There may be a bit of.."if mine can't make it in, this sure as hell can't". Call it resentment, but I imagine there is a lot of sincerity, also, involved. It becomes a comparison of subjects and styles rather than a wholly artistic/technical evaluation.
Jack --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now you are starting to see my complaint. I truly believe that a > certain number of no votes will reject it and the judges will not see > it. Basically, because the number of artists voting is much larger > than the judges, you will always get a subset of them who will vote - > luck of the draw on timing. So sometimes, a subset may overall > reject > a photo and sometimes accept it. That is why I was saying that the > type of shooter may adversely effect the rejection. All of my > wedding > shots that were accepted were before the artist voting, since then, > nothing has made it through. Go figure. I'm sure it has to be an > amazing shot to get past all the artist voting - and maybe at this > stage that is ok - there is quite a bit in the gallery now. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Saturday, September 1, 2007, 7:48:42 AM, you wrote: > > DS> I don't know what the hell is going on. > > DS> One of the shots I mentioned the other day that had been declined > (the > DS> sunset shot), I resubmitted, and it has now been accepted. > > DS> ??? > > DS> Cheers, > > DS> Dave > > > DS> On 9/1/07, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: > >> "Kenneth Waller" > >> > I seem to remember somewhere seeing that the judges will have > the > >> > final say on accepted images. > >> > > >> > Kenneth Waller > >> Yeah, peer voters can vote it in and the judges can vote it out. > >> > >> But can the judges vote it in if the peer voters vote it out? > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net