PAD participation on the rise.

[gpaai]

Remember the day when a PAD photo could actually be viewed on the first couple of pages for the longest time? Now it seems that shortly after posting, a photo is pages back within an hour.

Anyway, welcome to all recent PAD converts!

Gary

[pathfindar]

Of course, not all of those are actually PAD shots. When I have checked the pages regularly during a day, sometimes I come accross someone uploading the same picture about every 4 hours. There seems to be some that just stick their favorite photo in every so often.

I know there are no firm guidelines- and I know some people can't get out and shoot anymore because of their health. For them, getting their pictures from years ago is a way to still participate in photograpy, and I think that is great. It seemed the intent of PAD though was to keep work fresh and fresh images coming. I know sometimes some of us have job responsibilities that don't allow daily shooting, but usually it is recent work they put out, and I think that is fine also. To just pick an old photo to put out to try to get hits to a site isn't exactly in the spirit- at least in my mind.

I know I try to visit at least 20 PAD sites each day to look at work- more if I have time. I think other PADers often try to visit other sites each day too. I think some people just try to use this to boost hits. I have got where I try to check the location of the pictures on the PAD pages and if it doesn't seem to be an actual PAD picture, I don't visit that site..

[alexphotos]

Well i am a new PaDer but I don’t do it for the hits or comments (I like them) I do it to try new stuff, do photos of thing I usually pass by. On the + side I am sure I will get better each month, well I hope.

http://www.pbase.com/alexphotos/pad <== check it out it my PaD

[camera0bug]

If this (PAD) was a freeway...

...there'd be accidents every mile or so.



...Steer clear of the potholes.