We have seen some amazing new talent and skills being brought to the Photgraphy Gallery lately.  And with these things, many photos have ended up being moved to the 2D Gallery or the Mixed Medium Gallery.

I want to remind everyone that there is a line that an artist can cross with postwork that changes the location for posting.

The most common reason for moving a photo lately has been when art style-type filters are used. That would be a photograph that has a poster, sketch/line drawing, or painting effect filter applied. The result is amazing and very appealing, but poster art, etc. is 2 dimensional, as are paintings and drawings. Watercolor is a painting. Palette knife is a painting.  It is not how you started your image, it is the final result that is viewed, so please look carefully at your work before you post and if it no longer looks like a photo, but like something bought at an art auction to hang on your wall with your Rembrant, please upload it to the 2D Gallery.

Not seen as often but still something to think about, is photo manipulation.  To keep your photo manipulation in the Photography Gallery, you must only choose pieces of your own photo work to create your composition.  If you are using a stock photo or someone else's photo, or parts of it, or if you are adding non-photographic elements such as lightning bolts, stars, or fairies, etc., you need to upload your image to the Mixed Medium Gallery.  Only photographs or parts of photographs you took yourself are permitted in the Photography Gallery.

Following these two guidelines when posting, will cut your chances of getting one of those friendly, yet irritating letters from us saying we have had to "put hands" on your post. :-)

In closing, please double check your upload in the gallery after you have posted it.  Errors are common in choosing the gallery to upload to in the drop-down menu.  Poser and Photography are next to each other and it is very easy to hit the wrong gallery selection when you are in a hurry. 

Putting your images in the correct gallery for your type of image, brings more views, comments and ratings from the largest crowd who has interest in your type of work.  I would think posting to the Poser Gallery when you meant to post in the Photography Gallery would cause you to lose precious viewing time by photographers who normally wouldn't be viewing the Poser Gallery, and visa versa.

Thank you for listening, and to all, you are part of the most wonderful artist community on the web. I enjoy knowing each and every one of you. 

Flannel Knight's Photos
MrsLubner
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