Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] FOM judging
From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@home.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 17:19:03 -0800
References: <LPBBLMODPGDGLIJJINOAEEKMFCAA.brian@imagespace.co.uk>

Hey guys and gals....
Damn you're a fine bunch of photographers from what we've seen on the first
go around... What one might call a "blinding experience of surprisingly
excellent photography." Well done on the first years' submissions and I'll
bet a few shillings, a year from now the quality will reach even higher.

This will not be an easy judging no matter how many previous judging
situations one has been involved in.  The picture standards set here are
very high and from previous experience it will be a tough call getting it
down to 50, let alone 30, which at the moment appears an impossibility.

But this is the time when the knit picking elements sort out the very best
from the "just missed it because... the lines weren't straight!" And some of
you may think that's hardly fair to drop a picture because the cropping
wasn't correct, however, that's just the tiny little nuances that make or
break a winning photograph!

There isn't any, "that isn't fair" excuses over knit picking things when you
have the high standards involved in this submission.  Having been involved
in judging national and international professional photography I can assure
you, the challenge before the judges is formidable at best due to the
quality before us.

I'd like to add that there are professionals who'd kill to have the eye many
in this group are blessed with.

The challenge now is.... make next years submission stronger, better, and
more difficult for the judges, as there can be no lessening of effort to
keep the obvious high standards set this year.  A difficult task lies ahead
of us in this first year of judging and I can only say I'm proud to be part
of such a wonderful group of photographers.

If everyone tries to raise the bar of quality a smidgen during the next 12
months, there isn't any doubt in my mind we'll set a standard of photography
far better than ever imagined was possible by an internet group of rag-a-tag
photographers.  Good on all of you, keep it up gang! :-)

ted

Ted Grant Photography Limited
www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant

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