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What do you mean R26? I think you meant R32 right? How high does this R# thing go?
If we were to sort this Recommend thing in a descending order jp and
I would be so far down as to need oxygen fed to us to sustain life. Agitator not so far but still not as elite (sorry Howard).
According to the boss, R32, we, the lower echelons (R10 and below?), are know-nothings. We don't "do anything for the community", we don't provide "friendly and reliable posts". Hey! we're not believable, we "don't know what we are saying" and will chastise or make fun of you or your problem when the moderators are at rest. God save the moderators.
Doesn't matter that we, the lower echelon, have 10, 20 ,30+ years in the photographic community or as people really trying to improve our craft. That we've been there, done that with 35mm film, color and B&W, laboring in darkrooms. Where we tried to be Ansel Adams like, tried to be the best we could be. And, in so doing these things, many of us became very, very knowledgeable in the art and craft of photography and understand the relationship of ISO, f-stop, and shutter speed. Have a grasp on composition or what really looks good to us. Know how light and dark, in color or B&W, interact. How light and shadows can be mysterious and captivating. How B&W prints can have a more aesthetic appeal than color.
Now we are embracing the digital world and striving to transition to the world of the new technology away from the world that we knew. To apply what we have learned, in the chemical world, to the new digital world and new processing techniques to create the best images we can. Giving to those, that ask, the things we have learned in the old and new worlds of photography.
But, because we only rise to a R2 or R3 or perhaps even R4 maybe, we of the lower echelon, we who are most like the majority of the Nikonians memberships, are not worthy. Even though, EVEN THOUGH, we make up the bulk of the success of this .org.
As less recommended as we, the lower echelon are, we are not worthy. Neophytes, look for a higher R#, the elite, to be sure that you are getting the best advise, the best critique, the best technical advise. Uh, huh, maybe.
I, for one, only look forward to the critique of my images by my peers who look and simply respond to how they feel on looking at my photos. To those that can answer questions that will help in the improvement of my skills. To answer my questions, like why do I need a ball-head? Really?
I don't look for the elite, I look for heartfelt, the tried and true, I look for real suggestions on improvement of my skills, maybe how I could improve the composition. I look for real critique from my peers. I look for true, base feelings of my work. Whether good or bad. No pain, no gain.
To those that ask my opinion of their work I will give the same. How I really feel, how their submission(s) affect me. What I would do to improve it. Or maybe just say it's great as is.
Sorry elitist R5 and above, you're not in my peer group. Even though you may have credentials up the ying-yang, you don't count.
I might add, I'm an R2. Not that high by choice but by whimsy I believe. While I really like what Nighthawk5169 (is there really 5,168 other Nighthawks?) and jpFoto have done I need to renounce my Recommend-hood and go back to zero. As in 0, nada.
I just want responses to my presentations, from those that would care to respond. Irregardless of ones standing. I don't care what your R# is or even if you have one. Be sincere, be succinct, and be honest. I can take it. Really. It's the only way I, or anyone willing for a true critique of their work, will improve.
Flying magazine had, as its last column, "Back to Basics", where there was a column on the basics of flying. Stick and Rudder in a plain ol' airplane. No jets, no high performance aircraft, no spacecraft, just basic flying techniques. I think Nikonians needs to go back to basics. To help people with their new cameras looking for answers.
I'm ready, ask me anything, and I'll refer them to R32. (not really, I'll try to answer their questions. At least refer them to someone who I think may know the answer.)
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