Generally, it's a sort of "putting on the brakes" feeling to me. I have like concerns about style/subject tendencies influencing we "judges", but it may be that Pentax is wanting to stem the tide by accepting fewer and fewer images. In the beginning there was probably an effort to quickly build a gallery to stimulate interest..or not. When this current gallery contributor judging was announced, I understood that the actual judges were going to have the final say on both "yes" and "no" votes. I fail to see how that would save them any time. Under the current judging system, I've had one quickly accepted and one quickly declined.
Jack --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've decided to cast my vote based on lens <grin> - if it is the kit > lens or the 50-200, automatic reject. Just kidding... I only say > that because I see so many travel photos put up with those two > lenses, > and I am wondering just what those people are thinking. > > Honestly, It would be nice if you could be judged somewhat against > yourself - that way, beginning photographers would have something to > show - but I'm sure that Pentax wants this to be the best of the best > so that it is a true showcase. > > -- > Bruce > > > Tuesday, August 28, 2007, 12:30:49 PM, you wrote: > > pcn> I quit submitting quite a while ago. I think I only put up > pcn> one shot since the peer judging was introduced. It was one that > pcn> had previously been accepted but that I had felt a need to edit. > pcn> It was promptly rejected. I'm okay with what I have now ( even > pcn> the dragonfly:-), so I doubt that I'll try again. Too time > pcn> consuming. > pcn> Paul > pcn> -------------- Original message ---------------------- > pcn> 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 > >> [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 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
