Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-31 Thread Tom C
From: Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:28:41 -0400 So the hypothetical question is - can enough no votes keep an image from being seen by the judges

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-31 Thread Jack Davis
/272u2f - Original Message - From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting Something that surprises me a bit is my dismay at many of the titles. I don't find myself reviewing the equipment as much

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-31 Thread Bruce Dayton
Kenneth Waller KW http://tinyurl.com/272u2f KW - Original Message - KW From: Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] KW Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting sounds logical to me, thanks :o) rg2 On 8/31/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe the judges decide things with respect

Re: Pentax Gallery rules

2007-08-31 Thread P. J. Alling
. Tom C. From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery rules Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:05:37 -0400 This seems bizarre since I would think that Pentax would want to highlight it's

Re: Pentax Gallery rules

2007-08-31 Thread P. J. Alling
What, Moi? Cotty wrote: On 31/8/07, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: It will be interesting to see if Bruce's non-Pentax lens images are accepted. I've got a few in that category I'd like to submit. Okay, while we're at this, I wonder what reaction *I* would get.

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread Brian Walters
Well, if I were judging I'd have accepted them. However, who am I to judge what's good and what's not. Of the last six I submitted, 5 were declined and the one that was accepted was a re-submit of one previously rejected (with only a bit of slight 'tweaking'). Still, I like the challenge so

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'm surprised these were rejected. Good work. Paul On Aug 29, 2007, at 2:19 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Well, if I were judging I'd have accepted them. However, who am I to judge what's good and what's not. Of the last six I submitted, 5 were declined and the one that was accepted was a

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread David Savage
Me too. :-) Thanks Paul. Cheers, Dave On 8/29/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm surprised these were rejected. Good work. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread David Savage
On 8/29/07, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, if I were judging I'd have accepted them. Thanks Brian :-) However, who am I to judge what's good and what's not. Of the last six I submitted, 5 were declined and the one that was accepted was a re-submit of one previously rejected

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread David Savage
I was feeling a bit pi55sy when I wrote that. It's their (Pentax's) gallery and they're free to select what they want. But as you say I'd prefer it if they were doing the judging not the participents. Cheers, Dave On 8/29/07, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My complaint has nothing to

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread mike wilson
From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/08/28 Tue PM 08:26:32 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting 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

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread Tom C
Quite frankly, I think the entire process of peer judging is fatally flawed. If Pentax wants to have a judged gallery, then they should be judging the thing themselves, with qualified judges, not passing on the responsibility to people of questionable or no qualification regarding judging of

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread David J Brooks
List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:39:16 + It's obvious you're being discriminated against. You have a mere 50 pics on the site:-)) !!! -- Original message -- From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Probably

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread Bruce Dayton
Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting 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. mw I don't understand what you are trying to say. Can you elucidate? mw - mw

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread Jack Davis
PROTECTED] Date: 2007/08/28 Tue PM 08:26:32 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting 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. mw I don't

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread Tom C
From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, obviously I am part of the problem - I'm one of those voting on the images. When voting, the images are presented somewhat as they are submitted. Quite a few times now, I have seen maybe 10-30 images all of a trip with some commentary much like you'd

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: On 8/28/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm discriminating against Pentax by not sending them any more photos. I'm posting them on Canon's gallery. :- Nikon's for me.:-) I'm defecting to the Holga gallery. Anyone got the URL? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread Scott Loveless
Mark Roberts wrote: David J Brooks wrote: On 8/28/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm discriminating against Pentax by not sending them any more photos. I'm posting them on Canon's gallery. :- Nikon's for me.:-) I'm defecting to the Holga gallery. Anyone

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread mike wilson
Bruce Dayton wrote: Well, obviously I am part of the problem - I'm one of those voting on the images. When voting, the images are presented somewhat as they are submitted. Quite a few times now, I have seen maybe 10-30 images all of a trip with some commentary much like you'd show travel

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread Kenneth Waller
And I don't pay much attention to the titles. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting Something that surprises me a bit is my dismay at many of the titles. I don't find myself reviewing

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-29 Thread Jack Davis
Message - From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting Something that surprises me a bit is my dismay at many of the titles. I don't find myself reviewing the equipment as much as I would have expected. It seems the oblique nature of many titles

Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Bruce Dayton
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

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread pnstenquist
I quit submitting quite a while ago. I think I only put up one shot since the peer judging was introduced. It was one that had previously been accepted but that I had felt a need to edit. It was promptly rejected. I'm okay with what I have now ( even the dragonfly:-), so I doubt that I'll try

