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Unread post by **Scooterb** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:49 am

These only will be up until deleated. 10 sent 10 rejected.
http://www.railpictures.net/members/vie ... serid=2935
Oh well will try some more tonight.

Unread post by **~Z~** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:11 pm

Scooterb wrote:These only will be up until deleated. 10 sent 10 rejected.
http://www.railpictures.net/members/vie ... serid=2935
Oh well will try some more tonight.

Ouch...they definately like hitting that "bad angle" button of theirs... I wonder that if when you take the picture, if you could still have it focused well if the train is further to one side, and try to have the rest of the train not run off the edge of the frame, but have it either show the whole train or have scenery cut it off. Just an idea...

CAT345C · Unread post by **CAT345C** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:08 pm

High Sun, I thought sun was good. Scooterb I like all of your shots.

Unread post by **Scooterb** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:43 pm

Thanks Mike

most of these shots were rejected the first time I sent them in just re edited and giving them one last shot.

J T · Unread post by **J T** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:21 am

Wow, incredible. The "bad angle" ones are the silliest, considering you can find PLENTY of pictures in their database all with the SAME angle of every one of those shots! Not to mention the backlit ones...whatever.

I wish I had never found out about railpics.net. The more I see this crap, the more it pisses me off.

SDavey · Unread post by **SDavey** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:00 am

10 of out 10 rejected. Been there done that myself. I had a point and shoot digital camera for the first two years I have been shooting pictures and photoshop elements. Even doing some touch up work in Photoshop they still say its to dark.

Long story short, I bought a new camera about a week ago, its a Canon Powershot S3IS. So I tried submitting the shots I took in Lansing Wednesday afternoon to rail pictures.net, and 5 out of 5 shot down. The Non-Train pictures Ive taken with the new camera look good, so maybe its not just me. Every time I say why bother with them anymore I always come back for more.

J T · Unread post by **J T** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:07 am

Has anyone on here joined the "elite"?

SDavey · Unread post by **SDavey** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:00 pm

Well 2007 is off to a sort of good year for me in the railroad photography department. Rail pictures.net acutally accepted some of my pictures. Ive decided that have to out fox them, so ive been thinking more ahead of spots to shoot in and if the train will be backlit, long with shooting more of the fronts of the locomotive to avoid them saying it was a bad angle shot.
I still have gotten a few of those.

sd70accsxt700 · Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:38 am

I dont mean to sound snotty, but that is what taking good photos of anything is about, unless your looking for a specific sort of shot. Making sure the sun is behind you and not in front of you, composing the sceen better, angle of shot, ect. I know we all female dog about RP.net, but I believe deep down inside it is making us all better photographers (I have to admid that from time to time I still have relapses).

J T · Unread post by **J T** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:42 pm

sd70accsxt700 wrote:I dont mean to sound snotty, but that is what taking good photos of anything is about, unless your looking for a specific sort of shot. Making sure the sun is behind you and not in front of you, composing the sceen better, angle of shot, ect. I know we all female dog about RP.net, but I believe deep down inside it is making us all better photographers (I have to admid that from time to time I still have relapses).

I agree somewhat with what you are saying, but railpics seems to be a) full of themselves and b) VERY inconsistent.

I looked through the gallery of a photographer who had hundreds of shots on railpics, and MANY could have been rejected by some of the standards of rejections I've seen lately. It seems that when you reach a certain level with them, they are more relaxed in what they accept.

Also, I have several train books with thousands of photos in them, and in a couple that I've reviewed lately, I'd estimate more than 50% of the photos in them would be rejected. The same goes for some mags I look at.

So I'm wondering, just WHO is railpics there for?

Unread post by **Scooterb** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:47 pm

I agree with you Matt, it has definatly made me a better photographer.
I also know some of my earlier shots would not make the site at this time , but JT has a point they are becoming very inconsistant. It seems they favore certain photographers over others at times.
But I have a lot of shots on that site, and lately I cant get anything accepted. But remember it is there site and they pay for it and can post/pick what they feel fit.
That is why I like this site or http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/default.aspx

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