Seems the screeners at JetPhotos have been very busy the last 24 hours ! As of 1530 lcl on Wed March 1st there are only 32 photos waiting to be screened, which means same day or much less uploading is back ! Upload at will NYC Photoags !
Cheers
LGA777
Wow, that's incredible!
I just checked, 7 photos on the que, this is the kinda night where you upload, go to the kitchen for a beer, walk back to the computer, and walla you have another accepted photo, to bad I am at work cause times like this are fun and rare !
Ron
some of us don't have lives, thankfully i didn't spend all night screening 2000 photos in one hit! :D leave that to the european office. I believe we'll be looking for new screeners soon.
Its nice to not have to wait months to have your photos screened isn't it???
The wait is worth it.Originally Posted by T-Bird76
Its nice to not have to wait months to have your photos screened isn't it???
why? so you can learn from your reject and wait another 10 days?! :lol:The wait is worth it.Its nice to not have to wait months to have your photos screened isn't it???
[quote=Mr Smith]why? so you can learn from your reject and wait another 10 days?! :lol:[/quote:00f94]The wait is worth it.Its nice to not have to wait months to have your photos screened isn't it???
There are a lot of obvious reasons why the wait is worth it. After doing this for several years, I still fail to understand why someone would intentionally avoid uploading somewhere that arguably has the highest technical standards for acceptance (putting aside the issue of "motive", the boundaries of which are clearly different on various sites). Why not challenge yourself? Afraid of being told you have room for improvement? (not you personally, Mont)
Besides, I'm not that impatient that I need my photos screened in 3 seconds. 10 days is fine with me, especially if it means that 10 times the number of people will see my photos.
depends on what your motive for uploading is...to get more hits or just to have your image on display, of course hits are good, but personally i think they are better in the boxing ring! don't care for numbers to be honest! I don't even see a.net as a challenge anymore, of my last uploads just about everything was accepted, then again most of it is my boring **** too! though to my suprise my Legacy shot from Vegas did poor on a.net compared to JP.
I just want my photos in a database, don't care who looks at em or buys them...anyways, i've sold my camera so i'll be without eqpt for a while!
What's that all about? Just upgrading cameras, or hanging this up for a while?
little of both mate, will get a new one but focus it another direction! was thinking of going back to uni and doing a diploma of arts in applied photography, go become a photo journo that i've always wanted to be!What's that all about? Just upgrading cameras, or hanging this up for a while?
[quote=jakbar]There are a lot of obvious reasons why the wait is worth it. After doing this for several years, I still fail to understand why someone would intentionally avoid uploading somewhere that arguably has the highest technical standards for acceptance (putting aside the issue of "motive", the boundaries of which are clearly different on various sites). Why not challenge yourself? Afraid of being told you have room for improvement? (not you personally, Mont)why? so you can learn from your reject and wait another 10 days?! :lol:The wait is worth it.Its nice to not have to wait months to have your photos screened isn't it???
Besides, I'm not that impatient that I need my photos screened in 3 seconds. 10 days is fine with me, especially if it means that 10 times the number of people will see my photos.[/quote:7a4a4]
Josh it sounds like you are saying people who only upload to JP.net don't challenge themselves, or perhaps that is my interpretation; please correct me if I'm wrong. Why people upload to one site and not another is certainly not because they don't want to "challenge" themselves. You said it, both sites screen with a varying degree’s of motive. It’s my belief JP.net is much more of an enthusiast site then A.net. I've found pictures on JP.net that while not the highest degree of quality are certainly interesting and tell a very good story.
As for views I'm still very confused as to the obsession with "most views." Of course if you want to sell or perhaps get your picture published then yes simply logic would dictate the most exposure makes sense and then yes A.net would be your first choice. For me however I'm very happy if only 100 people see my photo and enjoy it, its 100 more then if it was sitting on my desk at work.
