If they've raised the bar, they should go back and review all images in the gallery with the new standard then... IMHO.
Tom C. >From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting >Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:09:23 -0400 > > >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 >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
