P3D computer images and change

[boris@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Boris Starosta)]

>From: Derek Gee <73157.2172@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
...
>We were getting complaints from many club members that it wasn't fair
>that the computer generated images were winning so often when they
>(the complainers) had no computer of their own.  I also had to temper
>my own feelings, because I really enjoyed seeing the computer generated
>stereo imagery.  After much debate, we decided that since were are
>a PSA affiliated club, that we should remain consistant with their
>guidelines, and decided to prohibit computer generated/enhanced
>imagery in competitions except for the Contemporary or Open categories.
>So here is an example of how a "new idea" directly caused a change
>to procedures.

So here is an example of how a "new idea" is being suppressed by the status quo.

Apparently PSA judges are so hungry for new images, for novelty, that they
will give high marks to computer imagery despite perhaps technical flaws.
(I say this because I have seen the computer images that have won the
awards, and most are technically unimpressive.)

I am unaware of PSA policy with regard to computer images, and am sorry to
hear that my computer images will apparently never win "Best of Show"
because of some rule.  I don't understand the thinking behind such a rule.
As long as the images share a fundamentally common medium (say color
slides), I see no reason why the creative instrument should factor into the
judging.  What if the judges couldn't tell the difference between a
computer generated view and a regular photographic view?

The user of a 5p Realist has just as much opportunity to create an
innovative, artistic, deep stereoscopic image as has the user of a
computer.  Instead of complaining about computers, they should revisit
their own work with their own camera, and see if something is not missing
there.

This illuminates a modern problem - change.  Unlike in earlier epochs,
today things change so rapidly that organizations continually face the
question: shall we embrace change and make the best of it, or shall we
suppress change, for the benefit of the old-timers.  PSA, what will you do?

Sincerely,



Boris Starosta            boris@xxxxxxxxxxxx
                          http://www.starosta.com
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