Yes, it does. I've made the same assumptions, but was curious as to the possibility of there being other indicators. Thanks!
Jack --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Jack, > > The method of determination of peer rejection vs. judges is based on > speed of rejection. For the past couple of months, the judges have > been taking 1-3 weeks to reject. Peer rejections are mostly within a > few days. So if something has sat there for a long time (more than a > week) and eventually gets rejected, that is most likely a judge. It > is also easier to tell if there are several submissions. So an > example would be that 10 are submitted. 7 of the are rejected within > two days. The remaining 3 sit there for 3 weeks and then are all > rejected at once. This would indicate that the 7 were peer > rejections and the 3 were judge rejections. Makes sense, no? > > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Friday, February 29, 2008, 3:25:00 PM, you wrote: > > JD> Bruce, > JD> In need of self validation? The comfort you will feel if the > majority > JD> are accepted upon re-submission will be easily worth the risk. > They > JD> certainly don't deserve the fate the eleven re-submitter images > have > JD> experienced. > JD> How are you able to determine if an image is accepted/declined by > peer > JD> voting vs the judges? > JD> I gather you have many more images to re-submit.(?) > > JD> Jack > JD> --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Well, I did the unpardonable - I took down all 53 of my photos. I > >> had two in the collection. > >> > >> I have been slowly resubmitting my shots with the new voting in > >> place. So far, the two that were in collection have been > accepted, > >> but not in collection. 9 that were in the gallery have been > >> rejected. Most of those rejections have come on the peer voting - > >> maybe 2 or 3 were rejected by the judges. > >> > >> In a weird sort of way, I feel better having almost all my work > >> rejected. Before, I'm thinking that I had 53 in there and now > >> everything is rejected. Now, I can just think that almost > everything > >> of mine is rejected, so at least it is consistent. > >> > >> I still haven't quite figured out the voting yet - it appears that > if > >> there is a huge wow factor, it might make it, but anything else, > is > >> very iffy. > >> > >> In some respects, this seems to be following a larger trend. One > in > >> which art is transcending photography. Try looking at all the > photos > >> on photo.net galleries based on popularity. Almost all the shots > are > >> soooo dramatic that they just don't hardly look like our planet - > >> even people shots have heavy doctoring of lighting. Extreme skies > >> and wild, saturated colors are the norm these days - even though > >> where I live, I see that kind of thing maybe once every few years. > I > >> seem to be rambling...must be one of those days. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Best regards, > >> Bruce > >> > >> > >> Friday, February 29, 2008, 10:50:35 AM, you wrote: > >> > >> JD> 'prox 4000 images divided by 1900 photogs = 2 images ea. > >> JD> ' " " " " " 680 " = 6 " " (seems > >> more > >> JD> logical). > >> JD> If there are some 4000 voters, the yes/no vote should be > >> considered on > >> JD> the basis of the ratio and not the count, as was initially > >> stated. > >> JD> May help explain the high reject level. > >> > >> JD> Jack > >> JD> --- AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> >> A couple of observations: > >> >> > >> >> Bunnell writes: 1900 photographers. > >> >> Photographers list in gallery counts 680. Which means there are > >> more > >> >> than 1200 *unpublished* photographers casting votes. > Interesting. > >> >> > >> >> Bunnell writes: max submitted photos from one photographer: 133 > >> >> No photographer in the gallery have that many published. Some > guy > >> has > >> >> at least 70 photos in the voting queue, and I'm dead certain > it's > >> not > >> >> me... > >> >> > >> >> (yeah, I've got one of those days again... too much time and > too > >> >> little to do...) > >> >> > >> >> Jostein > >> >> > >> >> 2008/2/28, Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> >> > Just noticed that Ned Bunnell has posted some statistics (pdf > >> >> files) about the gallery on his Blog. > >> >> > > >> >> > > http://nedbunnell.blogspot.com/2008/02/pentax-photo-gallery.html > >> >> > > >> >> > One file shows a break down of contributors by Country. Not > >> >> surprisingly, the USA is well out in front but Oz contributors > are > >> >> doing well and bringing up third place. > >> >> > > >> >> > The other file lists the most popular lenses used. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Cheers > >> >> > > >> >> > Brian > >> >> > > >> >> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >> >> > Brian Walters > >> >> > Western Sydney, Australia > >> >> > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> JD> > >> > JD> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> > Get a free email account with anti spam protection. > >> >> > http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/2 > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> >> > [email protected] > >> >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > >> above > >> >> and follow the directions. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > >> >> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above > >> >> and follow the directions. > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> JD> > >> JD> > >> > JD> > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > >> JD> Never miss a thing. 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