[Leica] Manipulation Disqualification

[benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)]

Hi Jayanand,

> What method of getting your work viewed, in your opinion, does not lend
> itself to be open to biases? I think it is impossible to eliminate bias in
> the eyes of the viewer (a judge, after all, is just another viewer, albeit
> with some power in the context of a competition).

Perhaps I worded that poorly.  There is no avoidance of bias.  But in
competitions there is exercising of power and often this leads to
self-importance and glorified egoism.  If you show your photos in
other fora, the viewers can decide if they like them or not, without
the additional influences of the viewers being given growing
self-important because their choice makes the image more valuable.

> In this case, nobody seems to have read the rules, and apparently the
> judges did not check out the primary document (RAW file/negative) for
> transgressions either, which seems to be a huge goof up!

That really is a goof up.  It doesn't make any difference to my
assessment of competitions, but it's also irrelevant to it.

Marty