Disqualification question - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

10/03/2002 06:21:16 PM · #1

If you believe a photo broke the rule and selected â��Recommend Disqualification for this Pictureâ�� make your comments. Then voted just like it was not an infraction.
What is the next step.
If it was not an infraction do you get notified.
Case in point. I notice a possible problem that I flagged on Monday morning about 12:30 am (I could not sleep).
It is still up stating it was flagged.
Dose this mean it has not been resolved?
Most of the pictures that have been flagged state in red letters they are within the rules.
Dose the photographer know he is in question and who recommend him for disqualification?

ClubJuggle

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

10/03/2002 06:43:05 PM · #2

Milton,

All disqualification requests are reviewed, but not all that are validated get an admin note. Whether a photo gets an admin note depends upon a number of factors, most importantly the number of DQ requests received.

As for your specific request, the request related to whether the photo meets the challenge requirements. We no longer disqualify for not meeting the challenge requirements as in many cases there is too much grey area. I am aware that the rules page is out of date with regard to this issue, it will be corrected with the new site rollout.

-Terry

Journey

Canon PowerShot G3

10/03/2002 07:40:12 PM · #3

Being on the Westcoast I start voting Sunday night. In the first two hours of voting I noticed several submissions that had a red Admins notice saying that the reflective surface in the image was not a mirror (or something to that effect). How could the Admins notices have come about that quickly?

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

10/03/2002 07:41:12 PM · #4

But my Disqualification was on a requirement.

â��Photographing a reflection is easy. Now, here's the hard part: don't use a mirror as your reflective surface and don't show your camera in the picture!â��

I thought I saw a camera?
I could be wrong.

Dose the photographer know he is in question and who recommend him for disqualification?

* This message has been edited by the author on 10/3/2002 7:40:09 PM.

ClubJuggle

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

10/03/2002 07:44:26 PM · #5

Again, we no longer disqualify for failure to meet the challenge requirements. Whether the photo meets the challenge should be considered in your scoring.

Sorry for any confusion.

-Terry

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

10/03/2002 07:45:40 PM · #6

Originally posted by Milton:
But my Disqualification was on a requirement.

[i]â��Photographing a reflection is easy. Now, here's the hard part: don't use a mirror as your reflective surface and don't show your camera in the picture!â��

I thought I saw a camera?
I could be wrong.

Dose the photographer know he is in question and who recommend him for disqualification?[/i]

As I think the previous reply said - we do not disqualify on images
that do not meet the challenge definition. We only disqualify on
editing/ rules violations - e.g., spot editing, illegal filters etc.

The assumption is that the voters will decide if and how an image fails
to live up to the challenge or not. See the various long threads each
week about what is and isn't on challenge topic for how debated these
things are. If you feel the particular image fails to meet the challenge,
then please vote accordingly. If you feel a particular image is illegally
edited, please vote as if it were legal (and just assume you don't know
how it was achieved) and request it to be disqualified. We then
confirm with the photographer how the particular edited version was
achieved, and compare it with the original to ensure we can repeat the
steps.

So again, meeting or not meeting the challenge statement is not grounds
for a disqualification. Hope that clears it up.

* This message has been edited by the author on 10/3/2002 8:11:42 PM.

spiderman

Canon EOS-D60

10/03/2002 08:06:46 PM · #7

Originally posted by Journey:
...How could the Admins notices have come about that quickly?

if the photog realizes that his/her entry will twist your brain, he/she can request an admin note in advance

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

10/03/2002 09:05:44 PM · #8

This newbie thank you for your insight.

alanfreed

Nikon Z9

10/03/2002 09:30:35 PM · #9

Yeesh... I've already had two comments saying "AHA! I SEE YOUR CAMERA!" And they're absolutely wrong (in fact, I'd love to know what exactly even resembles a camera in my shot). Putting the DQ stuff aside, I'd give 'em the benefit of the doubt while you're scoring unless you can see what is obviously a camera.