rj Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Well, if everybody is lurking and not participating than of course the forum will be boring, what would you expect. I would suggest instead of lurking, come up with a good subject to start a thread on, answer intellegently about some of the other threads and if we all do this, than the forum will be better than it is. Gabriel, grow up and get some initiative, don't rely on others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben z Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Gabriel, why the melodramatic grand exit? If I get fed up enough with the petty nonsense on this forum I will just leave. I don't expect anybody to care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_w. Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 I always leave my job sites secretly and quitely, not wanting a ceremony/celebration (yeah right)/gifts, you get the idea. Then, I get a barrage of e-mails asking why I never said anything. Unlike you, we stay in touch, and often work together again...priceless. So, your "grand" exit will not be missed. Hasta Luego Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith_laban Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 .....if it's on the page it's "EXCELLENT!" What more could anyone want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_mcbride Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Did Gabriel Hanson just have his 15 minutes of fame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsr Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Gabriel, this boredom of which you speak sounds like it could well be a symptom of clinical depression. Photo.net was never intended to forestall or cure depression, and you should treat it at once because it becomes worse over time. Instead of visiting here, try drinking for a while and see how that works for you. ;<)) Best regards, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_spiers Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Every forum I've ever visited has had a thread like this one. Things are never as good as they were. And these people never go quietly! They always make a big song and dance about it. If you don't like it here, just stop posting. Less of the drama queen stuff, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Rowlett Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Nobody has ever left this crazy forum. Many have tried and failed. Once you're here, you're stuck. Believe me, I was the first one. And I still can't leave. HA! HA! Backups? We don’t need no stinking ba #.’ _ , J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew1 Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Who can post the pancake bunny here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 "Many have tried and failed. Once you're here, you're stuck." yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Tony - You mean this is sort of a photographic version of the movie "Groundhog Day?" In other words, it's "deja vu all over again," as Yogi Berra would say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliot_rosen1 Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 We'll miss you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_simmons Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Vivek, what the heck was that URL you posted? I'm a native of F'ville Arkansas, so it was fun to see the site, but egad, what pedestrian images, and I'm usually a nicer reviewer than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray House Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 I just recently started reading in this forum, mostly due to seeing Mr. Kaplan's photos. I will admit to wondering why someone would take 15mm photos of himself and post them as he does. However, after only about a week I now see a photographer doing a very interesting project, posting results, asking for feedback, giving information and inviting those interested to share a portion of his life. I almost feel as though I know him as a friend although we have never communicated. If this site had more members with the passion and willingness to share as he does, we could all benefit. In this life we've got participants and onlookers, participants rarely get bored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_guhan_gunaratnam2 Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 bye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesrani Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 I tend to agree with Gabriel. The forum was much more interesting a few years ago - political discussions (mostly with a photographic slant) and so on added a dimension that is lacking now. The forum's obsession with a few self-promoting personalities like Al Kaplan and Frank Granowski is pretty symptomatic, IMO, that there isn't much left to talk about anymore. The quality of the photography presented here has gone downhill too, despite what Trevor says about the tendency to moan about the good old days. On the other hand, people seem to prefer it that way. Fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cenelsonfoto Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 "Vivek, what the heck was that URL you posted? I'm a native of F'ville Arkansas, so it was fun to see the site, but egad, what pedestrian images, and I'm usually a nicer reviewer than that."<p> Jim, I believe he was issuing an invite to our forums:<p> <a href="http://www.nelsonfoto.com/phpBB2/index.php">http://www.nelsonfoto.com/phpBB2/index.php</a><p> As for my pedestrian images, please feel free to contact me, take me under your wing, and teach me the way of the master photographer. I've only been shooting 1.5 yrs, getting better at it as fast as I can. Will consider all pointers.<p> Best wishes,<br> CE Nelson<p> <a href="http://www.nelsonfoto.com">nelsonfoto.com</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsimmons Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 CE Nelson, my apologies for such an unkind, smart-alecky remark. No excuses, just plain bad behaviour on my part. Advice? More interesting subject matter - not the millionth biker chicks shot ala "here's my friends Karen and Kathy" - would be a good start. Try shooting things that aren't special, and the way light wraps around and passes through those mundane things. Keep shooting and don't let people like me (on a bad bad day) get in your way. And enjoy the hell out of F'ville. I live in New Zealand now, but F'ville is my second favorite place in the world. Grew up there, and have 140 years of family history there. Some of my favorite F'ville subject matter: decaying rock walls, the ways individual yards are separated (or not) from each other, frat party behavior (when they're not mugging for the camera), and the light coming through the leaves of a maple tree. Hope you had a beautiful fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cenelsonfoto Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 Hmmm, you've been gone long enough not to know about recent events, I'm sure. I moved here 7 years ago, and the change in that short period has been staggering.<p> Fayetteville is being gentrified at an alarming pace. Much of old Fayetteville has or is process of being boutiqued for the nouveau riche in the area. WalMart millionaires, you know...<p> Some things still stand - Maxines Tap Room hasn't been demolished yet. Huff is still in business next to that (had a tour of his studio recently). The building the Grill was in was converted to condos and jewelry sales, new top-dollar apartments behind that. Jerry's, the little diner at College and Dickson is now a salon... and make sure you pronounce it co-rectly. It's tres chic.<p> As for fall, it's been extremely colorful. Best color since I first visited in 98. Some stuff I recently shot to show it off, lots of orange this year.<p> Everybody is prone to a gruff moment. No blood no foul. Still, unless somebody waltzes in with their balls in hand and sez out loud, "yo! check out da size of deez nuts!", probably best to reserve sharp critique. I can find plenty of the mundane in your work if I look for it. Dig?<p> Family and I have alway wanted to see NZ. Lemme know if yer business is such that you require an assistant. Do you happen to know a Francis (Frank) Till?<p> Some recent stuff below.... roaming the hills stuff... just photos... no pretense. I also think you should look again at my 2005 Bikes Blues and BBQ series.<p> <img src="http://nelsonfoto.com/mein/minolta_xe7/102805/08.jpg"><p> <img src="http://nelsonfoto.com/mein/minolta_xe7/102805/09.jpg"><p> <img src="http://nelsonfoto.com/mein/minolta_xe7/102805/10.jpg"><p> <img src="http://nelsonfoto.com/mein/minolta_xe7/110105/01.jpg"><p> <img src="http://nelsonfoto.com/mein/minolta_xe7/110105/04.jpg"><p> <img src="http://nelsonfoto.com/mein/minolta_xe7/110105/09.jpg"><p> <img src="http://nelsonfoto.com/mein/minolta_xe7/110105/20.jpg"><p> <img src="http://nelsonfoto.com/mein/minolta_xe7/110105/21.jpg"><p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david j.lee Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 we have to admit that this forum is pretty lame compared to what it was before it was sanitized for our protection. i miss jay. and grant. and even that italian conservative guy whatever-his-name-is. it was fun while it lasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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