Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-17 Thread Tom C
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > God forbid I should pay a serious compliment to PJ,(;-)) but your Surf Club > is on of your best shots, I think. > > Ann > William Robb, would you please forbid Ann. Thanks. Amen. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net htt

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
P. J. Alling wrote: On 5/11/2010 2:27 AM, Cotty wrote: On 10/5/10, Tim Bray, discombobulated, unleashed: Here are a few that I particularly regret not having seen lovingly rendered on those walls: "Help" - AnnSan - intensity and grace "Surf Club" - P.J. Alling - the exposition of space is

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-16 Thread P. J. Alling
On 5/11/2010 2:27 AM, Cotty wrote: On 10/5/10, Tim Bray, discombobulated, unleashed: Here are a few that I particularly regret not having seen lovingly rendered on those walls: "Help" - AnnSan - intensity and grace "Surf Club" - P.J. Alling - the exposition of space is pure poetry "Holy Wa

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-13 Thread Christine Aguila
10, 2010 11:17 PM Subject: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion The very small gallery is here: http://www.tbray.org/pdml/PDML-Augenblick/ The shots are mostly a little blurry (I had the K20 accidentally locked at ISO 200, so the Sigma 1.4 was running wide) and nothing much in th

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-13 Thread Eactivist
And, personally, I only sent one photo in for the book, because I wanted to make the judgement of what of mine that I wanted in it, rather than someone else deciding. HTH, Marnie :-) Shrug, just the way I am, I don't like contests and such. --- In a me

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-13 Thread Eactivist
Not everyone requested being in the show. Marnie In a message dated 5/10/2010 9:17:48 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, tb...@textuality.com writes: But hey, as I said, it's just an opinion; worth what you paid for it. -Tim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mail

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Tom, Bill, et al. I am a member of a local camera club that is very keen on submitting their work to international competitions and winning prizes. Not for sake of prizes as such but rather for other sakes which I shouldn't mention here and now. I don't participate in this hmmm endeavor. How

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-12 Thread Bruce Walker
Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-05-11 21:41, William Robb wrote: For myself, it was a terrific opportunity to get my work out there, even in a relatively small way. Had my shot been selected, I would've gladly paid just to have the print that Mark made. :-) I'm not wholly joking, here. Sure,

RE: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-12 Thread J.C. O'Connell
-Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Doug Franklin Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 9:57 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion On 2010-05-11 21:41, William Robb wrote: > For myse

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Doug Franklin" Subject: Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion Had my shot been selected, I would've gladly paid just to have the print that Mark made. :-) I'm not wholly joking, here. Sure, it would've been

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-11 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-11 21:41, William Robb wrote: For myself, it was a terrific opportunity to get my work out there, even in a relatively small way. Had my shot been selected, I would've gladly paid just to have the print that Mark made. :-) I'm not wholly joking, here. Sure, it would've been nice

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Tom C" Subject: Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion After having gone through this exercise, knowing the work I put into my individual entries, the work that those who compiled the book put into it, and the work the gallery c

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-11 Thread Tom C
After having gone through this exercise, knowing the work I put into my individual entries, the work that those who compiled the book put into it, and the work the gallery curator and Christine put into it, I've come away with an altered, possibly more accurate perception of the entire affair. Kno

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-11 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11/05/2010, Mark Roberts wrote: > In the majority of cases, it was because the photographer chose not to > participate in the gallery exhibit. And we couldn't force 'em ;-) > And most of the people who didn't want to be in the gallery show were > overseas and probably couldn't justify spending

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Tim Bray wrote: > But as I picked up >my book for the first time and leafed through it after having orbited >the gallery a couple of times, time after time I found myself shaking >my head thinking "Why the #%$~! is this wonderful piece not on these >walls?" In the majority of cases, it was becaus

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-11 Thread Tom C
Tim, Thanks for the post of gallery shots. Fun to relive the moment. Of the three I submitted, the one I personally felt most likely to succeed as a piece of art, was neither in the book or gallery. Based on past experience, I wasn't really too surprised though. What does that say to me? I more

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-11 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
> De: Cotty Thats very > kind Tim, but I declined to offer my shot to the show for the simple reason > of cost. I too had the impression that some of the best shots were missing...but also forgot that the author had to made them eligible for the show. Regards, Jaume -- PDML Pent

Re: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-10 Thread Cotty
On 10/5/10, Tim Bray, discombobulated, unleashed: >Here are a few that I particularly regret not having seen lovingly >rendered on those walls: > >"Help" - AnnSan - intensity and grace >"Surf Club" - P.J. Alling - the exposition of space is pure poetry >"Holy Water" - Pasvorn Boonmark - a totally

Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion

2010-05-10 Thread Tim Bray
The very small gallery is here: http://www.tbray.org/pdml/PDML-Augenblick/ The shots are mostly a little blurry (I had the K20 accidentally locked at ISO 200, so the Sigma 1.4 was running wide) and nothing much in themselves; notable are the paired white K-X's in the first, and Larry's dramatic si