My own photos for trail markers are tightly focussed on the sign, that is my preference.
But as long as the photo is clearly about the sign then I put my preference to one side.
But as long as the photo is clearly about the sign then I put my preference to one side.
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Thank you for your explanation. Im fairly new in the forums however i have been reviewing submissions for quite a while now.
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Your experience will be very welcome.
I’m not new here but learn lots almost every day 
Edit to add
Our submission photos are similar in style.
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I also take most photo’s pretty close-up on the marker itself since the reviewers accept this more than further away pictures.
Just submitted another one in my area zoomed in, here it is. It was really high up on a pole, so I had to zoom in for this one.
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Sometimes I think its nice to show some of the path as well. Many of mine are quite close up, but this is my most recent and I really wanted to frame both the marker and the path behind it. Otherwise all the pictures start to look quite samey and I think its nice to have some background
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I have also noticed a tendency for pictures that show a wider view being more likely to get rejected than pictures that are a close-up focused just on the marker. It’s a shame, because pictures like the one posted by @frealafgb are so much better than just a trail marker - that one makes me want to be walking there!
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I agree that tendency does exist. Sometimes though its possible to add a different picture later and Ive done that in a couple of places too where the 2nd image shows a wider area and those tend to be accepted easily via the automated process. I think with my area having quite a number of trail based PoIs, its nice to have the pictures showing more of the surroundings so its easier to tell them apart, and like you say, it helps to show why this is a cool place to explore 
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That’s something I’d never thought of. I’ll see if I can do that for some of my existing wayspots and take extra photos for future ones.
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Its a workaround at least - which shouldn’t be needed - my example was accepted first try with that wider shot - but in cases where you just want an easier accept its a good compromise with the nicer end result 
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If the license plates are readable in the photo when zooming in, then that makes the photo ineligible. Don’t assume that people won’t be able to see details in-game.
Agreed! But they look too far behind. I called it out.
Yeah I suspect they’d be out of focus, but it’s impossible to tell from this.
And yes, again. Why do I even trust these reviewers anymore?! I just cannot believe this anymore, it’s getting crazy, it’s gonna be 10 years later until I have all of these accepted.
As a side note I am so happy that one of my trail marker stickers was picked up by the wayfarer team who are actually gonna review it by the wayfarer criteria, unlike these reviewers who don’t even look at this.
I finally got a good picture with my phone as well, im just at a loss for words.
(If someone needs a translation because they wanna look at it I can provide, but the appeal team is gonna have another boring sticker to jugde which should have been accepted by the community.
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Keep in mind streetview seems to be important, whitout it most people can not confirm its location.
And end up whit can’t find it.
There is option to ad photosphere to google maps so there is a new viewpoints in streetview.
Nothing wrong whit your nomination. Probally its the streetview. 
To be honest I don’t think it"s the streetview, because an other one was rejected for being fake and temporary while the streetview showed it in full and the streetview was not old. It’s just personal here with the reviewers, my whole community is asking trail marker stickers and they are all rejected for being temporary or not unique and a other random rejection, like fake, sensitive, title.
The reviewers need an educational lesson on trail marker stickers here😂
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The option to add photospheres to google maps is very hard to use. When the Streetview app was available to dowload, pretty much any Android phone could be used to upload photospheres.
Now, you need high-spec 3D cameras, as even the latest Pixel phones with Google Camera have had photosphere upload removed.
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I do think you’d get better results with better pictures, although it would only be marginal. Applying an HDR filter to the photo will make it stand out better (take the photo, enhance it in the gallery and then add it as an existing photo), or perhaps it’s time for a new phone.
Here’s an example, for some reason the initial photo I took was dull (poor light I think) but when I ran it through a filter on the phone it improved the contrast and colour significantly.
I know the photos are probably not the primary reason for rejection, but all these things can be a factor in how reviewers see it. Good photos are an obvious thing, but also good titles, description, supporting text with citations about the route (local council, OpenStreetMap for example) and visibility on StreetView will all help to persuade marginal voters.
If you find that the wayspots are spending a LONG time in voting then that to me indicates that reviewers can’t reach a consensus… so in these cases a tweak and resubmit can often work. If the wayspots are getting rejected by reviewers quickly then it’s a bit more bleak. Of course, review times vary depending on location.
It takes a long time here for any nomination to get decided because of the sheer force of requests we are doing here. We usually submit 5 wayspots a day in this small village on average.
Im just waiting on the appeal. This one won’t even come ingame, since the cell is fully occupied, but im hoping for a powerspot since this cell does not any at this current moment.
Right, only you would know what a “long time” and “short time” is in the context of where you are submitting. But if something takes longer than normal, I believe that means it’s a more marginal vote.
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