my 2 cents

July 19, 2011 8:01 AM from

So, I'm going through the wallpapers to find one to highlight with my next blind (settled on Skyzyk's chopper) and found a picture of a dead leaf with 8 stars. A dead leaf, 8 stars, wtf.

I'm thinking to myself that I have better pictures than that where my finger got in the way and decided to upload a set of 5 pretty damn nice wallpapers. Much better, to me at least, than a dead leaf.

1 approved and the other 4 regulated to my personal page, very disappointed.

I've always stayed out of the wallpaper rants and bitching as I had not uploaded wallpapers and had no experience to comment on. Now I guess I do and can empathize with those that have had their work regulated to personal pages (or rejected outright) when work that appears to be of lesser quality is allowed to become part of the public galleries.

Jellyfish

Dandelion

Yellow flower

Rose-2

I'll be deleting these over the weekend, if anyone is interested grab them while they're here.

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Reply #1 July 19, 2011 8:29 AM from

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1 approved and the other 4 regulated to my personal page, very disappointed.

Well, shit happens. You win some, you loose some.

I've always stayed out of the wallpaper rants and bitching

And now you've joined their ranks.

Reply #2 July 19, 2011 8:43 AM from

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Reply #3 July 19, 2011 9:01 AM from

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You 'could' see an optometrist....find out why your photographs aren't in any semblance of focus....;)

I had a camera once that did that. It was an Olympus Pen ....had a hard life....had been dropped once too many times.

Viewfinder simply didn't....;)

Reply #4 July 19, 2011 9:42 AM from

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Quoting DrJBHL, reply 2

excelsior

over a dead leaf, not much of a challange.

Quoting Jafo, reply 3

You 'could' see an optometrist....find out why your photographs aren't in any semblance of focus....

I guess you 'could' take an art appreciation 101 course to better understand the various techniques that photographers apply to make their shots unique...

I didn't ask why they weren't posted in the public forum however having a wallpaper experience I added my two cents to those that don't understand. I also wanted to give people who might be interested an opportunity to download them before they are deleted.

with the exception of Snowman's post, see how quickly these posts boil down to moderators getting snarky with those that post against the grain.

Reply #5 July 19, 2011 9:57 AM from

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gmc2 ...not 'snarky' at all. If you choose to "publish" these images on the public forums you will need to expect so doing to attract criticism, both for the public exposure and for the method of its doing.

Public posting in this manner subverts their non-placement in the Public Gallery.

Re 'art appreciation 101'...I don't need to. I have the professional miles already. Fine Art is part of Architecture.....and that was 1972. We had cameras back then, too, you know...;)

Reply #6 July 19, 2011 12:31 PM from

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found a picture of a dead leaf with 8 stars. A dead leaf, 8 stars, wtf.

best advice is don't take any notice of stars... or you'll go nuts...

I have two logons in the gallery at the moment voted down to 2 1/2 stars... the wallpapers they are made from are in the wallpaper gallery at 5 stars...

it's not a reliable science... just ignore it...

besides.... dead leaves look cool...

Reply #7 July 19, 2011 12:40 PM from

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Somewhere along the line I still have to Join gmc2 on all this, (how unexpekted -NOT lol) -Go get´em Greg !!

Reply #8 July 19, 2011 12:44 PM from

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Nice example, Syd...

Reply #9 July 19, 2011 12:52 PM from

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Ratings...personal pages....etc. It's all a dead horse that has been beaten hundreds of times.

Reply #10 July 19, 2011 1:07 PM from

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Quoting Island, reply 9

Ratings...personal pages....etc. It's all a dead horse that has been beaten hundreds of times.

Bout time to make some beefjerkey of the dead creature then ?

Reply #11 July 19, 2011 1:23 PM from

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Jafo, I took your comments as the reason for rejection. I can't tell when you comment officially or unofficially.

Sydney, always the voice of reason. I don't worry about star ratings and if I went into more of an explanation I'd just be digging the hole deeper.

Reply #12 July 19, 2011 1:33 PM from

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Syney, is that the Zubaz Xion player? I'm super flattered (and more than a bit surprised).

(I wonder what rating *that* has. ;) )

Reply #13 July 19, 2011 1:36 PM from

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the disappointment and frustration of rejection is felt by all of us at some stage... I do think they are a little too fuzzy... but I think the Jellyfish pic could look really cool if put into photoshop and worked on with some colours and effects... sometimes if a pic doesn't quite cut it as is... use it for an interesting basis...

Reply #14 July 19, 2011 1:36 PM from

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Quoting Island, reply 9

Ratings...personal pages....etc. It's all a dead horse that has been beaten hundreds of times.

And it will continue to get beaten, with all the ego-sticks around here.

Reply #15 July 19, 2011 1:39 PM from

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Quoting Zubaz, reply 12

Syney, is that the Zubaz Xion player? I'm super flattered (and more than a bit surprised).

(I wonder what rating *that* has.

yes... it is... link..

3 1/2 stars....

Reply #16 July 19, 2011 1:46 PM from

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Quoting neone6, reply 10

Bout time to make some beefjerkey of the dead creature then

wouldn't that be

HorseJerkey

Reply #17 July 19, 2011 2:02 PM from

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Quoting DisturbedComputer, reply 16

Quoting neone6,
reply 10
Bout time to make some beefjerkey of the dead creature then

D.C: -wouldn't that be

HorseJerkey

Horse beef Is yum !

Reply #18 July 19, 2011 4:06 PM from

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You wouldn't say that around Col. Sherman T. Potter.

Reply #19 July 19, 2011 4:34 PM from

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Quoting DrJBHL, reply 18

You wouldn't say that around Col. Sherman T. Potter.

Reply #20 July 19, 2011 7:08 PM from

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Quoting Island, reply 9

Ratings...personal pages....etc. It's all a dead horse that has been beaten hundreds of times.

Reply #21 July 19, 2011 7:17 PM from

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Quoting Island, reply 9

Ratings...personal pages....etc. It's all a dead horse that has been beaten hundreds of times.

Reply #22 July 19, 2011 7:58 PM from

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well from an artists point of view, id rather slit my fucking throat than put a dead leaf wallpaper on My desktop.

but hey, each to their own right?

Reply #23 July 19, 2011 8:07 PM from

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I like nature wallpapers.

Reply #24 July 19, 2011 8:19 PM from

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I once put a dead leaf in a comic book. What did I know...I was four. But even a dead leaf tells a story.

Reply #25 July 19, 2011 8:21 PM from

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Quoting Snowman, reply 14

And it will continue to get beaten, with all the ego-sticks around here.

and i dont think this is about ego at all,

its about one person questioning the logic of the mods choices.

what is so wrong about that?

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