[Leica] rejected and dejected ;-)

["firkin" <firkin@balhpl01.ncable.net.au>]

Obviously, it induced too much nausea ;-) I am surprised that it was flatly 
rejected: FOM2 is much friendlier, but in my experience with competitions, 
the inclusion criteria are often quite at odds with my aesthetic, I was so 
incensed once, that I sent in of my images that I thought was terrible, 
thinking it would be accepted. It was returned  with the comment "terrible" 
;-) Guess I was right about it after all. 

One thing has become obvious from FOM2 is the bizarre difference of opinion 
people have towards images. One man's winner is another's reject. There is 
no easy answer other than to keep trying ;-) 

Cheers 


Tom Smart writes: 

> Thanks for the replies, and sorry about the file size (don't know how that
> happened...). 
> 
> This was a bit of a loaded question, I guess, but I didn't want to give the
> whole story without getting some feedback first. 
> 
> I had decided to go ahead and submit this image knowing that it was
> imperfect.  I thought fixing the tilt would crop out too much of the top of
> the carousel.  And I decided that the tilt added a bit of uneasiness that I
> wanted to include anyway.  (What the heck, I'm an anesthetist by trade and
> I'm used to inducing nausea....). 
> 
> So I was careful to print it with as much detail as I could, and toned it
> carefully for a triple-banding effect that seemed to provide bright extreme
> highlights, creamy warmth in the high tones and a cold undercurrent in the
> low tones.  Then I learned how to dry mount, cut an overmat and frame it up. 
> 
> The process was, after all, the nature of my desire to enter the
> competition - to push my skills.  Knowing the limitations of the composition
> I expected no ribbons but was pumped by the idea of seeing my framed print
> on the wall in an exhibition. 
> 
> And I thought the framed print was worth exhibition.  Trouble is, it was
> flatly rejected by the jury - not allowed into the exhibition at all.  Since
> I really wasn't expecting THAT much of a rejection for a piece that was at
> least a serious attempt at art, I wanted to query the list. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Tom 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Tom Smart
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:00 PM
> To: LUG (E-mail)
> Subject: [Leica] Juried Competition 
> 
> 
> In your opinion, is this image worth submitting to a State Fair juried photo
> competition?  Printed 11x14, dry mounted, over matted and framed 16x20. 
> 
> http://www.sleepytom.com/images/horses2.jpg 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Tom 
> 
> 
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Alastair Firkin @ work ;-) 

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