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Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

01/28/2009 03:38:40 PM · #401

Originally posted by roz:

another failed attempt ...

no reason ..
just not wot they're looking for .. which i can sort'v understand when looking at the images that get accepted .. :)

That's interesting. I had a rejection last week that also didn't have a reason or any comments for that matter. I think at the very least one should be given at least by the screeners. How popular was it?

ETA: I'm guessing it probably had to do with the editing. I remember a shot by a 1x member that had a lot of editing like this but was rejected because of a very subtle part of the editing that to me wasn't even noticable unless you zoomed in on the photo inspecting it with a fine comb. Perhaps that is what was done here? Heck, it might just be the sky since it loses its color in the corner. They seem to look for things like that and may judge it as having no artistic value or a mistake of some kind. Post to critique and see if that's what they say. A slight re-edit might get it accepted. It did for that other photo I mentioned.

Message edited by author 2009-01-28 15:41:38.

njsabs

01/28/2009 03:53:10 PM · #402

Rejected for editing. Yes...it has three layers of textures on it. I like it. I do find a bit of inconsistency in the fine art nude gallery with editing. Some look very edited and others very pure. It really is quite the range of editing in that particular category.

Accepted.

Message edited by author 2009-01-28 16:35:04.

01/28/2009 04:32:37 PM · #403

Originally posted by roz:

another failed attempt ...

no reason ..
just not wot they're looking for .. which i can sort'v understand when looking at the images that get accepted .. :)

hey i saw this in screening and i voted for not to publish. for what it's worth, i said its because it looks too much digital art and not enough photograph for me.

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

01/28/2009 04:35:21 PM · #404

rejected: "edited too extensively or looks too unnatural"

rejected: "its a good photo, but it doesn't stand out that much"

Message edited by author 2009-01-28 16:35:32.

roz

OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED

01/28/2009 04:56:28 PM · #405

Originally posted by yanko:

Originally posted by roz:
another failed attempt ...

no reason ..
just not wot they're looking for .. which i can sort'v understand when looking at the images that get accepted .. :)

That's interesting. I had a rejection last week that also didn't have a reason or any comments for that matter. I think at the very least one should be given at least by the screeners. How popular was it?

ETA: I'm guessing it probably had to do with the editing. I remember a shot by a 1x member that had a lot of editing like this but was rejected because of a very subtle part of the editing that to me wasn't even noticable unless you zoomed in on the photo inspecting it with a fine comb. Perhaps that is what was done here? Heck, it might just be the sky since it loses its color in the corner. They seem to look for things like that and may judge it as having no artistic value or a mistake of some kind. Post to critique and see if that's what they say. A slight re-edit might get it accepted. It did for that other photo I mentioned.

hey richard

yanko.. thanks so much for your comments .. that desaturated corner was intentional by the way .. like coming out'v the depths or the 'bad' place ..

k4ffy i value any feedback so thanks .. but its not supposed to be like a photograph .. its obviously digital art .. i often think that if i used an overlay/texture and desaturated my images to either a sepia or b&w to give them more of that atmospheric feel they would be better appreciated .. but i love colours .. so there you go ..
and often when you desat that type of processing it does make any transitions less noticeable .. but i doubt there were any transitions noticeable even blown right up in that one ..
maybe it just didnt have enough 'meaning' or depth .. which i can understand ..
i didnt know there was a tie-in here with images submitted for approval to 1X and here in dpc ..
also i didnt know that i could vote on other ppl's submissions in 1X .. i was thinking it was a group of 'experts' selected for the purpose .. you live and learn .. :)..
thank goodness being rejected in 1X is like wotever .. nothing like the stress and anxiety i feel when i get 1's and 2's in a dpc challenge during voting .. !!!!! ..lol ..:)

Message edited by author 2009-01-28 16:56:59.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM II

01/28/2009 04:59:30 PM · #406

Originally posted by roz:

oh definitely, i just meant that 1x is supposed to be a photography site, instead of digital art, atleast as far as i can tell, so i don't think it fit in with what they were looking for, hence i voted to not publish.

as for voting, anyone can vote, but the "final word" still goes to a 1x "screener" or expert as you put it. its pretty much totally subjective.

Alicia

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

01/28/2009 05:01:58 PM · #407

Rejected:

No impact.

violinist123

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/28/2009 05:06:10 PM · #408

Originally posted by roz:

another failed attempt ...

no reason ..
just not wot they're looking for .. which i can sort'v understand when looking at the images that get accepted .. :)

Saw it in screening, so it did get to popular vote stage. If you go into your uploaded photos section and click on it, you will see a bar showing its popularity as well as any comments that were left on it during screening.

njsabs

Canon PowerShot ELPH 330 HS

01/28/2009 05:34:00 PM · #409

Originally posted by redjulep:

Rejected:

No impact.

What an interesting subject. She has a great face.

Message edited by author 2009-01-28 17:34:13.

BAMartin

Apple iPhone 5

01/28/2009 05:47:32 PM · #410

I have made another attempt. I will let you know how it goes.

sittingonthegrass

01/28/2009 06:10:09 PM · #411

.

Message edited by author 2009-01-30 10:53:23.

yanko

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

01/28/2009 06:27:40 PM · #412

Originally posted by k4ffy:

They allow both. Take a look at their Creative Edit section.

roz

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED

01/28/2009 06:36:16 PM · #413

Originally posted by k4ffy:

Originally posted by roz:

k4ffy i value any feedback so thanks .. but its not supposed to be like a photograph .. its obviously digital art .. i often think that if i used an overlay/texture and desaturated my images to either a sepia or b&w to give them more of that atmospheric feel they would be better appreciated .. but i love colours .. so there you go ..
and often when you desat that type of processing it does make any transitions less noticeable .. but i doubt there were any transitions noticeable even blown right up in that one ..
maybe it just didnt have enough 'meaning' or depth .. which i can understand ..
i didnt know there was a tie-in here with images submitted for approval to 1X and here in dpc ..
also i didnt know that i could vote on other ppl's submissions in 1X .. i was thinking it was a group of 'experts' selected for the purpose .. you live and learn .. :)..
thank goodness being rejected in 1X is like wotever .. nothing like the stress and anxiety i feel when i get 1's and 2's in a dpc challenge during voting .. !!!!! ..lol ..:)

oh definitely, i just meant that 1x is supposed to be a photography site, instead of digital art, atleast as far as i can tell, so i don't think it fit in with what they were looking for, hence i voted to not publish.

as for voting, anyone can vote, but the "final word" still goes to a 1x "screener" or expert as you put it. its pretty much totally subjective.

hey nabil ..
i wonder why they'd have a category creative edit if that was the case . :)

edit .. oh .. richard got in first .. !!

Message edited by author 2009-01-28 18:36:58.

roz

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED

01/28/2009 06:53:21 PM · #414

Originally posted by violinist123:

Originally posted by roz:
another failed attempt ...

no reason ..
just not wot they're looking for .. which i can sort'v understand when looking at the images that get accepted .. :)

Saw it in screening, so it did get to popular vote stage. If you go into your uploaded photos section and click on it, you will see a bar showing its popularity as well as any comments that were left on it during screening.

thanx violinist .. i checked it out .. :)

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II

01/29/2009 01:31:36 AM · #415

By the way, I did submit my End of the Day shot to critique after voting - got some good comments. As I mentioned before, that one had a 50/50 split on the vote bar - may have been worth trying again, but I decided against it. I didn't submit my pinhole shot to critique - it's one of those things that I think probably has limited appeal to begin with and I think I got enough feedback from the screener, the other comments, and the distribution of the "nay" votes. But I do like the critique section and do recommend you use it if you really think, after screening, that your shot still has potential for 1x. Go to your submitted pictures tab, click on the reject, and I believe there's a button near the top to submit for critique. You'll be asked to add more information and the questions they want you to answer will make you think a bit. It's a good exercise.

halopes

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

01/29/2009 05:46:17 AM · #416

Got another one accepted. So far: 3 published; 3 rejected.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II

01/29/2009 08:03:18 AM · #417

Originally posted by halopes:

Got another one accepted. So far: 3 published; 3 rejected.

That's an excellent ratio - congratulations!

halopes

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

01/29/2009 09:56:53 AM · #418

Originally posted by Melethia:

That's an excellent ratio - congratulations!

Thanks Melethia. It's also a bit of luck, I guess. And, of course, we all know this ratio will fall drastically with time... :)

BAMartin

Apple iPhone 5

01/29/2009 10:38:37 AM · #419

Rejected

Of those who voted against your image, eight indicated that there is a problem with impact, two noted color as a weakness and one selected composition as a reason for not publishing the image.

01/29/2009 11:09:41 AM · #420

Originally posted by roz:

[quote=k4ffy] [quote=roz]

hey nabil ..
i wonder why they'd have a category creative edit if that was the case . :)

oh woops :( my apologies.

01/29/2009 11:12:58 AM · #421

Originally posted by BAMartin:

Color as a weakness? I guess they were trying to say that it looked like it might work better in color, maybe. I do think that "Impact" is a catch-all sort of category for "like/don't like".

bvy

Sigma DP1x

01/29/2009 09:49:35 PM · #422

Woo-hoo!

I thought this club would be easier to join -- with my Charlie Brown kind of luck. This was just accepted:

I did clean it up a little, but not much. Didn't touch the color. Screening popularity was around 70% (is that good?) with some quibbles about composition and impact.

Thanks, Deb! Might try a street shot next. (Yeah, that'll go well.)