----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Davis" Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery "Resignation"
> No way it could be stated any better, Frank. > Their not having anticipating a volume crunch is, however, hard to > imagine. Could be they consider "accepted artist" voting a handy > explanation..if needed. > When 'proven' laudable work is summarily declined, incentive wanes. > >> <snip> >> > Actually I see any photographic competition as utterly pointless. >> <snip> >> >> I agree 100%! >> >> Funny thing is, I didn't see The Pentax Gallery as a competition. I >> thought that as long as the photos met a minimum standard, they were >> in, and it would be a cool place from which to show photos. I didn't >> see it as "grading" or "rating" photos, merely "accepting". >> >> I think it's that misconception that pisses me off most. I didn't >> understand it as a competition at all, and clearly it is. I know my >> photos aren't all pretty or pleasing or spectacular, so really they >> don't stand a chance against some that are in the gallery, but I have >> to admit to feeling a bit stung when I saw some rather banal, >> ordinary >> photos that got accepted, while mine all got the boot. It may be >> that >> these other photos were accepted early, when there were far fewer >> voters, and the gallery "needed" photos, but it certainly points to a >> glaring inconsitency in the acceptance procedure, IMHO. >> >> Too bad, because had it been set up properly, it could have been fun. >> Having everything rejected isn't fun at all... It's unfortunate that you believe that getting your photos to meet a minimum standard isn't a competition. Any time someone puts up a bar that you need to clear to get a reward, it is a competition. Just because you aren't competing with another person, doesn't mean you aren't competing, it just means that the rules of the competition are such that you are competing against a standard. OTOH, I really do think the people running the gallery totally buggered up when they changed the acceptance procedure into a peer based popularity contest. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
