People want to impose to many rules to regulate how the forum is and what content it shall or shall not have. The narrower the focus, the less activity there will be.
There are but so many people and if you want some to go here, others there, and even others elsewhere, you are left with only a few. This is what exclusion leads to, a lonely forum. A forum is like a public swimming pool and we have people showing up saying, hey, I only want a pool with people that wear pink and blue suits.
It's spring going on summer, more people are out doing other things, the forum is likely a lower priority.
I have seen too many times where we steal the joy from someone by stepping on their enthusiasm for the camera and this past time. If it were not for the help of some and honest feedback with encouragement, I would not be learning all that I have. When we flame people without good cause, they leave and we narrow that group I referred to above.
People start off with great enthusiasm and that some times fades or people burn out. The S2 is a camera that humbles the beginners and amateurs who pick it up and expect pictures to magically come from it. I have been humbled so many times here by some of your photos that as Tony stated, one can become overwhelmed, feel inadequate or unskilled. I will say though, it drove me to think I could do better, drove me to lean more and slowly but surely the pictures improve. Yet we often stomp on those with a desire to learn!
The really great conversations here sometime invoke passion and people get revved up and start attacking each other. Some people simply say to heck with it and leave. Explore peoples ideas, don't attack them is what I say. Sometimes said as question the ideas, not the people.
And as is the case, Art itself invokes emotion and feelings. I have seen envy, hate, awe, and many other emotions conveyed here. Try to understand why people say what they say before you respond. The written word carries little tonality or clues as to the motive behind the words.
Well, that probably didn't make a lot of sense! Maybe someone will flame me, hate me, or tell me to take such talk elsewhere! Of course I am only kidding here to drive the point that some will choose not to see.
Its just a camera, just a hobby, just a job in the end. Lets keep it in perspective. That said, I am going to try and rev things up a little with a potluck of subjects!
Have fun, take pictures, learn, share it all with your fellow Fuji SLR forum member!
ProForum, Lighting Forum and also this forum
become incerasingly less frequented ...
The steam is out .. all enthusiasm evaporated
)
or just the calm before the next round of
announcements ..
Well I can see why the pro forum gets deserted ..
too many stupid beginner questions .. but also
here .. whats your opinion ??
Have fun
gmd
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Thanks!
Mark
Fuji S2 Pro - Tamron's 19-35, 90 Macro, 28-300 XR and Nikon 70-200VR
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