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Re: Just curious
Mike Morper 2005-Mar-13 16:20:00
Hi Landis,
Here is my two cents as to why folks may not participate (me included
this round):
Uninteresting subject matter/difficult shooting conditions
Marketplaces in Southern California where I live are limited to strip
malls, and a few huge malls like The Grove or South Coast Plaza. I
recognize that folks from other parts of the world may find it
interesting to see what these look like (at least the inside), but
taking a tripod and gear to these places to take a picture is not
practical. More times than not, the rent a cops at these places won't
let you shoot (private property). Sure, you can do a handheld, but at
low light conditions indoors, that ends up being (in my mind) a more
difficult image to stitch, cleanup, etc. I don't have the time to pull
that off.
Lots of people
Marketplaces have lots of people. Lots of people mean lots of editing.
I'm wondering if folks are backing away from the project because of the
challenges associated with masking, cleanup of moving people in
pictures. Just a thought.
All said, I like the idea of themes, but themes will limit the
contribution of members due to weather, subject matter availability,
etc. Themes do force some fun creativity, but even the most creative
folks can come up short :)
On Mar 12, 2005, at 10:35 PM, Landis wrote:
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> Following up on John's original post, I'm wondering: what are the
> reasons that more of our group members don't participate?
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> When we did WWP Sanctuary we had about 500 members of this group, but
> only 193 people who submitted panoramas. Now I realize that not
> everybody can participate in every event, but I have a feeling that
> it's more than just your schedule.
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> So what's stopping you from joining us and contributing? Seriously,
> I'd be interested in hearing why. Because if you're nervous about
> some aspect of this project, maybe others are thinking the same thing.
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> Are you concerned that you don't have the right equipment or that you
> can't find a 'good enough' subject or... ? If you don't want to,
> that's fine, but I just wanted to let you know that any subject can
> be made interesting. A supermarket in Germany might seem boring to
> you, but to someone like me who has never been there it is
> interesting.
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> Just pondering out loud.
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> We currently have 573 accounts subscribed to this group. Think we
> can make it past 200 this time? Or maybe up to that magic number of
> 360!
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> -Landis
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