I rather like Clive's idea. One thing I have always wanted from the gallery is for people to explain why they like a particular image. Gratifying as it is to get the 'great shot' comments, this doesnt actually help improve your photography. Having one person make a personal selection and explain what it is that makes it POTW in their eyes would be very interesting, especially if as is suggested, it is a different person doing the selection week on week.
I'd be happy to take a turn.
An alternative along the same lines would be to have a sticky thread where anyone could post their personal POTW and explain why. I would suggest that the only rules would be that it shouldnt be an image of your own, and that each person should choose just one image. That might mean that some weeks we had multiple POTWs, but that isnt necessarily a bad thing, and might encourage more people to engage in some constructive comment and critiscism on the site, rather than set up what could be seen as an elite closed group...
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