Clickhappy From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 9444 posts, RR: 72 Posted (6 years 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 2681 times:
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Many uploaders continue to be confused with the proper time to mark their photos as being "Dark," so the purpose of this thread is bring some clarification to the matter.
Photos that are in sunlight, be it early morning or late evening, are not considered dark, and can run the risk of being rejected if they are marked as such.
Dark is reserved for night shots, or those few moments in the very early morning or very late evening when their is still visible light, but not sunlight. If you can see shadows it is most likely not "dark."
Prat From Canada, joined Jun 2005, 229 posts, RR: 3 Reply 4, posted (6 years 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 2487 times:
I noticed there are a few shots still slipping through (added today) with category dark which are clearly not dark as you specified. I've currently got two sunset silhouette shots in the queue, which I would've normally categorized as dark but did not. Am I still correct in my assumption?
Uploadids: 2365729, 2365617 if you'd like to see...
KLM772ER From Germany, joined May 2006, 615 posts, RR: 19 Reply 5, posted (6 years 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 2454 times:
So I marked this one as dark, because it was taken when the sun already had hit the horizon, but there can still some shadows be seen.. so after your description it would be wrong??
they are all marked as dark, and that's what I did when I uploaded it... I just look for photos marked as dark, an many of them looked like mine..
I mean I probably will take it away from the queue and reupload it, but on the other hand some other shots are accepted this way...
It is not your fault, and I don't want to blame you Clickhappy.. I just find it kind of strange, that normally shots like that should get rejected for category, and on the other hand lots of get accepted..
The way Anet has been accepting photos for years is technically twilight, why the change? If the answer is because of shots being added as the above have, why change now and enforce what the technical definition of dawn and dusk are (sun is 6 degrees below the horizion) vs still allowing twilight photos like before?
-Matt
WakeTurbulence From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 1288 posts, RR: 18 Reply 13, posted (6 years 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 2398 times:
Sorry, I thought it was a little unclear myself. In the past Anet has accepted what is technically "twilight" shots with no problem, it seems as if it was almost encouraged to mark the dark category when uploading shots such as the ones I have posted and 747438 has posted as well. I quoted you as saying "Sun is not below the horizon on that shot" so I posted my shots in response which don't seem to be dusk as defined by wikipedia.
1. Are the 4 shots I posted acceptable as "dark" defined by Anet today?
Clickhappy From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 9444 posts, RR: 72 Reply 14, posted (6 years 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 2390 times:
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My opinion is, that as a straight "black and white" case, they would *not* be considered dark, but I get the spirit of the point of what you are trying to say, and we are resonable people thus an internal discussion would need to take place. Personally I would allow the above photos (the LAX shots) to be marked as dark, others I am not so sure about as I feel some are manipulated to make them look much more orange than they really are, but that is not what this thread is about.
Why is this being done? Simple, abuse. Just look at some of those photos that were shown above. We are tired of writing the same messages to the same photogs over and over..so, we have to play the bad guy and start rejecting such shots.
Clickhappy From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 9444 posts, RR: 72 Reply 16, posted (6 years 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 2381 times:
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The category clearly states for shots taken at dusk,dawn or night time
It does indeed. And, since the defintion of "civil dusk" is the sun being 6 degrees below the horizon, then clearly if the sun is visible it cannot be dusk.
Matheus From Brazil, joined Nov 2003, 135 posts, RR: 8 Reply 19, posted (6 years 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 2313 times:
I think It'll be good to add a explanation till next week for shots that on the past were considered dark and now it is not. I got a rejection today because this new rule and I had no ideia of the reason before I post a topic here in the forum.
Scbriml From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2003, 11350 posts, RR: 50 Reply 22, posted (6 years 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 2150 times:
Quoting Clickhappy (Reply 7): Sun is not below the horizon on that shot, I can see the reflections. So now, that shot is not Dark and would be rejected.
What about shots that are were uploaded, and are still awaiting screening, before this "clarification"?
Clickhappy From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 9444 posts, RR: 72 Reply 23, posted (6 years 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 2141 times:
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I am sure most are being updated by hand, by the screeners during the screening process, unless there are other rejection reasons as well. I know I have updated a ton over the past few days.
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