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread pnstenquist
It's obvious you're being discriminated against. You have a mere 50 pics on the site:-)) !!! -- Original message -- From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Probably just my own complaining, but I do continue to see a large slant towards outdoor (scenic) and street

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Tom C
I'm discriminating against Pentax by not sending them any more photos. I'm posting them on Canon's gallery. :- Tom C. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting Date: Tue, 28 Aug

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Bruce Dayton
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

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread pnstenquist
@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:39:16 + It's obvious you're being discriminated against. You have a mere 50 pics on the site:-)) !!! -- Original message -- From: Bruce

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Jack Davis
any more photos. I'm posting them on Canon's gallery. :- Tom C. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:39:16 + It's obvious you're being

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Bruce Dayton
Yes and about 48 of them were before the new voting system. I used to have a hit percent of near 50% - now it is about 5% -- Bruce Tuesday, August 28, 2007, 12:39:16 PM, you wrote: pcn It's obvious you're being discriminated against. You have a pcn mere 50 pics on the site:-)) !!! pcn

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Adam Maas
Bruce Dayton 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,

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Kenneth Waller
/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

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Tom C
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 pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Tom C
List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:44:29 -0700 (PDT) C'on now, Tom. Keep shooting and don't get discouraged. (don't statements like that make you just gag)? Maybe your earlier accepted images simply raised the bar too high. (no smiley..notice0.(?) Mr Sprat

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Jack Davis
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

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting LOL. Jack. I think I'm tending towards not participating because... darn it, I'm 47 years old and I just can't take it anymore... the rejection, it's a heavy burden... Just remember, your dogs love you. William

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Tom C
LOL. Jack. I think I'm tending towards not participating because... darn it, I'm 47 years old and I just can't take it anymore... the rejection, it's a heavy burden... Just remember, your dogs love you. William Robb I know, and every time I kick one of them I get in trouble with

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Jack Davis
-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net 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

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Jack Davis
Tom likes anything that humps his leg and licks his face. 8( Jack --- Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL. Jack. I think I'm tending towards not participating because... darn it, I'm 47 years old and I just can't take it anymore... the rejection, it's a heavy burden...

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread ann sanfedele
Bruce - It also involves, I would thing - model's releases and the fear of the bride not wanting her photo out there on line. I would never enter a portrait of anyone in a photo contest, myself, unless I had a full release from the subject and it wasn't a posed for shot someone asked me to

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Tom C
-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:25:33 -0400 Bruce - It also involves, I would thing - model's releases and the fear of the bride not wanting her photo out there on line. I would never enter

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Bruce Dayton
Don't think it is getting that far. I have photos with people in them already in the gallery. I believe the model release angle has to do with commercial gain. My issue is that the images are not even being seen by Pentax Judges because of the pre-screening by all of us 'artists' - I gave my

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Kenneth Waller
Good point Ann, but if that's the case they should state it. I've had a portrait accepted there was no issue with a release. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting Bruce - It also

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Bruce Dayton
require that TC for every single people shot in glamour/fashion and portraiture, in that TC case. TC Tom C. From: ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Kenneth Waller
- 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

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Tom C
Well it's their backyard, but it's really OUR football(s) on the playing field. :-) Tom C. From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:51:11

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Mark Roberts
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. If people are complaining about images being rejected now just imagine the reaction if previously accepted images got dumped! (If Pentax's

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
with a release. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting Bruce - It also involves, I would thing - model's releases and the fear of the bride not wanting her photo out there on line. I

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Tom C
Certainly it's free and we probably have little right to complain. But our egos must be considered. :-) Tom C. From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting Date: Tue, 28

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread David Savage
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. snip I've just now decided to give up on the gallery. 2 of my better efforts were recently rejected:

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Bruce Dayton
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

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting 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

Re: Pentax Gallery voting

2007-08-28 Thread Doug Franklin
Quite frankly, I think the entire process of peer judging is fatally flawed. If Pentax wants to have a judged gallery, then they should be judging the thing themselves, with qualified judges, not passing on the responsibility to people of questionable or no qualification regarding judging

Re: PESO: Interesting Pentax Gallery Experience

2007-07-20 Thread Brian Walters
. :-) Cheers, Jostein 2007/7/19, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all A couple of weeks ago I uploaded 4 images to the Pentax Gallery. When I checked about a week later, all had been moved to the 'Declined' section. A bit of a bummer but that's the way things go - or so I thought. A few

