I'm not sure if this has become more prevalent lately, or if by some chance it's always been this way, and I'm just noticing it lately... Does anyone else notice that submitted image sizes seem to be all over the map lately?
For the exclusive challenges open now, for example -- the rules allow for a minimum of 160 pixels short-edge and maximum of 800 pixels long edge. I haven't seen any that approach the 160 minimum dimension, but that 800 pixel maximum seems to be something of a moving target. Just eyeballing some of the "different" sizes I noticed in this recent batch of submissions, I found long-edge measurements including:
800, 740, 720, 690, 650, 640, 600, 580, all the way down to 370.
Now, again, I know the rule is a *maximum*, so clearly all of these are perfectly legal entries, I'm not disputing that in the slightest... but I guess I'm just wondering *why*? If given 800-pixel longest edge maximum entry dimension, why not use the full amount of "allowed" pixels in your submission?
I'm not trying to call anyone specific out, or say it's "bad," or disparage anyone's choice of upload size... but I'm just really curious *why not* use the full available size?
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