Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Scott, So, where is that scantily clad model shot that we should all be judging? Don don.dory@gmail.com On 8/24/06, Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: > > Maybe, but aren't you assuming that a small group of appointed > judges would necessarily be the "best" photo critics on this list? > > I don't see this as a valid assumption. > > Just as likely, availability of the proposed judge's time would > be a big factor in selecting judges. And the current more > commercially active photographer might well have the least > amount of time and patience to judge a contest like this. > > And while a the sample of photogs on the LUG probably doesn't > equally represent all styles of photography, the populist approach > gives someone's superbly executed "scantily clad model, sprayed > olive oil sweat, gold filters on the big softboxes, airbrushed ersatz > Maxim cover photo" shot a flying chance of winning :-) > > Scott > > Eric wrote: > > >I'm not really sure how a populist approach is going to help any of us > learn > >or grow. Numbers by themselves are meaningless. > > > > > > > >-- > >Eric > >http://canid.com/ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps > Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 > (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >