earthling wrote:Hi Guys,
My index building service is struggling due to the large and increasing number of popular entries. My web scraping approach to data gathering is no longer viable.
You should expect future updates no more than once per month. I expect that within a few months updates will not be practical at all.
I’ll post again before closing the service.
Regards,
John Hastings
I have regularly searched through your magnificently presented data in the hope of finding my own galleries.
Usually to no avail - but what a buzz when something finally showed up.
Silly really - like many others I can see the limitations of any measuring device which relies on the subjective nature of unquantifiable comment and input. I know of some photographers who shun PBase simply because of the ability this system provides for critical feedback and comment on individual images.
It can take a pretty thick skin to go through the process of capturing an image, preparing it for gallery presentation, then posting and waiting in the hope that somewhere out-there someone else appreciates the vision and artistic attempt.
That is - if what you want to achieve is recognition, votes, comments and perhaps sales.
All these things conflict in some way.
I want people to see my pictures and to vote for them so that more people will come to see my pictures and possibly vote for them.
Each and every image presented on PBase is special to someone. Each and every image stopped a moment in time that is unique and unrepeatable. This art is for everyone - and not just the lucky multitudes that ever made the voted galleries database.
Thankyou for the time and energy that you have put into this John - enjoy PBase for the collective revolution that is the digital era.