Hear, hear! Jack --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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
