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Originally Posted by Gidders
Dave - I think you wrong, wrong, wrong!
POTW is just that - the BEST PICTURE OF THE WEEK - something to aspire to
Its a a showcase of the talent of the site, something to encourage passers by to become members. Just because someone won last week, that should not bar them of winning this week.
When I go through the weeks images to make my selection, I'm looking for quality images & I do not look at who has created them. The fact that some of the same names keep cropping up is because they are great photographers!
I agree with Birdsnapper that your choice should be made on merit, the best picture posted in the last week, not on somebody deserving their turn. It's not best picture of the week excluding people that have previously posted great pictures.
OK so different selectors will have different views. I like portraits, Tugboat is an abstract specialist, Ade G likes landscapes, Nigel is a field sports & wildlife expert... but if you look at my selections - they are not all portraits, Ade doesn't choose just landscapes, Nigel & Trena & the others on the panel also choose whatever is the best picture of the past week irrespective of their personal preferences. There is no reason why the same author shouldn't win three ( or four or five) times in a row if their image is judged by different selectors as the best of the week
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Okay Gilders number 1 I am not attacking you or anybody else but PLEASE EVERYBODY STOP AND THINK AND READ WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY.
In every photography forum that I have and currently belong to one of the things that is always prevalent is that the old hands get recondition, they are the ones that get all the comments on their photos and they are the ones that win all of the contests. What I am saying is that instead of focusing on the old hands here lets look at some of those that don't post as much, lets look to guide them and lets look to give them recognition that they deserve. Granted Gilders the old hands like Tugboat, and birdsnapper, and dbtaylor, and MO, and Robski, and Sassan take excellent photos. I can only hope to be as good as they are. I said this to birdsnapper earlier in this thread.
I just feel that we as POTW Panel Members should stop and take a good hard look at those that are working to make and produce some fantastic Photos. I have been as a panel member looking very closely all week at all of the photos and several newer or less producing members have photos in my opinion are just as good the ones I have mentioned but yet they always seem to get passed up. We as panel members have to stop and realize that at one time we were in their shoes.
Robski is one of the best wildlife and insect photography is fantastic I can only hope to be as good as you someday.
Tugboat your still life puts photographers to shame, and I work with one who shot commercial still life for 30 plus years before he retired.
Sassan I love your abstract photography, you are the best at. I would never try to do a abstract photo that you have done because it would be a waste of time. You are the best.
AbeG I agree with Gilders that you are one of the best Landscape photographers.
We as photographers have to stop and think, we are all artists. Plain and simple and as artists we should stop and help those that are either just starting out, or who do not have self confidence and we should encourage them.
That said when I look at photos I see ones that I love that may have a technical flaw here and there. Let me use one photo as an example:
The colors are fantastic, the clarity is beautiful, to me the only thing that would be a downer is that the background (the sky could be a little sharper and more detailed) but this is a great photo. (and that is based on my thoughts and what catches my eye).
Another example is the following by robski
as a lover of nature this is a shoe in to win the POTW for me, yes I said it, but I feel that we as panel members have a obligation to help and guide and lead those that take a great photo but not as great as what robski has given us. You never know if you stop and take a good hard look at one that may not be your favorite you might just change your mind.
Gidders you said the following:
POTW is just that - the BEST PICTURE OF THE WEEK - something to aspire to
YES YOU ARE VERY RIGHT, but you know what IN MY OWN OPINION what harm does it do to take a minute and take a good hard look at those that do not post as much. I frankly have found on other sites that photos that are excellent and fantastic but yet passed over.