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I must state my displeasure with the new online Pentax Gallery. I have been shooting for over 20 years and have many accolades from people regarding my work. So I submitted to Pentax and was just as quickly rejected. I am insulted! My work can be seen on my site and speaks for itself.
I tend to agree with your analysis...
You are not alone, digitalphil.
Many people on other Pentax forums and online communities were complaining about sometimes strange and unexpected decisions of PentaxPhotoGallery editorial stuff.
Don't be sad about it. If I were the judge deciding on who to allow, you would be rejected as well digitalphil.
Additionally I would reject some of those already in. There are too many photos with questionable qualities on PPG.
I had my first three submissions rejected also. I'm no pro however. One of which I thought was really nice though. My best work has not been done with Pentax glass though. I am new to photography and the K10D is my first slr. My problem is with the issue of lenses. Honestly, Pentax lenses are difficult to find right now and the selection of available ones aren't that great...or they're priced higher than my car...I choose to follow the rules (because I can understand Pentax wanting Pentax products only showcased) and not submit shots with my Sigma glass. I see a lot of shots that say "unknown lens" being added and I suspect that some shots aren't shot with Pentax glass.
There certainly are a lot of shots that got in before the voting started which to be fair, should have to go through committee too. Some of which are quite bad. I thought, though, that this gallery was also to showcase amateur photographers. There should be a standard...but how high? Oh well..
One last comment I feel I must add. Once you are accepted as a member, you then are also allowed to be on the jury. This was a nice surprise and eases my mind a tad. But still surprising results!
BTW...anyone note how many film (scanned) images there were? Of all the images I voted on...none were film like mine...hmmmm, what's with that?
I voted on 4 or 5 scanned shots...
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