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PaPeR.cLiP (a group admin) says:
19 Feb 10 - Thanks for adding your photos to the POtB pool. We hope to gather the best photos that Pittsburgh has to offer. So far, it is looking really terrific!

NOTE: Due to the fact that we have only recently started this group, we will remain mostly invite-only for photos. However, if you have other Pittsburgh-related photos that fit the criteria listed in the group rules, then we urge you to add them to the pool. Ultimately, all photos added require permission from an admin. Thanks!

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About Pittsburgh: Only the Best

Welcome to Pittsburgh: Only the Best!

This group is for excellent photographs taken of Pittsburgh and the surrounding area. Pittsburgh is a beautiful city with tons of photo opportunities around every corner—from the skyline to the bridges to those little nooks and crannies in our famous neighborhoods. This group aims to present the very best photographic results of our collective talents for all of the world to behold in one location.

Our definition of an "excellent" photo is as follows (we have very high standards here at POtB):

▪ Photo must be compositionally clean with no distracting elements,
▪ Photo must be sharp with correct contrast and color-balancing (unless it contains a blur for an artistic effect), and
▪ Photo must be eye-catchingly awesome—the kind of awesomeness that makes you want to click on it and view it in all of its large glory in the photographer's photostream.


What do we want in our group pool?

We want to see excellent photos that really characterize Pittsburgh. We like streets, buildings, bridges, nature, traffic, animals, and signs—among many other things! We like minimalistic elements and clean, artistic photos. We sometimes like photos of people, as long as they are artistic (such as portraiture or street scenes). We do not want to see the photos you snapped at your last house party on the South Side or the time you caught a blurry glimpse of Sidney Crosby at the Stanley Cup parade (though cool). These types of photos belong in other group pools—not this one. See the Group Rules for a more comprehensive list of what we want and don't want to see in the pool.

In essence, we want this group to be a veritable online gallery or exhibition of the best photographs that Pittsburgh has to offer. We want to be able to look at the photos and imagine that each one of them could be displayed in an exhibit at one of our city's museums or art galleries. We want excellence; we want only the best!


About expectations from members:

This is a pressure-free group; you are not required to comment or give awards to images in the group pool. If you do view a photo in the pool and you happen to comment on it, you may want to consider including the following html code as a courtesy to the photographer so he or she knows where you first discovered the photo. This code is simple and contains no flashy graphics. We are all about keeping things professional and artistic here at POtB.

HTML Code:

<i>As seen in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/pittsburghonlythebest/">Pittsburgh: Only the Best</a></i>

It will look like this:

As seen in Pittsburgh: Only the Best

Please do NOT use this group pool as a dump for all things Pittsburgh. Photos that you choose to add to the group will go through a process of approval before they are added to the pool. However, because this group has just been created, it will remain largely an invite-only group for the time being. You may still add photos to the group that you think meet our high standards, but please do not be offended if they are not approved for the group pool. We are sure they are fine and enjoyable photos, we just want the photos in this group to remain professional and artistic.

Thanks for joining and/or posting your excellent Pittsburgh photos to the group pool! We sincerely hope you enjoy being a part of this group!

Additional Information

This group is public This is a public group.

  • View the group rules.
  • Members can post 3 things to the pool each day.
  • Accepted media types:
    • Photos
  • Accepted content types:
    • Photos
    • Screenshots
    • Illustration/Art
  • Accepted safety levels:
    • Safe
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