[edited June-24-2008]
Hi Diana, First, just a quick note you probably know this already, but just for others who might stumble across this thread we don't normally "monitor" food/discussion groups here (for that, please see our Product Message Board). Thanks for submitting a photo. We take a look at every photo submitted. Sometimes, photos are rejected because they are duplicate. Sometimes, it's because they are out of focus. Sometimes, because they are submitted upside down or "mis-oriented". Sometimes, it's because the "hero" of the photo is one or more people eating or showing off the food, not the dish itself. Sometimes it's because the photo submitted had nothing to do with the particular recipe (page) that it was submitted on e.g., it might really be a terrific photo of a layer cake, but it was submitted for a recipe of "sauteed mushrooms". Sometimes, a very tiny thumbnail is submitted, and when viewed at normal size, it's blown-up. Sometimes, it's a clear scan from a magazine or a lifted image from another site or commercial source. (We respect that they have a business to run as well.) I'm not saying any of these apply to your specific case, but these are some of the most common reasons for rejection. Please continue to take and submit more photos they really make the site much more useful for everyone!
Thanks Diana! For what it's worth, we've actually increased our quality bar just a little since the site first was launched. For instance, we used to permit a small amount of captioning and/or dates in the photo, but over time we've found that this detracts from the clean look and more importantly international-appeal quite a bit, and might prevent us from localizing the site in the future. (BigOven.com is currently used by people in more than 30 different countries many of which have different date formats, languages, etc.) Hope you understand... and please do continue to submit photos, thanks!
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