Re: Thoughts on Judging

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric G. writes: "We're with you and Dr. "F.""

Except that Erlys is not with Dr. "F"!  That's how I read the original
posting.  Everybody in the club, including Erlys, was puzzled by Dr.
"F"'s selection of winners.  What does that tell us about Dr. "F"'s
judgement?  This person had a very definite and unique opinion of
what good 3D should be.  Is this a good attitude for a judge?

Being city-bound, I have a great appreaciation for great and realistic
3D scenics.  I think they deserve the awards they usually get.  Dr.
"F" certainly does not agree with me.  And, yes, it is more difficult 
to do abstract work in 3D but does this work deserve all the awards as 
Dr. "F" appears to believe?

>While the results [in the book "Museum 3D"] are at first visually 
>stunning and technically awesome, I think that the originals make 
>for much finer "art" than the stereos...

That's a strange statement and my first reaction is to say that
I disagree.  But how can we possibly compare the original work of 
art with the 3D computer manipulated extension?  I personally 
loved the 3D extensions which were not obvious at all.  This is an
art that stands on its own.  Cannot be compared with the original.
I don't know if the original is "much finer art".  All I know is that
I loved the 3-D extensions.

George Themelis


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