First, it has been in the new images for a couple months. Then it is archived. I don't mind that so much, but it's C-index is 81, which I thought should get it in the permanent section.

The Image in question.

...I'll stay out of this one...

Alas, the difficulty of explaining why high c-index images don't make it to the permanent galleries...

Images are not put in the permanent galleries based only on the c-index. Images are usually put in the permanent gallery because 1)They exhibit something unique in that category
2)The image was above and beyond the usual quality of the images in that category.

I'm suprised my snoqualmie falls one didn't get into the perms but the snowy/misty photo did...hmmm hmm!

If it were me to decide, neither would be in the perms... >_>

i forgot to talk about your photo...it has a good cindex + image as a whole....but it isn't the best, to put it bluntly.

thanks for your comments, i was just wondering

It is true, c-index is no ticket into the perms .. the image +Mods are the sole deciding element for promotion, and each one uses a set of criteria unique to them, developed over the time they've been doing it

As Noah so bluntly put it .. an image needs to stand out from the crowd, and the image in question is a fine vista, but lacks punch in the presentation and color qualities

In my humble opinion, ALL digital photographers should learn how to adjust CURVES, LEVELS, CONTRAST, etc .. either within their cameras or their software .. in order to compensate, when necessary, for way the mechanisms deal with exposure values and dynamic range .. results are sometimes FLAT

Kodachrome they ain't .. er, you get my meaning


We have all had images 'plonked' that we felt deserved better

Like my newest still life...

perhaps that one would have faired better if the lighting had been better/more even and the background were cleaner and more defined.

Thanks for the tip, Phil.

I agree with Keith about the post-processing!
It can make the difference between a good image and a very good one...