Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Brian Reid wrote: > >> Montie, if you win first place again soon, I'm going to have to ask you >> to take a break to let others have a chance......<<<< Brian mon ami, Sorry that's wrong psychology because you never ask the best shooters not to submit simply because it kills the incentive for others to kick his or her ass and out perform them. Human kind can work in two ways..... 1: you'll have the wimps who'll throw up their cameras and give the big whine.... "Oh why try Joe Murphy or whomever always wins! I never have a chance! Whine whine bitch bitch!" That quite frankly is plain old fashion bull shit because these kind of people wouldn't bend over to pick-up a buck lying on the street because they'd have to bend over. They'd stand there waiting for someone to bend and give it to them. No time for these so called photographers at all! Whining wieners! Quite rankly to hell with them because they're not worth the time of day simply because they have an absolute "I'll never win attitude about their photography and life in general." So once again screw them. 2: HOWEVER!!!! Then we have those with killer instinct to win! Who learn from Joe Murphy and his excellent photography and that creates the best challenge of all.... Their re-action? "Damn I'm going to kick his ass as he's not going to win every month because I'm going to blow him out of the water!!!!" It's great motivation to do better! Now that's my kind of people who take the challenge, work harder at their photography get out and kick ass to win ! How else do we learn to be better? You gotta have the "killer instinct" of competition and that's what life is all about when it comes to winning. And if one doesn't try then they have absolutely no right to comment good, bad or ugly about the system nor results! And that's how we win and become better photographers. So stay the course even if the same photographer wins month after month! Don't forget the judges are not always the same therefore their likes and dis-likes differ each month so it isn't fair to ask the photographer to step down if he or she wins all the time. The judges are different in the decision making. Some of these people need to realize no matter how good the picture is............. judges can have an off day and not pick the right one! Been there, seen it done many times of the years. It comes down to, " get a life, get over it" and if you don't agree with the judges, then volunteer to be a judge yerself!!" Trust me it's not an easy task! "Whiners need not apply!" ted Ted Grant Photography Limited 1817 Feltham Road Victoria BC V8N 2A4 250-477-2156