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The group has been closed for a few weeks due to personal issues that were unavoidable.

The group is now reopened but submission limits have been changed to 5 deviations per MONTH.

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Submission Rules

We are a photography group focusing on rural and urban decay. If it is old, forgotten, run down and rotted... it is welcome here!

:new:There is a global submission limit of 5 photographs per MONTH week as not to flood the members inboxes!

This may be subject to change in the future.

Please choose the folder that the subject of your photograph fits the best in.

The folders are:

:bulletred: Featured - :new:NO LONGER OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS.

Due to members abusing the "Featured" folder and automatically submitting their work only to this folder I've decided to close it off to submissions. From now on, only an admin can access the "Featured" folder. We will at times move a deviation submitted to us to the "Featured" folder if it meets our standards.

:bulletred: Buildings & Monuments - interior & exterior shots of: houses, hospitals/asylums, forts/military buildings, castles, schools, statues/monuments, tombstones/gravestones/mausoleums, etc...

:bulletred: Landscapes - fields/paddocks, mountain ranges, hills, valleys, deserts, sea scapes, etc...

:bulletred: Wildlife - Someone once asked me why I included "Wildlife" as a gallery folder, this is why: most natural wildlife habitats are shrinking due to the ever growing human race. It is becoming more rare to see wild animals in their natural habitats. This folder is to show your photos of any kind of wildlife in their natural environment and not in zoos.

:new: Please only submit LIVING wildlife. We've been receiving too many images of deer dead from being roadkill. These photos defeat the purpose of this folder and will be declined.

:bulletred: Automobiles & Transportation - antique/vintage transportation (wagons, etc...) cars, trucks, vans, planes, trains, roads, railroad tracks, tractors (can also go in "Farm & Ranch Life), etc...

:bulletred: Farm & Ranch - barns, farm houses, stables, corrals, fences, pens, windmills and watering holes, cattlemen working herds, cattle grazing in fields, etc...

:bulletred: With People - Any photo that includes a person or group of people and that still fits the theme of our group should now be placed into the "With People" folder.

:bulletred: Miscellaneous - This is the catch-all folder. Anything that does not fit into the other folders should go here such as objects, antique furniture, antique toys, etc.... Also, if you are unsure of where to place a submission, place them into "Miscellaneous" with a comment in your submission process and one of the admins will move it to the appropriate folder for you.

**NOTE**
If you do don't see the photos you have submitted to a certain gallery, they have not been removed but have been moved to a more appropriate gallery folder.


All photos are subject to approval before being featured in the group.

We are not going to approve every photo that is added. We are wanting to keep high standards for the photography that we allow and feature. However, we understand that not everyone is a professional photographer. Everyone has room for improvement. Also, if your work is declined, we will tell you why.

Please only submit photos that have not been extremely post-processed via your Photo Editing Program. Adjusting curves/levels/noise removal, etc... is fine, but this is a photography group, not an art group.

Affiliates

If you own or are in an admin position of a similarly themed group and would like to affiliate with us send us a request and we will definitely consider your group.
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Group Info

#PhotographicDecay is a photography group focusing on rural and urban decay. If it is old, run down and rotted... it is welcome here!
Group
Founded 2 Years ago
Jan 31, 2011

Location
Global

Group Focus
Art Creation

Media Type
Photographic

311 Members
328 Watchers
5,525 Pageviews
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Founder


:icondamselstock:

Co-Founders


:iconsewfulcreations:

Contributors


:iconwaynebenedet:

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:iconrobert-eede:
Hi, Thank you very much for the request. :D
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:iconthespiralmeister:
*theSpiralmeister Mar 25, 2013   General Artist
i am not able to submit either...?
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:icondamselstock:
=DamselStock Mar 28, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
The group was temporarily closed. I sent a journal entry out in January about it.
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:iconthespiralmeister:
*theSpiralmeister Mar 28, 2013   General Artist
ok, thanks.
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:iconwaynebenedet:
I have written the founder.
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:iconthespiralmeister:
*theSpiralmeister Mar 26, 2013   General Artist
thanks a lot. :)
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:icongadreille:
Mood: Wow! ~Gadreille Mar 12, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
I love this gallery! I have a few pictures I would like to submit, but it doesn't seem to allow me to do so. Here is one: [link]
I will try again later, but if there is a reason I cannot submit, please let me know!
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:icondamselstock:
=DamselStock Mar 28, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
The group was temporarily closed. I sent a journal entry out in January about it.
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:iconwaynebenedet:
Hi there,

thanks for the note, and the link, it was very helpful. You will notice that I sent you a request for the picture to be included. I really do not know why you are unable to submit, but perhaps it was caused by a delay in the dA system given that you made the submission only 6 minutes after you joined. In any event, welcome here. If you continue to have problems please let me know. I can't do anything about it myself (I am just a lowly admin with no real power) but I will write the founder and ask her if she can look into the problem.

thanks again and good shooting.
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:icongadreille:
~Gadreille Mar 13, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Thank you for your assistance. I'm relatively new to DeviantART and still trying to figure out how things are done around here!
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