This is not directed at anyone and please forgive me if you guys take this the wrong way, but it seems like there are people that do this only to get their name in lights, and if that's your choice that's fine, trust me I love seeing my name up there to. However ask yourself a question, when you first laid eyes on a plane taking off did you love that site because 1000 people on a website would look at your picture or did you love that moment for what it was, a graceful machine reaching to the sky heading to a place beyond the horizon?
I really think this whole A.net vs. JP.net debate is a mute point, you don't need a website to decide for you your love of aviation or your ability to improve your skills.
This was not meant to be a debate about one site versus another. In response to your original post, I merely said there are benefits to uploading to a.net notwithstanding the screening time. Fairly simple point.
The point of my subsequent post was that there are people who don't upload to a.net because (1) they think the standards are simply too high, and/or (2) they think that a.net is in the business of rejections, and therefore they simply avoid it. Both of these rationales are, in my opinion, weak. Plenty of people, including me, upload there for the very reason that they know it is going to push them to be a better photographer, not because they need their name "in lights." If you avoid a.net because you think some other site is more in line with your style of photography, your motivational interests, whatever...that's a different story. I do, however, completely disagree with you about the existence of people who avoid a.net, and thus upload elsewhere, because they do not want to challenge themselves. There are most certainly people who upload to other sites because of what they perceive as lower standards. And once someone gets comfortable with that, it becomes difficult to progress as a photographer, or to even recognize that progress can be made. But whatever...that's their choice; it's just not mine.
Your statements about uploading simply for the "love of aviation" do not move me. None of us would stand out in the freezing weather if we didn't love the airplanes. But, at least for me personally, there is also a love of photography, which makes me want to also focus on the technical and photographic aspects of my pictures instead of uploading pictures in need of improvement simply under the guise of my love of aviation.
And, yes, I happen to enjoy showcasing my photos to the widest audience, but it has nothing to do with "hits" or being an attention-seeker. I don't care if a pic of an ERJ at LGA only gets 2 hits, but I like knowing that if someone on the other side of the world, or maybe even just the pilot who flew the plane, wants to see my picture, they can go to the biggest online database and find it. I see nothing wrong with this, and make no apologies if anyone thinks it is a corruption to the love of aviation, etc. I think it actually is just one of the many ways a person can express his or her own love of aviation.
Bottom line -- the original post that I made was that there are benefits to uploading to a.net, and that the wait for the screening is worth it. Perhaps that message got lost here with everyone responding to my posts with statements about a.net being for hit seekers?
Ok, my views:
Do I think the standards are higher at Anet: Yes.
Do I think Anet accepts better photos? Not necessarily.
Do I think has Anet has better photos in general? Yes.
Regardless of my views, JetPhotos allows certain GREAT motives that would not be allowed on Anet. I love Anet, for reasons other than photography. I attribute my love for aviation to them, because if it wasn't for them I'd not have gotten involved in the hobby.
For me, I enjoy the art of it all. For that "art" (if you define mine or anyone's aviation photography as "art"), I think that the more exposure you get from your art, the more it is allowed to become "art". Otherwise, it's just a painting that stays in your basement.
This is why I upload to Anet. I get great views and when I get something accepted, I know it's legit. If it gets rejected, it doesn't necessarily mean it's ****, but my acceptances are important to me in what I do. Remember, if it wasn't for Anet, I'd not have been interested in getting an expensive camera.
I think both sites are great. JP has grown SO much over the years, but I think Anet is still ahead.
Email me anytime at [email protected].
Good points Phil, and Josh your points are very good to however I think you have to becareful generalizing that people who only upload to Jp.net are afraid to challenge themselves, simply not true. Yes there are certainly people out there that do upload to JP.net for that exact reason and yes that is a weak excuse but in the same breath there are people who only upload to A.net because they feel JP.net stole A.net's code, is a copycat site, and overall has lower standards. This is also a weak excuse and without merit. Yes they both offer the same premise but at the same time are uniquely different and offer features that are attractive and not attractive to each different user.
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