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Re: [OM] IMGS: Syrian Refugees

Subject: Re: [OM] IMGS: Syrian Refugees
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 21:45:00 -0700
On 8/18/2016 5:58 PM, John Hudson wrote:
Moose's well articulated observations point up one feature of today's widespread human attention span whether it is sourced from CNN, print media or visual media. Anything taking longer than 20 seconds of undivided attention is generally beyond most people's attention span and is either "tuned out", turned off or criticized for requiring too much concentration. It is not by accident that the likes of CNN limit their news presentations to 20 seconds or less before changing camera angles, speakers or both.

I do not watch any TV news, listen to radio, or read newspapers. I do read selected longer pieces, all of which take much longer than 20 seconds to read.

Tina's only fault, if that is indeed the proper word, is that her presentation required more than 20 seconds of undivided attention for which at least Mr Moose no doubt found to be the limit of his attention span.

OK, I didn't post this list, but it took me a great deal longer than that to compile. I was looking at some of the Iran images, and couldn't see the point of several close to identical duplicates. I started to make a list, to use in commenting. I decided not to, as it's Tina's business what she posts. And, as she has pointed out, she had sent us to the stock sales images, which edited are for a different purpose.

However, since you choose to dis:

Starting here 
<http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000R3vmKhTT3z8>

I noted that I couldn't see any use in the duplicates 2011-2012, 2020-2022, 2024-2025, 2027-2028, 2029-2030, 2034-2035, 2036-2037* - and that's where my patience ended or I realized that I didn't really want to make such a reply, so I stopped taking notes, although I looked at many more.

Lucky for you, my office waste basket hadn't been emptied, so I found my notes. :-) Now you can go look and tell me how and why I'm wrong - or not.

You may also not have noted, or connected, this part of my recent comments 
about Leo's web site:
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" . . . I can't understand why there seems to be no way to stop the slide show. I can click on a thumbnail of interest, but before I finish viewing the larger image, it's gone. I leave frustrating galleries quickly."
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I am sure that he is not alone in this world. That said, one's short attention 
span

That said, I believe you have jumped to a wrong conclusion about me, as indicated above. My attention span does certainly vary with the degree to which an image affects me. I have spent a LOT of time with many images posted here, both Tina's and others, not infrequently going back to look again. My browser is full of tabs, many at any time those of images I want to go back to. But when I engage with and have experienced an image, I am then ready to move on to the next, not to one, or several, repetitions.

in no way should be a factor for criticizing the quality and appeal of Tina's 
work.

Did you actually read what I wrote? I praised Tina's craft and artistry, and made what I hoped might be helpful suggestions for making it more appealing and accessible in its web presentation, by concentrating on showing the best of it. Hell, I recently said that in my opinion she is better at many aspects of what he is famous for than Steve McCurry. Criticism? Faint praise? Did you read that? Forget it due to a short attention/memory span?

Personally I enjoyed viewing the entire gallery.

I'm happy for you. My solution was to look at the thumbnails and then selected 
larger images.

Paying Attention Moose

* These two women are great, and Tina has caught them beautifully, but the 
series is long and repetitive, to me.)

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