In a perfect world - definitely. I seem to remember a while back some mention of a change regarding selection, before peer voting. I wonder if the people originally involved in selection still are?
We need to remember it's still their football. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting > 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
