I think shotgun offerings result from having no idea of what is good. If one should be accepted, 'BINGO", that image, in its entirety, will thereafter, be the standard for good. Not a way to learn photography.
Jack --- On Sat, 6/21/08, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Gallery Rejects > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 12:03 PM > Jack Davis wrote: > > I don't think many have any idea of what is good > and, therefore, have no basis for editing. > > They must have *some* idea or they'd submit every photo > they took, and I > don't think even the worst of them do that! > > I think part of the problem for many is that their goal is > "to get a > photo into the Pentax Gallery" rather than "to > take a really good > photograph", so they submit a whole lot of stuff > hoping that somehow one > of them will make it through the gauntlet. The first step > is *trying*: > Simply making the *effort* to evaluate and rate one's > work. > > > -- > 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.
