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but your pic is second rate, is that a win or a bad contest.? Dec 05 20 02:29 am Link Well, your cynicism and frustration may be warranted, to some extent, but there must be more to the contest winners than favoritism. Frankly, I think it's more due to questionable tastes and lack of understanding by voters about what constitutes an image of real merit. And most photographers I think are higher caliber don't bother to enter. There's a lot of mediocre and repetitive stuff being awarded in the POTD contest, though occasionally a more worthy image manages to rise to the top. And I suspect roughly 75% of the voters are the same from day to day, yielding a predictable response that too often rewards images of a certain kind--common, technically and esthetically subpar, etc. Dec 28 20 04:29 am Link TJ Photo wrote: Some of the same people win all the time and sometimes by a wide margin which makes me wonder what's happening behind the scenes. Everyone once in a while I'll submit, I won once and (that was better have won! Jan 09 21 02:37 pm Link DTP - Photography wrote: If so the message should have been flagged for Moderator review as it violates community rules. Jan 12 21 05:13 am Link I have never been solicited for a vote for pic of the day and was pretty confident in it. There have been a few times when I was the only vote for an image and I just thought there's only two people that appreciate that shot, the maker, and me. Jan 14 21 01:29 pm Link DTP - Photography wrote: I think we have seen a lot of that lately. Not to say the images are not good but not so outstanding they are winning by the margins they are winning. I definitely agree there is some vote harvesting going on. I have never solicited a vote and never will. Mar 22 21 08:03 am Link |
). I've had a couple of second place finishes but it's tough when the some of the same people win and by a large margin over second. I get it, some of those shots are outstanding and I can make better photos then so be it. 
