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Originally Posted by simonlintworm
If you don't like his work, don't look at it. It's as simple as that. Don't try to demonize a highly appreciated poster because his work cramps your style. I am grateful for all we can get and Irishboy's work is top notch as far as I'm concerned. Therefore I will not join you in your high horse quest, which seems to be going nowhere anyway. It is a great event where women ( as well as men unfortunately) choose to ride bikes naked and bodypainted. Great right?!
Yes it is! And no-one has a monopoly on posting pics or the right to exclude others to post pics. I'm grateful for your pics, but I'm just going to go ahead and say it: I wish you had the guts to take shots like Irishboy, because his work is awesome!
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The last thing I would want to see is a rift forming between event photographers. IrishBoy2525, some remarks you have made in your own thread have caused me to wonder: Are you working
with us (other event photographers) or in
competition with us? We all need to respect one another and work together to insure that our craft remains viable.
Willie-T expressed some strong opinions, but he did so in my thread, which, because IrishBoy2525 has opted to have his own thread, might imply that
this thread is primarily for non crotch focused Fremont pics (and associated opinions). That said, I think I would rather that IrishBoy2525's fans refrain from coming over here and further stirring up the pot. After all, no one from "the other side" has yet to respond to some of the remarks that have been made in IrishsBoy's thread that seem to poke fun at non crotch focused pics.
If separate threads and separate focuses is what we have, then lets get on with the posting. Enjoy what you like and ignore what you don't, including any opinions which may be contrary to your own that appear in "the other thread". Just my advice...because just as IrishBoy has supporters, so does Willie-T. Flame Willie-T in my thread and you invite someone going over to IrishBoy252's thread and doing the same. And then before you know it, a little war has broken out when all you really needed to do is stick to the stuff you like and don't read the op-eds, BS, and other stuff you don't agree with. I've ready plenty lately, and frankly, none of it is serving the prime objective which should be to
collectively provide OCC with quality event pics.
BTW - I check both thread regularly as I know a lot of you do too. But if IrishBoy is going to continue to foster some sort of separation between different types of event pics, something that I never did in the past, diverging opinions and maybe some sparring among fans seems inevitable...
Klondike