I am still puzzled by the Pentax review process. I just had three images that were held "under review" for 2 weeks after others submitted at the same time were "declined." Yesterday, all three were declined, and one that was submitted less than 2 weeks ago was "approved."
Ann, I suggest that you re-submit some of those great images that were declined. I noticed, for example that in some of my rejected images, the point of interest did not show up in the thumbnail. I re-cropped them so that the "good bits" would be included in the thumbnail, and the voters could see enough to make them want to view the full image. (I suspect that many look at the thumbs, and vote to reject on that basis alone.) Also, on some I brightened the image or increased the contrast a bit beyond what I thought ideal, and that has worked in a few cases. Remember that not everyone has a perfectly calibrated monitor, and certainly not a monitor calibrated just like mine. Also, cropping to make the focus of interest more dominant (even at the expense of what I thought was the best composition) has worked in one or two cases of images I really liked that were initially rejected. Not everyone shares my concept of proper composition, and many seem to vote for a clear and catchy image rather than one with good composition that must be studied for a moment or two to find the focus of interest and the theme of the photograph. Of course, in MY files, I keep the original image that I still like better, if that is the case. I must admit, however, that several of my images have been substantially improved by the process of re-processing them for the Pentax Gallery, That is why I still do it. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola 2011/3/8 David Mann <d...@multisport.net.nz>: > On Mar 8, 2011, at 12:26 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > >> Whereas in any such gallery like PPG the decisions are made just by a few >> individuals, whose idea of what a good photograph is may be, well, let me >> say - somewhat distorted. > > If I had my way it'd be all cat photos. > > Dave -- 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.
