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50th PPG accept

Prieni
Posted 23/06/2009 - 19:29 Link
I got my 50th shot accepted for the PPG today. And I got an open ended contract at work. Not a bad day...

Here's entry No. 50 (shot for a competition with the theme "Something old"):
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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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Mike-P
Posted 23/06/2009 - 19:31 Link
Prieni wrote:
I got my 50th shot accepted for the PPG today. And I got an open ended contract at work. Not a bad day...


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.
Edited by Mike-P: 23/06/2009 - 19:33
Prieni
Posted 23/06/2009 - 19:35 Link
Mike,

you got some real crackers in there!

Prieni
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Malo1961
Posted 23/06/2009 - 19:37 Link
Top quality as usual, so no surprise here. On the PPG qualification that is.

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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pschlute
Posted 23/06/2009 - 21:10 Link
Well done Ralf, you have a superb collection in the gallery. The honeycomb grid a favourite of mine.
scottthehat
Posted 23/06/2009 - 21:23 Link
well done, some real crackers cant wait to get to 10 myself, 1 left, but way of the big 50,
just keep snapping,

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hefty1
Posted 23/06/2009 - 22:03 Link
In two years I've had precisely.......... none.

I think it's time I took up a new hobby
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haydnw
Posted 23/06/2009 - 22:05 Link
Well done, but keep looking over your shoulder - I've only got 49 to go to catch up with you
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Lance B
Posted 24/06/2009 - 02:25 Link
Prieni wrote:
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.

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Here's entry No. 50 (shot for a competition with the theme "Something old"):
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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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Prieni
Posted 24/06/2009 - 08:07 Link
Mike-P wrote:

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...

pschlute wrote:
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).

scottthehat wrote:
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).

hefty1 wrote:
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
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Tony-O
Posted 24/06/2009 - 08:17 Link
Well done Mr Big Head,Some really great photo's,well deserved recognition. That looks like a 1 to 4 acceptance rate,so you need to get cracking on the next 200 shots to become a centenarian.By the way does your open ended contract require you to be at work till you fall off your perch Well done on both counts.Tony.
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Prieni
Posted 24/06/2009 - 08:32 Link
Tony-O wrote:
Well done Mr Big Head,Some really great photo's,well deserved recognition.

Thanks Tony!

Tony-O wrote:
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...

Tony-O wrote:
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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Hyram
Posted 24/06/2009 - 08:35 Link
Congratulations on both counts, particularly good news about your contract I guess :
Hyram

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