Joining this discussion late, but... Back when, I posted a few shots to the PUG. What stopped me from doing more is how bad my photos looked, to me, on the PUG compared to the way they looked in their full glory on my screen before downsizing. The recent discussion has reminded me of the PUG and I will try again a few times. But before I can feel good about it, I'll need to get a lot more facile with the editing/reduction process.
Stan On Jun 24, 2006, at 12:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 6/24/2006 6:22:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > There used to be a small handful of devotees that commented on the > whole PUG. We have made several attempts to ensure that all images in > the PUG gets at least one comment. None of the plans worked out. > Interest continued to wane. > > Unless someone can come up with a good incentive for photographers to > actually contribute to the PUG, I'd say it's about time to let it die > peacefully. Even good things have an end. > > sincerely, > Jostein > ========= > I agree. > > I don't know if it should die peacefully. And since I don't have a > Pentax SLR > (anymore) or DSLR, it is not really that relevant to me. > > I said in another thread, and you and Bruce have said it this thread > -- the > real problem with the PUG is lack of comments. > > When a person shares one photo as a PESO they usually get a comment or > two. > Any comments are better than none. > > NOT getting comments on photos they put in the PUG, is, IMHO, what > turned > most people off. Not the advent of PESOs, per se, but the advent of > getting > comments on PESOs. > > I mean, a lot conclude, if they show a photo and no one comments on > it, that > either: everyone hated it, they stink, no one saw it, or it was just > so-so > and no one had much of anything to say. Or something along those lines. > > Negative reinforcement for putting photos in the PUG, in other words. > > For instance, I tried for some time to make comments on the PUG, then > I got > too busy and had to stop. Too many to look at and comment on at once. > > Marnie > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net