What Mark said. I continuously experience that same helpless "if only" feeling of wanting to pass along a clue that might even have a positive application throughout their photo life. Voting, for me, is never boring because however tender the experience, I can always relate.
Jack --- On Sat, 6/6/09, Mark Roberts <m...@robertstech.com> wrote: > From: Mark Roberts <m...@robertstech.com> > Subject: Re: Pentax Users Gallery > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009, 2:58 PM > Ken Waller wrote: > > >I try to make a daily visit to the Gallery & rate > images & I have to say > >that I find myself rejecting most of what is presented. > If I go thru 20 > >images, on a good night there might be 4 or 5 that I > will give the thumbs up > >to. > > I find my acceptance rate varies between 5% and 10%. > But I do find it's great visual exercise to go through > judging these > photos and thinking about what should be done better. > > I often wish I could send the photographer a message like, > "You're > *so* close to something really good! Just crop... or use a > curves > adjustment... or go back in better light.." etc. Of course, > it's > totally impractical for them to accept comments - I can > just imagine > the kind of flame wars that would erupt. But I often feel > the > overpowering desire to offer encouragement for a promising > effort > rather than just clicking "no". > > And I think everyone should spend 5 minutes browsing > through the > recently accepted images before uploading their own. That's > a dose of > reality! > > > -- > 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.