PESO: Interesting Pentax Gallery Experience

2007-07-19 Thread Brian Walters
Hi all A couple of weeks ago I uploaded 4 images to the Pentax Gallery. When I checked about a week later, all had been moved to the 'Declined' section. A bit of a bummer but that's the way things go - or so I thought. A few days later I found 3 had been moved back to the Ready for Review

Re: PESO: Interesting Pentax Gallery Experience

2007-07-19 Thread AlunFoto
. :-) Cheers, Jostein 2007/7/19, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all A couple of weeks ago I uploaded 4 images to the Pentax Gallery. When I checked about a week later, all had been moved to the 'Declined' section. A bit of a bummer but that's the way things go - or so I thought. A few

Re: PESO: Interesting Pentax Gallery Experience

2007-07-19 Thread AlunFoto
2007/7/19, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/PESO/mimosa.html Nice pic. The needle's eye is narrowing at the Pentax Online Gallery (POG, anyone?). Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Pentax Gallery

2007-07-19 Thread Jack Davis
I asked Pentax Carolyn about the return of images to Ready for Review from Declined. Her answer is that if you had an image declined in the last week, it was due to a bug in their program which chose highly rated images to be mistakenly declined. Those that were not immediately deleted, were moved

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-07-19 Thread AlunFoto
Thanks for forwarding this, Jack. Jostein 2007/7/19, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I asked Pentax Carolyn about the return of images to Ready for Review from Declined. Her answer is that if you had an image declined in the last week, it was due to a bug in their program which chose highly

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-07-19 Thread Cymen Vig
Whoops, I just reread your post and it makes sense now. On 7/19/07, Cymen Vig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to tell when a photo was declined? I have one in my account and I'm unsure if it was declined yesterday or during the repost week. Thanks On 7/19/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-07-19 Thread Cymen Vig
Is there a way to tell when a photo was declined? I have one in my account and I'm unsure if it was declined yesterday or during the repost week. Thanks On 7/19/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I asked Pentax Carolyn about the return of images to Ready for Review from Declined. Her

Re: Has voting increased turnover at Pentax Gallery?

2007-07-18 Thread Toine
I don't see any changes in my status. I like the quick yes no voting system, as a reward I would like to see how my votes compare with the judges (for fun and education). On 7/17/07, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a yes/no question, really, but if you have particular experiences, I'm

Re: Has voting increased turnover at Pentax Gallery?

2007-07-18 Thread Bong Manayon
I submitted a number since this system was implemented, I noticed that some were declined rather quickly but those on review seems to have been there for a while. My hunch is those declined were voted out by popular opinion and those on review were those which passed and are now awaiting final

Has voting increased turnover at Pentax Gallery?

2007-07-17 Thread AlunFoto
Just a yes/no question, really, but if you have particular experiences, I'm curious. Thanks, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Has voting increased turnover at Pentax Gallery?

2007-07-17 Thread Jack Davis
No evidence of it yet. Jack --- AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a yes/no question, really, but if you have particular experiences, I'm curious. Thanks, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Has voting increased turnover at Pentax Gallery?

2007-07-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
It seems to have sped up rejections, but has had no effect on some of my images. I'm guessing that there is some number of negatives that will eventually throw it out of consideration. As there is some number of positives that keeps in under consideration. Once those numbers have been met, the

Re: Has voting increased turnover at Pentax Gallery?

2007-07-17 Thread AlunFoto
That's my impression too, Bruce. I haven't submitted anything since before the voting started, but I had images in for evaluation at that time. Some declined, some still awaits final judgement. If our guess is right, it means that the judges restrict their material to what's been approved by

Re: Has voting increased turnover at Pentax Gallery?

2007-07-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
If they wanted to do it properly, they should monitor the popular vote of each individual to see if they tend to vote in a similar manner to the judges. If they see enough consistency with specific individuals, then they could rely on the rejection of the popular vote. But that would take much

Re: Has voting increased turnover at Pentax Gallery?

2007-07-17 Thread AlunFoto
I had a couple of re-instated pics too, so I asked them. Their reply (in just a couple of hours, good response time) explained an early bug that mistakenly declined photos that got lots of thumbs-up from the voters. As you say, they got back in the Waiting For Review category the day after. So

Re: Pentax Gallery Voting

2007-07-12 Thread Bong Manayon
On 7/12/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With every screen, up to three images are the same as the previous screen and must be voted on again in order to 'submit' the votes. When three of the five offered are re-votes, I find I lose interest fairly quickly. Too bad this glitch is

Re: Pentax Gallery Activity Ceased?

