wwp@yahoogroups.com:
Re: The NEXT World Wide Panorama
Mickael Therer 2005-Jan-23 22:52:00
To cut off the recent brouhaha-hubbub, there has been
only 1 response to the proposed theme ...
Thanks Don Landis and Markus for keeping this thing going
I hate themes but you got me hooked.
-m
--- In #removed#, G. Donald Bain <#removed#> wrote:
> We are now ready to start planning for the next World Wide Panorama.
>
> It will be the fifth quarterly event, beginning a second year. In the
> first year we had 371 participants submit a total of 682 panoramas for
> the site. The Geo-Images server is reporting more than 130,000 hits per
> day, with an average daily transfer of 9 gigabytes.
>
> Landis and I had a chance to confer at the MacWorld Expo in San
> Francsico two weeks ago, and we agreed on the next theme - Marketplace.
>
> "Marketplace" was suggested last year, and there are some good examples
> on the first WWP site. We feel it will offer many opportunities for
> self expression and photographic excellence. It spans all cultures and
> can be done indoors or outdoors, with lots of people or few people.
> There are easy examples, and very challenging ones. Weather should not
> be too much of a problem in northern climes, and we will all have 12
> hours of day and 12 hours of night.
>
> The dates for shooting will be March 17 through 20, 2005 - Thursday to
> Sunday. March 20 is the Equinox for most of the globe.
>
> Online submission (with Markus Altendorff's marvelous preparation
> server) will begin Monday March 21 and continue until Wednesday March
> 30, giving you over a week to prepare. During this period participants
> (only) will be able to view the site as it grows. The site will be
> announced and publicly available April 1, 2005.
>
> As before I have written a little essay on the theme, to give you some
> ideas. It will follow in a separate e-mail, and is also on the site.
> Full information about the next World Wide Panorama can be found at:
> http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp/NextEvent.html
>
> We look forward to another expression of diversity and talent in
> Marketplace - A World Wide Panorama.
>
> G. Donald Bain
> Landis Bennett