Hey all,
I've been seeing a lot of anger recently in regards to the rejection of images. Before I go into why, I'd like to point out that our submission guidelines state the following:
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In the end, we want to be a group that showcases good work done by using canon gear, we don't want to flood peoples message boxes, but if your picture is good enough, we see no reason to not accept it."
We do this for fun, we get quite a number of submissions each day. We all have jobs and make the best out of our days. I'm sorry I cannot always state why your submission is rejected, but I will want to give everyone here a few pointers:
- Please do not submit pictures with
excessive toning, it still happens, and people still wonder why it gets rejected. A fair amount of times I found people forgot to set up the color profile in photoshop, resulting in images that appear bland or contrast-less. For more reading on this:
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[link] (PDF)
- I noticed a lot of pictures that have
no actual subject (or foreground). Yes its a pretty waterfall, yes its a pretty tree, but a lot of pictures lack the actual subject, there is no foreground in there, just the background. To me this disqualifies as a pretty picture as it doesn't follow basic composition guidelines (and the mods agree). If you have been wondering why your awesome picture got declined, that would probably be it.
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Unsharp, yes, believe it or not but about 20% of the submissions is actually not sharp. There is no way to fix this in photoshop without making a big mess. The best way to handle this is to either increase the shutterspeed, up the ISO, lower the f/ number or get a tripod
. I think it goes without further saying that unsharp pictures automaticly dont qualify.
Last but not least:
boring pictures. This is always a personal matter and people have been getting really upset over this. Don't take it personal! I'm judging your picture here for a group on dA (= internet). My opinion should only matter a little, don't let it ruin your day. Taking it out on our public page or our moderators will only get you removed. The only thing we would like for you is to go out and make a even better crisp picture, with a subject, with real colors and with awesome light!
Oh one more thing! If you have 5 or more accepted submissions, we would like to invite you for
moderatorship! As said above we are busy people and we could use a new moderator with a fresh look on things! Please note ~Hyperized with a motivation and we will get you up to speed
Thank you for your time
Hyperized
Sta.sh
Deviants
It is very apreciated!! 
We automatically accept our members though, so we don't take special credit for that 
