The gallery i's not a teaching tool, so it shouldn't be expected to educate. And part of the problem with an overwhelming majority of rejects lies in the fact that the gallery is quite full. I'm sure they dont' want to add work endlessly. So, at this point, uniqueness counts more than it might under normal circumstances. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I don't think many have any idea of what is good and, therefore, have no > basis > for editing. > Posting to the Gallery will not teach them anything as they have no clue as > to > why they are being rejected. > > Jack > > > --- On Sat, 6/21/08, Doug Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Doug Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Gallery Rejects > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 9:29 AM > > On Jun 21, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > > > > Bob W wrote: > > >>> Commonplace subjects like flowers, children, > > lions in Africa - the > > > kind > > >> of thing that can be well composed, focussed, > > exposed etc. but is no > > >> different from hundreds of others they've been > > looking at since the > > >> 19th century. > > > > > > I did a couple of sessions voting on photos in the > > Pentax Gallery this > > > week and I can tell you that if I see another > > "profile shot of woman > > > holding a baby aloft" I'm going to scream. > > > > Even worse: > > > > Seventy-five shots of the same subject (say, a waterfall) > > all > > bullseyed but at different focal lengths by the same > > photographer. > > > > Learn to edit. > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > -- > 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.
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