On Wed, Dec 28, 2011, at 10:33 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > I agree. The Premiere Collection is stunning. I visit it every now > and them for inspirition.
Same here but there doesn't seem to be any new stuff there recently. I'm not even sure that anything has been added since the PPG was restarted - certainly none in the last month. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > Dan > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> > wrote: > > OTOH a couple of weeks ago I had a browse of the "premiere" images and, WOW > > - lots of outstanding stuff and by no means (just) the "oversaturated > > landscapes". I've scratched my head over what > > was accepted of mine and what rejected that I thought was better than the > > acceptees. Just look at it for what it is, another op to > > get your work seen by a wider audience... and the new format is much better, > > too. > > > > ann > > > > On 12/28/2011 22:15, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> > >> Which pretty much validates my original hesitation in bothering to > >> submit to the PPG. Kinda reduces it to the level of Flickr. > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Paul Stenquist<[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> I like it, but I can see how a silhouette might be rejected without much > >>> thought on the part of critiquers. Remember, many of the photographer > >>> judges > >>> are shooters of minimal to modest experience. Anything that's a departure > >>> from the norm is likely to fail in the peer judging. > >>> Paul > >>> On Dec 28, 2011, at 9:15 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >>> > >>>> I'm not sure what we can learn from this, but last week I submitted my > >>>> shot that was exhibited at the curated Chicago Scharpenberg Gallery in > >>>> 2010, "PDML Augenblick". It was rejected by the PPG in 4 days. > >>>> > >>>> (It's this one: http://500px.com/photo/1422532 ) > >>>> > >>>> I'm going to resubmit it just for grins, but I was rather taken aback > >>>> by that. Maybe it would help if I HDR'ed it first? > >>>> > >>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bmw > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Daniel J. Matyola<[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> The Pentax Photo Gallery appears to be up to date. > >>>>> > >>>>> I spent some time last night voting on images, and the ran out of > >>>>> images to show me! > >>>>> > >>>>> I recently submitted some new images, and they were all rejected -- in > >>>>> two days! I never expect everyone to like what I do, but neither did > >>>>> I anticipate such a bum's rush! > >>>>> > >>>>> Either the voters are getting pickier again, or Pentax is reviewing > >>>>> the images more closely than a month or so ago. > >>>>> > >>>>> Dan Matyola > >>>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >> > >> > > -- -- 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.
