I wasn''t for a moment meaning you. Unlike some other posters, you have been measured, and keen not to jump to conclusions on the basis of hearing one side of the story.

ETA: Apart from the first two sentences, my post was addressed to all and sundry. In fact, especially to sundry.

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Why are alll the pictures I see today so good?

These demonstrate what you get when you marry a great eye for composition with technical mastery of the medium.

Several of these bring to mind Keats, and his phrase "Magic casements, opening o'er the foam".

Lovely.

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Kris, I imagine you are trying to say something about emptiness and insignificance, but it might be better if you had the shrine much closer to the camera, with the lone and level sands stretching far away (to quote Shelley).

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I think a desolate plain needs landscape.

(The clue is in the name!)

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This looks very promising. Good luck.

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This is the second time today I've been forced to say nice things about a picture, or group of them.

I am not a great fan of toned monochrome, but I think it works well in this case.

"Looking up Slope" is the best of the bunch, IMO, but they're all good.

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Quite so, Hyram.

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Now there's a niche Pentax could exploit - the Flattercam!

Guaranteed to make fat women thin, and old curmudgeons young and hunky.

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Dr Orloff,

Thank you for a thoughtful and considered post.

However, I don't entirely agree.

When we join a club, we agree to abide by the rules, and in this club the rules permit the moderators to delete or edit posts.

Over the years my posts have been deleted or edited on a few occasions. I have never dreamt of arguing with the moderator's decision in these cases. First, because it is all subjective anyway, and second, because life is too short.

This is an internet forum, for goodness sake, not the Central Criminal Court at the Old Bailey. Lives are not subject to JR's whim, as some nitwits would have you suppose. The issues are trivial, and the mods really don't have time to discuss things with people who may or may not be on-line.

So let's stop being prima donnas and let the mods do what they honestly believe is the right thing in the interests of the forum, whether or not we agree with it.

Remember, the umpire's decision is final!

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Was that your last bottle of beer?

If so, it puts minor problems into perspective.

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