On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 3:08 AM, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I submitted about half of my currently accepted pics before the peer > voting started in September last year. The rest were submitted between > September and December. Since I've been out of the loop for 6 months I > don't know if things have changed now, but last year I saw no > significant difference in acceptance rate before and after peer voting > was introduced. But i DO think there was a change in what type of pics > are accepted. I think I bitched a lot about that... :-)
Yes you did.:-) I submitted mine right at the beginning and 4 of the 5 were accepted. Most of those being GFM pictures. Since then i have submitted some shots that won at the local fair, or were well recieved here, but declined for the gallery. Unless i now have something i REALLY like i don't bother, which means i have not submitted in a while.:-) Dave > > Jostein > > 2008/7/9 Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> No, 1-10 is my voting average. Since having originally 53 in the >> gallery and starting over, I now have 5 in. Not every single one has >> been re-submitted but, most have. I'd say my acceptance rate is more >> like 1 in 30 now. I attribute it to 2 major things. One is the >> gallery is filled in - so the judges can be much pickier. The other >> is peer voting. >> >> If I had to guess, anyone else with a large number from the early >> days would encounter similar experiences to mine...or maybe everyone >> is out to get me now <evil grin>. >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Bruce >> >> >> Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 4:23:09 AM, you wrote: >> >> DJB> If Bruce gets 1-10 and Godders get 0-30, no wonder none of mine have >> DJB> been accepted, since voting became the norm. >> >> DJB> Dave >> >> DJB> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Bruce Dayton >> DJB> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> my average is about the same 1 in 10 gets a thumbs up. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Best regards, >>>> Bruce >>>> >>>> >>>> Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 10:15:28 AM, you wrote: >>>> >>>> MR> They should start charging us (the Gallery participants) a dollar per >>>> MR> photo for uploads! Maybe five dollars... >>>> >>>> MR> No, I'm not serious (though I'd gladly pay it for the 1 or 2 photos per >>>> MR> month that I submit) but it would sure cut down on people uploading 10 >>>> MR> nearly-identical vacation snapshots. Or flowers. Or shots of their >>>> kids. >>>> >>>> MR> I do find voting on submitted photos very educational and it definitely >>>> MR> helps my "eye", but the ratio of "thumbs up" to "thumbs down" is taking >>>> MR> a big turn for the worse. I used to average 1 in 5 yes votes. Now I >>>> MR> think it's below 1 in 10. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >> >> >> >> DJB> -- >> DJB> Equine Photography >> DJB> www.caughtinmotion.com >> DJB> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> DJB> Ontario Canada >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > 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 > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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.
