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I am furious with myself. Which is not so bad from time to time, provided due proportions are mantained. But on this one I feel like an IDIOT. My only hope is that out there - there may be other folks thinking of me worse so that in fact I may be making myself a positive discount.

We are being discussing how to promo imagery, some of us having bitter and unnecessary clashes with the authorities about the Random Gallery, we submitted ideas about front page buttons, and blah blah blah.

On the other hand Jon Claremont has been active and consistent in submitting a weekly post called "Weekly Picks", which among so many screws and auctions, I started to follow last month.

Yesterday upon looking at that thread, renewed, I felt a desire to take part in the thread, a healthy move requiring me first to review the whoole weekly uploading.

Therefore I asked via PM Jon - How do you select all the pics every one submitted for the last week, and he refered me to some right hand lower selection among "1day", "7 days", "14 days"....

I didn't understood Jon explanation. But he was right, He just assumed that for once in my life I clicked "Gallery" on the upper bar of the front page. Which I didn't until yesterday.

It happens. Sorry.

In case you haven't too, let me promo this wonderfull link, which since Yesterday is among "my favourites", contanining a lot of additional info about the imagery circulation at RFF.

Finally I congratulate both Jon and all other folks which have maintained the "Gallery Picks Week Ending....."
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=682113#post682113

As usual, and rather unsual, daily life is determined very much by initiatives from below. Thanks Jon for your insistence, your initiative, and I think your efforts will find more and more eco with more time.

I firmly believe it. The "Galley" link and the Weekly Pick thread are a great combination which cannot but win.

I, am recruited.

Cheers,
Ruben
 
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From what I understand now Ruben didn't know that we have a Gallery here.

We he sent me a message asking how to filter photos from just the last 7 days I told him where to find the link in the Gallery under the thumbnails.

Evidently Ruben found out how to get to the Gallery from the main page, because an hour later he had contributed to the Gallery Picks thread.

So all is well, and the best news is we have another member looking in the Gallery regularly and sounding very positive about contributing to Gallery Picks.
 
My lawyer urges me to state that I did viewed other members pics, just not using the "Gallery" lynk.

Cheers,
Ruben
 
Oh yes, Jon. You are very serious about, but I want more memebers to upload images in the Gallery and only 1 per day - not 5 or 6 image in sequence , so we have the time to review ths stuff on first page. Also, we talked about selecting an image per week and expose it on main page for some time, but Mr Gandy skiped the thread, I think
 
ruben said:
My lawyer urges me to state that I did viewed other members pics, just not using the "Gallery" lynk.

Cheers,
Ruben
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Yet my prosecutor answers that for a photographer not giving attention to detail.... hummm

Cheers,
Ruben


PS\
Now that I am updated I will write a small and better proposal for improvement at the 'Kettle" thread
 
I think the mitigating circumstances might be that it's actually quite difficult to find. I would class myself as a fairly frequent visitor to the Galleries, and even after your post, it still took me a couple of minutes to find the 1day, 7day etc picks.

Overall I find the Galleries not the best place to look at pictures as there are too many distracting elements on the page. However, every now and then I still get that 'tingle' when I see an image I really like, which inevitably spurs me on to do some more of my own stuff.

Regards

Andy
 
lZr said:
Oh yes, Jon. You are very serious about, but I want more memebers to upload images in the Gallery and only 1 per day - not 5 or 6 image in sequence
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I agree, be able to upload one photo only, and then be stopped from uploading another for six (?) hours.

Were you a member here when some people paid a fee to upload 25 photos a day. Some of them took full advantage of it! Thankfully that scheme was stopped.
 
I'll often skip the forums...

I'll often skip the forums...

to head to the gallery a couple of times daily. The slide show feature lets me see 'em all fairly rapidly, then return for the details.

I have to second the thought of limiting successive photo uploads. Really, some of the shooters would benefit from some editing, and a different style/subject in consecutive photos makes the good shots stand out better.

The gallery feature is absolutely inspirational. It leads me to better photo vision. I'd love to see the pic of the week make the home page for a week or so, I think it would both recognise the shooter's prowess and help get a feel for what those qualified to judge photos look for.
 
I frequently check the Gallery link. And I also don't much like the idea of restricting the images people can post - it sounds counter-productive to the aim of getting the forum more image-centric. I'd say just let people post as much as is reasonable in terms of site storage and bandwidth usage.

What I don't do often enough is comment on people's photos - I know I like it when I get comments on my own submissions. So that's my resolution - whenever I see something I particularly like about a photo, I'll comment and say so.
 
Making the site more image oriented would also include more people making comments on photos in the Gallery. There's often a great photo there without one single well-considered comment.

Edit: The post above wasn't there when I started.
 
Five images per day is not bad, but I agree with others that less is counter productive.
I look at the gallery every day, and often find several images that inspire me. I'm trying to do less with the mechanics/equipment and more with the artistic side of photography. I also encourage more imagery, but not at the expense of the equipment side. Just IMHO 😎
 
Uploading 5 or 6 images in sequence makes no sense, if you look carefuly, because the photog uploads same idea with minor changes. Also, if I want my best, I must be more criticaly oriented. Uploading 1 image/day gives me opportunity to review the last images uploaded on the first page

Yes, Jon, but my 3 stars membership ended before a month
 
eric said:
We have a gallery?! I thought this was just an equipment hording forum 🙂
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Not quite, we're a gear hoarding AND philosophy of photography forum

... apparently. 🙂
 
I do think the idea of more comment and discussion on photos is a good one. We do however need to avoid the whole sycophancy thing which pervades Flickr. One photo discussion board, I forget which, has a system of rewards for contributors who comment on images which does seem to work.
 
I'm slightly surprised anyone missed the Galleries - its the first place I go, then to the forums for a bit whilst constantly checking back throughout the day.

With regard to daily uploading. I agree with Sitemistic in principle that it is not a good idea to impose limits on people and discourage those that may wish to use the gallery as a learning tool - something I think most of us do no matter how good we are or think we are. However, I would hope that people realise that posting eight images of the same coffee mug from a slightly different angle won't benefit anybody as people will just not look at them all, especially those who 'dial-up.'

When I first came to RFF in late Oct last year I uploaded a number of images each day, I believe five was the max, not all of them were viewed as there was just so much traffic. With no comments made you may find you learn nothing, with one or two images uploaded you may find - as I did, that people stop, observe and leave comments. I love to get positive comments on my images and am equally happy when someone leaves me a well thought out negative comment...or constructive criticism as it all helps...and you can always ignore the lot and plough your own furrow regardless if you wish!

I say simply, get thee to the Gallery my boy! Enjoy!!
 
One should be one's own critic.

One should be one's own critic.

A time/number upload limit isn't unreasonable. I'm not savvy enough to know the mechanics of a forum like this, but it CAN'T be an altruistic effort not costing anyone any time/effort per bandwidth unit!

I'm retired, but still with not enough time or technical means and prowess for uploading gallery images. My thanks to those that do, however! You're helping me!

Jo
 
ClaremontPhoto said:
From what I understand now Ruben didn't know that we have a Gallery here....
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But Ruben has uploaded photos to the Gallery. 😕

in the absence of a random gallery. i think members should get in the habit of adding links to their galleries in their signature, even better, links to specific albums or specific photos (here or elsewhere). The more you post (participate) the more likely your gallery gets a click. 😉

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for all concerned with the lack of photos, when was the last time you clicked on my flickr link, or anyone elses for that matter?
when was the last time you left a comment on someone's photos?

some claim that a forum is nothing without it's members and that the members do most of the contributing and make a forum what it is.
what have you contributed lately? i mean besides complaints?
joe
 
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