It's just my theory, Ken. =) Jack
--- On Sat, 6/21/08, Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Gallery Rejects > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 9:34 PM > What you say sounds good but it isn't born out in the > majority of what I see > being submitted. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Gallery Rejects > > > > 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.
