On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:05:06 -0500, Tony Cooper
wrote:
: On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:42:43 -0500, PeterN
: wrote:
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: On 2/12/2013 12:02 AM, Robert Coe wrote:
: Best responses to a mandate in quite a while. The SI is clearly alive and
: well. I'll try to be brief, as my alarm will go off at 4:19 AM (11 mins
: earlier than usual).
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: Agreed.
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: Peter Newman Atlanta
: Can't make up my mind. Colors are nice, but the picture is so busy my eyes
: won't focus. On balance, I think it's OK.
:
: Sorry about my late response.
:
: Your eyes not focusing are the fault of the image, not your eyes. It was
: a night shot, hand held, as I didn't want to carry a tripod on the
: plane. I like the composition and will eventually do something with it.
:
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: Peter Newman Maine
: Interesting, albeit busy. I'd prefer to see the entire flags, and for it to be
: less murky overall.
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: There was still a morning haze that I tried to depict something beyond a
: post card shot. I thought leaving a portion of the flags in would help.
: You are right, it is not as strong an image as I would have liked.
:
: As always, I appreciate comments positive or negative.
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: And the rest of us would appreciate comments on our submissions. There
: are a couple of people who regularly post comments on the images, but
: too few do so.

It's very much worth the effort, for those who can find the time. (Sometimes I
can and sometimes not; I'll try to be more consistent in the future.)
Commenting on others' work helps the commenter learn to see his own work more
objectively and is apt to make him/her a better photographer.

I recently joined CIPNE (Commercial/Industrial Photographers of New England),
an organization whose members have been struggling to recover from the
economic effects of the Great Republican Depression of the Lesser Bush
Administration. Their principal claim to relevance is their quarterly lectures
by renowned professional photographers. I've been to two so far and found them
extremely entertaining and informative. I asked the president about their
annual photo competition, since their Web site shows no winners since 2011. He
told me they'd had to cancel last year's event for lack of participation and
asked for ideas on how to jump start it this year. I referred him to the
Shoot-In as an example of a model that seems to work over an extended period.
(Theirs is a little different, though: they actually have cash prizes. I told
him I'm definitely in if they have it this year!)

Bob