book with photos and commentary from Ansel Adams. Yet another thrift store find. Best $2 I ever spent. Thanks all the same. > > Graywolf > Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com > Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Polyhead wrote: > > > > > Well, the comments were about the way i choose to operate the website, not > > about the photo. As its my site, i'm entitled to operate it any way I > > wish. People insist that PNG is not suitable for web images, it is. They > > insist i pay for hosting and conform to questionable EULA agreements. How > > am I suppose to see anything but inferiority in that attitude? You would > > have to be compleatly stupid to agree to photobuckets EULA. Basically, you > > post it there, they own it. Thats a big stick they can come hit you with, > > 10, 15, 20 years down the road. The fact is, when it comes to websites and > > image formats, i probably DO know more about them than most of the people > > here. Rather than assume I know what i'm doing, they make the assumption > > me using PNG was some sort of mistake rather than intent. Their loss > > really. I can do better. With freinds like that, who needs an enemy? > > -- > 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. -- Ben 'Polyhead' Smith KE7GAL -- 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.
