Comments on: Feeling a bit down … http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/ Random thoughts of a student on the Open University's new course T189: Digital Photography Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:15:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: aquamarina http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-459 aquamarina Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:51:09 +0000 http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-459 Thanks Pete - much appreciated. I'm feeling much better now and even planning to buy a new camera ... but which one???? Thanks Pete – much appreciated.

I’m feeling much better now and even planning to buy a new camera … but which one????

]]> By: hartrockets http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-458 hartrockets Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:44:50 +0000 http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-458 HI Aquamarina, dont feel too low, I think your photos are great and you have done really well. if it was not for you and a few others I would not have booked to do the October course and I am really looking forward to it and I hope you will continue to take photos and write your blog. take care Pete HI Aquamarina,

dont feel too low, I think your photos are great and you have done really well.

if it was not for you and a few others I would not have booked to do the October course and I am really looking forward to it and I hope you will continue to take photos and write your blog.

take care

Pete

]]> By: Jersey Guy http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-457 Jersey Guy Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:12:26 +0000 http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-457 Just a small correction to my earlier post. "Don’t sweat rankings, they are objective" should have read, "Don’t sweat rankings, they are not objective" R. Just a small correction to my earlier post. “Don’t sweat rankings, they are objective” should have read, “Don’t sweat rankings, they are not objective”

R.

]]> By: aquamarina http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-454 aquamarina Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:30:16 +0000 http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-454 Thanks for your comments everyone :) Georgy, thanks for your reassurance, I've not had much time to spend on my photography since I finished T189 and my next course is about to start (14/16+ hours per week - *eek*) I don't harbour any aspirations to a DSLR - it would be totally wasted on me and I simply don't have that kind of money to spend on a camera. Jersey Guy, thanks for the birthday wishes - I had a lovely day :) You are so right - I am ahead! Thanks Wanda, I'm not feeling quite so down today. Kvj, I'm really happy to learn that my blog inspired you to take the course. I looked at your Flickr photostream and the images there are excellent - you'll really enjoy T189. I'm sure you'll do very well! Thanks for your comments everyone :)
Georgy, thanks for your reassurance, I’ve not had much time to spend on my photography since I finished T189 and my next course is about to start (14/16+ hours per week – *eek*) I don’t harbour any aspirations to a DSLR – it would be totally wasted on me and I simply don’t have that kind of money to spend on a camera.
Jersey Guy, thanks for the birthday wishes – I had a lovely day :) You are so right – I am ahead!
Thanks Wanda, I’m not feeling quite so down today.
Kvj, I’m really happy to learn that my blog inspired you to take the course. I looked at your Flickr photostream and the images there are excellent – you’ll really enjoy T189. I’m sure you’ll do very well!

]]> By: Kvj http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-452 Kvj Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:45:19 +0000 http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-452 Happy Birthday Aqua!!, but sorry to read you're feeling a bit disappointed with your results. Having looked through the links on the flickr group, the results really do cover the full spectrum, and in some cases, i find it difficult to work out why some may have got 90+ and others got in the lower 70s - they *all* look excellent to me. As Jersey Guy said above, the important thing is what *you* gained from the course - did you enjoy it? yes. Did you feel it helped you to improve your photography? Yes. ....then the course was a success for you :) Apart from anything else, reading your posts has inspired me to take the course. If my ECA panel in December comes out looking half as good as yours, I shall be thrilled :) k Happy Birthday Aqua!!, but sorry to read you’re feeling a bit disappointed with your results. Having looked through the links on the flickr group, the results really do cover the full spectrum, and in some cases, i find it difficult to work out why some may have got 90+ and others got in the lower 70s – they *all* look excellent to me.

As Jersey Guy said above, the important thing is what *you* gained from the course – did you enjoy it? yes. Did you feel it helped you to improve your photography? Yes. ….then the course was a success for you :) Apart from anything else, reading your posts has inspired me to take the course. If my ECA panel in December comes out looking half as good as yours, I shall be thrilled :)

k

]]> By: Wanda http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-451 Wanda Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:19:51 +0000 http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-451 Sorry to hear that you are feeling a bit down, your photos were really good! Anyway happy birthday, hope you have a great day. Sorry to hear that you are feeling a bit down, your photos were really good! Anyway happy birthday, hope you have a great day.

]]> By: Jersey Guy http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-450 Jersey Guy Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:54:22 +0000 http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-450 Happy Birthday! This: "I did enjoy T189 and I did enjoy taking photographs for the assignments and ECA"; is 90% of the battle right there. Don't sweat rankings, they are objective. Unless you plan on doing this for a living the important question is this: "Do I get joy from taking and processing images?" If the answer is yes, you are way ahead. R. Happy Birthday! This: “I did enjoy T189 and I did enjoy taking photographs for the assignments and ECA”; is 90% of the battle right there. Don’t sweat rankings, they are objective. Unless you plan on doing this for a living the important question is this: “Do I get joy from taking and processing images?” If the answer is yes, you are way ahead.

R.

]]> By: Georgy http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-449 Georgy Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:29:19 +0000 http://aquamarina.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/feeling-a-bit-down/#comment-449 I am so sorry that you are feeling down about your mark. 70 is a good mark, equivalent to a 2:1 degree classification and still a great achievement. I have taken a look at your photo-stream and your work is lovely. There are some small elements on the images which you had marked as for the ECA, which could possibly be improved. Things such as a the detail being a little 'soft' on the amarylis, a little overexposure of the wall in the bird picture or a leaf in the corner of the frame in the pear picture. This does not mean these are bad pictures, far from it, but they could be even better. Please don't give up on your photography, the only way to improve really is to keep practicing. All good photographers are constantly looking to improve...and don't give up on the idea of a DSLR, you will enjoy the new opportunities and control it gives you. I am so sorry that you are feeling down about your mark. 70 is a good mark, equivalent to a 2:1 degree classification and still a great achievement. I have taken a look at your photo-stream and your work is lovely. There are some small elements on the images which you had marked as for the ECA, which could possibly be improved. Things such as a the detail being a little ’soft’ on the amarylis, a little overexposure of the wall in the bird picture or a leaf in the corner of the frame in the pear picture. This does not mean these are bad pictures, far from it, but they could be even better. Please don’t give up on your photography, the only way to improve really is to keep practicing. All good photographers are constantly looking to improve…and don’t give up on the idea of a DSLR, you will enjoy the new opportunities and control it gives you.

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