I'm guessing that each image now lives or dies on the submitter's votes. It would seem that if it were still the case that the "Pentax Team" had the final say, the rejection rate would be up and the nature of the accepted images would be different. Partially due to the submitters's rejected image baggage. I realize I'm assigning credit to the "Pentax Team" without any real basis.
Jack --- On Tue, 6/14/11, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> > Subject: PPG acceptance > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 4:58 PM > I got a few more photos accepted into > PPG, which brings me up to a dozen. > > For years I've heard all sorts of kvetching about being > rejected, and I've been finding it interesting to see which > ones make the cut, and which ones don't. I'm not sure > how many I've submitted, especially since the declined > photos get deleted after a short while, but I'm guessing > that my acceptance ratio is somewhere between 25 and 35%, so > I certainly don't feel discriminated against. I > honestly expected a 5-10% acceptance ratio. > > PPG seems to be very intolerant of any sort of technical > imperfection. It could be an amazing photo, but any > noise, blur or missed focus seems to immediately disqualify > it, no matter what sort of lighting it was taken in. > > A lot of my favorites of my photos tend to be a lot more > subtle in their beauty, and very few of those make it. It's > the bold, vibrant, eye catching photos that make it > through. It's as if the people reviewing the photos > don't have time to more than glance at them before rejecting > them. If it passes the first glance, they look for technical > imperfections. Then, they may look more deeply at the > photo. As I learn what gets in, and what doesn't I may > well start preselecting, discarding shots that I think are > better on the assumption that they won't be accepted. > I won't end up with a gallery that I feel truly represents > my work, but it will be a good, eye catching gallery to > point people at. > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] > sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
