I have a question when reviewing

I have been submitting “Submitter Visible” for their shadow being in the photo. All because I personally interpret it that way from the rules. I however wanted to make sure if I am right or wrong. Especially if the rest of the submission checks off on a good submission. Albeit I’m still learning the intricacies, and the finer details of reviewing. I appreciate any help and thank you.

imo, this does not identify the submitter. if the shadow is too distracting, i will reject as a low quality photo. otherwise i will mark idk on photo accuracy but accept.

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Shadows on its own isn’t grounds to class as Submitter Visible. I understand why you would do that, and that was my viewpoint when I first started. The Submitter Visible is when you can see their body part (foot / shoe, legs, hands, face, etc) in the image, including in a reflection.

Thank you for the answer.

makes you wonder about people who always get their shadow in. But we will never know :slight_smile:

I always feel uneasy having my own shadow in my nomination. I often ask myself, will I get a shadow ban.

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I make sure to never have in… Reflections, shadows

Cyndiepooh made a great point. If it ruins main picture mark as poor quality. I like that.

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You’re view on it makes more sense, considering i was viewing and marking them as submitter visible. I will now mark the photo’s low quality instead.

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It’s certainly a reason for rejection one way or another, either submitter identifiable (and sometimes they are from their shadow given that you will be reviewing your local area), or low quality photo.

It is sometimes difficult to get all of your shadow out of a picture, I’m talking about things like this…

Lol I found this example of one I might reject


I think I just stopped reviewing there because I didn’t make a note of how I decided.

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Is this a caption competition :joy:

But yes in this case I would be starting to consider the shadows are intrusive and distracting and possibly identifiable. But I do think it’s lowering the picture quality.

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Selfie stick might be the go… Hold it over and take photo down… dunno. Good point