50th PPG accept
But I'll reckon you show the same kind of devotion on your job, so that also doesn't come as a surprise.
Congrats on both counts, Ralf. well done
Martin.
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I think it's time I took up a new hobby
I got my 50th shot accepted for the PPG today. And I got an open ended contract at work. Not a bad day...
Buy a lottery ticket, as they say things come in 3's.
Here's entry No. 50 (shot for a competition with the theme "Something old"):
Taken with K20D and DA* 16-50 @ 39, A11, 1.5 s, ISO200. Fading daylight from the window and a bit of tungsten.
Beautifully done and a worthy entrant.
Congrats on 50 acceptances in PPG, Prieni.
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And I thought I was doing well with 13
Nice photo, congrats on both.
Edit: 18, forgot I had some more accepted a few days ago.
You have to build up step by step. It took quite a while to build up and I didn't submit "agressively". I like to have two or three in the running at any time. When they are all declined or accepted I look for new ones to submit.
Martin, thanks for your kind words. I better should go back to work, then and stop answering posts...
Well done Ralf, you have a superb collection in the gallery. The honeycomb grid a favourite of mine.
Thanks Peter. The grid is part of an oceanographic instrument (the upper photo on my wife's page here shows the whole thing (called sediment trap) at deployment).
well done, some real crackers cant wait to get to 10 myself, 1 left, but way of the big 50,
Scott, your signature says it all: just keep snapping (and submitting, of course).
In two years I've had precisely.......... none.
I think it's time I took up a new hobby
Hefty, I think it's time to submit more. I had about 130 shots declined as well as 50 accepted.
Haydn, I will be on the lookout for you
Lance, I might go for the lottery ticket...
Thanks all for comments and kind words,
Prieni
Prieni's PPG page
It ain't no sin to take off your skin,and dance around in your bones.Tom Waits.
Well done Mr Big Head,Some really great photo's,well deserved recognition.
Thanks Tony!
That looks like a 1 to 4 acceptance rate,so you need to get cracking on the next 200 shots to become a centenarian.
It will get harder as the useful archive-shots are a limited resource...
By the way does your open ended contract require you to be at work till you fall off your perch
The way the retirement age is going in Germany at the moment I would say yes.
Cheers,
Prieni
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Here's entry No. 50 (shot for a competition with the theme "Something old"):
Taken with K20D and DA* 16-50 @ 39, A11, 1.5 s, ISO200. Fading daylight from the window and a bit of tungsten.
Prieni
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