2007-06-02 Thread AlunFoto
Got 10 more pics through the process a couple of days ago. By then, they had been sitting there for a little more than 2 weeks. So far, I've uploaded 10 images at a time. When they review them, they take all in one go. I've sometimes wondered whether this affects the acceptance percentage. At the

Re: Pentax Gallery Activity Ceased?

2007-06-02 Thread Jack Davis
I've been offering a few at a time due to the slow review rate. Jack --- AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Got 10 more pics through the process a couple of days ago. By then, they had been sitting there for a little more than 2 weeks. So far, I've uploaded 10 images at a time. When they

Re: Pentax Gallery Activity Ceased?

2007-06-02 Thread mike wilson
AlunFoto wrote: Got 10 more pics through the process a couple of days ago. By then, they had been sitting there for a little more than 2 weeks. So far, I've uploaded 10 images at a time. When they review them, they take all in one go. I've sometimes wondered whether this affects the

Re: Pentax Gallery Activity Ceased?

2007-06-02 Thread AlunFoto
2007/6/2, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: _Definitely_ not worth me even trying, then. C'mon! Boost some confidence, Mike. I know you can get your share of that pie if you want to. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Pentax Gallery Activity Ceased?

2007-05-31 Thread Jack Davis
Wondering if others have had work awaiting review for awhile. I have an on hold that I'd guess has been in that status for about three weeks. I, also, have others awaiting review, some of which must have been sent a week and a half ago. Are they reading Hoya/Pentax releases and awaiting

Re: Pentax Gallery Activity Ceased?

2007-05-31 Thread Bong Manayon
Yup. Had this one photo sitting there waiting and ready for review for the last 3 weeks. That's the longest so far (I now submit one at a time, waiting for it to be accepted or declined before submitting another one). And, yeah, wondering too if the Hoya takeover has anything to do with it...

Re: Pentax Gallery Activity Ceased?

2007-05-31 Thread Brian Walters
Yes - I've had several images waiting for review for a couple of weeks. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wondering if others have had work awaiting review

Re: Pentax Gallery Activity Ceased?

2007-05-31 Thread Paul Stenquist
I saw some activity on a waiting for review pic last week. I have one now that had been accepted, but I deleted it because I wasn't happy. It's waiting for review. They have a lot to do. I doubt that the acquisition has anything to do with it. (I did see your smileys:-). Paul On May 31,

Re: Pentax Gallery Activity Ceased?

2007-05-31 Thread J
Yes, I also have photos waiting for 2 weeks or more..Joe At 06:11 PM 5/31/07, you wrote: Wondering if others have had work awaiting review for awhile. I have an on hold that I'd guess has been in that status for about three weeks. I, also, have others awaiting review, some of which must have

Pentax Gallery now publicly viewable

2007-05-26 Thread Jack Davis
This note may have been on the Pentax Gallery Artists Pages for awhile, but I just noticed it: Your approved photos are now publicly viewable at: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/jackdavis; Status change? Screen still indicates Beta status. Jack

Re: Pentax Gallery now publicly viewable

2007-05-26 Thread AlunFoto
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: This note may have been on the Pentax Gallery Artists Pages for awhile, but I just noticed it: Your approved photos are now publicly viewable at: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/jackdavis; Status change? Screen still indicates Beta status. Jack

Re: Pentax Gallery now publicly viewable

2007-05-26 Thread Boris Liberman
Mine came up the same way under my name of course. I think they're simply hmmm doing what we the programmers call work ;-). Boris Jack Davis wrote: This note may have been on the Pentax Gallery Artists Pages for awhile, but I just noticed it: Your approved photos are now publicly viewable

Pentax Gallery now publicly viewable

2007-05-26 Thread Walter Hamler
Nice looking photo's. Jack! What is a Polar Pivot ? Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax Gallery now publicly viewable

2007-05-26 Thread Jack Davis
Polar bear doing water pivots in its zoo pool. Orientation: its nose is pointing straight up. It would dive to the bottom of the pool and shoot up spinning its head as it cleared the water. I've had others ask. what the heck is that? Thanks for comments Jack --- Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Pentax Gallery login

