> So the Pentax Photo Gallery will become a self selecting clique, Not my take on what was presented.
>"Our goal is to receive fair and unbiased input to help in the selection >process" Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Pentax photo gallery morphing into another community site? > So the Pentax Photo Gallery will become a self selecting clique, well > none of that for me... Umm, wait a minute. forget I said that. > > AlunFoto wrote: >> Just logged on to see how the last batch of upload had fared, and was >> met with the below text. >> >> Anyone picked up news about this before? >> >> Jostein >> >> ======= Quote start ========= >> As an accepted artist of the PENTAX Photo Gallery you have the ability >> to help in the image selection process. Only approved artists can >> participate in the voting process. >> >> Our goal is to receive fair and unbiased input to help in the >> selection process. To this end, Photo Gallery participants cannot vote >> on their own photos. The photographer of each image available for >> voting will remain anonymous during this process. To further protect >> the process, your vote, either positive or negative, cannot be viewed >> by the photographer. >> >> PENTAX retains the rights to the final selection process; however, >> your vote helps narrow the field to the best images. PENTAX reserves >> the right to decline an image for any reason even if the image has >> received positive votes. This can be due to various reasons including, >> but not limited to, subject matter, incompatible aspect ratios, the >> inclusion of watermarks or copyrights, resolution, or the quality of >> the image. >> >> Please vote based on the technical and artistic merits of each image. >> When reviewing images please consider composition, exposure, subject >> matter, lighting, focus and other image aspects. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net