Well said indeed, Larry! On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 2:32 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > First of all to Doug, who does the core heavy lifting that makes this list > possible. Also, to the staff of the PDML Annual who do an incredible amount > of work to put out my annual dose of humility. > > I'd also like to express my appreciation to the list in general. While I > will never be as good of a photographer as I was 40 years ago in high > school, the examples and feedback on this list has proven crucial for what > improvement I've made in my own work over the past few years. Anyone who as > spent any amount of time on pretty much any of the other online photography > fora should quickly recognize the exemplary level of technical expertise > here. Most other places it seems that people who have just learned how a > fast lens and wide aperture will give narrow depth of field pontificate at > length to people who have just moved from taking photos with a smart phone > to a DSLR. > > While the work of each member of the list isn't alway "my cup of tea", > looking at examples, and reading feedback on them is incredibly helpful when > I'm working on a photo that isn't in one of my accustomed style. Just being > able to look at a scene that lends itself to someone else's style is a > tremendous shortcut to enabling me to get a photo that doesn't entirely > suck. > > However, the thing that makes this list so special is not technical help but > the people. While we have our differences, they pale in comparison to what > we have in common, made ever so much precious by the geographical diversity > of the list. Coming from a time when calls to grandparents 120 miles away > were expensive enough that they were rare, and short, I consider having > friends all over the world invaluable. And, you are all truly friends. Your > joys and hardships affect me as much as those of my friends who I might see > in person every week or two. Thank you all for your contributions to a > community that is ever so important to me. > > > -- Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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.
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