LOL. Jack. I think I'm tending towards not participating because... darn it, I'm 47 years old and I just can't take it anymore... the rejection, it's a heavy burden...
Actually I just don't buy into their telling me any given image isn't good enough (OK, maybe they just don't want it in THEIR gallery). Probably similar to the reason I'm going to get off of photo.net, and maintain my own site finally. I hate it when someone that doesn't know what their talking about tells me publicly they like a photo but they wish the shoreline was more horizontal. Brahma Bull bullocks... The photo isn't askew, the trees are perfectly vertical, they don't realize that the perspective of a receding shoreline makes it appear that the line where water and meet is not level. Tom C. >From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting >Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:44:29 -0700 (PDT) > >C'on now, Tom. Keep shooting and don't get discouraged. (don't >statements like that make you just gag)? >Maybe your earlier accepted images simply raised the bar too high. (no >smiley..notice0.(?) > >Mr Sprat >--- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm discriminating against Pentax by not sending them any more > > photos. I'm > > posting them on Canon's gallery. :-)))) > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > > >Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting > > >Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:39:16 +0000 > > > > > >It's obvious you're being discriminated against. You have a mere 50 > > pics on > > >the site:-)) !!! > > > -------------- 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 > > > > > > > > >-- > > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >PDML@pdml.net > > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! >FareChase. >http://farechase.yahoo.com/ > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
