Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Lea, When I read your fist two lines I rather interpret then as a argument in favour of posting PAW notices on the LUG and PAW critiques on a separate PAW Critique List. Brian's original note suggested the large increase in PAW critiques is overwhelming the list and that a critique list may be necessary. Why not continue subscribing to the LUG (which will include PAW announcements) and not subscribe to the PAW Critique list? Regards, Greg lea wrote: >I'm not at all interested in a critique sub-list for PAW. For me, the >purpose of the PAW is not in critiquing...it's simply for showing and >looking. Often I see images in the various PAWs that warrent comment of some >nature. Many do not. If I feel particularly moved by an image I will >comment, otherwise I assume the shooter will continue photographing, >continue posting and the world will continue spinning...whether I comment or >not. > >I think by the time we purchase Leicas, build our darkrooms, calibrate our >systems, process our own film or find a decent lab, build a web site, scan >and post images we're deep enough into it to have a pretty good idea if an >image is stong or not. I'm certainly not qualified to be a critiquer other >than to say what I like and don't like. And I pretty much assume any >photographer can look at his/her work and see where it is strong and where >it is weak long before I point it out to them. Maybe I am incorrect in >that...but I can say it is true for me of my own work. > >So...if the PAW is to become a critique-based project sub list, I'm not >interested. The spirit of the project, as I understood it, was simply to >show off the fact that our high-end gear was actually seeing film........... >Lea > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 11:21 PM >Subject: [Leica] Success crisis > > >: The Picture A Week movement, bravely started by Kyle Cassidy last year, is >: an amazing success. I am absolutely thrilled that so many people are >: actually taking pictures with their Leicas. >: >: It does, though, present for the LUG what we in the computer industry call >: a "success crisis". The traffic on the LUG has increased dramatically >since >: so many people jumped in to PAW. I can't possibly object; this is what >it's >: all about, but I do have to find a way to focus the PAW traffic somehow. >: >: I have a few ideas. Like so many other ideas, they involve programming >: computers to do things somewhat differently. In the meantime, how would >: people feel about a sub-list whose entire purpose was PAW critiques. I'm >: not proposing this as a long-term solution, but it might ameliorate things >: in the short term. >: >: Brian Reid >: LUG Barkeeper >: >: -- >: To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >: > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html