Joe you made a nice statement. I was not the one who wrote that statement on how images are picked. If you go back to Misha's picks he would sometimes put 2 or 3 from the same photographer in. I never heard anyone complain on his choices. I always thought his idea of a lwig was cool. That is why it got continued. He had a program that arranged thumbs and did the links, but it never worked on my computer. So I do it in PSP. The first couple were fairly plain, but it makes me feel much better presenting all your images in some nicer way than a plain white background. If the thing takes me 6 hours to do with getting the images and linking them fine. It is time well spent. It gives me a chance to spend time commenting on all of your images too. My criteria is to pick the ones I see that stand out, then some from a few of the more unknown members, PLUS a mixture of the regular members who spend time in this forum. You are all the ones who make this place the fun it should be. So like said up there. This is just an added feature. If it gets too confusing, it can just as easily be stoppled. But then I would not feel as good, because i have fun making it. It has also brought some new people into the forums, as they did not even know they existed. About the only criteria that would stop some members from not having an image in this feature is if there is no thumbnail on the gallery. I don't have the time to make all hose up too. Also members who delete their images constantly and they have been on it. I stop picking them, because it creates a broken link, and it is time consuming redoing the whole thing over. Other than that, you people all do fantastic work, and it is nice to see how much many of us have learned since being around here.

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