TheGodParticle/Hari Posted January 10, 2019 Share #1 Posted January 10, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) LFI Gallery it will be henceforth Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/293370-goodbye-leica-fotopark/?do=findComment&comment=3662120'>More sharing options...
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J M Hughes Posted January 13, 2019 Share #2 Posted January 13, 2019 I for one am very sorry to see Leica Fotopark close. I joined Fotopark early in 2015, and looked though all the new pictures posted there pretty much every single day. I gave the best ones Likes, and regularly posted my own images. Unfortunately, having created Fotopark, Leica seemed not to know what to do with it. Basically, Fotopark was allowed to wither and die through Leica's indifference and neglect. As regards the LFI Gallery as an alternative - over the past few months I have posted around 27 images on this site, but not one has ever been chosen. I have never received any contact or acknowledgement/encouragement from LFI for my efforts, so feel disinclined to post any more pictures there in the future. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted January 13, 2019 Share #3 Posted January 13, 2019 1 hour ago, J M Hughes said: I for one am very sorry to see Leica Fotopark close. I joined Fotopark early in 2015, and looked though all the new pictures posted there pretty much every single day. I gave the best ones Likes, and regularly posted my own images. Unfortunately, having created Fotopark, Leica seemed not to know what to do with it. Basically, Fotopark was allowed to wither and die through Leica's indifference and neglect. As regards the LFI Gallery as an alternative - over the past few months I have posted around 27 images on this site, but not one has ever been chosen. I have never received any contact or acknowledgement/encouragement from LFI for my efforts, so feel disinclined to post any more pictures there in the future. I agree - it makes you wonder why they bothered Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 13, 2019 Share #4 Posted January 13, 2019 I found it rather ineptly made from the beginning - they should have gotten some good professionals in. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frame-it Posted January 13, 2019 Share #5 Posted January 13, 2019 "Fotopark was allowed to wither and die through Leica's indifference and neglect." like the R series Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted January 13, 2019 Share #6 Posted January 13, 2019 Probably a good example of a company with expertise in one area thinking it can jump on a bandwagon and be a success in an area that it has little or no experience in. Leaving aside the wisdom of introducing a new photographic social media platform in an already pretty crowded space (where a couple of the established platforms – Tumblr and Flickr – were already showing signs of being well past their peak), I'm not sure there was any crying need to tie a photographic social media platform so closely to a photographic brand. Especially, a brand with such narrow demographic appeal. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Jayant Posted January 16, 2019 Share #7 Posted January 16, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) Do you have a profile here in the Photopark? https://www.leica-fotopark.com/en/discover/photographers/57b34331fbcc8944138b456d/profile Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/293370-goodbye-leica-fotopark/?do=findComment&comment=3665752'>More sharing options...
gwpics Posted January 16, 2019 Share #8 Posted January 16, 2019 Sad to see this go. Gerry Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardgb Posted January 16, 2019 Share #9 Posted January 16, 2019 Yes, and I've now signed up for LFI.Gallery... though I don't know how useful it may be. Anyone with experience like to share? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodies Posted January 16, 2019 Share #10 Posted January 16, 2019 Why would you want to show your pictures to strangers? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted January 16, 2019 Share #11 Posted January 16, 2019 On the other hand, how well should you know someone before they can see your photos? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodies Posted January 16, 2019 Share #12 Posted January 16, 2019 Nobody is short of something to look at. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
firoze Posted January 17, 2019 Share #13 Posted January 17, 2019 I liked Fotopark, and am sorry to see it close. It was good to have a Leica-centric site for Leica photographers to showcase their work. With just a little more effort Leica could have made it a success. Also, they should also have promoted it more. LFI.Gallery is not a substitute because most of your photos (if any) will not be selected for display. Plus interaction between photographers is not allowed. I suspect many people will eventually get frustrated with LFI.Gallery and not bother posting photos there anymore. But let us hope for the best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 17, 2019 Share #14 Posted January 17, 2019 I don't use LFI any more, because one's photos tends to drown in the mass. I cannot say that I found it hard to get them accepted, though, maybe the standards have been tightened of late. Let's hope that somebody (preferably close to Leica) picks up the Fotopark idea and implements and promotes it properly. I do think that there is a need for a service that hosts, displays, provides prints and possibly sells photographs, in the Leica world. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
firoze Posted January 17, 2019 Share #15 Posted January 17, 2019 2 hours ago, jaapv said: ....../ Let's hope that somebody (preferably close to Leica) picks up the Fotopark idea and implements and promotes it properly. I do think that there is a need for a service that hosts, displays, provides prints and possibly sells photographs, in the Leica world. I wholeheartedly agree! Let’s hope Fotopark will be revived... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam North Posted February 4, 2019 Share #16 Posted February 4, 2019 A victim of it own problems failing to fix up it own website bugs, sorry to see Leica Foto Park go, but it got to the stage to almost unusable making projects that never been fixed, so unLeica thing to do, probably shot themselves in the foot Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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