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What in the world is going on here?
I really don't see anything getting straighter...
Please forgive my ignorance--I really don't understand how 'this', whatever it is, is 'supposed' to work, but I can read. I can pick up a sense of what is between the lines, as well. My interpretation could be way off base, granted. I'm going with it anyway because it is what I have.
Anne, clearly you have many things specifically in mind about what you want to see in this forum and these threads within this forum. You also appear to have a target audience in mind for the content and format that you see in your mind. I'm not clear on where/how you have possibly offended people ? which seems to be the concern at the start of this thread...but if I had to take a guess, it would be that thing about requesting folks to notify you if they wish to post something. And then some folks post some things (I even notified you, without being all offended) but it is apparently not what you had in mind for your target audience. And despite all of the comments encouraging your vision, it appears that you are discouraged about the whole thing and upset somehow by the posts that do not conform to what you have in mind.
My suggestion to you is: realize that your target audience is here and practically begging you to make your vision a reality. Please proceed.
Meanwhile, the rest of us are here, too. Please also try to accept the fact that not everyone fits where we try to put them. And as evermorelawnless said "people learn (and even store knowledge) in different ways". Me, for example. I have never read a camera manual. I literally learned about f-stops exactly as I posted, with pictures of batteries--except they were taken on a dirty kitchen counter--about 6 months ago. Once I saw the results of fiddling with the thing called an f-stop, I chose to learn more. Gotta start somewhere I guess.
I really didn't want to learn about the technical aspects of photography. I didn't especially yearn to learn new words and strive to understand the dependent relationships in the triangle of exposure factors. I really just wanted to take better pictures
and I'm still very much a beginner in this learning process. I find it hilarious that my post is "very far from basic" and belongs in a "more advanced category", although I suppose I should be flattered or something.
Point is--I really don't know enough to assign a "level of knowledge being covered" in the subject line so I just called it, 'how I learned about...' It helped me and who knows? maybe it will resonate with someone. If it doesn't, I haven't lost anything (except a little time, which I tend to waste freely in less potentially productive ways on this site as it is so that doesn't count much). When I learn more, I might like to share again, as long as I don't have to hazard a guess at my own knowledge level.
I'd like to think that the photography forum has room for all of us
and considering this:
This forum is dedicated to the technical discussion of photography as it relates to gardening. It is not a gallery of photos but rather a place for helping each other become better photographers.
We all have much to learn from each other--I really hope nobody feels held back.
