Might be better if you make a proper post in the Classified Ads section, so those who want to buy things look.

Cloud storage won't be any good in 50 years when great grandchildren have no suitcase full of old photos to rummage in....

You are quite correct Smeggypants.

This business of using tectures has arisen elsewhere and of course goes back as far as perhaps using Paterson's texture screen negatives.

In principle, all images on Pentax User should be Pentax images. Adding a Photoshop texture would be OK, but in the context of a competition "Textures" does using someone else's textures seem to be what you want?

I'm not making some conclusion from this, just posing the question, but do be careful you don't end up in a deep pit of discord here as it's potentially a minefield. The more you try to define something, the worse it gets!

Fair enough, although I wouldn't want to deny anyone the joy of photography just because it doesn't reach a standard.

It's always been this way. The enthusiasts were small in number, had their own darkrooms, made very fine exhibition prints of possibly good but possibly boring subjects. The family said, "Yes, very nice" but may have preferred the blurred picture of Aunty Florrie in front of the Eiffel Tower....

For iPhone read Box Brownie and has anything really changed that much?

I think Frankie that's a recipe for disaster. One thing at a time....

When and if there's a consensus, try it in the gallery next time and see what happens?

I know it's harmless chatter, but if we stray from the point nothing will get decided.

My problem is not having enough time to shoot something specific during the two weeks, although I might have hundreds of shots in the archive that could be used.

Ironically, I'm planning today to shoot something specifically for the weekly competition, but that's because the subject has caught my imagination and I have an idea in mind.

An intiuging thought Martin, but it sounds simpler to buy a second battery! Time is also money!

It's been suggested many times, but nobody has wanted to take it up. It's much easier to use the Gallery than the Forum for competitions and uploading images but there seems to have been a reluctance to do so. Not from everyone of course, but from some.

Personally. I would use the Gallery as there's no messing about with web hosting.