girsempa opened this issue on Feb 18, 2009 ยท 48 posts
Enmos posted Wed, 01 April 2009 at 5:53 AM
Ok, I just got a sitemail from OE about the post that was deleted.
This was my post:
*I feel the screening process is off.
I regularly see images published that are definitely less than some images that get rejected.
I'll give an example (I'm not trying to bash anyone, just making a point):
Rejected:
http://1x.com/mview.php?p=r120880
Published:
http://1x.com/v2/#photos/macro/23743/
http://1x.com/v2/#photos/macro/23493/
Also, this one was rejected, then simply flipped, then published:
http://1x.com/v2/#photos/latest-additions/23757/
It seems a lot of screeners have a hard-on for extreme close-ups while largely disregarding other aspects, such as focus.
It also seems that (despite the site rules) heavy post-processing is actually favored over natural images.
Am I missing something ?
I'm also disappointed that my latest images were rejected without any kind of feedback, despite the fact that one of them made it through the first round of screening.
In order for them to be posted in critique I have to answer some questions, but I won't bother.
The questions:
This was the rest of the email:
Inactive photographer.
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