You may be right - what I have seen lately is similar. Dramatic landscapes or major wildlife (600/4 territory) seem to dominate these days. People, slice of life and such don't seem to do very well. My hit rate these days is down to about 1 in 30 - even though I have two in the collection and 53 in the gallery.
-- Bruce Friday, December 14, 2007, 3:54:53 PM, you wrote: PS> I've found it's very hard to get a kid pic in the gallery. I've only PS> made it with one of hers. The blowing bubbles shot was rejected in PS> one day. Based on what PDML members indicated in terms of recent PS> accepted pics, only dramatic landscapes make the grade. I rarely PS> submit any more. In part, because most of my recent work has been PS> commercial, but the odds are not favorable for most of what I shoot. PS> Paul PS> On Dec 14, 2007, at 6:48 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: >> Hello Jack, >> >> speed of rejection - about 1 day. >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Bruce >> >> >> Friday, December 14, 2007, 3:31:13 PM, you wrote: >> >> JD> Bruce, why do not think it was not seen by the judges? >> >> JD> Jack >> JD> --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>> I need to see if my perceptions are off base or not. I was rather >>>> surprised that the photo I recently showed of the kid with lollipop >>>> was declined without even making it to the judges. I would have >>>> thought it would have made it through the peer judging. Let me know >>>> if I am perceiving wrong...thanks. >>>> >>>> Here is the photo: >>>> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/rivercats_0004a.htm >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Best regards, >>>> Bruce >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>> and follow the directions. >>>> >> >> >> >> JD> >> JD> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> ______________ >> JD> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. >> JD> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
