Tom, Having high quality photos in the PUG is a good idea. Perhaps quality has declined since we went digital. It is easier to make a casual post to the PUG now, just resize and upload versus the process before.
Somehow this doesn't square with the declining submissions. I think the PUG suffers from too many PESO's. Folks use this outlet instead of the PUG. I would rather that they use the PUG because the PESO comments are very disorganized. They trickle in over days and weeks causing me to reload photos. I can keep the PUG comments in one place and review at one time. I think it's admirable to talk about raising quality levels, but I remember the PUG discussions 3-5 years ago about rating photos (NO!) and I can imagine the uproar the idea of setting 2 or 3 judges up as gatekeepers for the Gallery. It would go something like "Who the hell are these a**holes who are gonna tell me my picture is or isn't good enough to be included." That's why I suggested a new gallery of The PDML's Best. Let folks nominate photos to a best gallery. Those are my thoughts. And by the way, shouldn't we give folks like you who can walk out their door to spectacular scenery a handicap in any kind of gallery like this. You can only use jpegs or medium quality or something... :-) Maybe Bill Robb can help here. Regards, Bob S. On 6/23/06, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >So Tom, > >1) If you've got this thing for a Pentax Photo Contest Gallery, > >why don't you start one? If people like it, the gallery will grow. > >I'll contribute, so would many others. > >2) Please tell me what distinguished this gallery from all the others > >available to post your photos on across the web? > >3) No matter how I slice this, it comes off like your trying to kill the > >PUG. > >Regards, Bob S. > > Hi Bob, > > 1) I don't think anyone was suggesting a contest gallery, per se. There's a > subtle differentiation. A contest involves winners and losers, usually a > limited number of winners. What I believe has been suggested is that there > be some criteria for making it into the gallery and that a select number of > people would decide whether a photo was included or not. The number of > inclusions could be unlimited. > > I find it interesting to contemplate that apparently some would not like > others deciding whether their photo was 'good enough' to be in the gallery, > but apparently wouldn't mind submitting a picture to the gallery that may be > somewhat lacking, and then are willing to elicit negative comments or > constructive criticism about said same photo. > > It goes back to asking what a gallery is. Is it a showcase or simply a > photo sharing mechanism? > > I actually did think of starting one. My problem is I'm either so > busy/lazy/procrastinating that I don't even have my own private gallery > created even though I started on it 6 month ago. :-( > > 2) Having joined the PDML and having Pentax equipment, it was the first I > came across. > > 3) I'm not trying to kill the PUG. I am however suggesting ideas to improve > the quality of entries displayed. It boils down to this simple suggestion. > If one just wants to share an interesting or fun picture, then by all means > show the list with a PAW or PESO or GESO. If one thinks after careful > consideration that they have a really good photo that is successful both > technically and compositionally, then consider that one worthy of display in > the gallery. > > As you can see I'm not jamming this down anyone's throats. I just haven't > dropped it yet. :-) > > > Tom C. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
