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Re: [OM] TOPE 37: new entry

Subject: Re: [OM] TOPE 37: new entry
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:00:22 -0500
My internet access time is limited right now.  I'm not even viewing let 
alone commenting.

Chuck Norcutt

Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
> And few comments so far.
> 
> Cannot understand the exact reason for this: I always learned quite a 
> bit from comments at TOPE.
> 
> I can think of a good-enough reason, which has prevented me from writing 
> down my thoughts when they came fresh: the anti spam measure which must 
> be sorted out in order to leave a comment. It takes some time, and at 
> least myself I have little spare time.
> 
> Perhaps we should see the positive side of not leaving written words: 
> each photograph could be considered as an <Opera Aperta > in the sense 
> Umberto Eco defines it: free to the understanding of the observer:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Eco#Books_on_philosophy
> 
> Anyway, I miss the times when people wrote three or four comments - they 
> were invaluable to me in 2002-2003.
> 
> Hope not anyone here prefers not to make a comment just because it might 
> be felt as rude by the author. I think we list are hard skinned and well 
> humored to make profit of such a situation.
> As a matter of fact, it should be much more profitable for the 
> photographer to read a 'rude' comment.
> 
> Short comment: I considered CHLing on my recent [IMG] as highly 
> valuable, he even told when does he consider that an histogram should be 
> studied; he even politely and accurately hypothesized why might I have 
> gone out and got into clipping -besides that I was falling asleep :-)- 
> now I see that half-dreamed electric blue sky and feel I will start 
> again from scratch, because I myself deserve the effort.
> 
> Fernando.
> 
> Olaf Greve wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> And another fine entry has just been sent to the TOPE gallery, and is  
>> up for views at the gallery!
>> Go check it out!!! :)
>>
>> BTW: this Wednesday the anonymity will be lifted, but as always,  
>> further entries are still welcome for a few weeks more, so if you  
>> haven't sent in an entry so far, you can still do so.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Olafo
>>
>> Main page:
>> http://www.tope.nl
>>
>> Direct link to TOPE 37:
>> http://www.tope.nl/tope_index_page.php?event=37
>>
>> Direct link to the complete TOPE Events calendar:
>> http://www.tope.nl/events.php
>>   
> 
> 
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