>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.
I think you're reading more into the process than there is <IMHO>. My experience is different. I've had images waiting for review for days & I've had images reviewed in a matter of hours. I've also voted on the same image more than once. > 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. Not sure I understand that statement as it relates to this gallery. I do seem to get more submitted images rejected lately tho, but I thought it might be their attempt to limit the number posted. For me it seems they have definitely raised the bar no matter what the mechanism. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Pentax Gallery voting > 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
