Re: RGS 20 Trains event - a few more
| December 02, 2020 04:32PM |
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As I understand it, those who lord over the photos there sway to those who are paying members or the well-known names. If you're not a paying member, there's that much less chance you'll even get onto the site. I gave up when a photo I took that has been published in a mainstream magazine got turned down.
I know a guy who submitted the very same photo that got accepted from a paying member the first time around, was denied for a non-paying member. Same thing for lesser-known names.
Heck, every photo I've ever submitted has been turned down there, so I stopped trying. Who cares what a bunch of big fish/little pond foamers have to say?
It all reminds me of the story where director John Millius was trying to show how ignorant studio people were, when he was pitching an idea for a plot and the studio person told him it wasn't a good story at all. He later told others about it, saying, "I guess she never liked 'Hamlet' much" as he was pitching that play and the studio person didn't even know it!
Scott Turner Wrote:
> Joe, as noted, I often just don't "get" Railpictures. What garners views remains a mystery to me (other than that B&W almost always tanks), and I can guarantee that my most viewed images rarely correspond with what I THINK will garner the most views. As for the screeners though, while I think I have a bit better handle on what they like and don't like, they can still throw me once in a while.
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-Lee
Flickr photo set of my On30 layout
I know a guy who submitted the very same photo that got accepted from a paying member the first time around, was denied for a non-paying member. Same thing for lesser-known names.
Heck, every photo I've ever submitted has been turned down there, so I stopped trying. Who cares what a bunch of big fish/little pond foamers have to say?
It all reminds me of the story where director John Millius was trying to show how ignorant studio people were, when he was pitching an idea for a plot and the studio person told him it wasn't a good story at all. He later told others about it, saying, "I guess she never liked 'Hamlet' much" as he was pitching that play and the studio person didn't even know it!
Scott Turner Wrote:
> Joe, as noted, I often just don't "get" Railpictures. What garners views remains a mystery to me (other than that B&W almost always tanks), and I can guarantee that my most viewed images rarely correspond with what I THINK will garner the most views. As for the screeners though, while I think I have a bit better handle on what they like and don't like, they can still throw me once in a while.
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-Lee
Flickr photo set of my On30 layout
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