submissions must fit in any of the Group galleries;
photography must:
be in focus;
have good composition;
avoid too much digital editing.
the smallest side must have 500px or more. (a Panorama or a Collage does not need to follow this rule)
artist's comments must be either in English or bilingual (including English) _ valid since the 1st of July of 2012 _
Membership has no auto approval; requests are analysed before eventual approval; no feedback will be given on any declination.
Submissions: ONE photo per week;
Every submission (even any Daily Deviation) will be approved or not via a voting process;
borders are allowed as long as they are not intrusive, i.e., unbalance the whole compo of the submitted photo;
On request we may eventually give constructive feedback on a declined submission;
Any Photography not submitted to the correct gallery is likely to be declined;
Any Artwork that does not fit clearly in any of the Group galleries can exceptionally be approved and then it will be moved to the other_Photography gallery; the criteria for such a decision is exclusive of the Group Staff;
Any member can address the Administration, via Group note, a suggestion to the creation of a new (non existing) gallery; such a gallery will be created if the Administration finds its existence relevant to the majority of this Group members;
a member that submits copyrighted work with no permission and due credits to the authour will loose membership;
a member that keeps submitting declined Artworks may loose her/his membership;
a member that addresses disrespectfully any other member will loose membership also;
any Artwork that is moved by the author to storage will be removed from the Group (this "clean up" will be done from time to time).
... WHAT IS NOT ALLOWED
photos showing beggars, homeless or any human degradation
scrap-booking
snapshots
under age
Cosplay
any religious or politics visual reference ... and:
any direct reference in the title and/or artists comments to religion/politics;
any visual symbol/icon related to religion/politics.
bondage, horror, macabre and cemeteries/graveyards
exhibition of weapons or military uniforms (toys/miniatures included)
dA watermarked; distracting signature; an URL reference
stock photography
digital painting using (or not) stock photography
similar photos successively submitted
These Guidelines are subject to changes with no prior notice but having in mind the best interests of the majority of the members
- this is a "sample" as we do thank all the members with no distinction; - we wish the Group grows as far as quality is concerned; - submission's high quality standards will permit us keeping our motto ... _share_&_learn_ .
__ SOME OF THE BEST SUBMISSIONS __
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selection by ...
guess which one was not chosen by the selector ? ...