Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sure, but I think there are *vastly* better ways to improve one's craft. Marty On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Marty, > I agree with you there, but all viewers who comment bring in something > useful to the table, including competition judges. It is up to us to take > it in the right spirit to improve our craft. > Cheers > Jayanand > > > > On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Jayanand, >> >> > What method of getting your work viewed, in your opinion, does not lend >> > itself to be open to biases? I think it is impossible to eliminate bias >> in >> > the eyes of the viewer (a judge, after all, is just another viewer, >> albeit >> > with some power in the context of a competition). >> >> Perhaps I worded that poorly. There is no avoidance of bias. But in >> competitions there is exercising of power and often this leads to >> self-importance and glorified egoism. If you show your photos in >> other fora, the viewers can decide if they like them or not, without >> the additional influences of the viewers being given growing >> self-important because their choice makes the image more valuable. >> >> > In this case, nobody seems to have read the rules, and apparently the >> > judges did not check out the primary document (RAW file/negative) for >> > transgressions either, which seems to be a huge goof up! >> >> That really is a goof up. It doesn't make any difference to my >> assessment of competitions, but it's also irrelevant to it. >> >> Marty >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information