It is an unfortunate fact that the PUG is slowly dying. One reason is that some (often good) photographers find the file size limitation too restrictive, or that the submission process is too much hassle.
Another is that incompetent people like me miss the deadlines, and therefore don't contribute (no great loss in my case). Others feel that the standard is too low, and it's not worth the bother. What is the PUG for? Is it a showcase of the PDML's best work? Or is it an opportunity to present one's work for peer review and criticism? If the latter, can't the same be achieved by a PESO? If it is meant to be a showcase, why not have a panel of judges to select the 50 best PAWs and PESOs each month, and then put them into a gallery? Irfanview can produce a suitable gallery with thumnnails at the press of a button, so there is little work involved. As for file sizes, I would suggest that people submitting PAWs and PESOs should consciously aim to keep file sizes low (say 150k) in order to make the images available to the widest audience. But there should not be a strict size limit. It is surely better to have a large picture which a few people can't see, than have a picture which nobody can see because the photographer doesn't submit it. I am assuming that the Komkon size limit can be raised, or that a different provider of space could be found. It's tough on those with old equipment, but it will be tougher for all if the PUG dies because nobody submits to it. John On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 07:54:06 +0100, Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The reason I don't bother with PUG any more is a simple one. I'm too > lazy. I always forget the file size limit, how to upload it and where. > If I have a picture or a few (or even a gallery)* I think the group > might like to see, I simply post a link and sometimes get comments in > return. The image can be a decent size because I have enough space on > the two servers I use. I also have an almost unlimited amount of space > on a server (down for upgrading now) in the US where I post > photomicrographs and micro videos -- no ordinary stuff. I don't think > this group would be particularly interested. > > At this time I'm busy as a bee in the garden and forest taking pictures > of flowers and plants as they appear. So for the now the microscopes are > under their covers and dormant. Next will be fungi and then the snow > will fall and I'll be back in here with the small stuff. I dredge the > ponds and swamps and keep all the protists alive in culture over the > winter. > > * Are galleries really frowned upon? I never knew that. But them I don't > read FAQs either. > > Don > > Dr E D F Williams > www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ > 41660 TOIVAKKA – Finland - +358400706616 > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
