Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On two occasions, I've posted a significant set of pictures and received no comments. In one case, I was really annoyed, because it was a photo essay on a business street in Palo Alto, and I worked on it, on and off, for a number of weeks. The second time, it was shots at a band concert. Although the effort was minimal, I thought some of the shots were pretty good. I must admit, however, that I certainly don't comment on very much that I look at. Perhaps I should do more. Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you. On Sep 2, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > There is no point in posting anything if nobody can comment on it!!! And > Ted has said this is not a competition with a winner but a challenge for > everybody and if he is willing to comment on all of the entries, I think it > will be a learning experience for all of us. If I post something and get > no comments, it is very discouraging - the opposite of what a challenge > should be. > > JMHO > > Tina > > > > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > >> 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> >> To: <lug at leica-users.org> >> 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) >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >>> more information >>> >>> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information