[Leica] Flickr followers

[Doug Herr]

I've joined a local co-op gallery which organizes field trips, guest speakers, gallery exhibits and hosts print sharing/critique evenings twice a month (every skill level and genre is welcome).  Last night we were treated to an exquisite set of b/w seascapes presented by a very nervous first-timer.  He'd never shown his prints to anyone, anywhere aside from immediate family.  Web jpgs are OK but it's hard to beat the real thing.  Adam and Steve and any other Sacramento-area LUGgers, may I suggest looking into Viewpoint Gallery?

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com


-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>Sent: Aug 20, 2015 5:45 PM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Flickr followers
>
>Hi Douglas,
>
>You just reaffirmed my decision to avoid all social media.  The LUG and 
>the Olympus List are all I need in the way of on-line correspondence.
>
>Yes, Brian is the greatest "enabler" that any photography nut could wish 
>for.  Thanks, again, Brian!
>
>Jim Nichols
>Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>On 8/20/2015 7:27 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
>> I mentioned the Flickr follower problem before. I'm still getting a 
>> number
>> of new followers for my little used Flickr a/c - some are fine, but 
>> some are
>> like this guy - followers of hundreds of thousands. As some others 
>> here also
>> use Flickr, this is my somewhat petty riposte to him and others by way 
>> of a
>> Flickr testamonial. Flickr doesn't seem to have an adequate complaints
>> procedure that will handle individuals that are seemingly wasting others'
>> time in their drive to get their own numbers up.
>>
>> You said this about Name Deleted:
>> "You have to admire this photographer's dedication, resources, and 
>> chutzpah.
>> He has added my work to the other 154,860 photographers he is 
>> following. I'm
>> so thrilled that he obviously spends all of his time so devoted to the 
>> art
>> of photography, and regularly checks 154,861 photographers' work. As 
>> many of
>> these multiple thousands of photographers post several images a day, 
>> he must
>> have to look at several hundred thousand images a week at a minimum. 
>> That's
>> real dedication.
>>
>> How long do most individual images get vetted for? Probably 10 to 20
>> seconds, longer if one wants to appreciate the nuances, and context of 
>> the
>> image and the photographer. How long is that? It's almost immeasurable to
>> people of my limited mathematical abilities. What a guy! What a life of
>> dedication. There should be some sort of award for this. I nominate 
>> him for
>> the Flickr Faithful Follower Award. If there is no such award, I think 
>> there
>> should be. Did I look at his own pictures? No, sadly. I didn't have the
>> time, and I rather suspect he doesn't have the time to take good 
>> images, as
>> he seems to dedicate his life to other people's images."
>>
>> I know this won't affect many people here, but it's irritating that a 
>> site that I pay money to, allows its customers to be plagued by people 
>> like this.
>>
>> Aren't we lucky that we all have Brian Reid!!
>>
>> Douglas
>>
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