OK his account is still here but all the iamges are gone!

Glynn!  What happened!

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A number of factors combined to lead me to delete my work.

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1. Having reached the top of the greasy pole - theres nowhere to go - except down. I've read some threads lately suggesting that the earlier work on the site cannot bear comparison to the current output. That earlier work achieved high status and high votes due only to everyone inflating one anothers votes - as if we were a small cabal of back scratching idiots. It was never the case and I really resent the suggestion that it was ever so. My portfolio contained 32 (8+) images. I never voted them there, nor did I give unwarranted high votes to anyone else to put them there. We can only ever compete with the best opposition existing "at the time". Some people will claim that Tyson would have beat Marciano - different era's. Marciano beat the best the world could throw at him - it is unfair to subsequently question his record with spurious suppositions. 

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2. My wins had generated an eligible weight of 2300+ - however I could never realise that weight due to the constraints of the system. So effectively, apart from massaging my ego, the wins had no value. Others, with far fewer wins are able to realise their full weights and therefore get the full benefit of winning. I'm here as a photographer and not to take part in "who votes the most" competitions. My record on voting is OK. My ratio is 1.6 which means that I've returned every vote ever received and then some. I've done everything necessary to comply with the spirit of the site - and yet the gulf between actual and eligible is a gulf too far. 75 votes to realise a weight gain of 1 !!!!!???!!!!!??? - *%)£ that.

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3. What has happened to the voting? Its now impossible to compete and better previous scores. The final straw was when I got three 6's and a 5 on an image that was also given three 8's by Signature voters (Robert Mann, Deborah Frances, Will King). All the low votes were from Masked members - I guess when you're hidden its far easier to commit inexplicable acts of sheer sabotage. Why do we continue to allow people who are not even willing to let you know who they are to vote on our work? They sure as hell want their names displayed if they win an award. I cannot for the life of me understand why masking is allowed and I really have no time for the majority who choose to do so.

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Sorry if my rambling is a little incoherent and unstructured. I'm not really in the right frame of mind for writing this morning. Anyhow. I've no intention of leaving and the reason that I've posted less shots is because the insects which are my bread and butter are only now beginning to stir from their winter quarters. I've a new camera, new lenses - so its time for a fresh start. It was great to reach the top of the tree, but it always felt a little uncomfortable too. I felt obligated at all times to produce "great" work in order to justify that position - and like everyone else here - great shots are few and far between. I can do without that sort of pressure and concentrate fully on climbing the ladder again. I need the challenge to refresh myself.

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Thanks again for caring so much - now why would I ever want to leave you guys?

 

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