Re: PPG Landmark: 200
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:07 AM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Congratulations. That's a lot of work, but now we can all enjoy the fruits of your labor. I quite submitting several years ago at 30 or so. Perhaps I'll try a few more, although I'm not sure I remember how it works:-). Thanks, Paul! I actually tried stopping but cannot :-D -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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.
Re: PPG Landmark: 200
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I haven't seen your gallery, but I'm confident it's not the lower standards affecting the acceptance of your work. I have to agree, however, that there are some images I've seen lately that are of surprisingly poor quality. Maybe there's hope for more of mine. :) Jack Maybe I have not been voting lately :-D Thanks! PS sorry for the late response, guys, been out on the field during the week... -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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.
Re: PPG Landmark: 200
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: My honest and brutal answer to your question is both!. You're getting exceptionally good while as far as I can see, the standards are getting lower simply due to sheer numbers... Boris Thank you, Boris-- I sincerely appreciate your brutality. PPG surprises (and sometimes worry) me. -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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.
Re: PPG Landmark: 200
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Kenton Brede kbr...@gmail.com wrote: I really like your work. Beautiful photos and nice variety. I get the sense you could find and capture the beauty around you just about anywhere. Kent Thank you, Kent! -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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.
Re: PPG Landmark: 200
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations, Bong! Now, if they'll just keep lowering their standards, I should hit 200 right around, oh -- 2030, give or take. -- Walt Don't put yourself down, when I started a dozen was the holy grail; then as I gradually had more accepted, I aimed for having as many photos as I was old (I was 48 when I said that). Somewhere I had to rethink that because I don't want to live that long... -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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.
Re: PPG Landmark: 200
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Theodore Beilby tbei...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Congratulations Bong. I would hate to think that the standards are getting lower, My first accepted submission to the PPG today. Ted I hope not. Congratulations to your first! -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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.
Re: PPG Landmark: 200
Wow, Bong! Congrats. Way cool! Jostein 2010/12/13 Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com: On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations; that is quite an accomplishment. Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola Thank you sir! -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- 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.
Re: PPG Landmark: 200
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations; that is quite an accomplishment. Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola Thank you sir! -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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.
Re: PPG Landmark: 200
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: Just made 200 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/5180461525/ Interestingly, it was one of my K-r road test photos. For the morbidly curious, it took me 2 years (2007 to 2009; about the same time last year) to reach 100; then a year to reach 200. I sometimes wonder if I'm getting better or the standards are getting lower... Whatever. I really like your work. Beautiful photos and nice variety. I get the sense you could find and capture the beauty around you just about anywhere. Kent -- 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.
Re: PPG Landmark: 200
Congrat's. I gave up around the time you hit 100.;-) Dave On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: Just made 200 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/5180461525/ Interestingly, it was one of my K-r road test photos. For the morbidly curious, it took me 2 years (2007 to 2009; about the same time last year) to reach 100; then a year to reach 200. I sometimes wonder if I'm getting better or the standards are getting lower... Whatever. Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bongmanayon -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
Re: PPG Landmark: 200
Congratulations, Bong! Now, if they'll just keep lowering their standards, I should hit 200 right around, oh -- 2030, give or take. -- Walt On 12/8/2010 7:40 PM, Bong Manayon wrote: Just made 200 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/5180461525/ Interestingly, it was one of my K-r road test photos. For the morbidly curious, it took me 2 years (2007 to 2009; about the same time last year) to reach 100; then a year to reach 200. I sometimes wonder if I'm getting better or the standards are getting lower... Whatever. Bong -- 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.
Re: PPG Landmark: 200
Congratulations Bong. I would hate to think that the standards are getting lower, My first accepted submission to the PPG today. Ted The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer. Albert Maysles -- 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.
Re: PPG Landmark: 200
Congratulations; that is quite an accomplishment. Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: Just made 200 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/5180461525/ Interestingly, it was one of my K-r road test photos. For the morbidly curious, it took me 2 years (2007 to 2009; about the same time last year) to reach 100; then a year to reach 200. I sometimes wonder if I'm getting better or the standards are getting lower... Whatever. Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bongmanayon -- 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.
Re: PPG Landmark: 200
Congratulations. That's a lot of work, but now we can all enjoy the fruits of your labor. I quite submitting several years ago at 30 or so. Perhaps I'll try a few more, although I'm not sure I remember how it works:-). Paul On Dec 8, 2010, at 8:59 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Congratulations; that is quite an accomplishment. Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: Just made 200 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/5180461525/ Interestingly, it was one of my K-r road test photos. For the morbidly curious, it took me 2 years (2007 to 2009; about the same time last year) to reach 100; then a year to reach 200. I sometimes wonder if I'm getting better or the standards are getting lower... Whatever. Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bongmanayon -- 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.
Re: PPG Landmark: 200
I haven't seen your gallery, but I'm confident it's not the lower standards affecting the acceptance of your work. I have to agree, however, that there are some images I've seen lately that are of surprisingly poor quality. Maybe there's hope for more of mine. :) Jack --- On Wed, 12/8/10, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: From: Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com Subject: PPG Landmark: 200 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 5:40 PM Just made 200 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/5180461525/ Interestingly, it was one of my K-r road test photos. For the morbidly curious, it took me 2 years (2007 to 2009; about the same time last year) to reach 100; then a year to reach 200. I sometimes wonder if I'm getting better or the standards are getting lower... Whatever. Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bongmanayon -- 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.
Re: PPG Landmark: 200
My honest and brutal answer to your question is both!. You're getting exceptionally good while as far as I can see, the standards are getting lower simply due to sheer numbers... Boris On 12/9/2010 3:40 AM, Bong Manayon wrote: Just made 200 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/5180461525/ Interestingly, it was one of my K-r road test photos. For the morbidly curious, it took me 2 years (2007 to 2009; about the same time last year) to reach 100; then a year to reach 200. I sometimes wonder if I'm getting better or the standards are getting lower... Whatever. Bong -- 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.
