[Leica] Ted, thank you

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Thanks Ted for all your efforts, but, when I originally suggested the idea 
of a weekly competition, it was to push people out of their comfort zone, 
use, or reuse, Leica cameras, and the lead in was meant to be two weeks to 
accomodate those of us who only had film Leicas to reuse.

OK that particular grape shrivelled on the vine, but the idea of an 
assignment still has validity, but it should be restricted to ONE entry per 
person and the judge shouldn't have to comment on ANY entry, bar the winning 
one. This will save a lot of typing and thinking time. OK there will be 
whimpering :-)

Whimperers aside, I'd venture that we're all old enough, and hopefully 
mature enough, to realise that the winning photograph in ANY competition is 
the one that appeals to the judge/judges and he/she/they should only have to 
comment on the one that appealed to him/her/them most.

I was tied up a bit last week and never got an entry in, but hey, I'll do 
better next time. Uncle Ted, put the thinking cap on again and say each 
Lugger's entry has to be in by next Friday!!! Less time = hopefully more 
effort.

Douglas


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <lrzeitlin at aol.com>
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Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 5:45 PM
Subject: [Leica] Ted, thank you


> Ted,
> I want to thank you for your stint as Assignment Editor. But I fully 
> understand your comments that it is a thankless task. So few submissions 
> but each needing an evaluation and a comment. The sad fact is that most of 
> us have reached the age where we photograph whatever strikes our fancy, 
> not what someone else tells us to do. Even those Luggers who make a living 
> taking pictures submit only their personal favorites to the gallery.
>
>
> I must admit that I felt a bit guilty about not fully accepting the idea 
> of each new assignment. Somewhere in my archives I had a picture that 
> would meet the requirements. Sometimes barely. Why try to take another 
> just to prove that I could.
> That may well have been the case for most of us.
>
>
> Still, I would like to thank you for your efforts. As a group we probably 
> don't deserve mentoring by a photographer of your caliber. As for me, I 
> just push the button, snapping whatever I find pleasing in the viewfinder. 
> Thinking is for working photographers. I just do it for the fun.?
>
>
> Thank you, thank you, thank you.
>
>
> Larry Z (an adventitious photographer)
>
>
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