I quit submitting quite a while ago. I think I only put up one shot since the peer judging was introduced. It was one that had previously been accepted but that I had felt a need to edit. It was promptly rejected. I'm okay with what I have now ( even the dragonfly:-), so I doubt that I'll try again. Too time consuming. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Probably just my own complaining, but I do continue to see a large > slant towards outdoor (scenic) and street photography. One real downside to > 'artists' voting before the judges even get a crack at it, is those > biases can come out. For example, after seeing about 400 dragonflies > and butterflies I tend to be a little harsher in my judgements. I > also tend to be a little critical of photos of art - statues, > paintings, etc. As near as I can tell from timing of > acceptance/rejection, it appears that there is a tally of votes on a > photo - when it reaches a threshold of either accept or reject, the > photo is taken out of the voting. The rejects are simply rejected > without judge intervention and the accepted are then put on hold (not > actual status) waiting for the judges to decide. > > So technically excellent studio or wedding work will largely go > unnoticed unless it involves a beautiful girl. > > Case in point - I had submitted the recent bridal portrait shot I show > here, prior to showing on the list. It was rejected within hours - > which would indicate the judges had not even seen it (the judges take > much longer to get to a photo than that - usually days). I then > showed it on list here and got a very strong positive response to it > from people I would consider pretty critical. So I decided to > resubmit it to see what would happen. This time it took a little > longer to reject, but it did get rejected in a time frame that would > lead me to believe the judges did not see it. > > I guess the real problem with a gallery like that is no one wants to > see quality work of other humans unless then know them. Since they > don't know them, it needs to be more like a NG shot of a beggar or a > small child which all of us relate to. > > Anyway, just some thoughts. > > -- > Bruce > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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