Being involved in the gallery will expose folks to some very good work. Those examples will have their impact on anyone who is truly interested. The education comes as a result of the effort to have work accepted. As always, the greater the desire the more rewarded will be the effort.
Jack --- On Sat, 6/21/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Gallery Rejects > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 5:19 PM > 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. > > > -- > 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.
