Originally published at: Inside the Jury Room for Wiki Loves Africa – OEGlobal
I was honoured and excited last year to be invited by my colleague Isla Haddow-Flood to be one of the judges for the Wiki Loves Africa photography contest where the theme was all about food, from Farm to Table. Wiki Loves Africa is a monumental effort that elevates the visual representation of Africa people and…
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Right before I wrote this post, I did complete Round 2 of the judging process in the Montage tool. In this round, I was assigned around 320 photos that are presented one at a time.
The method in this round is a 1-5 rating of how good we feel the photos are in terms of composition/quality but also for it supporting the theme. while viewing the photo, I simply type the number for my rating, it registers and displays the next one. I can say I was able to go through these in about an hour, again, once I start I find a good rhythm, and I feel more consistent in doing them all at once.
I can see the photo quality and level of interestingness rises in round 2. I’d say maybe 50% of the photos I saw in round 1, so many feel new.
Looking forward to round 3.
This week was round three, and it too was a big challenge. All the voting members of the Jury were assigned the same 73 photos and we had to drag and move them around in order from our perspective from 1 to 73rd ranking.
It was a lot of work sliding the previews up and down the page, much less making the call for the top photos. There was a good number I had seen in rounds 1 and 2, but a few that were new.
The pool of photos are really good this year.
What are your thoughts fellow jury member @bdelosarcos ?? Was this one as hard as it felt to me?