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To be honest, all I ended up doing was posting a comment on the thread that included my picture.

Given that its a non-profit site, it just would have been nice to have been asked *sigh*

All the best, El

Just to let you all know, there appears another individual who

chooses to use PN submissions without authorisation.

While the individual doesn't appear to be benefitting financially

from this, I just thought other affected users may be interested.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/_mortis_/

Cheers, Ellen

Neal, everyone here will tell you that if you're serious about getting meaning ful feedback, its the comments that are valuable - you give and you receive... kinda like karma really.

Cheers, Ellen

I gotta say, for all the blisses of the electronic age, the complete failure to deliver tone in one's conversation has a lot to answer for! lol

Cool, its all good :)

Ellen

Thanks Jay, yeah I had suspected bot-action, that's why I asked in the first place.

I don't take much notice of my own ratings (they change daily depending on how they were allocated lol) but am really about open conversation/discussion about mine and others images!

I often find the Site Feedback forum frustrating - so many people ready to jump to the negative!

Cheers, Ellen

Geez guys, relax! Was just asking a simple question!!

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but I gotta say, I'm feeling a little batterd myself now!

You're mistaking my curiosity for some sort of dependency on ratings!

Get over yourselves.

Have a nice day now, you hear!

:)

Ellen

I've been tooling through RRP this morn, and have noticed that the

past 15 shots or so haven't rated above an average of 4/4 - just

wondering if somethings afoot, cos I personally didn't think this

mornings offerings were that bad!??

anhyoo, have a great day!

Ellen

Hi Ivan,

The history of the idea gives you the details and yes, just posts below in the critique section.

Have a look at the first one to get the idea.

Cheers, Ellen

A group of users have decided to embark on an enterprise designed to

utilise more interpretive skills ? a subject photo open to

manipulation, and personal perception.

The general idea is that a single photo per week will be the subject

image. This will be posted here .

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=476492

Users are invited to submit their own personal take on the image, and

add their submission to the critique thread.

The rules? Well RE has so graciously offered to host this forum, so

will be the recipient of the subject photo submissions, and will also

post the one photo per week.

People submitting subject photos need to understand that once their

photo has been offered up, they can?t take personally anything that

is done to the shot ? but obviously, deliberately offensive

submissions are discouraged.

To see a history and example of what is intended, as well as details

for subject photo submission, please look here

http://www.photo.net/photo/3151426

What we?re trying to do here is have a little fun, encourage

discussion, and see what happens to an image when seen through a

variety of eyes.

Hope you can join us!

Overnight Bot-rating reversals by admin.

Its happening alot at the moment.

As an aside, the painting doesn't do your photo justice Michele.

Good luck, Ellen

Agree.

What goes around, comes around.

Ellen

It's getting a little crazy really. We can't take shots in the underground train loop (on the platforms) cos They fear that we're conducting some sort of surveilance.

Ok, so who want to head the GSS club? lol

yes well, it looks like you're either "in" or "out" lol

I wonder how many members there are of the GSS club?

I have an odd entry in my "People interested in me"...

G SS (updated 1895-05-24).

Not affecting me, just wondering what the blazes it is?

Thanks,

Ellen

I have a fiar idea who the 'very nice image, thanks 6/6' is as I've been got a couple of times lately (as I'm sure most have lol). I suspect however, that this person has read this thread because althought the 6/6 hasn't changed, the comments are getting a little more varied!

yeah, you have to laugh at this sort of things... its pretty damn obvious and if you get sucked into it, well, then you're not making the most outa this site!

My intention in asking the question was not to irritate or stir the pot but to simply seek clarification (next time I will search for similar threads BEFORE I post a question) - I am NOT anti-nude, but, like every other person in this world, have preferences.

It's a shame that a site like this appears happy to stand still while technology and other sites pass by - I would have thought that given the calibre of photographers who post here, and the sheer volumes of users, that PN would also like to be the BEST when it comes to its technology.

But in the end, I guess that this and similar discussions wll continue until suchtime as (inevitably) progress, and the needs of users, pushes it forward - in whatever direction.

Ellen

Filtering is not necessarily censoring, as I suspect Bob is suggesting - I don't particularly fancy photos of flowers, so if given the option, would view the whole gallery without these shots! Like I said, I have nothing against nudes, and I actually surf during my lunch hour, but it was just out of consideration for my co-workers who might happen to spy something on my screen that they would have preferred not to, that I asked this question. Its funny, if the line between artistic nude and home porn wasn't so vague here, I may have more interested co-workers than repulsed (myself included).

Bob, seeing as you are not in a position to comment on site enhancements, are you able to refer this thread to someone who is? I've really enjoyed frequenting PN over the past year or so, and have learnt alot, and it was out of genuine interest in getting the most of of PN that I posted my question in the first place.

I spose I'll restrict myself to home then, and end up here at the same time as the blue moon (which is about as often as I get the chance to be online at home).

Thanks all,

Ellen