Something that surprises me a bit is my dismay at many of the titles. I don't find myself reviewing the equipment as much as I would have expected. It seems the oblique nature of many titles portend the lack of experience or eye of the photographer and, in most cases, fail to add the needed drama.
Jack --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, obviously I am part of the problem - I'm one of those voting on > the images. > > When voting, the images are presented somewhat as they > are submitted. Quite a few times now, I have seen maybe 10-30 images > all of a trip with some commentary much like you'd show travel photos > to your friends. There might be one or two photos worth submitting > to > the gallery, but not all of them. Most of those I have seen like > that > were all shot with the kit lens or sometimes the DA 50-200. As these > are the low priced lenses in the line, it stands to reason that > someone either new to the Pentax line or new to photography would > purchase and use them. Someone more seasoned would not submit that > many similar images - only the real standouts. > > I guess another way to put it would be that when you notice the lens > used is quite expensive, you have a notion that perhaps the > photographer is more serious about their work - this is not always > the > case, but more often than someone shooting the kit lens. > > That is the explanation - it doesn't mean at all that a great photo > can't be produced with either of those lenses - and I have seen quite > a few great shots done with those lenses. But I have also seen a > large percentage of shots done with those lenses submitted that > didn't > really cut the mustard. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Wednesday, August 29, 2007, 6:30:34 AM, you wrote: > > > >> > >> From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 2007/08/28 Tue PM 08:26:32 GMT > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >> Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting > >> > >> I only say > >> that because I see so many travel photos put up with those two > lenses, > >> and I am wondering just what those people are thinking. > >> > > mw> I don't understand what you are trying to say. Can you > elucidate? > > > mw> ----------------------------------------- > mw> Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > mw> Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
