On 25 Nov 2005 at 12:17, Tom Reese wrote: > That's an interesting idea and I think there would be some truth in it if the > same people always judged the competitions. The judging panel is never the > same > in the competitions I've seen or entered. Different judges have different > opinions.
Competition nights are always judged externally in our clubs too, and yes images that didn't rate a mention one month may receive a prize the next however they still all tend to judge using similar criterion which leads to a similar style being presented for competition. > There are certainly trends in photography as in all of art. I think the > leaders > in the field are driving those trends not the judges in competitions. John > Shaw > and Galen Rowell have been enormous influences in nature photography. Not here. > I think that's really bizarre. There just aren't that many secrets to be kept > in > photography. I've never met any photographer who wouldn't happily discuss > technique and location. That's part of the fun IMO. I can see the need to > keep a > location secret when it comes to protecting a rare species. Well I've experienced such behaviour first hand on many occasions in club environments, it's nothing like the PDML where people go out of their ways to assist others. > Some people like to compete and some don't. <shrug> And some simply see the lack of value in the way that the competitions are structured and despise what they lead to. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