2007-05-11 Thread J
Has anyone on the list had trouble logging into the gallery to upload photos. I tried last night and this morning to log in, but it says to me unknown user no such e-mail or password. Also does anyone have a contact name and e-mail address of some one who takes care of the gallery..Thanks Joe

Pentax Gallery Availability

2007-05-11 Thread Jack Davis
All of a sudden, Pentax Gallery doesn't recognize either my email address or artist's code. Anyone else or is just me? ;) Jack Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail

Re: Pentax Gallery login

2007-05-11 Thread Jack Davis
Me too. Jack --- J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone on the list had trouble logging into the gallery to upload photos. I tried last night and this morning to log in, but it says to me unknown user no such e-mail or password. Also does anyone have a contact name and e-mail address of

Re: Pentax Gallery Availability

2007-05-11 Thread pnstenquist
Yeah, it the submission page seems to be down. Paul -- Original message -- From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] All of a sudden, Pentax Gallery doesn't recognize either my email address or artist's code. Anyone else or is just me? ;) Jack

Re: Pentax Gallery Availability

2007-05-11 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Paul. I was curious about an on hold I've had for awhile. Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, it the submission page seems to be down. Paul -- Original message -- From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] All of a sudden, Pentax Gallery doesn't

Re: Pentax Gallery Availability

2007-05-11 Thread Bong Manayon
PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, it the submission page seems to be down. Paul -- Original message -- From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] All of a sudden, Pentax Gallery doesn't recognize either my email address or artist's code. Anyone else or is just me

Re: Pentax Gallery Availability

2007-05-11 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, it the submission page seems to be down. I hope this is because they're moving it to another server or otherwise preparing for going live. Whatever server it's been running on up to now has barely had the capacity for handling submissions and the casual browsing

Re: Pentax Gallery Availability

2007-05-11 Thread Bong Manayon
It's back online. Feels faster...from my side of the world :-) Bong On 5/11/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, it the submission page seems to be down. I hope this is because they're moving it to another server or otherwise preparing for going live.

Re: Pentax gallery rejection

2007-05-03 Thread Kenneth Waller
After the work in Photoshop, you need to use the save as function, not save. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: J [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pentax gallery rejection I submitted a couple of photos taken with a istD camera and they were not accepted because they could not read

Re: Pentax gallery rejection

2007-05-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
need to use the save as function, not save. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: J [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pentax gallery rejection I submitted a couple of photos taken with a istD camera and they were not accepted because they could not read the Exif info. I cropped

Re: Pentax gallery rejection

2007-05-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
600 points @ 72 dpi = 600 pixels. On May 2, 2007, at 10:47 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I assume you mean pixels, not points. G On May 2, 2007, at 7:36 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Were they sized correctly? They have to be 600 points tall, not 600 points on the long side. That, of course, is

Re: Pentax gallery rejection

2007-05-03 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Ah, missed that detail. Don't know why you would give sizing in points, though, except for fonts. G On May 3, 2007, at 3:18 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: 600 points @ 72 dpi = 600 pixels. On May 2, 2007, at 10:47 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I assume you mean pixels, not points. G On May

Re: Pentax gallery rejection

2007-05-03 Thread Kenneth Waller
: Re: Pentax gallery rejection To remove the EXIF data, he would have to use Save for Web. Save As won't help. But i think he should try resubmitting with the EXIF data intact. I'm guessing there was some other problem, perhaps sizing. Paul On May 3, 2007, at 2:15 AM, Kenneth Waller wrote

Re: Pentax gallery rejection

2007-05-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
first few submissions were that way. Pentax has info on the gallery site to overcome this by using save as. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pentax gallery rejection To remove the EXIF data, he would have to use Save

Re: Pentax gallery rejection

2007-05-03 Thread Bruce Dayton
that didn't have exif data. My first few submissions were that way. Pentax has info on the gallery site to overcome this by using save as. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pentax gallery rejection To remove the EXIF data, he would

Pentax gallery rejection

2007-05-02 Thread J
I submitted a couple of photos taken with a istD camera and they were not accepted because they could not read the Exif info. I cropped the photos in Photoshop and adjusted the color balance, etc. The reason was because they did not see the firmware..So I resubmitted them as scanned images and

Re: Pentax gallery rejection

2007-05-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
If you submit them as scanned photos, there cannot be any exif data in them. Do Save for Web - that strips it out. -- Bruce Wednesday, May 2, 2007, 4:50:42 PM, you wrote: J I submitted a couple of photos taken with a istD camera and they were J not accepted because they could not read the

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