Just my observation Jack - YMMV ;+] Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Gallery Rejects > 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. -- 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.
