bogeyeliot wrote:
Shaka wrote:
tommyld wrote:
Lovely color and detail, great shot's :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Tommy thank you for your support, it is sincerely appreciated. For various reasons I'll be leaving the Hog, not to return. Thank you for your support in the past.
Shaka, please elaborate on "various reasons". This implies more than one reason. Several posters here have reached the conclusion that you're leaving because of Nikonian 72's comment re your close-up vs macro shots. Will you please clarify? My opinion is that Nikonian's comment to you was in no way offensive...you and I have exchanged some pleasantries on this forum in the past, and in a perfect world all exchanges would be good ones....hopefully you will shed a bit more light on what you meant by "various reasons", and if Nikonian's comment was part of your decision, you should really reconsider that one.
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Bogyeyeliot since you raise the question I will publish the Private message that I sent to Nikonian72. When you read the PM you can make up your own mind. Nikokian72s action was the catalyst to leave:
MY DISSATISFACTIONNikonian, Thank you for pointing this out. But on this occasion I've decided that I'll leave uglyhedgehog for good as it is not an easy forum to work in.
1) It is too difficult to get your articles posted under the sections, while others seem to hog the section space day after day. This has been my first attempt at posting on the Hog after two months absence to see if this attitude had changed. Unfortunately they have not. On a previous occasion I was told that there is no discrimination but rather members articles are posted in the Daily Section on a random basis. What a lot of nonsense! Try being on of those [and then] trying to break in to the clique!
2) I posted two articles recently, one being my Leopard Series which did not make the Photo Gallery Section cut and the other being my Dragonfly photos today which also did not make the Truly Macro Section cut. These are just one of many examples that I can give. While I try to post intelligent and interesting articles others get away with publishing absolute nonsense day after day.
Nikonian, While a respect your talents immensely I find it rather difficult to be told to move my macro photos to the Photo Gallery, as if I'm not good enough for you. I was not even given the chance to do so, and it had been moved by admin. In the meantime several people had already looked at my dragonfly photos without any derogatory comments. No comments about my photos not being true macro.
I think that you must agree that I've followed your advise whenever you offered it, and now to be told by you to go somewhere else because I'm not good enough, is a rather tough pill to swallow for me. I feel that the forum has become too arrogant, and that they only want to keep it for the few who are either a mate or are good enough in someones eyes. I've never claimed to be professional macro photographer always emphasising my inexperience.
Since I Joined, I've got about 10 people from Australia to join, and while I was in south Africa over December / January I persuaded another three to do so. Obviously I will no longer solicit members for the Hog but rather for 500px and ViewBug where I'm very happy.
I also think that our admin sensors behave in bad taste so it continues unabated. Quite honestly I am not too sure what contribution the admin people make but it is definitely not in a positive way.
Please accept my resignation with immediate effect. I will not log onto the Hog again so I'll never know what the outcome will be. Should you wish to communicate anything to me then please contact me at: shaka1652@hotmail.com
I wish the Hog all the best for the future and I hope that you can come to grips with members who are willing to try the new art of photography without them being bullied.
Yours sincerely
Brian Basson
P.S. I've replied to your instruction via the Private Mail facility as that is the way that you communicated to me, but I believe that it should be an open letter for all the members to see, instead of being underhanded ! Brian Basson