I've imagined seeing many "me too" versions of a particular type or style of scene. As though there were a certain combination of elements that assured acceptance. Maybe that is evidence of learning.(?)
Jack --- On Wed, 7/9/08, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Suggestion for Pentax Photo Gallery > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 6:51 AM > It's been many months since I last cast any votes at the > gallery, so > the situation may have changed. Back then, however, I > noticed a > certain variation over time in average image quality. And > it wasn't > always a turn for the worse. In periods, people would > restrict > themselves very sensibly, and at other times spam the > gallery > completely. On a couple of occasions, the submission > quality improved > after someone delivered a scolding post to the Pentax SLR > forum at > dpReview. > > One very funny incident was when a photo club in Hong Kong > had done an > outing, and made night shots of a particular bridge in Hong > Kong. Many > of the shots credited one gallery member for arranging the > outing, and > seemed to submit their photos to the Pentax Gallery as a > sort of "I > was there too" statement. Practically all the photos > were the same; > possibly cropped to match the first of the submitted. The > first one > got in, the rest was thrown out. :-) > > Jostein > > > 2008/7/9 Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > David J Brooks wrote: > >> If Bruce gets 1-10 and Godders get 0-30, no wonder > none of mine have > >> been accepted > > > > I think Bruce was saying that when he votes on *other* > people's shots he > > gives 1 yes vote out of every 10 photos. > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > 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.
