How do you assess a poorly centered photo?

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I usually choose “low quality or inaccurate photo” when the picture is poorly centered, or is either too close or too far from the POI. I was wondering if there’s a better way to reject them

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I think we need examples of what you are rejecting. if i can still tell what the photo is showing, i don’t reject it for not being perfect.

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We can take this as an example (the original submission was well centered, I cropped it to illustrate what I’ve seen in other submissions). This is what I mean by poorly centered

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I would not reject that for the photo.

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Some photos I rejected (one is an edit)

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And a lot of other 3rd party photos

I am not trying to turn this into a make fun of the coal thread, but photos have to be this bad in order for me to reject them.

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The object is still fully in the photo as the main focus, and the photo is bright, not blurry and orientated correctly. I would also not reject this.

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You may have seen me stress taking a GREAT photo to people making nominations. This is not because Wayspot photos are required to be art. It is because it makes it easier for reviewers - especially the non-human one - to understand what you are submitting and potentially accept it.

As a reviewer, I set the bar much lower. Would I recognize the poi from the photo? Does it have anything that is disqualifying like faces, is it turned sideways or upside down, or is it third party? Those I will not accept.

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Welcome to the community, and this is a great discussion question. Thanks for asking it!

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Thanks! I’m still learning so this helps a lot

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Hello @WhiskeyKM

Thanks for asking the question, and it’s great you have got an answer.
Just to add to this
here is the text from the :information_source: Information point at the questions when reviewing edited just to have the parts about the photo

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This helps decide if it warrants a :+1: or :-1:. And if you think it is somewhere between or you are unsure you can choose the I don’t know (IDK) :woman_shrugging: option.
If you choose IDK or :-1: you then can choose from a tick box list about the photo and there is an “other” box if you wish to add something else.

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I have also moved this to review support and slightly amended the title.