P3D Re: My first stereo competition

["David W. Kesner" <drdave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In PHOTO-3D digest 2708 Dr. T says:

> CONGRATULATIONS!  Two accepted slides is very good, considering
> that DrT only had one (Pauline told me that the quality of 
> submissions was very high).  Also, DrT had zero acceptances in
> his first PSA stereo competition (Detroit, 1996).

Does this mean that the student has passed the master? *{;-)

> Congratulations also to Pauline for the very generous offer to
> help you evaluate the best from a group of nine.  Not many people
> will offer to go into such trouble....

I am extremely grateful to Pauline for not only the offer, but the 
encouragement to even enter. If I am not mistaken doesn't PSA offer 
this service to its members? I thought I saw something on their 
website that said you could send them slides and they would return 
them with a evaluation. Any idea who might be doing this for them?

> This DrT does sound like a terrible person.... :-)  Total lack of
> sensitivity towards a beginner from his side........  Perhaps better
> feedback is offered by SSA folios or by the PSA slide (image?)
> evaluation service.

First I must defend Dr. T. From my postings to photo-3d he had 
guessed I was an older, experienced stereo photographer and had high 
expectations of my first exchange. Little did he know that I was a 
young (at least not old!) absolute neophyte. My gross incompetence 
caught him by surprise.

I do agree that a well rounded exposure is best. That means comments 
from friends, relatives, folios, competitions, shows, experts, and 
neophytes are all necessary to get the complete picture.

I want to thank all those people that have helped me so far, and 
those that I will continue to seek guidance from.

David W. Kesner
Boise, Idaho, USA
drdave@xxxxxxxxxx


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