Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is no point in posting anything if nobody can comment on it!!! And Ted has said this is not a competition with a winner but a challenge for everybody and if he is willing to comment on all of the entries, I think it will be a learning experience for all of us. If I post something and get no comments, it is very discouraging - the opposite of what a challenge should be. JMHO Tina On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Thanks Ted for all your efforts, but, when I originally suggested the idea > of a weekly competition, it was to push people out of their comfort zone, > use, or reuse, Leica cameras, and the lead in was meant to be two weeks to > accomodate those of us who only had film Leicas to reuse. > > OK that particular grape shrivelled on the vine, but the idea of an > assignment still has validity, but it should be restricted to ONE entry per > person and the judge shouldn't have to comment on ANY entry, bar the > winning one. This will save a lot of typing and thinking time. OK there > will be whimpering :-) > > Whimperers aside, I'd venture that we're all old enough, and hopefully > mature enough, to realise that the winning photograph in ANY competition is > the one that appeals to the judge/judges and he/she/they should only have > to comment on the one that appealed to him/her/them most. > > I was tied up a bit last week and never got an entry in, but hey, I'll do > better next time. Uncle Ted, put the thinking cap on again and say each > Lugger's entry has to be in by next Friday!!! Less time = hopefully more > effort. > > Douglas > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <lrzeitlin at aol.com> > To: <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 5:45 PM > Subject: [Leica] Ted, thank you > > > Ted, >> I want to thank you for your stint as Assignment Editor. But I fully >> understand your comments that it is a thankless task. So few submissions >> but each needing an evaluation and a comment. The sad fact is that most of >> us have reached the age where we photograph whatever strikes our fancy, >> not >> what someone else tells us to do. Even those Luggers who make a living >> taking pictures submit only their personal favorites to the gallery. >> >> >> I must admit that I felt a bit guilty about not fully accepting the idea >> of each new assignment. Somewhere in my archives I had a picture that >> would >> meet the requirements. Sometimes barely. Why try to take another just to >> prove that I could. >> That may well have been the case for most of us. >> >> >> Still, I would like to thank you for your efforts. As a group we probably >> don't deserve mentoring by a photographer of your caliber. As for me, I >> just push the button, snapping whatever I find pleasing in the viewfinder. >> Thinking is for working photographers. I just do it for the fun.? >> >> >> Thank you, thank you, thank you. >> >> >> Larry Z (an adventitious photographer) >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com