Which gallery to post sepia in

I'm curious if a sepia conversion is considered akin to a b&w conversion or does it nudge an image to the photo art catagory?

Leann, I'd say in most cases post it in the gallery it would normally go in.

Thanks Jim :-)

Leann,

IMHO, Sepia is like b&w in that I consider it part of the "monochrome" family. To expand on Jim's comment, the guideline for "Photo Art" in part is "....intended as obvious artistic renditions of nature." So if your image is wildly painted, tinted with the intent of making an abstract, "artistic rendition" of nature, then it should probably go in Photo Art. But a straight sepia-toned image of nature will get treated just like b&w.

I would encourage folks to check out the Posting Guidelines for review. In ES&S, the most frequent and usually the most obvious are images containing "the hand of man" and usually get moved to Man & Nature.

Photo Art is a whole lot more subjective. Guy, Marc and I all agree we don't want to be heavy-handed and many images that some or most might consider Photo Art (including myself) don't get moved because while they might be a better fit elsewhere, they aren't necessarily disqualified from ES&S.

Having said that, I would encourage any of the members who happen to read this, to seriously consider which gallery the image belongs in before posting. Use your best judgement and save a moderator from having to make a decision...

Thanks!
Lon