On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:25 +1000, "Rob Studdert" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 27 August 2010 04:04, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In any event, one thing that bothers me is the way the size limitation > > is structured. The recommended image size is 600 pixels high. There > > is no stated limit on width, however. That means the images in > > portrait orientation are much smaller -- in both the thumbnail and the > > "full" size -- than images in landscape orientation or even square > > images. I think that it makes it more difficult to get a portrait > > image in the gallery and worse, it makes it harder to appreciate those > > in the gallery that are in portrait orientation and therefore quite > > reduced in size. Has anyone else noticed this? > > I think the World's gone landscape in the digital realm, the tendency > towards video and wide aspect ratio monitors has left portrait > orientated images as a legacy of sorts, basically suitable for print > only, it's a pity. > > In any case I stay away from the PPG, I find the interface slow and > hideous and I don't subscribe to their philosophy regarding selection, > basically it's a crapshoot, if you partake you have to be tolerant of > the foibles of the system. >
I've long since stopped pondering what will make an 'acceptable' image for the PPG. I just submit images that I like and shrug my shoulders when they're rejected.... I participate for the challenge but I can't imagine that anyone would ever go there to view my images, or anyone else's for that matter. That interface is simply bizzare. Waiting while the 12 generic images load before you can even look at the gallery can often take up to a minute - and once you're actually in and viewing, the rate at which images appear redefines the word 'sluggish'. If you have supersonic broadband, maybe you'd hang around for a bit but I doubt that many would. Very strange design. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web -- 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.
