My complaint has nothing to do with the gallery judges - it is with us artists. Each of us has biases and things that interest us. So our voting can be very lopsided - and that can preclude pictures from ever being reviewed by the judges who might actually be more even handed. So here I am a wedding/portrait/flora and landscape oriented shooter who is voting on some street or concert submissions. My interests may cause me to be less caring about images submitted in other categories. And there may be some voters who aren't very qualified to vote either - not that I am.
Ideally, it would be nice if they could have the artists vote on lots of shots and then have the judges vote on the same shots. Those that show similar picks to what the judges like would be best for voting. Of course that would take lots more time initially. -- Bruce Tuesday, August 28, 2007, 7:39:41 PM, you wrote: DS> At 03:14 AM 29/08/2007, Bruce Dayton wrote: >>Probably just my own complaining, but I do continue to see a large >>slant towards outdoor (scenic) and street photography. DS> <snip> DS> I've just now decided to give up on the gallery. DS> 2 of my better efforts were recently rejected: DS> <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_030.htm> DS> <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/_IGP4086.jpg> DS> I can't do much better than that. DS> I also made the stupid mistake of correcting a typo in the description of DS> one of my previously accepted shots (warning spider photo Dave): DS> <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_023.htm> DS> As soon as I hit the submit button I knew I had made a mistake. It's now DS> back under review & I fully expect it to be rejected. DS> I should have submitted more photos at the very start of the galleries life. DS> Cheers, DS> Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
