What you say sounds good but it isn't born out in the majority of what I see being submitted.
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Gallery Rejects > Being involved in the gallery will expose folks to some very good work. > Those examples will have their impact on anyone who is truly interested. > The education comes as a result of the effort to have work accepted. As > always, the greater the desire the more rewarded will be the effort. > > Jack > > > --- On Sat, 6/21/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Gallery Rejects >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 5:19 PM >> The gallery i's not a teaching tool, so it shouldn't >> be expected to educate. And part of the problem with an >> overwhelming majority of rejects lies in the fact that the >> gallery is quite full. I'm sure they dont' want to >> add work endlessly. So, at this point, uniqueness counts >> more than it might under normal circumstances. >> -------------- Original message ---------------------- >> From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > I don't think many have any idea of what is good >> and, therefore, have no basis >> > for editing. >> > Posting to the Gallery will not teach them anything as >> they have no clue as to >> > why they are being rejected. >> > >> > Jack >> > >> > >> > --- On Sat, 6/21/08, Doug Brewer >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > > From: Doug Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > Subject: Re: Gallery Rejects >> > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> <pdml@pdml.net> >> > > Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 9:29 AM >> > > On Jun 21, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> > > >> > > > Bob W wrote: >> > > >>> Commonplace subjects like flowers, >> children, >> > > lions in Africa - the >> > > > kind >> > > >> of thing that can be well composed, >> focussed, >> > > exposed etc. but is no >> > > >> different from hundreds of others >> they've been >> > > looking at since the >> > > >> 19th century. >> > > > >> > > > I did a couple of sessions voting on photos >> in the >> > > Pentax Gallery this >> > > > week and I can tell you that if I see >> another >> > > "profile shot of woman >> > > > holding a baby aloft" I'm going to >> scream. >> > > >> > > Even worse: >> > > >> > > Seventy-five shots of the same subject (say, a >> waterfall) >> > > all >> > > bullseyed but at different focal lengths by the >> same >> > > photographer. >> > > >> > > Learn to edit. >> > > >> > > -- >> > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > > PDML@pdml.net >> > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the >> link >> > > directly above and follow the directions. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > PDML@pdml.net >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow >> > the directions. >> >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
